1 00:00:00,480 --> 00:00:09,480 Speaker 1: Is this just another game for you? Absolutely? Rex. You 2 00:00:09,520 --> 00:00:11,879 Speaker 1: had alluded earlier today. I guess in your comments to 3 00:00:12,160 --> 00:00:14,400 Speaker 1: reporters up in Buffalo that kind of might change your 4 00:00:14,400 --> 00:00:16,479 Speaker 1: approach with how much you talk up things in the 5 00:00:16,520 --> 00:00:21,639 Speaker 1: off season. Uh. Why is that? Well, probably because we 6 00:00:21,720 --> 00:00:26,280 Speaker 1: failed miserably and now, but you know, I think it's uh, 7 00:00:26,480 --> 00:00:29,000 Speaker 1: I mean, that's that's probably the truth. You know. I 8 00:00:29,680 --> 00:00:32,520 Speaker 1: sometimes you don't think about the consequences. I said, what's 9 00:00:32,560 --> 00:00:35,519 Speaker 1: really on my mind, what I truly believe. But then 10 00:00:35,560 --> 00:00:37,800 Speaker 1: it comes back and it bites you when it's you know, 11 00:00:37,800 --> 00:00:40,080 Speaker 1: if it if it doesn't go right, and as we've 12 00:00:40,200 --> 00:00:44,160 Speaker 1: historically know that I've done that more than once. Um. 13 00:00:44,280 --> 00:00:47,640 Speaker 1: But and the reason for it. I'll take all the criticism, 14 00:00:47,720 --> 00:00:49,680 Speaker 1: and I get that, that's fine. I just don't want 15 00:00:50,040 --> 00:00:52,479 Speaker 1: my team to be criticized for it or look that 16 00:00:52,520 --> 00:00:56,520 Speaker 1: way because their work that they put in and all that, 17 00:00:56,600 --> 00:00:59,880 Speaker 1: I don't think they deserve it. Obviously we came up short. Uh, 18 00:01:00,760 --> 00:01:03,800 Speaker 1: but you know it's not by lack effort or anything else. 19 00:01:03,880 --> 00:01:07,759 Speaker 1: It's it's just we didn't get it done. And um, 20 00:01:07,800 --> 00:01:10,679 Speaker 1: you know, so I think in instead of it all 21 00:01:10,760 --> 00:01:15,360 Speaker 1: being negative that way, Um, you know, I could probably prevent, 22 00:01:15,600 --> 00:01:17,800 Speaker 1: you know, some of that with a common or something. 23 00:01:17,800 --> 00:01:20,080 Speaker 1: I'm always going to be true to myself, but at 24 00:01:20,080 --> 00:01:23,240 Speaker 1: the same time, maybe I can keep those things internally 25 00:01:23,280 --> 00:01:25,720 Speaker 1: a little bit more. That's how much would it mean 26 00:01:25,760 --> 00:01:28,080 Speaker 1: to you personally if you could knock the Jets out 27 00:01:28,080 --> 00:01:32,880 Speaker 1: of the playoffs. I just want to win, and if 28 00:01:32,920 --> 00:01:35,000 Speaker 1: you can win, you know, I think that would be big, 29 00:01:35,000 --> 00:01:37,120 Speaker 1: no question about it. You have two wins over a 30 00:01:37,120 --> 00:01:40,240 Speaker 1: really good football team, so I think that would be 31 00:01:40,280 --> 00:01:42,440 Speaker 1: big for us. But as far as them, I'm not 32 00:01:42,480 --> 00:01:44,880 Speaker 1: going to get you know, is there going to be 33 00:01:44,959 --> 00:01:47,320 Speaker 1: a little more satisfaction that way? I mean, I I 34 00:01:47,400 --> 00:01:50,480 Speaker 1: can't tell you that, um, because there's a lot of 35 00:01:50,480 --> 00:01:52,880 Speaker 1: people there that I care about and you want them 36 00:01:52,920 --> 00:01:54,360 Speaker 1: to do well, But I don't want them to do 37 00:01:54,400 --> 00:01:57,240 Speaker 1: well at my expense, you know, from a competitor in me, 38 00:01:57,320 --> 00:01:59,920 Speaker 1: I want to beat them. And that's that's the truth. 