WEBVTT - A Conversation with NFL Analyst Brian Baldinger (11/29) 0:00:05.040 --> 0:00:08.560 The Jets are seven and four with six games remaining 0:00:08.600 --> 0:00:12.520 in the two thousand twenty two regular season. Welcome to 0:00:12.560 --> 0:00:15.160 the Official Jets Podcast. We're presented by when Bett. Betty 0:00:15.280 --> 0:00:18.560 is a team sport, Bet together and win bet. Let's 0:00:18.600 --> 0:00:23.560 welcome in my co host Bart Scott and Brian Baldinger 0:00:23.600 --> 0:00:27.160 from NFL Network joins us. Now, you guys were both 0:00:27.200 --> 0:00:29.920 on the television show last week and we had to 0:00:29.960 --> 0:00:33.520 cut that down. We thought that exchanges were so good. 0:00:33.840 --> 0:00:37.760 Let's bring them both on the podcast. Well, I appreciate 0:00:37.760 --> 0:00:39.479 the invite. Whenever I can talk to somebody with the 0:00:39.479 --> 0:00:42.720 football acumen is Baldi. I mean, I think all our 0:00:42.800 --> 0:00:45.879 our viewers and listeners are better for it. I think 0:00:45.880 --> 0:00:48.360 with Jet fans saw a lot of good football acumen 0:00:48.479 --> 0:00:52.360 yesterday from a particular quarterback. Bart. I'm sure we're probably 0:00:52.360 --> 0:00:55.120 gonna get to at some point during this podcast. Who 0:00:55.160 --> 0:01:00.680 would that be? See inquiring minds. You know a lot 0:01:00.720 --> 0:01:03.800 about this team? What did they show you overall? We 0:01:03.840 --> 0:01:05.880 don't have to start with Mike White, but what did 0:01:05.920 --> 0:01:09.960 they show you overall? Taken down an overmatch team in 0:01:10.000 --> 0:01:12.560 the Chicago Bears in the manner in which they did 0:01:12.600 --> 0:01:15.600 at thirty one a time. Well, it's it's been a 0:01:15.760 --> 0:01:18.720 constant story all year long that the next guy up, 0:01:18.959 --> 0:01:22.400 you know. I mean, you lose Breefe Hall, you lose James, 0:01:22.760 --> 0:01:25.320 you know Robinson, you lose Michael Carter during the game, 0:01:25.319 --> 0:01:27.560 and here comes on of the night, you know, and 0:01:27.600 --> 0:01:30.720 gave him a really good game, both running and receiving. 0:01:30.760 --> 0:01:33.520 I mean, you lose your right tackles, Cedric Abway, here 0:01:33.520 --> 0:01:36.399 comes the rookie Max Mitchell and the right tackle. I mean, 0:01:36.480 --> 0:01:38.600 it's it seems like, you know, they can't go through 0:01:38.640 --> 0:01:41.320 a game without losing players, which happens in this league. 0:01:41.880 --> 0:01:44.480 But you know they overcame all of that yesterday and 0:01:44.640 --> 0:01:47.000 it didn't affect the quarterback at all. So I think 0:01:47.080 --> 0:01:50.320 the bigger the bigger story here is that you know, 0:01:50.360 --> 0:01:52.600 this is the fifty three man team and whoever's up, 0:01:52.920 --> 0:01:56.040 they're counting on them. And in most weekends and in 0:01:56.120 --> 0:01:58.920 most cases, these guys have stepped up. That was a 0:01:58.920 --> 0:02:01.120 big That was a big spot Prizonovan night. I know 0:02:01.200 --> 0:02:03.440 it wasn't a great defense. It was the Bears and 0:02:03.440 --> 0:02:05.360 all that kind of stuff, but he showed us all 0:02:05.840 --> 0:02:08.800 a little bit yesterday. I mean, I think you you 0:02:08.880 --> 0:02:10.560 hit the nail on the head when you talk about 0:02:10.639 --> 0:02:13.520 roster building, right, And you know, I think in today's NFL, 0:02:13.560 --> 0:02:15.160 like I said all the time, it's much better to 0:02:15.200 --> 0:02:17.560 have a bunch of good players than have a couple 0:02:17.560 --> 0:02:20.720 of great players because inevitably it's a bottle of attrition. 