WEBVTT - A Conversation with Jets OL Alijah Vera-Tucker (9/19) 0:00:04.320 --> 0:00:07.280 Official Jets Podcast is presented by Win Bett. Betty is 0:00:07.280 --> 0:00:09.760 a team sport bet together went Bett. Eric Gallen here 0:00:09.880 --> 0:00:13.680 joined in the studio by Jets offensive lineman Elijah Vera. 0:00:13.800 --> 0:00:19.000 Tucker Avt. Thanks for coming. What has the last week 0:00:19.280 --> 0:00:23.880 been like for you? It is Monday, last Monday, at 0:00:23.880 --> 0:00:27.600 this time, you're preparing to play the Buffalo Bills to 0:00:27.680 --> 0:00:30.160 start the season and then you just finished up. 0:00:30.120 --> 0:00:31.680 The week in Dallas. 0:00:32.960 --> 0:00:38.120 Crazy span of time in terms of emotions. I gotta 0:00:38.159 --> 0:00:39.600 imagine I gotta be a roller coaster. 0:00:40.600 --> 0:00:43.240 Yeah, like you said, were coming in a week ago, 0:00:43.240 --> 0:00:47.120 we were playing Monday night football. Energy is very high 0:00:47.159 --> 0:00:49.600 and then unfortunate things happened in that game. You know, 0:00:49.640 --> 0:00:51.440 we came out with the dope, which is really cool. 0:00:51.760 --> 0:00:54.400 So the vibes really high going in to last week, 0:00:54.720 --> 0:00:57.480 and unfortunately, you know, we just didn't perform like we 0:00:57.520 --> 0:01:00.760 wanted to in Dallas. So credit to our team, good defense, 0:01:01.360 --> 0:01:04.120 good offense, good team as a whole. Fans showed out, 0:01:05.120 --> 0:01:06.679 so you know, we know we have to work on 0:01:06.880 --> 0:01:09.200 and we'll come in. We know we're gonna face diversity 0:01:09.240 --> 0:01:12.880 again throughout the season obviously, and it's just about everybody 0:01:12.880 --> 0:01:16.000 being on on point. 0:01:15.720 --> 0:01:20.080 Talk about the emotions going into last Monday Night and 0:01:20.480 --> 0:01:24.360 had you ever been part of pregame atmosphere like it 0:01:24.440 --> 0:01:25.759 was at Mount Life Stadium. 0:01:25.880 --> 0:01:31.080 Yeah, you know, playing college ball at SC is definitely 0:01:31.080 --> 0:01:33.720 a lot of cool things that you get to experience. 0:01:34.200 --> 0:01:37.640 But I would say definitely Monday night pregame was something 0:01:38.560 --> 0:01:42.360 I'll definitely never forget, you know, with the fans showing 0:01:42.440 --> 0:01:45.680 up early, being loud, and the introductions were so cool, 0:01:46.240 --> 0:01:49.040 and then when you had number eight too and everybody 0:01:49.120 --> 0:01:51.840 just walking out of the tunnel with the flag, I mean, 0:01:51.960 --> 0:01:53.880 it doesn't get any better than that, right, And that 0:01:53.960 --> 0:01:54.800 was the loudest. 0:01:54.520 --> 0:01:57.080 I've heard Met Life in a very long time. 0:01:57.200 --> 0:02:00.280 So danger was real high and U you got to 0:02:00.280 --> 0:02:02.840 give credit to a lot of the fans even when 0:02:02.920 --> 0:02:04.560 things didn't go our way early on in the game, 0:02:04.600 --> 0:02:05.880 that they stuck through it with us. 0:02:06.000 --> 0:02:06.240 Yeah. 0:02:07.920 --> 0:02:10.720 Can you describe what was that like for you coming 0:02:10.720 --> 0:02:14.280 out of the tunnel because method Man introduced me, Yeah 0:02:14.600 --> 0:02:16.520 and the rest offensive teammates. 0:02:16.639 --> 0:02:19.200 Yeah, Yeah, it was really cool. So I didn't realize. 0:02:19.560 --> 0:02:23.000 Method Man was was actually introducing us until I'm running 0:02:23.000 --> 0:02:24.520 out to sit on and see him, like, oh shoots, 0:02:24.600 --> 0:02:25.400 it's methan. 