39 00:02:00,040 --> 00:02:01,960 Speaker 1: That's just the way it feels, you know, that's the 40 00:02:01,960 --> 00:02:06,120 Speaker 1: way it is, um. And you know, so you know, 41 00:02:06,480 --> 00:02:08,720 Speaker 1: whether it's my brother, where it's whether it's a lot 42 00:02:08,800 --> 00:02:10,840 Speaker 1: of friends and all that stuff over there, I'm still 43 00:02:10,840 --> 00:02:12,760 Speaker 1: going to try to win, regardless of who I'm up 44 00:02:12,800 --> 00:02:15,200 Speaker 1: against Rex. Do you think that your players have bought 45 00:02:15,280 --> 00:02:19,000 Speaker 1: in to your you know, your method, message, your theme 46 00:02:19,200 --> 00:02:23,079 Speaker 1: and everything that you wanted to instill in then this year? Well, 47 00:02:23,080 --> 00:02:24,760 Speaker 1: I think it's safe to say that not all of 48 00:02:24,800 --> 00:02:27,560 Speaker 1: them have, you know, I think that's that's safe to 49 00:02:27,600 --> 00:02:29,799 Speaker 1: say that. But I think there's a number of them 50 00:02:29,840 --> 00:02:33,360 Speaker 1: that have. What makes you say that not all of 51 00:02:33,400 --> 00:02:37,200 Speaker 1: them have? Rex? Well, because you know, I guess you know, 52 00:02:37,800 --> 00:02:41,600 Speaker 1: you can read comments or you can read whatever you want. Um, 53 00:02:41,639 --> 00:02:43,600 Speaker 1: So I think you can make a point of that, 54 00:02:43,840 --> 00:02:46,079 Speaker 1: But I don't sense it when I'm here. I see 55 00:02:46,080 --> 00:02:49,240 Speaker 1: guys working hard. I see you know, preparing and things 56 00:02:49,280 --> 00:02:52,480 Speaker 1: like that. So those are real positive things about me. Um, 57 00:02:52,520 --> 00:02:54,600 Speaker 1: I like this team. I do. I like to like 58 00:02:54,680 --> 00:02:58,120 Speaker 1: our football team. Uh you know, I know a record 59 00:02:58,240 --> 00:03:01,200 Speaker 1: isn't isn't what we wanted to be, but um, I 60 00:03:01,320 --> 00:03:04,320 Speaker 1: like this team. REX has some of that criticism from 61 00:03:04,320 --> 00:03:10,600 Speaker 1: your own players hurt you and bothered you. Yeah, probably so, 62 00:03:11,160 --> 00:03:13,320 Speaker 1: um you know, when you look at it, it's you know, 63 00:03:13,360 --> 00:03:16,720 Speaker 1: I've never had a negative you know, the I've never 64 00:03:16,760 --> 00:03:19,560 Speaker 1: been looked at as a problem, you know, I think 65 00:03:20,440 --> 00:03:22,280 Speaker 1: you know, so, Yeah, I guess that would be uh 66 00:03:23,040 --> 00:03:25,440 Speaker 1: uh yeah. I mean if that bothers me, no, no 67 00:03:25,480 --> 00:03:28,040 Speaker 1: doubt about it. Now. I haven't said anything publicly until 68 00:03:28,080 --> 00:03:30,400 Speaker 1: now about it, but sure that that would bother me. 69 00:03:30,520 --> 00:03:32,320 Speaker 1: It doesn't mean I'm gonna change who I am or 70 00:03:32,320 --> 00:03:34,840 Speaker 1: how I go about my business. I can promise you that. 71 00:03:35,840 --> 00:03:38,160 Speaker 1: Why do you think things didn't work this year for 72 00:03:38,200 --> 00:03:44,120 Speaker 1: you guys? Rex? I who knows? You know who knows? 