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Speaker 1: Official Jets bod is presented by win Bet Betting is

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Speaker 1: a team sport bet together at win Bet. Eric Allen

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Speaker 1: here at one Jets Drive join by the head coach

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Speaker 1: of the Saint Louis BattleHawks, Anthony Beck, who still is

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Speaker 1: doing Jets content as an analyst. But let's start right there.

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Speaker 1: XFL Year one. How much do you enjoy it?

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Speaker 2: Brother?

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Speaker 2: It was a blast? You know, I think for me,

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Speaker 2: you build something from the ground up with your players

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Speaker 2: and staff. You go through training camp and you're really

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Speaker 2: not sure what you have until you get out there.

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Speaker 2: And there was a lot of anticipation, a lot of

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Speaker 2: nerves and anxiety for me, first time head coach, trying

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Speaker 2: to do everything right, trying to get guys prepared for

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Speaker 2: the first time. And then we had an outstanding season.

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Speaker 2: Man seven and three kind of got snubbed from the

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Speaker 2: playoffs with the rules and whatnot, but we were definitely

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Speaker 2: a playoff team, but we had some opportunities at the

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Speaker 2: end to seal our fate and get in, but we

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Speaker 2: didn't quite get over that hump. But just extremely talented

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Speaker 2: football team. We really did a nice job of finding

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Speaker 2: really good players to fill our roster, not just our roster,

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Speaker 2: but we had about ten other players we released that

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Speaker 2: actually played for other teams. So just really good just

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Speaker 2: finding the right player too. You know, not only were

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Speaker 2: they good players, they were good people, high character, you know,

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Speaker 2: minimal issues throughout the season, but we had our standard

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Speaker 2: you know, things that came up popped up throughout the year.

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Speaker 2: But other than that, man, the experience with the XFL

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Speaker 2: did ownership top to bottom first class. Really didn't know

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Speaker 2: what to expect, but I knew obviously with Danny Garcia, Duwayne,

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Speaker 2: the Rock Johnson and the Redburg Capitol group that they

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Speaker 2: were really about the players and from top to bottom,

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Speaker 2: where we stayed, where we practiced, the food we ate

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Speaker 2: every day, how we traveled on the road, just really

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Speaker 2: a plus across the board. Really impressed on you know

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Speaker 2: how they did and really set that up for our

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Speaker 2: staff and our players. So our players had a great environment.

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Speaker 2: We were able to build something fairly quickly. It's another

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Speaker 2: thing too, just trying to get a culture build in

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Speaker 2: forty days of training camp. You know, these guys never

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Speaker 2: met each other, never been around each other, having been

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Speaker 2: coached by our guys, didn't know me. So just really

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Speaker 2: all in all, from top to bottom. A great process

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Speaker 2: and I loved it.

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Speaker 1: Man.

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Speaker 2: I immersed myself in every possible detail, angle situation that

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Speaker 2: every day that we're there as if I was coaching

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Speaker 2: an NFL team, right, So just grind it for you know,

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Speaker 2: four and a half five months and just loved it.

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Speaker 2: Loved waking up early, loved going to bed late, you know,

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Speaker 2: working with the staff, the players, and really ended up

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Speaker 2: being a super successful season for twenty twenty three, one.

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Speaker 1: Of the four aces in the Jets two thousand draft class.

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Speaker 1: Of course, you played more than ten years in the

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Speaker 1: National Football League. At what point did he get the

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Speaker 1: itch for coaching? When did that brug enter your body?

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Speaker 2: You know, after I took a year off after my

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Speaker 2: last season in twenty eleven, I really put a lot

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Speaker 2: really add to the leadership of the locker room, the

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Speaker 2: those were things that I just grew to love. I

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Speaker 2: understand not only the tight end position, but also galvanize

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Speaker 2: a locker room. And those things happened a lot later

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Speaker 2: A lot of different things there that kind of pointed

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Speaker 2: other things, this was the right time for me. And

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Speaker 2: you know, calling games for ten years with ESPN and

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Speaker 2: And for me, just okay, I've learned so much from

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Speaker 2: It's my job to fill those holes, and I think

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Speaker 1: You were all in, you dove in to the deep

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Speaker 1: You go to the podium and all the emotions overcame

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Speaker 2: You know what? Honestly, that scenario was interesting because you know,

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Speaker 2: I was just so appreciative of what the players had done,