0:02:20.720 --> 0:02:23.040 And we see this going over throughout the league. I mean, 0:02:23.280 --> 0:02:26.440 the Dolphins have to be concerned with armstead right now, 0:02:26.520 --> 0:02:28.200 you think about the Bucks, they have to be worried 0:02:28.200 --> 0:02:30.360 about worth, right, you know. But the Jets they just 0:02:30.360 --> 0:02:32.799 continue to plug and play because they've done a great 0:02:32.880 --> 0:02:35.880 job and making sure that it's quality players on this 0:02:36.000 --> 0:02:38.280 team from top to bottom. And instead of going on 0:02:38.400 --> 0:02:40.640 and spending a bunch of money on a couple of players, 0:02:40.760 --> 0:02:42.560 they spend good money on I got a lot of 0:02:42.680 --> 0:02:45.200 quality players. And and when they didn't spend money, they 0:02:45.200 --> 0:02:47.880 went out and used draft capital and use their their 0:02:47.880 --> 0:02:51.600 football acumen and identifying who will be good for this scheme. 0:02:51.960 --> 0:02:54.160 So you see them, you're really enduring a lot of 0:02:54.200 --> 0:02:56.800 injuries and being able to still continue to compete and 0:02:56.840 --> 0:02:59.040 now you know it's wide open. They put themselves in 0:02:59.040 --> 0:03:01.720 a good position, you know, I know, losing to New 0:03:01.760 --> 0:03:04.480 England hurt. They had an opportunity to be in and 0:03:04.720 --> 0:03:07.519 in solidly. But they'll be able to have a chance 0:03:07.520 --> 0:03:09.400 to take care of business against the Dolphins and the 0:03:09.440 --> 0:03:12.320 Bills as the injuries continue to mono for them, rather 0:03:12.320 --> 0:03:15.320 as Von Miller or their left tackle to really pivotal 0:03:15.360 --> 0:03:18.400 positions on their team. Let's see if they can withstand it. 0:03:18.600 --> 0:03:21.079 And we understand here with the Jets, much like when 0:03:21.080 --> 0:03:23.360 Breece Hall and Very Tucker went down, it takes a 0:03:23.360 --> 0:03:25.880 couple of weeks to adjust to the new personnel that 0:03:25.919 --> 0:03:31.200 you have. Welldi, how well did this organization handle everything 0:03:31.320 --> 0:03:35.160 last week? Robert Sale coming out on Monday saying everything 0:03:35.240 --> 0:03:38.480 is on the table at the quarterback position. On Wednesday, 0:03:38.680 --> 0:03:41.840 he informally makes an announcement that Mike White is going 0:03:41.880 --> 0:03:45.000 to be the starting quarterback in that second year signal 0:03:45.040 --> 0:03:49.280 caller Zack Wilson needed it a reset, and then the 0:03:49.320 --> 0:03:52.720 team goes out there on Sunday, takes care of business 0:03:52.720 --> 0:03:55.760 and C J. Mosley saying after the game, I really 0:03:55.800 --> 0:04:00.160 appreciate the way Salah talks to us as a group. 0:04:00.160 --> 0:04:03.600 He gives us the message team first, He's honest with us, 0:04:04.120 --> 0:04:08.280 and you heard from Zach Wilson last week He also 0:04:08.360 --> 0:04:13.119 said this is a humbling experience that he can grow from. Well, 0:04:13.120 --> 0:04:15.040 you know, everybody gets humbled in this business. You know, 0:04:15.080 --> 0:04:16.919 I don't care if you're the second pick in the draft, 0:04:17.000 --> 0:04:20.520 if it's injuries, if you get benched. Everybody gets humbled 0:04:20.560 --> 0:04:22.840 at some point. I mean, it's rare that you're Tom 0:04:22.839 --> 0:04:27.680 Brady or somebody like that. Most people have to overcome adversity, 0:04:27.800 --> 0:04:30.119 and it's almost better if you have it happened early 0:04:30.200 --> 0:04:32.560 in your career. The one thing you have to appreciate 0:04:32.560 --> 0:04:36.120 about Robert slod his whole thing is he's gonna inform 0:04:36.200 --> 0:04:38.799 his team first. His team's gonna know about it before 0:04:38.880 --> 0:04:41.919 anybody else. And that's the way it should be. It 0:04:41.920 --> 0:04:44.599 shouldn't be through the media. It shouldn't be through the press, 0:04:44.640 --> 0:04:47.920 it shouldn't be through some you know, some other people's podcast. 