73 00:03:44,200 --> 00:03:46,000 Speaker 1: I know. I can promise you one thing. We have 74 00:03:46,040 --> 00:03:48,560 Speaker 1: one more game to play and we're gonna put that's 75 00:03:48,680 --> 00:03:51,400 Speaker 1: that's where we're looking at. I think, you know, to 76 00:03:51,480 --> 00:03:54,320 Speaker 1: really look at it, to go into it in detail 77 00:03:54,400 --> 00:03:56,280 Speaker 1: and all that kind of stuff. I don't think so 78 00:03:56,560 --> 00:03:59,480 Speaker 1: appropriate right now, Rex, looking back on the Jets game 79 00:03:59,480 --> 00:04:01,600 Speaker 1: and the regular season, where you wont do you think 80 00:04:01,760 --> 00:04:05,680 Speaker 1: in retrospect you put too much emotional emphasis on the 81 00:04:05,720 --> 00:04:08,080 Speaker 1: importance of just that one win in the wake of it, 82 00:04:08,200 --> 00:04:10,240 Speaker 1: and maybe that had a negative effect on the team 83 00:04:10,240 --> 00:04:14,880 Speaker 1: going forward. No, no way, I mean, we knew that 84 00:04:14,960 --> 00:04:17,760 Speaker 1: was gonna be a huge game. You know, we're we're 85 00:04:18,800 --> 00:04:20,640 Speaker 1: you know, two games back or something. You had to 86 00:04:20,640 --> 00:04:23,120 Speaker 1: get that win to try to, you know, to have 87 00:04:23,160 --> 00:04:25,120 Speaker 1: a shot at the playoffs. I don't think there's any 88 00:04:25,120 --> 00:04:27,440 Speaker 1: doubt about that. We had to get that win. So yeah, 89 00:04:27,480 --> 00:04:29,440 Speaker 1: we put everything we had into it. We put everything 90 00:04:29,440 --> 00:04:32,120 Speaker 1: we have in every game, but that was a big one. 91 00:04:32,120 --> 00:04:33,800 Speaker 1: There was no question knew you were going against an 92 00:04:33,839 --> 00:04:36,880 Speaker 1: outstanding team and it was gonna take, you know, everything 93 00:04:36,960 --> 00:04:39,839 Speaker 1: we had uh to have a chance with the game, 94 00:04:39,880 --> 00:04:42,120 Speaker 1: and we did. We put everything we had into it 95 00:04:42,160 --> 00:04:46,880 Speaker 1: and uh and it came out, you know, the right way. X. 96 00:04:47,040 --> 00:04:50,119 Speaker 1: After the game of Fitzpatrick had probably maybe his worst 97 00:04:50,120 --> 00:04:52,440 Speaker 1: game of the year in that game. He admitted afterwards 98 00:04:52,440 --> 00:04:55,480 Speaker 1: that he made a lot of poor decisions. What were 99 00:04:55,480 --> 00:04:58,400 Speaker 1: you guys able to do to seemingly confuse him in 100 00:04:58,440 --> 00:05:03,120 Speaker 1: that game? I'm not really sure, you know. I think 101 00:05:03,160 --> 00:05:06,360 Speaker 1: we just went out and we played well. Um it's 102 00:05:06,480 --> 00:05:08,719 Speaker 1: I don't I don't think we tricked him or anything. 103 00:05:09,640 --> 00:05:14,160 Speaker 1: Just um, you know, so I think that's it. I 104 00:05:14,200 --> 00:05:17,479 Speaker 1: think the call coming in is not me trying to 105 00:05:17,480 --> 00:05:20,920 Speaker 1: clog the lines. Also, by the way, there's another one. 106 00:05:21,200 --> 00:05:26,240 Speaker 1: What do you think of the way jobs got go ahead? Right? 107 00:05:26,320 --> 00:05:28,920 Speaker 1: Do you think this passage is playing over his head lately? 108 00:05:30,720 --> 00:05:33,200 Speaker 1: I think he's playing great. Look, we've seen him play 109 00:05:33,279 --> 00:05:36,039 Speaker 1: like this before. I mean, you know, I just don't 110 00:05:36,040 --> 00:05:38,360 Speaker 1: know if if, if we've ever can you know, seen 111 00:05:38,440 --> 00:05:40,840 Speaker 1: him play like this for an entire season. I mean, 112 00:05:40,920 --> 00:05:44,760 Speaker 1: guys doing phenomenal um you know. Now, look, hey, it 113 00:05:44,800 --> 00:05:48,120 Speaker 1: helps having you know, Eric Decker and uh, Brandon Marshall 114 00:05:48,240 --> 