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Speaker 2: You know, they really bought into what I was, you know,

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Speaker 2: It was exciting. We had some great plays, but you know,

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Speaker 2: it was just more of an emotion towards the gratitude

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Speaker 1: How about the gratitude for the fans. Man Saint Louis

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Speaker 1: was rocking, did you guys say, the best attendance in

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Speaker 2: They killed it, really, you know. And I tried to

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Speaker 2: And we were able to do that. But they showed up,

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Speaker 2: But man, they were awesome. Face paint outfits, T shirts,

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Speaker 2: shoulder pads, helmets, swords, hawk feathers. I mean, they lined

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Speaker 2: waited for us, came early, and they were great on

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Speaker 2: third down, man, I really pushed the envelope. I wanted

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Speaker 2: great for our players because, you know, Eric like, it's

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Speaker 2: one thing to play the game, to push and do

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Speaker 2: things at the professional level to try to continue to

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Speaker 2: enhance your game, but also under the pressures and constraints

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Speaker 2: able to play under those constraints as well, that's almost

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Speaker 2: as realistic as playing in the NFL, and that's what

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Speaker 1: What can you tell us about your relationship with The Rock,

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Speaker 1: Dwayne Johnson, Because if anybody's following you on social media,

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Speaker 2: the organization and the era for the Jets.

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Speaker 1: You play in between the white lines at thirty nine

434
00:21:13,000 --> 00:21:15,920
Speaker 1: and Rogers is going to turn forward in December. What

435
00:21:16,160 --> 00:21:18,679
Speaker 1: is he right now? What does he physically bring to

436
00:21:18,760 --> 00:21:22,119
Speaker 1: the field at this point? And you just mentioned it.

437
00:21:22,119 --> 00:21:25,359
Speaker 1: It's not like Rogers is the only piece here. But

438
00:21:25,520 --> 00:21:27,600
Speaker 1: what he Johnson said at the beginning of the offseason,

439
00:21:27,680 --> 00:21:31,200
Speaker 1: quarterbacks been the missing piece. So you find that missing piece.

440
00:21:31,400 --> 00:21:33,719
Speaker 1: What does Rogers have to be for the Jets?

441
00:21:34,960 --> 00:21:37,080
Speaker 2: The same guy he's been his entire career. You know,

442
00:21:37,160 --> 00:21:39,600
Speaker 2: the fact that he's there now like currently as we

443
00:21:39,680 --> 00:21:42,600
Speaker 2: speak is great. He gets that, right, he knows the

444
00:21:42,640 --> 00:21:44,159
Speaker 2: importance of it. He's not a guy that's going to

445
00:21:44,200 --> 00:21:47,399
Speaker 2: be sticking around in past years. He's going to train himself.

446
00:21:47,440 --> 00:21:48,800
Speaker 2: He's going to get to where he needs to be

447
00:21:49,200 --> 00:21:51,119
Speaker 2: and prepare himself for the season. So the fact that

448
00:21:51,160 --> 00:21:54,960
Speaker 2: he's he understands that there's not that you know, that

449
00:21:54,960 --> 00:21:59,400
Speaker 2: that sense of self selfishness that Okay, yeah, I'm there,

450
00:21:59,400 --> 00:22:00,879
Speaker 2: I get it, I know the offense, I don't have

451
00:22:00,920 --> 00:22:02,639
Speaker 2: to be He knows he's got to build the report

452
00:22:02,680 --> 00:22:06,760
Speaker 2: with receivers, with the lineman, with all these guys to

453
00:22:06,880 --> 00:22:10,040
Speaker 2: really build something so it works quickly. That that's the goal.

454
00:22:10,160 --> 00:22:12,520
Speaker 2: Week one, you need to come out the gate firing.