0:04:48.440 --> 0:04:50.120 It happens in the team meeting. And this is what 0:04:50.120 --> 0:04:52.480 we're gonna do. We're gonna make this this change at 0:04:52.480 --> 0:04:55.520 this position. He's gonna let the players know who are changing. 0:04:56.080 --> 0:04:58.640 And you can't ask for anything more than that as 0:04:58.680 --> 0:05:02.000 a player. And as far as goes like the last 0:05:02.000 --> 0:05:04.479 thing he needs to do at this point earlier, his 0:05:04.520 --> 0:05:06.960 careers hang his head. He just needs to look at 0:05:07.000 --> 0:05:10.760 things and go and look only in the mirror what 0:05:10.839 --> 0:05:13.679 can I do to improve? Because if a player isn't 0:05:13.760 --> 0:05:17.239 asking that about himself, I don't care where he's drafted, 0:05:17.240 --> 0:05:19.680 what his status is, how much money he makes. If 0:05:19.720 --> 0:05:21.960 a player isn't looking in the mirror at himself and 0:05:22.080 --> 0:05:25.760 seeing how can I get better for this team, then 0:05:25.800 --> 0:05:29.920 you're not asking the right questions. Why is Mike White 0:05:29.960 --> 0:05:32.680 making this look so easy with his first starts? First 0:05:32.720 --> 0:05:35.760 start of his NFL career last year came against the Bengals, 0:05:36.240 --> 0:05:39.960 passed for four oh five, the Jets win thirty thirty one, 0:05:40.000 --> 0:05:42.720 and here against the Bears, he passes for more than 0:05:42.760 --> 0:05:48.080 three yards with three touchdowns and zero zero interceptions. And 0:05:48.200 --> 0:05:51.320 I thought, guys, one of the most important parts to 0:05:51.400 --> 0:05:54.080 that game is the Jets got off to a fast start. 0:05:54.160 --> 0:05:56.880 That's the first time this year that the Jets took 0:05:56.920 --> 0:06:00.080 the opening possession, went down the field square touchdown. I'm mean, 0:06:00.160 --> 0:06:02.080 I think Mike White has showing you that you know 0:06:02.320 --> 0:06:05.920 the game is played you above the shoulders, right, because 0:06:05.920 --> 0:06:07.640 a lot of the things that he's done is about 0:06:07.640 --> 0:06:10.440 having pre snap recognition. What you see with this offense 0:06:10.520 --> 0:06:13.480 is the ball comes out on time and having ten 0:06:13.480 --> 0:06:16.960 receivers you know catch passes means that the ball isn't 0:06:16.960 --> 0:06:19.120 going to somebody that he's locking in on. It's going 0:06:19.160 --> 0:06:21.800 to where the defense dictates the ball should go. And 0:06:21.800 --> 0:06:25.240 they're all friendly balls. And sometimes we over complicate things 0:06:25.279 --> 0:06:27.440 and thinking it's about you know, the quarterback. You know, 0:06:27.440 --> 0:06:29.760 when we say game managers not a bad thing, what 0:06:29.800 --> 0:06:32.000 we're saying is his managing this situation nor one want 0:06:32.000 --> 0:06:34.679 to be aggressive Norman when not to and not putting 0:06:34.720 --> 0:06:36.719 the ball in harm's way. You know, he put the 0:06:36.720 --> 0:06:39.000 ball where his receivers can run with it and get 0:06:39.080 --> 0:06:41.719 yak understand that he has talented receivers that can make 0:06:41.760 --> 0:06:44.960 people missing space and we saw examples of that. And 0:06:45.000 --> 0:06:47.240 you know, the ball coming out with pre snap recognition, 0:06:47.320 --> 0:06:50.640 understanding when it's covers zero, cover one, cover three, where 0:06:50.720 --> 0:06:53.839 the holes and the weaknesses is a skill. And maybe 0:06:53.880 --> 0:06:56.040 Mike White is benefiting from the fact that he's been 0:06:56.120 --> 0:06:58.640 humbled before. Right, he was a guy that was drafted 0:06:58.680 --> 0:07:01.560 fifth round and the guy that was so he understands, 0:07:01.600 --> 0:07:04.080 so he has that grit, so he has this second opportunity. 