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Speaker 1: to win the game. He's got it. That's as Jets.

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Speaker 1: What's down? Can't? You're listening to the Official New York

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Speaker 1: Jets podcast, a Jets three sixty production. What's Up Everybody?

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Speaker 1: Ethan Greenberg, Eric Allen back here in studios on the

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Speaker 1: Official Jets podcast this week Jets and Colts on Sunday,

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Speaker 1: and we decided to talk to Stephen Holder of the

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Speaker 1: Athletic Key Covers the Colds down there in America's Harland.

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Speaker 1: We talked about all things Colts, all offense, defense, What

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Speaker 1: is Andrew luck this year? How has he been performing?

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Speaker 1: Will get Stevens takes. But first things first is I

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Speaker 1: on last week's pod, e A had of bold prediction.

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Speaker 1: Roll the audio and they're bound to hit at some point.

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Speaker 1: But I really think Greens the Jets are gonna have

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Speaker 1: watched two nine. I think Blow Paul could have a

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Speaker 1: Denver Broncos. He wasn't wrong, but Isaiah crow Hell really

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Speaker 1: I know it got off to a tough start for

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Speaker 1: but who could have forecasted Isaiah Coroel going for a

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Speaker 1: and Greens, this franchise been around since nineteen sixty and

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Speaker 1: shop here, But I think that the whole game was shocking.

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Speaker 1: But you can say you can point to some scheduling

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Speaker 1: Kansas City where they blew a fourth quarter lead, and

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Speaker 1: number of reasons. The running game is obviously the one

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Speaker 1: that's sitting at the fore front of of everyone's mind

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Speaker 1: strong against Von Miller and Bradley Chubb, which is debateably

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Speaker 1: You go for three three on the ground. The other

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Speaker 1: Jets just rushed for three three yards. Do you think

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Speaker 1: they're They're running game poses a threat to the Colts

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Speaker 1: defense that is predicated on speed. Yeah, And I think

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Speaker 1: those are the matchups that these kinds of schemes have trouble, right,

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Speaker 1: And I remember, uh, the year the Colts went to

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Speaker 1: the Super Bowl, the first Super Bowl under oh, well,

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Speaker 1: I guess I was gonna say first under Tony Dungee,

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Speaker 1: Tony Dundee's loan Super Bowl in two thousand and six.

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Speaker 1: There was the run up to that. They had certainly

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Speaker 1: a game where the Jacksonville Jaguars rush for three hundred

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Speaker 1: yards and and there were a lot of doubts going

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Speaker 1: into that postseason, like how is this team going, how

441
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Speaker 1: is this defense wanted to hold up? You know, and

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Speaker 1: they were able to sort of pull it together and

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Speaker 1: and make that run into the postseason and win the

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Speaker 1: Super Bowl ultimately. But I do think that is an

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Speaker 1: example of of where this scheme can be problematic. So

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Speaker 1: we'll see. I mean, they haven't played a ton of

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Speaker 1: really run heavy teams, but the Patriots did have some

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Speaker 1: success there and I still mixed in and we one

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Speaker 1: had some success for Cincinnati. So I think that's their challenge.

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Speaker 1: I think there they are a team that that's gonna

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Speaker 1: make it difficult for you to throw the ball down

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Speaker 1: the field. Again that yeah, yeah, well that's that's kind

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Speaker 1: of the calling card. But but I think the one

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Speaker 1: area where you can exploit this scheme is with a

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Speaker 1: power running game. So that's gonna be the test. Stephen.

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Speaker 1: What's been the fall out there in American's heartland after

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Speaker 1: the St. Patrick's Day trade? Is the Jets went up

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Speaker 1: to number three overall. The Colts moved back, picking up

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Speaker 1: Quentin Nelson from Notre Dame, an offensive lineman who could

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Speaker 1: be a really good one, a fixture up in front

461
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Speaker 1: of Andrew Luck for maybe the next time to fifteen years.

462
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Speaker 1: And then they picked up a three second round picks

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Speaker 1: in the process. Of course, Yeah, I tell you what

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Speaker 1: I mean. I thought fans really had a reaction to that,

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Speaker 1: to that trade, and you know, you know, with fins,

466
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Speaker 1: never know how these things are gonna go. And I

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Speaker 1: was pleasantly surprised. I thought people really had an open

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Speaker 1: mind about it, and they understood that this was a

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Speaker 1: long term vision and in order to execute your long

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Speaker 1: term visions, well you need draft picks. And that's what

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Speaker 1: this was about. This was about draft picks. And yet

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Speaker 1: they were still able to get the player they loved

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Speaker 1: in Clinton Nelson, and they were willing to take that

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Speaker 1: risk that be there. I think it was, you know,

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Speaker 1: a pretty reasonable risk to take given the needs of

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Speaker 1: the players in front of them. So or the teams

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Speaker 1: in front of them, so they forecasted it perfectly, the Colts,

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Speaker 1: and they were able to pick up some extra picks.