455
00:22:12,560 --> 00:22:14,760
Speaker 2: And it's not an easy schedule, man. This is a

456
00:22:14,840 --> 00:22:17,040
Speaker 2: schedule early on that's going to be you know, it's

457
00:22:17,080 --> 00:22:21,960
Speaker 2: going to test the fortitude of this team because you know,

458
00:22:22,040 --> 00:22:23,320
Speaker 2: if you want to get where you want to be

459
00:22:23,560 --> 00:22:25,639
Speaker 2: and and you want to get to those goals, you

460
00:22:25,680 --> 00:22:27,960
Speaker 2: got to beat those teams. You got to play those teams,

461
00:22:28,359 --> 00:22:30,040
Speaker 2: and they're going to get that chance this year. So

462
00:22:31,119 --> 00:22:33,000
Speaker 2: you know, he's going to be prepared. I think that's

463
00:22:33,040 --> 00:22:35,359
Speaker 2: the number one thing. The fact that he's there leads

464
00:22:35,400 --> 00:22:37,120
Speaker 2: me to believe that he is going to have himself

465
00:22:37,160 --> 00:22:40,800
Speaker 2: ready to go, and then ultimately can he help prepare

466
00:22:41,359 --> 00:22:45,520
Speaker 2: and get everybody else around him ready? Is it his responsibility? No,

467
00:22:46,000 --> 00:22:50,800
Speaker 2: but it's his responsibility to build that camaraderie, to build

468
00:22:50,800 --> 00:22:54,400
Speaker 2: that team, and that's the quarterbacks job. That he knows

469
00:22:54,440 --> 00:22:55,959
Speaker 2: that that's what he did in Green Bay for all

470
00:22:55,960 --> 00:22:59,159
Speaker 2: these years, and that's why those players loved playing with him. Lineman,

471
00:22:59,280 --> 00:23:03,159
Speaker 2: running backsight ends, they loved playing with Aaron Rodgers, and

472
00:23:03,200 --> 00:23:05,880
Speaker 2: now he's got to kind of do that over again.

473
00:23:05,960 --> 00:23:07,919
Speaker 2: And I think the best thing about it is he

474
00:23:08,000 --> 00:23:11,000
Speaker 2: did it away in Green Bay that maybe, okay, he

475
00:23:11,080 --> 00:23:13,480
Speaker 2: thought was a good way he kind of tried to

476
00:23:13,480 --> 00:23:16,479
Speaker 2: do things. But now he uses those experiences and now

477
00:23:16,600 --> 00:23:19,480
Speaker 2: comes here fresh where nobody really knows, with a couple

478
00:23:19,480 --> 00:23:21,920
Speaker 2: of players that have been around him, obviously, like Lizard

479
00:23:21,960 --> 00:23:25,760
Speaker 2: and Randall, to really build something and do it the

480
00:23:25,800 --> 00:23:28,199
Speaker 2: way that he wants it so that everybody's on the

481
00:23:28,200 --> 00:23:30,960
Speaker 2: same page. And I think that starts with play calling.

482
00:23:31,200 --> 00:23:34,119
Speaker 2: The play caller, all that stuff is in line, and

483
00:23:34,200 --> 00:23:36,720
Speaker 2: I just think you play a little harder. Okay, if

484
00:23:36,720 --> 00:23:38,840
Speaker 2: you're a lineman, a tight end. I remember, you know

485
00:23:38,840 --> 00:23:41,560
Speaker 2: when I used to block for Curtis Martin, you know,

486
00:23:42,119 --> 00:23:44,159
Speaker 2: Hall of Fame back, You just you didn't want to

487
00:23:44,240 --> 00:23:46,440
Speaker 2: let that man down, right because you saw he played

488
00:23:46,480 --> 00:23:48,760
Speaker 2: through injury. I saw the things that he did on

489
00:23:48,800 --> 00:23:52,080
Speaker 2: a day to day basis, and it just took personal

490
00:23:52,119 --> 00:23:54,840
Speaker 2: responsibility for me to go out there and be great

491
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Speaker 2: for him as best or be as great as I

492
00:23:56,800 --> 00:23:59,399
Speaker 2: could be in that moment. And I think that's what

493
00:23:59,440 --> 00:24:01,879
Speaker 2: the lineman and guys like that will feel a sense

494
00:24:01,920 --> 00:24:04,680
Speaker 2: of I gotta protect this guy. I gotta catch this ball.

495
00:24:04,680 --> 00:24:06,800
Speaker 2: If I'm a tight end, if I'm a running back,

496
00:24:06,800 --> 00:24:09,520
Speaker 2: I gotta get these yards. I gotta pass protect because

497
00:24:09,520 --> 00:24:11,600
Speaker 2: he earns that respect. I saw that in Tampa with

498
00:24:11,640 --> 00:24:15,320
Speaker 2: Tom Brady, same kind of situation. Guys stepped up their game.