0:07:04.240 --> 0:07:06.320 He's making the best of it. I was a starter 0:07:06.400 --> 0:07:07.599 when I came in this league. A lot of people 0:07:07.600 --> 0:07:09.359 don't know that I started on the dime package. I 0:07:09.400 --> 0:07:12.480 was a starting dime for the Baltimore Ravens. By week four, 0:07:12.520 --> 0:07:15.240 I was benched. And it took me three more seasons 0:07:15.240 --> 0:07:17.480 to get another opportunity to prove that I was ready 0:07:17.640 --> 0:07:20.200 for the opportunity. And I never looked back from there. 0:07:20.400 --> 0:07:22.680 I mean, I you know, I was listening to the 0:07:22.680 --> 0:07:25.760 pregame show on ESPN and I heard, you know, Matt 0:07:25.800 --> 0:07:27.920 Hasselbacks talking about when he got benched after he was 0:07:27.960 --> 0:07:30.160 brought out there to be the guy. Right. So what 0:07:30.320 --> 0:07:32.360 Zach Wilson has to you know, for Trent Dilford, what 0:07:32.640 --> 0:07:35.000 he needs to realize is this is a familiar story 0:07:35.040 --> 0:07:38.280 for a lot of guys that you know has fallen 0:07:38.280 --> 0:07:40.400 down but decided to get back up. You know, I 0:07:40.480 --> 0:07:43.920 say all the time, you know, adversity doesn't define character, 0:07:43.960 --> 0:07:46.680 it reveals it. So this situation is going to reveal 0:07:47.000 --> 0:07:50.080 a lot about Zack Wilson to his fans, but ultimately 0:07:50.080 --> 0:07:54.960 it's gonna reveal a lot to himself. Mike Whites had 0:07:55.000 --> 0:07:59.400 an interesting career in an interesting year. You think about it, 0:07:59.600 --> 0:08:03.320 that JA have started three different quarterbacks this year, and 0:08:03.400 --> 0:08:07.080 at the beginning of season, White was number three, then 0:08:07.080 --> 0:08:10.120 he got elevated to number two, and now he's the 0:08:10.160 --> 0:08:13.800 guy who potentially could finish the season as a Jet quarterback. 0:08:14.840 --> 0:08:17.720 Oh that is true. Um. You know, the thing is 0:08:17.720 --> 0:08:21.120 is that I think he is I think he's always 0:08:21.120 --> 0:08:22.680 looking to learn. You know, he was a guy that 0:08:23.160 --> 0:08:26.360 you know, transferred to Western Kentucky, was at another school. 0:08:26.680 --> 0:08:29.440 He was a great baseball player growing up in Fort Lauderdale. 0:08:29.840 --> 0:08:32.200 He was a high school feing on. He's had success 0:08:32.720 --> 0:08:35.520 at different levels, so you know, it's not like he 0:08:35.559 --> 0:08:37.360 hasn't been successful. I know we had a couple of 0:08:37.360 --> 0:08:43.280 games last year we looked really good. But I just 0:08:43.320 --> 0:08:46.240 think that some guys are just ready for the moment 0:08:46.280 --> 0:08:48.880 because they prepared for the moment. And I feel like 0:08:48.960 --> 0:08:51.920 even when he wasn't active, when Joe Flacco was a 0:08:51.960 --> 0:08:55.000 starter and he wasn't gonna get any action, wasn't getting 0:08:55.040 --> 0:08:58.240 I think he was probably you know, looking at uh, 0:08:58.240 --> 0:09:01.600 whether it's scout team and practice this or film sessions. 0:09:01.640 --> 0:09:04.600 I think he was always preparing for this moment and 0:09:04.640 --> 0:09:07.280 so that when he gets this chance, it doesn't look 0:09:07.320 --> 0:09:10.920 like he's raw or not ready. He looks ready. I 0:09:10.960 --> 0:09:14.240 mean that was an impressive opening drive going down the 0:09:14.240 --> 0:09:19.360 field with quick, accurate decisions and really, you know, they've 0:09:19.400 --> 0:09:23.679 got a good offense with a lot of different personnel 0:09:23.760 --> 0:09:27.200 and spacing, and I thought it was a really good 0:09:27.240 --> 0:09:30.400 game plan where he wasn't taking seven step drops. The 0:09:30.440 --> 0:09:33.800 