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Speaker 1: They feel good about their their hall of second rounders.

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Speaker 1: I mean they've got they picked. They had four second

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Speaker 1: rounders this year, and they feel pretty good about all

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Speaker 1: those guys. So they were able to really hit some

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Speaker 1: important spots to the football team, various learners one of

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Speaker 1: those second round picks, for example. So they feel great

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Speaker 1: about it, and I think they should. I think they

486
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Speaker 1: did a pretty good job. These guys are Obviously the

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Speaker 1: jury still out on all those young players, but if

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Speaker 1: you're trying to rebuild a roster, the the quickest way

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Speaker 1: to do it is to get an accumulation of draft picks.

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Speaker 1: And and that has been the goal for j M

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Speaker 1: because Ballard his first two drafts, and that trade with

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Speaker 1: the Jets was a huge part of that. Yeah, I

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Speaker 1: think both teams are gonna look back at the straight

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Speaker 1: in five seven years and they're both going to be happy.

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Speaker 1: I think it's a win win, and and that's really

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Speaker 1: the best case scenario. I thought that way when it happened,

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Speaker 1: and of course at that point you're forecasting. But now

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Speaker 1: that we have something to look back on. I think

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Speaker 1: it's really truly is shaping up that way, and and

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Speaker 1: I think both teams got the best of both worlds

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Speaker 1: out of this. I think they're both very happy and

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Speaker 1: should be speaking of the best world. Do you think

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Speaker 1: the Colts were fortunate the way that all played out?

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Speaker 1: Josh McDaniels ended up staying in New England, of course,

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Speaker 1: but the Colts came right back and got a guy

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Speaker 1: who I think it's been very impressive so far in

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Speaker 1: a frank right, because the Colts, like you mentioned before,

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Speaker 1: and then been in every game. Yes, they lost to

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Speaker 1: New England by four team points, but you look at

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Speaker 1: these other losses on the schedule, whether whether that be

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Speaker 1: Cincinnati an opening day, I think that's a one point game,

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Speaker 1: Philadelphia was a couple of point game, Houston overtime game.

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Speaker 1: Rich seems like he's got that moving in the right direction. Yeah.

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Speaker 1: And here's another fun fact other than the New England game,

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Speaker 1: I'm talking about the the loft is outside of New England.

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Speaker 1: So Cincinnati, Houston, and Philadelphia, the Colts were driving for

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Speaker 1: the win on their last possession. I think in each

518
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Speaker 1: case under a minute ago, we're driving for the win

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Speaker 1: and just for various reasons, didn't get it done. Un Philadelphia,

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Speaker 1: they got to the four yard line that stopped on downs.

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Speaker 1: I mean, it was just a tragic way to lose.

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Speaker 1: But in the event, I do think that, yes, Frank

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Speaker 1: Wright is a really great fit for this team. As

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Speaker 1: I said, they're really young, so I think leadership is

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Speaker 1: huge for this team. And look, I don't know Josh McDaniels.

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Speaker 1: I don't know. I don't have a personal relationship with

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Speaker 1: the guy, but I think the questions about him are

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Speaker 1: our areas where they were there was a very important

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00:29:09,960 --> 00:29:12,080
Speaker 1: questions to be answered for this team. In other words,

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Speaker 1: what I mean by that is, you know, lead us hip,

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Speaker 1: uh bringing you know, sort of bringing character to that

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Speaker 1: locker room. Can he do that? You know, I don't know,

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Speaker 1: can you get it? You can get players to follow

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00:29:22,400 --> 00:29:25,200
Speaker 1: him at tough times things like that. Those are questions

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Speaker 1: that I think we're we're difficult to answer about Josh McDaniels.