499
00:24:16,840 --> 00:24:19,880
Speaker 2: It was barely sacked. They protected him and he went

500
00:24:19,920 --> 00:24:21,840
Speaker 2: out there and did his thing at a high level.

501
00:24:21,920 --> 00:24:24,639
Speaker 2: So this is really an interesting time and I just

502
00:24:24,680 --> 00:24:26,760
Speaker 2: think that those are the things that I'm interested to

503
00:24:26,840 --> 00:24:29,720
Speaker 2: see how that grows and develops, and how guys strain

504
00:24:29,840 --> 00:24:31,920
Speaker 2: a little more, not that they weren't in the past,

505
00:24:32,040 --> 00:24:34,720
Speaker 2: not that they weren't playing one hundred percent, but sometimes

506
00:24:34,800 --> 00:24:36,679
Speaker 2: in your mind mentally you just push it to the

507
00:24:36,720 --> 00:24:39,040
Speaker 2: next envelope because you want to be great around a

508
00:24:39,040 --> 00:24:40,600
Speaker 2: guy that's as great as Alan Rodgers.

509
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Speaker 1: Do you see the parallels there with Brady. Brady had

510
00:24:43,720 --> 00:24:49,000
Speaker 1: that illustrious twenty year run essentially with New England. Then

511
00:24:49,040 --> 00:24:52,960
Speaker 1: he comes to Tampa that first year. Where the most

512
00:24:53,000 --> 00:24:56,680
Speaker 1: significant difference, I would say, ab the way I look

513
00:24:56,760 --> 00:24:59,240
Speaker 1: at it is you just mentioned it, is that Aaron

514
00:24:59,359 --> 00:25:02,520
Speaker 1: Rodgers to a place where he's already got familiarity with

515
00:25:02,640 --> 00:25:06,679
Speaker 1: the coordinator, like he loves Nathaniel Hackett. Those guys have

516
00:25:06,720 --> 00:25:10,320
Speaker 1: an established relationship. And you said he could be an

517
00:25:10,359 --> 00:25:14,439
Speaker 1: extension of the coaching staff and essentially another coach on

518
00:25:14,480 --> 00:25:19,479
Speaker 1: the field where Brady goes to a very talented Tampa roster,

519
00:25:20,320 --> 00:25:24,119
Speaker 1: but he and Bruce arians had to come together and

520
00:25:24,200 --> 00:25:26,560
Speaker 1: figure out that system over time.

521
00:25:27,119 --> 00:25:29,080
Speaker 2: Yeah, no, that that's that was big. I mean, he

522
00:25:29,600 --> 00:25:32,160
Speaker 2: talked about that being a foreign language when he came

523
00:25:32,200 --> 00:25:34,159
Speaker 2: in there and learning the system. A lot of the

524
00:25:34,200 --> 00:25:36,760
Speaker 2: things are the same, but the terminologies that was challenging

525
00:25:36,800 --> 00:25:40,320
Speaker 2: for him. And ultimately that that was that slow start

526
00:25:40,320 --> 00:25:42,000
Speaker 2: that they had that first year. Now they were able

527
00:25:42,040 --> 00:25:43,679
Speaker 2: to pick it up in the back end and it clicked.

528
00:25:43,680 --> 00:25:45,520
Speaker 2: But because you got a guy like Tom Brady that

529
00:25:45,520 --> 00:25:48,399
Speaker 2: can handle that. But it's really it's it's gonna be

530
00:25:48,400 --> 00:25:51,280
Speaker 2: easy for Nathaniel, it's gonna be easy for Aaron obviously

531
00:25:51,320 --> 00:25:54,760
Speaker 2: because they know it. Because of theirs youth in this team,

532
00:25:54,960 --> 00:25:58,520
Speaker 2: really good youth, talented youth that they're gonna have to

533
00:25:58,520 --> 00:26:02,119
Speaker 2: pick up a new system, you know, like and Garrett Wilson.

534
00:26:02,160 --> 00:26:05,159
Speaker 2: You know, there's gonna be some similarities, but terminologies are

535
00:26:05,160 --> 00:26:08,560
Speaker 2: different wordings, different so you have to rego through that process.