ball was coming out fast, and guys, like to Bart's point, 0:09:34.200 --> 0:09:36.280 if you hit it in the right spot, you know, 0:09:36.360 --> 0:09:38.480 to Alijah More could go a long ways if you 0:09:38.559 --> 0:09:40.760 get it, you know, to Znom the night on the 0:09:40.800 --> 0:09:44.160 outside as you're check down, he could go along ways. 0:09:44.200 --> 0:09:47.000 These guys are capable of making people misses. And so 0:09:47.720 --> 0:09:52.840 I just thought he's probably taken all of his time 0:09:53.000 --> 0:09:55.440 away from not being on the field and made the 0:09:55.480 --> 0:09:57.080 most of it. That's what it looked like, is I 0:09:57.080 --> 0:09:59.160 don't think that you could have just you know, been 0:09:59.200 --> 0:10:01.840 snoozing the last three months and go out there and 0:10:01.880 --> 0:10:06.160 play like that. How important were these two receptions by 0:10:06.200 --> 0:10:09.760 Elijah More that Baldi just referred to their part? What 0:10:09.920 --> 0:10:14.000 can it do for his confidence? And if you have 0:10:14.760 --> 0:10:18.400 him going added to the equation with Garrett Wilson, and 0:10:18.480 --> 0:10:21.880 you brought Corey Davis back to the lineup. Suddenly this 0:10:21.960 --> 0:10:25.599 passing game can look a lot different, can it? Absolutely, 0:10:25.600 --> 0:10:27.400 because you don't know who to take away if you 0:10:27.440 --> 0:10:30.679 decide to double uh Garrett Wilson then allows you to 0:10:30.720 --> 0:10:33.200 get Elijah More who thrives in the slot. And I 0:10:33.240 --> 0:10:35.280 think that's his natural position. I think that's where he 0:10:35.320 --> 0:10:37.720 can best help this team. I'd like to see them 0:10:37.760 --> 0:10:40.079 maybe get him involved more some of those you know 0:10:40.360 --> 0:10:42.800 carries from Burials, give him some of those you know, 0:10:42.880 --> 0:10:45.960 those jet suits, because he really flourished with those last year. 0:10:46.400 --> 0:10:48.880 But you know, it just makes it a team harder 0:10:48.920 --> 0:10:51.319 to to be able to defend, and it gives you 0:10:51.440 --> 0:10:54.080 opportunity of guys that can give your explosive plays. When 0:10:54.080 --> 0:10:55.880 you think about you know, you lost a lot of 0:10:55.880 --> 0:10:57.840 that from Breece Hall because he was a guy that 0:10:57.880 --> 0:11:00.560 can give you forty yards or sixty yards, explore the plays, 0:11:00.840 --> 0:11:04.040 you know, with relatively safe type of plays. But now 0:11:04.120 --> 0:11:06.000 you look at a log and morelarg and more. Now 0:11:06.040 --> 0:11:09.200 it's confidences back and now he believes that, Okay, if 0:11:09.240 --> 0:11:10.960 I get the ball in my hands, if I'm open, 0:11:11.240 --> 0:11:12.800 that the ball is going to be delivered to me. 0:11:13.080 --> 0:11:15.520 So now that chemistry just continues to grow with Mike White. 0:11:15.840 --> 0:11:18.880 And listen, Mike White. You know last year this so 0:11:19.120 --> 0:11:20.840 like everybody want to say, well, it's against the Bears 0:11:20.840 --> 0:11:22.720 and that was an easy defense. He did it against 0:11:22.720 --> 0:11:25.600 the Bengals under the Bengals beat up on the Ravens. 0:11:25.800 --> 0:11:27.440 You know, they came in here and got humbled by 0:11:27.480 --> 0:11:30.959 the Jets, and you know that was because Mike White 0:11:30.960 --> 0:11:33.760 had a career day. So if everybody says, well, it's 0:11:33.800 --> 0:11:35.600 not a it's a fluke, look who he did it against. 