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Speaker 1: What I liked about the possible higher was offensively he

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Speaker 1: was going to get answered about going I mean, I

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00:29:35,160 --> 00:29:38,320
Speaker 1: had no doubts about that, So that's great. But here

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Speaker 1: the culture getting that from Frank Raich. They're getting a

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00:29:41,280 --> 00:29:46,640
Speaker 1: guy with really interesting offensive scheme okay, really innovative, are

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Speaker 1: very uh, very analytics driven, much like Douck Peterson and

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00:29:51,680 --> 00:29:55,560
Speaker 1: Philly I think, really cutting edge stuff offensively. They're getting that,

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Speaker 1: but they're also getting what seems to be a really

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Speaker 1: I think a great leader of men in Frank Rich

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Speaker 1: who uh, I think from day one really got his

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Speaker 1: guys to buy in and and that was hard to do.

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Speaker 1: I mean, after what happened. I mean, you're the second choice,

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Speaker 1: you're the fallback plan, and you've got to get these

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Speaker 1: guys to come on board and to buy into what

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Speaker 1: you're selling. And he was able to do that right away.

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Speaker 1: So he just I think has had a compelling message

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Speaker 1: for his players that they have been just willing to

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Speaker 1: follow him. As I said, from day one, it has

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Speaker 1: never been an issue, and that's a credit to Frank Wright.

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Speaker 1: The final question on my end here, Stephen, is that

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Speaker 1: Marcus Hunt is someone that I think fans are somewhat

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Speaker 1: familiar with, and I think NFL fans are somewhat familiar with.

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Speaker 1: But what's gone on from your perspective in the resurgence

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Speaker 1: of Marcus Hunt as one of the very good d

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Speaker 1: linemen of his class. It's astounding. I don't, I don't

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Speaker 1: know how this happened. Marcus Hunt was on this team

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Speaker 1: last year and I barely called his name. I don't

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Speaker 1: even know if I really storried about Marcus Unt. He

564
00:31:05,320 --> 00:31:08,520
Speaker 1: just wasn't really a factor. And you know, he always

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Speaker 1: had sort of a special team's presence, so that was

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Speaker 1: always helpful to keep him on a roster. He could

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Speaker 1: give you some some good snaps, whether a defensive end

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Speaker 1: or at the interior spot, and you know, maybe as

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Speaker 1: a depth player, but certainly wasn't a frontline player this year.

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Speaker 1: There's a combination of things. Um, it's uh, it's a

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Speaker 1: change in scheme. He really has adapted well to it.

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Speaker 1: I don't. I think he's played the four or three before,

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Speaker 1: but not in this style of fortnery. So this is

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Speaker 1: more of a more of an attacking scheme. Get up

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Speaker 1: the field, get off the ball. Uh. It's not a

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Speaker 1: uh they're they're playing in the gaps, they're shooting gaps

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00:31:48,720 --> 00:31:53,480
Speaker 1: and and basically it's this in uh, what they're asking

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Speaker 1: from their defensive linemen. So he adapts well to that,

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Speaker 1: and then he's just getting more opportunity I looked back

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Speaker 1: at his snap counts over the years, and this is,

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Speaker 1: I mean, by fur the most Marcus Hunt has ever played.

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Speaker 1: It's last year Cincinnati, if I remember correctly, he played

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Speaker 1: about fifteen percent of the defensive snaps and it's really

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Speaker 1: hard too much in that situation. Now, you could argue

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Speaker 1: he didn't earn more snaps, and that's probably what the

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Speaker 1: Bengals would tell you. Uh, And that's that's fine, that's

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00:32:24,680 --> 00:32:27,920
Speaker 1: not that's not an illegitimate argument. I think that's very fair.

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Speaker 1: But the fact of the matter is he's getting opportunities

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00:32:30,480 --> 00:32:32,680
Speaker 1: and he's making most of them, and I think that

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Speaker 1: builds confidence. And he just looks really comfortable right now.

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00:32:35,960 --> 00:32:38,080
Speaker 1: And the other thing is he's stills a versatility. He

592
00:32:38,120 --> 00:32:42,200
Speaker 1: started off the year defensive end. Uh, some injuries popped

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Speaker 1: up and they asked him to play three technique defensive tackle. Well,

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Speaker 1: that ended up being very productive for Marcus Hunt, and

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00:32:48,600 --> 00:32:52,360
Speaker 1: so he's actually now spending more time there. The Colts

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00:32:52,400 --> 00:32:55,400
Speaker 1: really liked that spot for him, so uh, they're they're

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00:32:55,440 --> 00:32:57,560
Speaker 1: fine with it. They're ready for him to keep this up.