536
00:26:08,680 --> 00:26:10,879
Speaker 2: And they picked it up great last year, which was great,

537
00:26:11,080 --> 00:26:13,119
Speaker 2: but now they're gonna have to do it again. And

538
00:26:13,200 --> 00:26:15,679
Speaker 2: I just see those guys excelling. I know, guys like

539
00:26:15,680 --> 00:26:17,320
Speaker 2: Breest Hall, I know what he's about. He's going to

540
00:26:17,400 --> 00:26:20,719
Speaker 2: be a better player than he was last year. Garrett Wilson,

541
00:26:20,760 --> 00:26:24,359
Speaker 2: you watch him play multiple quarterbacks, the numbers he put up.

542
00:26:24,440 --> 00:26:26,960
Speaker 2: Now he's got a guy like Aaron Rodgers, Like I

543
00:26:27,160 --> 00:26:29,199
Speaker 2: just to me, a sky is the limit on how

544
00:26:29,200 --> 00:26:32,240
Speaker 2: good he can be. There were more proven talented players

545
00:26:32,280 --> 00:26:35,280
Speaker 2: around Brady and Tampa than there are with the Jets,

546
00:26:35,680 --> 00:26:39,239
Speaker 2: but don't misconsue that as not as talented, because they

547
00:26:39,240 --> 00:26:41,960
Speaker 2: do have the talent. And then defensively, the pieces were

548
00:26:41,960 --> 00:26:45,639
Speaker 2: there to really hold teams when you got those leads

549
00:26:45,680 --> 00:26:48,360
Speaker 2: and really do some good things on the defensive side,

550
00:26:48,560 --> 00:26:50,520
Speaker 2: which is good. The fact you have a defensive coach,

551
00:26:51,040 --> 00:26:53,880
Speaker 2: head coach that now, okay, all those efforts, those things

552
00:26:53,920 --> 00:26:56,320
Speaker 2: and we saw from last year how well they played

553
00:26:56,320 --> 00:26:59,280
Speaker 2: throughout the season and improved from the year before. Those

554
00:26:59,320 --> 00:27:01,480
Speaker 2: things are going to you know, be even bigger now

555
00:27:01,800 --> 00:27:05,680
Speaker 2: and helpful in my opinion, because if you get now

556
00:27:05,680 --> 00:27:07,760
Speaker 2: where you become a team that's a little more offensive

557
00:27:07,760 --> 00:27:10,240
Speaker 2: and you put up points. The way the other team

558
00:27:10,280 --> 00:27:13,600
Speaker 2: plays against you is a little bit more riskier if

559
00:27:13,600 --> 00:27:16,240
Speaker 2: you can get those leads. Now it's reversed. So now

560
00:27:16,280 --> 00:27:18,800
Speaker 2: that that's a positive for the defense, and I think

561
00:27:18,800 --> 00:27:20,920
Speaker 2: that can allow them to be even better than they were.

562
00:27:21,080 --> 00:27:24,520
Speaker 2: So the growth in the development of the system of

563
00:27:24,600 --> 00:27:27,359
Speaker 2: everybody learning it outside of the quarterback is going to

564
00:27:27,440 --> 00:27:30,800
Speaker 2: be really something that's important. And that's why Aaron's there

565
00:27:30,880 --> 00:27:33,760
Speaker 2: right now, right, So that's that extra guy, and it's

566
00:27:33,800 --> 00:27:35,919
Speaker 2: it's going to be vitally important for the skill players

567
00:27:35,960 --> 00:27:38,040
Speaker 2: and the running backs and the line to really get

568
00:27:38,080 --> 00:27:41,160
Speaker 2: on this quickly, and they will because that's their job.

569
00:27:41,240 --> 00:27:42,800
Speaker 2: This is how you do it. I mean it can

570
00:27:42,880 --> 00:27:45,520
Speaker 2: it's easily done OTAs all this stuff is there for

571
00:27:45,600 --> 00:27:47,920
Speaker 2: them to get it, so when they hit training camp

572
00:27:47,960 --> 00:27:51,760
Speaker 2: they can hit the ground running. But again, it's nice

573
00:27:51,800 --> 00:27:54,200
Speaker 2: to know that your quarterback and your OCO will be

574
00:27:54,280 --> 00:27:56,680
Speaker 2: on the same page, have a good feel, and those

575
00:27:56,720 --> 00:27:59,439
Speaker 2: things will mesh well. And now it's just coordinating. Okay,

576
00:28:00,080 --> 00:28:04,119
Speaker 2: you utilize the talent within the system that Nathaniel Hackett's running,

577
00:28:04,560 --> 00:28:07,760
Speaker 2: so you can maximize the play from the people that

578
00:28:07,800 --> 00:28:08,359
Speaker 2: are on the field.