0:11:35.600 --> 0:11:38.360 He did it against great competition last year. And he 0:11:38.400 --> 0:11:40.920 started off on Monday Night football doing it against the 0:11:40.960 --> 0:11:43.959 Coast before he got injured. So like, to me, this 0:11:44.000 --> 0:11:45.760 is something that we can count on. We can count 0:11:45.760 --> 0:11:48.080 on quick decisions, you know, trying to take care of 0:11:48.080 --> 0:11:50.200 the football. And everybody want to talk about, oh, well, 0:11:50.480 --> 0:11:52.640 you know the interships that he had last year, that's 0:11:52.679 --> 0:11:54.880 because there was a lot of tips. Those were tip balls. 0:11:54.920 --> 0:11:56.480 So that just tells me that people looked at the 0:11:56.480 --> 0:11:59.080 box score they didn't actually see the game. I saw 0:11:59.080 --> 0:12:00.560 the game, so I believe it. You can believe in 0:12:00.640 --> 0:12:02.360 Mike White and you can call on it and you 0:12:02.400 --> 0:12:04.160 don't have to be great when you have a defense 0:12:04.240 --> 0:12:07.440 like this and you have a good special teams, and 0:12:07.480 --> 0:12:09.040 the special teams are going to continue to be a 0:12:09.040 --> 0:12:11.320 bigger part of the game as the weather continues to 0:12:11.320 --> 0:12:14.000 get bad. Fil positioned and being able to flip the 0:12:14.000 --> 0:12:16.120 field defensively into a special team is going to be 0:12:16.200 --> 0:12:18.840 key to make it easy to put points on the board. Well, 0:12:19.240 --> 0:12:21.640 you know this part was saying on the television show 0:12:21.720 --> 0:12:25.840 last week that the Jets should be very thankful for 0:12:25.880 --> 0:12:27.800 what they have on the outside with Sauce, Gardner and 0:12:27.880 --> 0:12:31.520 DJ Read. The Bears made a couple of plays in 0:12:31.520 --> 0:12:35.360 the passing game, and one that actually happens. It's a 0:12:35.400 --> 0:12:38.000 surprise because these guys have been so good. What do 0:12:38.080 --> 0:12:40.600 you think about the response from the Jets. They give 0:12:40.679 --> 0:12:42.840 up ten of early points, then they slammed the door 0:12:42.880 --> 0:12:46.439 and that's it. And they went after those guys after that, 0:12:46.559 --> 0:12:48.320 and neither one of those guys got beatn I mean, 0:12:48.400 --> 0:12:51.120 they both gave up a play early in that game 0:12:51.200 --> 0:12:52.840 that led to the ten points. I mean, we have 0:12:52.960 --> 0:12:55.720 not seen Sauce panic at all with the ball in 0:12:55.760 --> 0:12:57.800 the air, no matter who he was covering by Claypool, 0:12:58.480 --> 0:13:01.480 for whatever reason, he was in good position. He just 0:13:01.800 --> 0:13:04.640 didn't play it right. And that's that can happen to 0:13:04.640 --> 0:13:06.240 any corner. I don't care if your name is Durell 0:13:06.320 --> 0:13:09.000 Reeves or anybody. That can happen to anybody. The good 0:13:09.040 --> 0:13:12.160 thing is, you know, and then DJ got beat, you know, 0:13:12.200 --> 0:13:14.840 for a touchdown. He was right in perfect position, you know, 0:13:14.880 --> 0:13:17.559 to make the play, just didn't make it Byron Pringle did. 0:13:17.920 --> 0:13:20.920 And so you know, in those situations, what you want 0:13:21.160 --> 0:13:23.800 for any young player is to not let that affect 0:13:23.880 --> 0:13:27.280 them going forward. And neither player was affected going forward. 0:13:27.280 --> 0:13:30.880 They both made plays after that, like they were kind 0:13:30.920 --> 0:13:33.600 of accustomed to see him. And the other thing about 0:13:33.600 --> 0:13:37.319 both those players is they're very, very good in the 0:13:37.400 --> 0:13:39.800 run game and then tackling, I mean, both of them 0:13:40.160 --> 0:13:43.040 will use I mean I've heard you know, part Rex 0:13:43.120 --> 0:13:45.520 Ryan say, look, I don't care if my corners tackle. 0:13:45.559 --> 0:13:47.800 I got nine other guys gotta go make that tackle. 