0:02:25.160 --> 0:02:25.680 Man doing this. 0:02:25.760 --> 0:02:26.520 Oh you really didn't know. 0:02:26.600 --> 0:02:30.079 No, I didn't know. So that was really cool and 0:02:30.120 --> 0:02:31.440 all the guys loved it. You know. 0:02:31.600 --> 0:02:34.360 I feel like it just really picked up our energy 0:02:34.760 --> 0:02:37.639 going into that Monday night football game, because with late 0:02:37.720 --> 0:02:39.640 night games, you're in the hotel all day or just 0:02:39.639 --> 0:02:41.880 doing whatever you're doing all day, and then you got 0:02:41.919 --> 0:02:44.400 to come in and play football game eight eight thirty 0:02:44.400 --> 0:02:48.520 at night, right, So, uh, the energy was definitely up. 0:02:48.680 --> 0:02:51.280 Juices were flowing, and it was really cool. Like I said, 0:02:51.400 --> 0:02:55.280 something I never experienced before, and uh, the energy was 0:02:55.280 --> 0:02:55.959 was real high. 0:02:56.600 --> 0:03:01.240 So when you see Aaron go down fourth offensive snap play, yeah, 0:03:01.360 --> 0:03:02.720 what immediately goes through your mind? 0:03:04.760 --> 0:03:08.440 Honestly, I would say for me and speaking for the 0:03:08.440 --> 0:03:12.280 O line or the offense in general, wash he went down, 0:03:12.320 --> 0:03:14.640 We see him looking on the field. All right, you 0:03:14.680 --> 0:03:17.880 gotta move on to the next play, right, So Zach 0:03:17.919 --> 0:03:21.960 comes in, and Zach comes in with high energy and 0:03:22.040 --> 0:03:24.320 great poise as well, and I feel like the offense 0:03:25.880 --> 0:03:28.480 kind of knew what to expect, Like, you know, obviously 0:03:28.840 --> 0:03:30.799 things are going our way right now, so let's pick 0:03:30.840 --> 0:03:33.919 our energy up, Let's get this run game going. Whatever 0:03:33.919 --> 0:03:35.560 we need to do. To win this football game. Let's 0:03:35.560 --> 0:03:37.960 get it done. And that's just basically what we did. 0:03:38.160 --> 0:03:40.440 When did you realize the significance of his injury? 0:03:41.400 --> 0:03:45.200 Yeah, I mean I kinda could sense a not so 0:03:45.400 --> 0:03:50.120 positive vibesas feeling during the game that the game, you know, 0:03:50.160 --> 0:03:53.200 it was confirmed that it was achilles. So obviously you're 0:03:53.200 --> 0:03:55.720 out for the remainder of this season with injury like that, 0:03:55.840 --> 0:03:59.840 and that one hurts not only just thinking about, you know, 0:04:00.200 --> 0:04:04.040 the future of his team, but really just feeling for 0:04:04.680 --> 0:04:08.120 Aaron in general. You know, the season end of injuries 0:04:08.240 --> 0:04:11.440 is no no fun for anyone who you know, me 0:04:11.560 --> 0:04:12.760 personally experienced something like that. 0:04:12.760 --> 0:04:13.280 It's tough. 0:04:14.040 --> 0:04:16.000 So really just reaching out to him after the game, 0:04:16.040 --> 0:04:17.839 I feel like it was really important to all of us. 0:04:18.560 --> 0:04:20.320 He seems to be doing well now, So. 0:04:20.839 --> 0:04:22.920 What kind of dude? Is he a good guy? 0:04:23.160 --> 0:04:26.960 Because you watch him from Afar, but then he joins 0:04:26.960 --> 0:04:29.880 this team in April, he's here throughout the off season 0:04:30.560 --> 0:04:35.159 and you have a relationship that others don't see. Yeah, 0:04:35.360 --> 0:04:37.640 in terms of they're watching hard knocks and picking off 0:04:37.880 --> 0:04:38.880 a little bits and pieces. 0:04:38.960 --> 0:04:41.680 Yeah, that's funny because I get that question asked a 0:04:41.760 --> 0:04:43.520 lot like family, friends, or what he's. 0:04:43.440 --> 0:04:44.240 Like, what's he like like? 0:04:44.880 --> 0:04:46.640 To be honest, he's just a normal dude. You know, 0:04:46.720 --> 0:04:49.480 you just obviously a hell of a football player. 