00:05:52,839 Speaker 1: over there. I think that probably helps also, But you know, 115 00:05:52,839 --> 00:05:55,640 Speaker 1: a good running game, it thinks. But but he's doing 116 00:05:55,680 --> 00:05:57,320 Speaker 1: a great job. He gets the ball out of his 117 00:05:57,360 --> 00:06:00,800 Speaker 1: hand quick. You know, he doesn't take sack. He's competitive 118 00:06:00,800 --> 00:06:03,480 Speaker 1: as heck, he's always been that way. So there's a 119 00:06:03,520 --> 00:06:06,240 Speaker 1: lot of things I admire about him. I'm not going 120 00:06:06,320 --> 00:06:08,240 Speaker 1: to say that he looks much better with the beard, 121 00:06:08,279 --> 00:06:11,240 Speaker 1: and I think he's undefeated with that beard, so maybe 122 00:06:11,279 --> 00:06:15,000 Speaker 1: he needs to shave it this week. Rex, what kind 123 00:06:15,000 --> 00:06:18,760 Speaker 1: of shape is your team in health wise? Uh? You 124 00:06:18,839 --> 00:06:21,239 Speaker 1: can You've had guys banged up here and there really 125 00:06:21,240 --> 00:06:23,960 Speaker 1: throughout the season. But as the season ends, what do 126 00:06:24,000 --> 00:06:29,160 Speaker 1: you guys down? Well, we're about tim starters down, so 127 00:06:29,360 --> 00:06:32,680 Speaker 1: we're probably not great shape. But the guys that are 128 00:06:32,680 --> 00:06:36,880 Speaker 1: out there are pretty healthy. What's McCoy status this week? 129 00:06:40,040 --> 00:06:43,840 Speaker 1: Next question? I think you can figure that one out. 130 00:06:44,839 --> 00:06:49,080 Speaker 1: Not too good, Rex, you coached obviously a lot of 131 00:06:49,120 --> 00:06:51,800 Speaker 1: guys that are on this Jets roster. Does it Does 132 00:06:51,839 --> 00:06:53,719 Speaker 1: it hurt at all to see the team that you 133 00:06:53,800 --> 00:06:56,359 Speaker 1: coached a year ago have so much success in the 134 00:06:56,400 --> 00:07:00,560 Speaker 1: season after you're gone. No, not really fact, you know, 135 00:07:00,600 --> 00:07:02,920 Speaker 1: it's I think, you know, I really thought a whole 136 00:07:02,920 --> 00:07:05,080 Speaker 1: lot about it, But they're, like I said, there's a 137 00:07:05,120 --> 00:07:07,280 Speaker 1: lot of guys I care about on that team, and 138 00:07:07,320 --> 00:07:09,760 Speaker 1: it's actually great to see him having success. I just 139 00:07:09,800 --> 00:07:12,040 Speaker 1: don't want them to have success at my expense. You know, 140 00:07:12,080 --> 00:07:14,520 Speaker 1: I'm going to give to everything I can to win 141 00:07:14,600 --> 00:07:17,800 Speaker 1: this game and from the competitor, and mean, that's that's 142 00:07:17,840 --> 00:07:20,400 Speaker 1: what I'm gonna do, right, You guys obviously had a 143 00:07:20,400 --> 00:07:23,200 Speaker 1: lot of optimism, understandably coming into this year with the 144 00:07:23,200 --> 00:07:26,440 Speaker 1: way things have unfolded, and especially some of the comments 145 00:07:26,440 --> 00:07:29,720 Speaker 1: players have made criticizing you. How concerned are you about 146 00:07:29,720 --> 00:07:32,320 Speaker 1: the wheels coming off really quickly for you in Buffalo 147 00:07:32,360 --> 00:07:34,360 Speaker 1: and how do you plan to go about preventing that 148 00:07:34,440 --> 00:07:37,800 Speaker 1: from happening. Well, the wheels aren't coming off here. I 149 00:07:38,040 --> 00:07:41,480 Speaker 1: think if you're around, uh, the entire football team, you'd 150 00:07:41,520 --> 00:07:44,480 Speaker 1: realize that. You know, wheels, wheels