579
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Speaker 1: So your son Rocoll plays quarterback at Iowa State for

580
00:28:12,040 --> 00:28:15,960
Speaker 1: Matt Campbell. I gotta imagine that you guys had big

581
00:28:16,000 --> 00:28:19,840
Speaker 1: smiles on your faces for a second consecutive draft weekend

582
00:28:19,960 --> 00:28:25,480
Speaker 1: because Brice Hall, after the Jets selection of Will McDonald

583
00:28:25,600 --> 00:28:28,320
Speaker 1: with the fifteenth pick in this year's first round, said

584
00:28:28,320 --> 00:28:32,640
Speaker 1: the New York Cyclones. Because the Jets not only draft

585
00:28:32,800 --> 00:28:35,920
Speaker 1: Hall last year and he was fantastic in his first

586
00:28:36,000 --> 00:28:40,760
Speaker 1: seven games, but they signed Ellen Lazard free agency, a

587
00:28:40,800 --> 00:28:43,200
Speaker 1: former Cyclone, and then they come back in the first

588
00:28:43,280 --> 00:28:44,480
Speaker 1: round with Will McDonald.

589
00:28:44,480 --> 00:28:47,560
Speaker 2: What do you think? Really awesome? Rocco got to throw

590
00:28:47,600 --> 00:28:49,360
Speaker 2: to Allen a couple times when he came back to

591
00:28:49,400 --> 00:28:54,080
Speaker 2: the facility. You know, in the offseason, it's just great man.

592
00:28:54,120 --> 00:28:56,560
Speaker 2: Breese Hall. They still stay in touch. Breese Hall is

593
00:28:56,600 --> 00:29:00,320
Speaker 2: just an incredible player. She's a home run hit man.

594
00:29:00,360 --> 00:29:03,240
Speaker 2: He just, uh, he's big time. I knew he would

595
00:29:03,240 --> 00:29:05,560
Speaker 2: be better in the league. I mean, for whatever was

596
00:29:05,600 --> 00:29:07,200
Speaker 2: a five six games that he played, he was the

597
00:29:07,200 --> 00:29:10,440
Speaker 2: best back in the NFL arguably right yards from scrimmage.

598
00:29:10,440 --> 00:29:14,320
Speaker 2: Everything he did and he was the component for this team.

599
00:29:14,600 --> 00:29:14,760
Speaker 1: Uh.

600
00:29:14,840 --> 00:29:18,120
Speaker 2: When he comes back, he's healthy, that's huge. And then

601
00:29:18,120 --> 00:29:21,200
Speaker 2: Will McDonald obviously got to watch every snap of him

602
00:29:21,240 --> 00:29:25,600
Speaker 2: last year, going to all the games. Extremely talented player,

603
00:29:27,320 --> 00:29:30,680
Speaker 2: elite pass rusher. The dude's got a major chip on

604
00:29:30,720 --> 00:29:33,600
Speaker 2: his shoulder. You know, you guys will document the stories.

605
00:29:33,600 --> 00:29:35,560
Speaker 2: He's come from nothing. Man, This kid is as humble

606
00:29:35,560 --> 00:29:38,320
Speaker 2: as it gets. Works his butt off and I mean

607
00:29:38,360 --> 00:29:40,800
Speaker 2: probably a little bit misused at Iowa State because of

608
00:29:40,800 --> 00:29:42,360
Speaker 2: the defensive structure that they have.

609
00:29:43,840 --> 00:29:45,120
Speaker 1: To help on a tackle last year.

610
00:29:45,200 --> 00:29:47,400
Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, you know, I did love that, but I

611
00:29:47,480 --> 00:29:49,920
Speaker 2: get it that's where they were. He's just not you know,

612
00:29:50,040 --> 00:29:54,000
Speaker 2: that body type. Hurt that right, but he was still effective.