0:04:49.560 --> 0:04:50.279 We all know that. 0:04:50.680 --> 0:04:53.480 But then he comes in and I feel like one 0:04:53.480 --> 0:04:54.839 of the very first things he wants to do is 0:04:54.839 --> 0:04:58.520 build a relationship with every single guy on the team, 0:04:58.839 --> 0:05:02.039 in the facility, whatever it is. And I think that's 0:05:02.080 --> 0:05:03.960 real special because you know, not too many guys are 0:05:03.960 --> 0:05:05.919 willing to do that, and for him to come in 0:05:05.960 --> 0:05:08.080 and do that, try and build relationship with everyone, and 0:05:09.400 --> 0:05:10.840 I thought that was really cool. 0:05:11.040 --> 0:05:13.919 Yeah, what happened at halftime? You guys are now in 0:05:13.920 --> 0:05:17.760 thirteen to three. Most people thought you were left dead 0:05:17.800 --> 0:05:23.280 to right, but you guys came back and people pointed to, hey, 0:05:23.360 --> 0:05:25.719 some of the discussions that you guys had at the 0:05:25.720 --> 0:05:26.360 inner mission. 0:05:26.560 --> 0:05:30.479 Yeah, And I mean, honestly, it was nothing special. You know, 0:05:30.520 --> 0:05:32.359 we just come into the locker room and we know 0:05:32.400 --> 0:05:34.159 what we're doing wrong, we know we need to fix 0:05:34.800 --> 0:05:36.760 and we came in the locker room knowing we could 0:05:36.800 --> 0:05:40.279 win that game if everybody just you know, on their 0:05:40.360 --> 0:05:43.479 on their toes doing the right thing, winning their assignments 0:05:43.520 --> 0:05:46.360 within the one on one blocks. So we had high 0:05:46.480 --> 0:05:48.160 energy going to the locker room because we knew that 0:05:48.200 --> 0:05:52.640 we could beat them last Monday. So, like I said, 0:05:52.680 --> 0:05:55.120 nothing special to know who rob speech is just everybody 0:05:55.360 --> 0:05:57.560 having that feeling that you know, we can come out 0:05:57.560 --> 0:05:57.960 with this win. 0:05:58.560 --> 0:06:01.320 What do you think about Breese's perform? Guy goes down 0:06:01.360 --> 0:06:04.720 for ten for one a reception. We're gonna get to 0:06:04.760 --> 0:06:08.000 what happened in Dallas, but yeah, I just want from 0:06:08.040 --> 0:06:12.520 a calendar perspective, us to go back and say, Okay, 0:06:12.560 --> 0:06:14.320 this is what happened against the Bills and then we'll 0:06:14.360 --> 0:06:16.120 take it forward where you're at right now. 0:06:16.360 --> 0:06:19.839 No, Yeah, that was wild man. Those I mean, what 0:06:19.920 --> 0:06:21.000 do you have? What do you have again? 0:06:21.120 --> 0:06:21.680 Like time for. 0:06:23.520 --> 0:06:24.159 So that's wild. 0:06:25.000 --> 0:06:28.120 So credits to Breee. He's a hell of runner. But uh, 0:06:28.279 --> 0:06:30.320 I feel like that the run game was going, you know, 0:06:30.400 --> 0:06:33.080 and uh with that gap schemes and shut out, I 0:06:33.120 --> 0:06:35.640 think it was like two of those breakaways from like 0:06:35.720 --> 0:06:38.080 good tight end blocks as well right at the edge. 0:06:38.320 --> 0:06:40.960 So credited those guys, and uh, I mean when you 0:06:41.000 --> 0:06:43.440 get when you give Breece, you know a chance, he's 0:06:43.480 --> 0:06:46.440 gonna he's gonna break it run and uh, clearly that's 0:06:46.480 --> 0:06:48.720 what he was doing last Monday night, and it was 0:06:48.800 --> 0:06:50.080 it was pretty cool to see you. 0:06:50.000 --> 0:06:51.520 Ever played with a guy like that before. 0:06:51.960 --> 0:06:55.960 He's so unique, honestly, yeah, I don't think I have. 0:06:56.240 --> 0:06:59.719 I mean just exposing if he exposedness he has out 0:06:59.720 --> 0:07:02.760 the back field is a it's pretty unique to watch. 