are powerful, you know, 151 00:07:45,000 --> 00:07:48,080 Speaker 1: far from coming off. So we've got a lot of 152 00:07:48,080 --> 00:07:51,120 Speaker 1: positive things here as well. And I think that's that's 153 00:07:51,160 --> 00:07:53,080 Speaker 1: the thing that maybe people aren't focused on it. I 154 00:07:53,160 --> 00:07:56,080 Speaker 1: get it, you know, so file a lot why you 155 00:07:56,120 --> 00:08:01,440 Speaker 1: can We'll see what happened, rights, How how difficult that 156 00:08:01,560 --> 00:08:08,280 Speaker 1: the game plan for Marshall and Decker real difficult? Uh, 157 00:08:08,520 --> 00:08:12,920 Speaker 1: you know it's and that's a thing like Eric Decker 158 00:08:13,000 --> 00:08:16,200 Speaker 1: is a great player by himself, Brandon Marshall is a 159 00:08:16,200 --> 00:08:20,960 Speaker 1: great player by himself. But put them together, I mean 160 00:08:21,000 --> 00:08:23,880 Speaker 1: it's uh, and the other guys And I'm not look, 161 00:08:23,960 --> 00:08:25,840 Speaker 1: I'm not downplaying the other guys. The other guys are 162 00:08:25,880 --> 00:08:30,040 Speaker 1: good players. But these guys are great players. And so yeah, 163 00:08:30,160 --> 00:08:32,880 Speaker 1: it's you know, you wish they were smaller. Both of 164 00:08:32,880 --> 00:08:35,800 Speaker 1: them got size, the red zone threats, they do it all, 165 00:08:35,920 --> 00:08:40,880 Speaker 1: so um yeah, it's it's uh, it's rough. And then 166 00:08:40,920 --> 00:08:42,880 Speaker 1: the fact you got guys that can run the football 167 00:08:42,920 --> 00:08:45,600 Speaker 1: in a big offensive line, So it's it's uh, it's 168 00:08:45,640 --> 00:08:48,880 Speaker 1: a huge challenge without question. Rex How deflating would it 169 00:08:48,960 --> 00:08:51,400 Speaker 1: be to to lose this week and not only end 170 00:08:51,440 --> 00:08:53,280 Speaker 1: the season on a losing note, but but have the 171 00:08:53,400 --> 00:08:58,160 Speaker 1: Jets clinch your playoff spot in your building? Well, I'll 172 00:08:58,200 --> 00:09:01,240 Speaker 1: be deflating that we you know, we've see you. We're 173 00:09:01,240 --> 00:09:03,600 Speaker 1: gonna put everything we have in this game. It's our 174 00:09:03,720 --> 00:09:07,520 Speaker 1: last game, losing at home. Uh, you know, with staying 175 00:09:07,520 --> 00:09:10,080 Speaker 1: there's no question the fact that you know, this team 176 00:09:10,200 --> 00:09:12,959 Speaker 1: has success going into the playoffs and all that doesn't 177 00:09:12,960 --> 00:09:16,200 Speaker 1: have any you know, it isn't isn't the part. We 178 00:09:16,280 --> 00:09:19,880 Speaker 1: just want to win, you know, And um so I 179 00:09:19,880 --> 00:09:22,360 Speaker 1: think that's you know, that's it. I haven't. I haven't 180 00:09:22,400 --> 00:09:24,560 Speaker 1: thought about one one second what it would be like 181 00:09:24,679 --> 00:09:28,120 Speaker 1: if if we lost or whatever. So, uh, you know 182 00:09:28,200 --> 00:09:39,840 Speaker 1: that's not where my focus is. Prediction. Yeah, prediction is 183 00:09:40,160 --> 00:09:44,000 Speaker 1: I'm not gonna get anything. So now you know what 184 00:09:44,080 --> 00:09:48,440 Speaker 1: I think. Uh, I think it's gonna be. You know, 185 00:09:48,480 --> 00:09:51,680 Speaker 1: it's gonna be a great game. Obviously, I'm hoping the weather. 186 00:09:51,720 --> 00:09:55,199 Speaker 1: I hope the wind blows like fifty. So that's what 187 00:09:55,240 --> 00:09:55,880 Speaker 1: we're hoping for.