0:13:47.840 --> 0:13:49.920 But I like my corners that go up there and 0:13:49.960 --> 0:13:52.440 put their nose into things. And that's what DJ and 0:13:52.480 --> 0:13:55.319 saw us do. They did it yesterday. And so look, 0:13:55.360 --> 0:13:58.800 one play in a game against a quarterback that they 0:13:58.800 --> 0:14:01.600 hadn't watched at all, you know, in in any in 0:14:01.640 --> 0:14:03.680 any sort of take what kind of a gold ball 0:14:03.720 --> 0:14:07.080 they throw Claypool's just do there. I mean, I'm making 0:14:07.080 --> 0:14:09.600 any excuses for these guys, but you know they make 0:14:09.679 --> 0:14:11.840 you get a play. They're gonna give up a playoff 0:14:11.960 --> 0:14:15.000 next week to Justin Jefferson. It's gonna happen. How do 0:14:15.040 --> 0:14:18.800 you respond to those plays after it happens. I can't 0:14:18.800 --> 0:14:21.720 wait for this matchup part Jets going to Minnesota. The 0:14:21.800 --> 0:14:24.120 Vikings one of the league's surprises. I would say at 0:14:24.200 --> 0:14:27.400 nine and two, they've won so many games in the 0:14:27.480 --> 0:14:30.240 fourth quarter. We've talked about the Jets success in the 0:14:30.280 --> 0:14:33.160 fourth quarter throughout the year. I think the Vikings might 0:14:33.200 --> 0:14:36.680 be eight and oh in one possession games BALLD. The 0:14:36.800 --> 0:14:40.520 just talked about Justin Jefferson. So let's get right into it. 0:14:41.440 --> 0:14:44.800 Where would you put the Vikings skill position players if 0:14:44.840 --> 0:14:47.040 you were ranking them in the National Football League. How 0:14:47.040 --> 0:14:50.920 do you think the Jets match up with this group? 0:14:51.160 --> 0:14:55.160 Dalvin Cook, they trade for t. J. Hockenson, they got 0:14:55.200 --> 0:14:59.440 Justin Jefferson, they got Adam Tealing, and of course Kirk 0:14:59.520 --> 0:15:01.680 Cousins is the guy at the center of that thing 0:15:01.720 --> 0:15:04.440 at the quarterback position. Well, you know what, Kirk Cousins, 0:15:04.480 --> 0:15:06.160 the ball is gonna come out on time. You know, 0:15:06.280 --> 0:15:09.840 he's got some football accument. He's gonna understand when you 0:15:09.840 --> 0:15:12.240 you're rolling those safeties over and he got covered three, 0:15:12.240 --> 0:15:13.680 He's gonna know that he has man and man on 0:15:13.720 --> 0:15:16.000 the back side and if that guy is justin Jefferson, 0:15:16.240 --> 0:15:18.040 the ball is going to him. And you know, in 0:15:18.080 --> 0:15:21.720 this matchup, the the the Vikings are gonna be able 0:15:21.760 --> 0:15:24.200 to dictate matchups because of Jets play left and right, 0:15:24.240 --> 0:15:27.400 so depending on you know, what matchups they want and 0:15:27.480 --> 0:15:29.640 whether it's stealing on this side of Jefferson against a 0:15:29.680 --> 0:15:31.960 particular corner. You know, we know that they're going to 0:15:32.000 --> 0:15:33.400 be able to get that. And the Jets are going 0:15:33.440 --> 0:15:35.480 to do what they do best, and it's gonna be 0:15:35.480 --> 0:15:37.760 important for them to really, you know, put a lot 0:15:37.800 --> 0:15:39.920 of pressure with the ford right and be able to 0:15:39.960 --> 0:15:42.360 double and you know, somebody's gonna get the heavy lifting, 0:15:42.400 --> 0:15:44.080 but you have to make sure that it's a not 0:15:44.560 --> 0:15:47.080 a steady dose where they can get predictable about being 0:15:47.120 --> 0:15:49.360 able to get the matchups. I like Michael Carter and 0:15:49.400 --> 0:15:52.080 this as well. Dalvin Cook is a closer back, but 0:15:52.120 --> 0:15:54.760 the Jets don't struggle with the backs that's kind of 0:15:54.760 --> 0:15:58.400 built like him. They struggle with the backs like Montgomery 0:15:58.600 --> 0:16:01.160 and Stevenson, the guys at bounce off and make the 0:16:01.200 --> 0:16:03.800 Jets miss a lot of tackles. Dalvin Cook is a 0:16:03.840 --> 0:16:06.160 powerful runner, but he's not a guy with that similar 0:16:06.240 --> 0:16:09.080 body that