0:07:02.839 --> 0:07:06.440 And then I mean he's pretty fast too, so that helps, 0:07:06.520 --> 0:07:07.760 right when he gets in an open space. 0:07:07.960 --> 0:07:09.760 How much do you like blocking for a guy like 0:07:09.800 --> 0:07:13.040 that because he's so shifty in no small spaces and 0:07:13.240 --> 0:07:15.880 patient at the same time, and like you said once 0:07:15.920 --> 0:07:16.640 he has a crease. 0:07:16.880 --> 0:07:18.440 Yeah, well I was about to say too, is like 0:07:18.480 --> 0:07:22.360 he's really patient, waiting for the perfect opportunity to hit 0:07:22.360 --> 0:07:24.960 that hole and to you know, make a break. 0:07:25.040 --> 0:07:27.440 So, uh, it's real cool. 0:07:27.440 --> 0:07:29.560 Obviously for officer line, you're always like a guy who 0:07:29.640 --> 0:07:31.400 could be able to set up the blocks in the 0:07:31.400 --> 0:07:34.160 backfield and then break for one. And he did that 0:07:34.280 --> 0:07:37.760 plenty of times last Monday night, which was very cool 0:07:37.800 --> 0:07:39.880 to see it. And it's always fun, whether it's receiver 0:07:40.040 --> 0:07:42.520 or running back, whatever it is. I may have a 0:07:42.560 --> 0:07:46.000 breakaway for about forty fifty hours as the obviously line, 0:07:46.040 --> 0:07:47.200 you get pretty excited about that. 0:07:47.280 --> 0:07:49.400 Yeah, he went for eighty plus you guys were backed 0:07:49.480 --> 0:07:53.360 up at like the four young after that white hat interception. Okay, 0:07:53.480 --> 0:07:57.480 so Xavier Gibson your first round pick, so you don't 0:07:57.560 --> 0:08:03.200 know this life. How pumped were you for him to 0:08:03.520 --> 0:08:05.360 shine in that moment in front of the nation. 0:08:06.000 --> 0:08:08.200 Yeah, that was a really cool experience. Man. 0:08:09.480 --> 0:08:14.240 I just remember on the sideline seeing him running down scoring. 0:08:14.360 --> 0:08:16.440 I'm thinking, like, there's no way that could have happened, right, 0:08:16.440 --> 0:08:18.920 It's got to be flag somewhere. So I'm just sitting 0:08:18.960 --> 0:08:21.800 there and then it hits me all of a sudden, 0:08:21.840 --> 0:08:23.800 like this man really just did that. And you know, 0:08:23.880 --> 0:08:26.280 credits to special teams get and all that, but it's 0:08:26.320 --> 0:08:29.920 really cool, exciting, you know, for Xavier. For a guy 0:08:29.920 --> 0:08:33.160 to come in day one, works his tails off or 0:08:33.200 --> 0:08:36.319 works his tail off and you could always just he's 0:08:36.400 --> 0:08:39.240 grinding in the playbook every day this and asking, you know, 0:08:39.240 --> 0:08:42.440 a lot of questions, always doing the right thing. Really, 0:08:42.520 --> 0:08:45.480 so for him to get that spotlight Monday night football, 0:08:45.520 --> 0:08:46.760 I mean, what more could you ask for? 0:08:47.080 --> 0:08:48.240 And he definitely deserved it. 0:08:48.600 --> 0:08:50.600 Storybook I need, So that was week one. 0:08:51.040 --> 0:08:54.360 This is a seventeen chapter book though, yea, indeed it is. 0:08:54.600 --> 0:08:59.160 So what happened in Dallas. Jets fans obviously upset disappointed 0:08:59.200 --> 0:09:03.120 this morning. You're disappointed, but you got to turn the page. Yeah, 0:09:03.600 --> 0:09:06.719 from your dvantage point, what happened in Dallas because you 0:09:06.760 --> 0:09:09.320 guys got behind the eight ball early and then never 0:09:09.360 --> 0:09:11.000 could kind of get that momentum. 