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Speaker 1: That is Stephen Holder of the Athletic. You can follow

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Speaker 1: him on Twitter at holder, Stephen with a pH not

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Speaker 1: in f Stephen, thank you so much for coming on

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Speaker 1: the Official Jets Podcast and we'll see you Sunday alright,

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00:33:09,680 --> 00:33:14,640
Speaker 1: looking forward to it. Thanks for having me, Thanks Stephen. Okay, so,

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Speaker 1: green's a big picture here for the Jets. Damn an

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Speaker 1: opportunity to get to three and three in the biggest

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Speaker 1: game ever. As you're calling that, well, you could almost

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Speaker 1: call it the Super Bowl, no pun intended. We will

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Speaker 1: get there in a second. But how about this. Miami's

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Speaker 1: playing the Bears. Bears are in Chicago. I don't know

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Speaker 1: where that game is and I don't know I don't

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Speaker 1: have it. And New England is playing Kansas City. I'm

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Speaker 1: excited to watch that game. That's football. There is a

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Speaker 1: chance the Jets could be sitting there Sunday night at

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Speaker 1: three and three. The Dolphins could be three and three,

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Speaker 1: The Patriots could be three and three. The Patriots will score.

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Speaker 1: Are they gonna be able to score enough against that

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Speaker 1: freak Patty Mahomes and company? Okay, this the threes thing

617
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Speaker 1: is really blowing my mind here with the three and three,

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Speaker 1: the three and three, the Jets straight up from six

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Speaker 1: to three and oh, by the way, the Jets are

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Speaker 1: honoring the team of Super Bowl three. There is some

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Speaker 1: weird stuff going on right now. That's not weird because

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Speaker 1: that's fifty but it's Super Bowl three fifty years And

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Speaker 1: if you haven't checked out that podcast with Bob Letterer,

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Speaker 1: that's posted as well, so check that out. Jets colts. Oh,

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Speaker 1: everybody's asking me about uniforms all the time, white on white,

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Speaker 1: gray face masks like they did January twelve night. But

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Speaker 1: but the decals not changing, right, No, just just making

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Speaker 1: sure because some fans is gonna be like, are they

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Speaker 1: the old helmets? No. The final score, I'm very excited

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Speaker 1: at sixteen and seven. Could you imagine if that was

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Speaker 1: the final score of this game? Now, that would bring

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Speaker 1: the house down A lot of festivities this weekend. The

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Speaker 1: Super Bowl three team, we'll be here um throughout the weekend.

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Speaker 1: I think they arrived on Friday and Saturday will be

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Speaker 1: out here after walk through and then Saturday night Chris

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Speaker 1: Berman is hosting at dinner at Life Stadium. The Q

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Speaker 1: and A is going to be broadcast live stream live

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Speaker 1: on some Jets platforms. Sunday, we gotta breakfast um, and

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00:35:18,000 --> 00:35:20,440
Speaker 1: then you gotta check out pregame Central and eleven a m.

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Speaker 1: There's a lot going on. And for the record, the

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Speaker 1: Dolphins and Patriots are home. The Bills are on the

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Speaker 1: road against Texas Bills and Texans. That will probably be

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Speaker 1: a defensive struggle. Josh Allen is finding his way right now. Um.

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Speaker 1: I think Sam Donald the Jets rookies a lot further

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Speaker 1: advance in terms of pocket presence, getting rid of the

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Speaker 1: football on time, and things like that. The Bills are

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Speaker 1: taking baby steps right now, and they're winning with their

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Speaker 1: defense and want two of their last three games. You

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Speaker 1: can't forget about them and the equation so early in

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Speaker 1: the season. But I'm just saying, there is a chance

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Speaker 1: you could be looking at all these teams that sitting

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Speaker 1: there within three and three. That probably won't happen, but

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Speaker 1: the Jets have a halvan opportunity to get to get

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Speaker 1: the three and three, And then wouldn't that be something

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Speaker 1: The players can leave my Life stadium, the fans can

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Speaker 1: celebrate Super Bowl three, and then you go home and

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Speaker 1: watch Kansas City put one on New England. I think

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Speaker 1: that's what we're all rooting for. So you're saying there's

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Speaker 1: a chance. Dumb and Dumber a great movie but that's

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Speaker 1: all we have here. On the Official Jets podcast this week,

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Speaker 1: you get Jets and Colts Sunday, one o'clock met Life Stadium.

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Speaker 1: We said it multiple times on multiple podcasts. Get Chip

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Speaker 1: Hop Corner early. Don't go anywhere during halftime because the

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Speaker 1: Super Bowl three team will be honored and you don't

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Speaker 1: want to miss it. But that's all we have here

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Speaker 1: and we'll see you Sunday