body type. Hockinson is going to be interesting 0:16:09.120 --> 0:16:11.520 because you know, I think you you know, he's a 0:16:11.560 --> 0:16:14.560 guy that they thought that they needed in this system, 0:16:14.600 --> 0:16:16.800 and he's a guy that can hurt you. You know, 0:16:16.880 --> 0:16:19.920 he's a guy that'll like kiddos who can get vertical, 0:16:19.960 --> 0:16:22.920 but he's you know, he's a he's a past receiving 0:16:22.960 --> 0:16:25.360 tight end. So it's gonna be some interesting matchups and 0:16:25.360 --> 0:16:27.160 you're gonna have to do some things that maybe you 0:16:27.320 --> 0:16:30.520 haven't shown on film. 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What do you think early in a 0:17:36.760 --> 0:17:39.320 week here as we look ahead of the Jets defense 0:17:39.640 --> 0:17:43.600 playing at such an elite level against the Minnesota offense 0:17:43.960 --> 0:17:47.320 that has so many players that can make plays happen 0:17:47.720 --> 0:17:50.760 with ball, the ball in their hands, and they make 0:17:50.800 --> 0:17:53.920 clutch plays as well. Justin Jefferson, what do you think, 0:17:54.040 --> 0:17:56.639 top receiver in the league right now? Well, he's as 0:17:56.640 --> 0:17:58.720 good as anybody out there. You know the thing about 0:17:58.760 --> 0:18:01.080 Justin Jefferson, He's got he's got two plans. He's got 0:18:01.080 --> 0:18:03.040 a plan to get open and then he's got a 0:18:03.080 --> 0:18:06.000 plan once he catches the ball to get busy and 0:18:06.080 --> 0:18:07.720 to gain as many yards or get to the end 0:18:07.800 --> 0:18:10.920 zone as he can. Like he's he's a difference maker. Look, 0:18:10.920 --> 0:18:12.800 the whole key to this thing is how can you 0:18:12.840 --> 0:18:15.679 affect Kirk Cousins. I'm just saying a page out of 0:18:15.680 --> 0:18:18.320 Rex Ryan's book. You affect the quarterback. You're can affect 0:18:18.320 --> 0:18:20.440 this game. The two games that they lost this year, 0:18:20.800 --> 0:18:24.360 Kirk Cousins has been effected through three interceptions against the Eagles, 0:18:24.359 --> 0:18:26.600 one in the red zone. Horrible throw, but he was 0:18:26.680 --> 0:18:30.000 under pressure. You've got a pressure Kirk Cousins. You could 0:18:30.040 --> 0:18:33.200 pressure him. He can throw up too to the Jets 0:18:33.320 --> 0:18:37.080 during this game if the pressure is is applied. And 0:18:37.200 --> 0:18:39.800 he's not that much different than a lot of quarterbacks. 0:18:39.840 --> 0:18:42.480 But that's why he has not been successful in big, 0:18:42.520 --> 0:18:45.560 big games and in the postseason because the pressure is 0:18:45.560 --> 0:18:48.879 gonna be much bigger. And to me, that's gonna be 0:18:48.920 --> 0:18:51.720 the key to this game. Um, you know I saw C. J. 0:18:51.880 --> 0:18:54.560 Mosley force uh, you know, a sack by Bryce huff 0:18:54.640 --> 0:18:57.560 Lash yesterday just by stepping into the a gap and 0:18:57.640 --> 0:18:59.919 drawing the guard tackle down. I saw him go to 0:18:59.920 --> 0:19:02.480 a five minute defense line that led to a sack 0:19:02.520 --> 0:19:04.240 early in the game. I mean, I think you have 0:19:04.280 --> 0:19:05.560 to change up a little. But I don't think you 0:19:05.560 --> 0:19:07.639 could just rush four all the time. I think you 0:19:07.720 --> 0:19:10.439 gotta try some overloads, give him some different looks, give him, 0:19:10.840 --> 0:19:12.760 you know, get him to go max protection and limit 0:19:12.800 --> 0:19:15.320 the number of options for Cousins to go down the 0:19:15.320 --> 0:19:18.280 field too. But you know, by and large, this team 0:19:18.320 --> 0:19:20.600 is built around the front four, and you know they 0:19:20.680 --> 0:19:23.240 got to earn their money in this game up in Minnesota. 0:19:23.600 --> 0:19:27.280