0:09:11.240 --> 0:09:14.600 Yeah, I just think, you know, for offense in a whole, 0:09:14.640 --> 0:09:16.840 we just never got into rhythm. You know, I think 0:09:17.080 --> 0:09:19.560 our game plan was was coming in. We knew how, 0:09:19.600 --> 0:09:20.880 we knew we had to run the ball. We knew 0:09:20.880 --> 0:09:23.560 we had to run it well, and unfortunately, you know, 0:09:23.640 --> 0:09:26.120 we didn't. Like I said, we just couldn't really get 0:09:26.120 --> 0:09:28.920 into the rhythm and were forced to, you know, be 0:09:29.160 --> 0:09:34.240 throwing the ball pretty much all second half. And uh, 0:09:34.360 --> 0:09:36.439 I mean it is turning into the passing league. But 0:09:36.520 --> 0:09:37.599 the end of the day, you gotta be able to 0:09:37.640 --> 0:09:39.520 run the ball, and like I said, we just weren't 0:09:39.520 --> 0:09:42.520 able to get it going. So credit to their defense, 0:09:42.600 --> 0:09:43.920 you know they did. They did a good job of 0:09:43.960 --> 0:09:47.400 shutting it down early. And that's that's pretty much it. 0:09:47.520 --> 0:09:47.640 Man. 0:09:47.640 --> 0:09:49.079 It's just that's all I could say about it. So 0:09:49.120 --> 0:09:53.440 we couldn't get into the rhythm, and yeah, so now 0:09:53.440 --> 0:09:55.360 we gotta gotta put the page and move on to 0:09:55.600 --> 0:09:58.080 a big game this week, Patriots at home. 0:09:58.400 --> 0:10:00.040 We all know what type of game that is. We 0:10:00.040 --> 0:10:01.280 all know what's going to be a dogfight. 0:10:02.000 --> 0:10:06.320 So everybody in the building is isn't happy about you know, 0:10:06.440 --> 0:10:10.480 last night or yesterday's game. But uh, we had to 0:10:10.480 --> 0:10:12.600 come in and fix those corrections and make sure, you know, 0:10:12.679 --> 0:10:13.440 we turn the page. 0:10:13.559 --> 0:10:16.120 How good is Parsons because this guy lines up all 0:10:16.160 --> 0:10:19.599 over the place and moves around and he's so explosive. 0:10:19.800 --> 0:10:22.679 Yeah, no, it's a it's a good Eleven is a 0:10:22.679 --> 0:10:23.640 good player. Definitely. 0:10:24.200 --> 0:10:27.160 Uh we seen it yesterday on the field. I mean 0:10:27.200 --> 0:10:31.120 we've seen it for the past two years now. Uh say, 0:10:31.320 --> 0:10:34.640 credit to him, he's definitely. I would say that the 0:10:34.720 --> 0:10:36.480 leader of that defense I wanted to get them going, 0:10:36.559 --> 0:10:39.040 makes a big plays for him, and yesterday he was 0:10:39.080 --> 0:10:40.800 all over the field, So getting credit to him in 0:10:40.880 --> 0:10:44.120 their defense. But yeah, I mean, good player. You know, 0:10:44.200 --> 0:10:45.760 we had our good plays against him, he had our 0:10:45.800 --> 0:10:48.280 good He had his good plays against us. So that's 0:10:48.320 --> 0:10:48.840 how it goes. 0:10:49.160 --> 0:10:53.840 It seemed like you guys situationally weren't in I guess 0:10:53.920 --> 0:10:56.920 traditional first and tense situations like a lot of the 0:10:57.000 --> 0:11:02.720 time that you will facing. Okay, you gotta definicit right 0:11:02.760 --> 0:11:05.040 out of the gate. Yeah, they get the lead, they 0:11:05.040 --> 0:11:06.600 take the ball, go right down the field. 0:11:06.600 --> 0:11:07.560 It's seven to nothing. 0:11:08.240 --> 0:11:11.240 Yeah, that fake punt early in the first quarter, that 0:11:11.320 --> 0:11:13.840 a nine yard run from Breese. I just thought this 0:11:13.960 --> 0:11:17.800 was a microcosm of how it went offensively. Nine yards 0:11:17.800 --> 0:11:19.840 on first down, and then second and one can't convert, 0:11:19.920 --> 0:11:23.079 third and one can't convert, and then before you know it, 0:11:23.400 --> 0:11:25.400 you got a punt away and third down was a 0:11:25.400 --> 0:11:26.120 problem all game. 0:11:26.640 --> 0:11:29.599 Yeah, So that's what I'm saying about earlier when you 0:11:29.600 --> 0:11:31.600 asked me the questions, like we couldn't just get into 0:11:31.600 --> 0:11:35.080 the rhythm. I don't know what it was looking at 0:11:35.080 --> 0:11:36.880 the tape, you know, it was either we were one 0:11:36.880 --> 0:11:39.480 block away or or we were just shooting ourselves in 0:11:39.520 --> 0:11:42.240 the foot, you know. And that happened pretty early on 0:11:42.280 --> 0:11:44.640 in the game. And then once that happens, once you 0:11:44.679 --> 0:11:47.320 don't come out fast, you know, especially in this league, 0:11:48.120 --> 0:11:51.960 it's hard. It's hard to I guess, get the energy 0:11:52.000 --> 0:11:54.079 back or pick it up, you know what I'm saying. 0:11:55.120 --> 0:11:58.319 So, yeah, we just didn't come out. 0:11:58.600 --> 0:12:04.240 You were close though, because Garrett Garrett score. They were 0:12:04.280 --> 0:12:06.680 dominated line. But then it's ten to seven. 0:12:06.840 --> 0:12:08.720 Yeah, that's the thing, Like we were, you know, we 0:12:08.720 --> 0:12:12.040 were very close, and our defense, you know, we didn't 0:12:12.040 --> 0:12:14.959 obviously put him in the best situation, so you know, 0:12:15.000 --> 0:12:17.200 our defense was able to keep us in the game 0:12:17.400 --> 0:12:21.320 for a little bit. But yeah, it's just right when 0:12:21.360 --> 0:12:23.520 we got closed, then just started to slip away again. 0:12:23.800 --> 0:12:25.959 And uh, like I said, that's something that we got 0:12:25.960 --> 0:12:28.680 to look at and figure out why, you know it 0:12:28.720 --> 0:12:30.840 whether it's you know, one block away or shooting ourselves 0:12:30.880 --> 0:12:34.280 in the foot or or miscommunication whatever it is. You know, 0:12:34.400 --> 0:12:37.920 so we got to take all that and turn the page, 0:12:38.040 --> 0:12:40.480 move on to Patriots and figure out the best way, 0:12:40.800 --> 0:12:41.719 you know, to get this win. 0:12:41.920 --> 0:12:44.240 There were two plays there in that first half where 0:12:46.160 --> 0:12:49.720 you guys almost had a lead on the sauce Sauce 0:12:49.800 --> 0:12:53.040 drops of route on the sideline for ceedee lamb. Yeah, 0:12:53.120 --> 0:12:56.840 he catches that ball, he's probably making a call and 0:12:56.880 --> 0:12:59.840 you guys have a lead. And then they're at that 0:13:00.080 --> 0:13:04.040 of the half. What did you see Because Zach makes 0:13:04.200 --> 0:13:07.640 enough a few nice plays with his legs and then 0:13:07.679 --> 0:13:09.760 he's got Garrett open in the end zone it and 0:13:09.800 --> 0:13:12.120 somebody just gets his hand on the ball. Otherwise that's 0:13:12.120 --> 0:13:14.240 probably a touchdown. It's a four point game at the half. 0:13:14.320 --> 0:13:15.640 Yeah. Yeah, So. 0:13:17.280 --> 0:13:20.000 That's another thing too, Right, It's like we go into 0:13:20.040 --> 0:13:22.400 your two minute drive and then and half you know 0:13:22.400 --> 0:13:23.800 we're moving. The ball is actually do in a real 0:13:23.840 --> 0:13:25.960 good job in the pocket making plays with his legs. 0:13:26.400 --> 0:13:29.120 Old line is you know, holding up, you know, with 0:13:29.240 --> 0:13:32.320 protection pretty well. And then it's just like that one 0:13:32.360 --> 0:13:35.160 play where Garrett's open and then someone you know gets 0:13:35.200 --> 0:13:37.360 to that that slightest bit of his hand that kind 0:13:37.360 --> 0:13:40.320 of throws out the throw. It's those plays that I'm 0:13:40.320 --> 0:13:41.960 talking about. It's you know, you never know what play 0:13:42.000 --> 0:13:45.839 it's gonna be, so technique always has to be there. 0:13:46.559 --> 0:13:47.760 You always got to be sound with that. 0:13:48.440 --> 0:13:50.360 And that's just one of those plays where it just 0:13:50.360 --> 0:13:52.880 didn't work out for us. Like I said, where one 0:13:52.960 --> 0:13:55.440 guy is you know, unblocked for a split second. 0:13:55.840 --> 0:13:57.600 What was it like in the locker room after the game? 0:13:59.679 --> 0:14:03.200 The the energy was I said, energy was low. 0:14:03.280 --> 0:14:05.320 It's always gonna be low after after a loss, right, 0:14:05.400 --> 0:14:08.800 especially one like that where we know we're we're going 0:14:08.840 --> 0:14:10.960 in there and with high energy and then we just 0:14:11.040 --> 0:14:13.960 come out knowing that we beat ourselves. Right, Like I said, 0:14:14.000 --> 0:14:16.880 credit to them, they're a good team, but we did 0:14:16.880 --> 0:14:19.920 a lot of things to ourselves that we could have prevented. Right, 0:14:20.320 --> 0:14:24.960 So you go in knowing something like that, or you 0:14:25.040 --> 0:14:26.160 go into the locker room with the end of game 0:14:26.200 --> 0:14:29.680 knowing something like that. It's just one of those, you know, 0:14:29.800 --> 0:14:32.520 weird goody feelings that if we were just if we 0:14:32.560 --> 0:14:34.280 just did this and we just came out, you know, 0:14:34.360 --> 0:14:38.600 like this, and we just didn't shoot ourselves in the foot, 0:14:38.640 --> 0:14:40.720 like I said, you know, it'd be a different outcome. 0:14:42.000 --> 0:14:44.520 But you know, we happed on a plane, came in 0:14:44.520 --> 0:14:46.960 this morning, watched all the film. Know we have to 0:14:47.000 --> 0:14:50.440 correct and like you said, it's a long season, right, Yeah, 0:14:50.480 --> 0:14:52.840 So thank god for that. 0:14:53.840 --> 0:14:56.840 Jets fans. We're in our final push and the clock 0:14:57.080 --> 0:14:59.920 is ticking. 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You guys hadn't played a 0:15:36.720 --> 0:15:43.840 snap together, you five starters before Buffalo. Isn't there a 0:15:43.880 --> 0:15:47.440 reason to think that, Hey, over time, this thing is 0:15:47.520 --> 0:15:50.520 gonna look a lot different upfront? I mean, obviously you 0:15:50.560 --> 0:15:54.040 had your struggles against the Cowboys, but you had a 0:15:54.040 --> 0:15:57.400 lot of success I should say against the Bills, especially 0:15:57.400 --> 0:15:57.920 on the ground. 0:15:59.040 --> 0:16:02.640 Yeah, I would say with that for offical line, you didn't. 0:16:02.720 --> 0:16:06.240 I mean, you really gotta gel well with each other, right, 0:16:06.360 --> 0:16:09.360 And I feel like we were definitely doing that each 0:16:09.440 --> 0:16:12.520 week where or each day we practice, we're taking another step, 0:16:12.800 --> 0:16:16.240 you know, to improving. So just the more reps you get, 0:16:16.320 --> 0:16:19.560 you know, the better off we're gonna be. But I think, 0:16:20.360 --> 0:16:23.000 you know, people would look at you know, grades and 0:16:23.040 --> 0:16:25.440 stuff like that all over Twitter, and I don't really 0:16:25.480 --> 0:16:26.960 think that translates. 0:16:26.480 --> 0:16:28.440 To do pay attention to that stuff yourself. 0:16:28.680 --> 0:16:32.480 No, No, I don't, because I don't know. 0:16:33.040 --> 0:16:35.840 I was like it's hard for you to to really 0:16:35.840 --> 0:16:37.840 know what's going on unless you in the think of it, right, 0:16:38.400 --> 0:16:40.240 So when you look at all these grades like it's 0:16:40.240 --> 0:16:43.960 gonna show you something, and then people just kind of 0:16:44.000 --> 0:16:45.680 run with that, right, But you don't really know what's 0:16:45.680 --> 0:16:50.080 going on in the room. And we really tape, you know, 0:16:50.120 --> 0:16:52.040 I don't want to say it wasn't it wasn't bad, 0:16:52.040 --> 0:16:54.120 but there's definitely some things we could work on. But 0:16:54.120 --> 0:16:57.920 there's also some things that you look at where we're like, okay, yeah, 0:16:57.960 --> 0:16:59.600 we got this right, Like we know what type of 0:16:59.680 --> 0:17:02.560 unit we can be. So we're coming in today knowing that, 0:17:02.800 --> 0:17:04.399 you know, knowing that there's a lot to improve on, 0:17:04.520 --> 0:17:06.639 but there's also a lot to look at that we 0:17:06.680 --> 0:17:09.400 could build off on and go from there. 0:17:09.760 --> 0:17:11.840 How do you feel physically? We went down in week 0:17:11.880 --> 0:17:15.200 seven the torn try steps you work your way back. 0:17:15.440 --> 0:17:17.960 You were here throughout the spring, but after two games 0:17:18.000 --> 0:17:19.919 now back in the lineup where. 0:17:19.840 --> 0:17:22.600 You at, I'm feeling good. I'm feeling real confident. 0:17:23.160 --> 0:17:25.439 You know, in my play always some things you can 0:17:25.520 --> 0:17:27.560 work on after the game, right, we all know that, 0:17:28.800 --> 0:17:32.000 But you know, physically I'm feeling good. Mentally, I'm feeling great. 0:17:32.359 --> 0:17:36.120 And I would say my conditioning is a good thing too. 0:17:36.119 --> 0:17:38.399 That's something I was a little worried about, you know, 0:17:38.480 --> 0:17:40.520 not playing in a lot of those games last year 0:17:40.560 --> 0:17:43.040 after going down in Week seven. But I'm feeling good, 0:17:43.240 --> 0:17:46.119 you know. And my dog over there to right tackle Makai. 0:17:46.280 --> 0:17:48.560 He's a he's doing a really good job right now too, 0:17:48.680 --> 0:17:49.800 So credit him. 0:17:49.920 --> 0:17:53.320 Yeah, how much do you credit him for what he 0:17:53.359 --> 0:17:56.360 did this offseason coming back at three fifties, say, he's 0:17:56.400 --> 0:17:59.520 your dog. A lot of people when you were drafted, 0:18:00.040 --> 0:18:03.800 we're thinking, okay, Mackay comes in. You guys are gonna 0:18:03.800 --> 0:18:05.639 be on the left hand side together, But now you 0:18:05.720 --> 0:18:07.080 guys over there on the right. 0:18:07.680 --> 0:18:09.800 Yeah. It's crazy how life works, right. 0:18:10.000 --> 0:18:12.760 Yeah, we were talking about the other day, like, you know, 0:18:12.800 --> 0:18:14.439 I got drafted and we were supposed to be on 0:18:14.440 --> 0:18:16.760 the left side to get it, and unfortunate things happened 0:18:16.800 --> 0:18:20.520 with injuries, and then two years later, you know, we're 0:18:20.520 --> 0:18:23.320 both on the right side looking to make some great 0:18:23.320 --> 0:18:27.600 plays with each other. I mean, that's just how life works, right, 0:18:27.760 --> 0:18:30.560 kind of comes full circle and going back to Mkay, 0:18:30.640 --> 0:18:33.520 I mean, away from the game for two years unfortunately 0:18:33.920 --> 0:18:38.040 with injuries, and then comes back off season, gets in shape, 0:18:38.600 --> 0:18:41.720 doing all the right things, you know, to protect himself 0:18:41.800 --> 0:18:44.240 his body whatever it is, and comes out in the 0:18:44.280 --> 0:18:47.440 games and kind of does this thing right and each 0:18:47.480 --> 0:18:51.280 week improving on the little things. And that's definitely what 0:18:51.320 --> 0:18:51.960 he's been doing. 0:18:52.000 --> 0:18:52.480 So credit. 0:18:53.119 --> 0:18:56.200 How painful is the torn rides ups that you sustained 0:18:56.240 --> 0:18:58.720 against Denver, then you know you got that's got to 0:18:58.720 --> 0:19:00.520 be an injury, you know immediately. 0:19:00.359 --> 0:19:01.120