613
00:29:54,520 --> 00:29:57,720
Speaker 2: But again, cranking him outside now, putting them on an

614
00:29:57,800 --> 00:30:00,840
Speaker 2: island with somebody, I just it's gonna be fun to

615
00:30:00,880 --> 00:30:03,120
Speaker 2: watch because for him, I think it's going to add

616
00:30:03,160 --> 00:30:05,000
Speaker 2: a layer of his game that he hasn't been able

617
00:30:05,000 --> 00:30:09,960
Speaker 2: to really show as much, you know, being out there

618
00:30:10,000 --> 00:30:13,080
Speaker 2: every single time now, and you know, he's probably not

619
00:30:13,120 --> 00:30:15,320
Speaker 2: going to be used much in that run stopping game,

620
00:30:15,360 --> 00:30:18,120
Speaker 2: and you know, it's a passing league, so he's going

621
00:30:18,200 --> 00:30:20,760
Speaker 2: to be used in a lot of those scenarios. I think,

622
00:30:20,840 --> 00:30:22,800
Speaker 2: you know, he could easily be a double digit guy

623
00:30:22,880 --> 00:30:28,160
Speaker 2: year one. I just I just see it. And you know, again,

624
00:30:28,400 --> 00:30:30,680
Speaker 2: size is always effective. But we've seen guys come into

625
00:30:30,680 --> 00:30:33,840
Speaker 2: the league, uh you know a little bit underskis longer,

626
00:30:33,880 --> 00:30:35,520
Speaker 2: guys have been able to get it done. He'll get

627
00:30:35,560 --> 00:30:39,280
Speaker 2: stronger and he'll get bigger, but you know, he's always

628
00:30:39,320 --> 00:30:41,160
Speaker 2: been a guy that can play. He's got an incredible

629
00:30:41,200 --> 00:30:43,959
Speaker 2: motor number one, so you know, against the run, chasing

630
00:30:44,000 --> 00:30:47,960
Speaker 2: things down across the field, backside, outside, he's got all that.

631
00:30:48,120 --> 00:30:49,880
Speaker 2: Now you know he can do that, and he's got

632
00:30:49,880 --> 00:30:53,440
Speaker 2: a verage of pass moves that you know with his flexibility,

633
00:30:53,520 --> 00:30:55,880
Speaker 2: dip spin, it's a little bit of a different level.

634
00:30:56,040 --> 00:30:57,560
Speaker 2: You know, you're not you don't see that every day

635
00:30:57,600 --> 00:30:59,960
Speaker 2: in practice. And you know Carl last on the X

636
00:31:00,400 --> 00:31:02,320
Speaker 2: high motor guy, right like, he goes as hard as

637
00:31:02,360 --> 00:31:05,720
Speaker 2: you can possibly go. But the things that will can do,

638
00:31:06,360 --> 00:31:08,600
Speaker 2: you know with his body because he's not as big,

639
00:31:08,960 --> 00:31:12,680
Speaker 2: the flextion, the dipping, the spin, the balance of staying

640
00:31:12,720 --> 00:31:15,160
Speaker 2: on your feet, all those different things, that's a game

641
00:31:15,280 --> 00:31:17,920
Speaker 2: changer now when you look at it. So really excited

642
00:31:17,960 --> 00:31:20,600
Speaker 2: to see him, but yeah, I always state ties are

643
00:31:20,600 --> 00:31:22,960
Speaker 2: great man. I love it. You know, and it's the

644
00:31:23,040 --> 00:31:25,760
Speaker 2: reason why my son picked the school. I mean, you know,

645
00:31:25,800 --> 00:31:31,640
Speaker 2: Matt Campbell has developed players, developed men, high character, elite players.

646
00:31:31,640 --> 00:31:33,600
Speaker 2: You look at every year, they're getting guys drafted at

647
00:31:33,640 --> 00:31:37,080
Speaker 2: the highest level. Xavier Hutchinson got drafted this year. Receiver

648
00:31:37,200 --> 00:31:39,160
Speaker 2: is going to be phenomenal in Houston. I think he

649
00:31:39,200 --> 00:31:41,160
Speaker 2: got drafted later than he should have. I think he's

650
00:31:41,160 --> 00:31:42,480
Speaker 2: going to be a really good player. He'll be a

651
00:31:42,520 --> 00:31:45,800
Speaker 2: starter for them at the receiver position. So they're putting

652
00:31:45,800 --> 00:31:47,800
Speaker 2: players out and I had several of them on my

653
00:31:47,880 --> 00:31:51,200
Speaker 2: team because I just know the fabric that they come from, right,

654
00:31:51,280 --> 00:31:53,480
Speaker 2: so I just know that I can count a lot

655
00:31:53,520 --> 00:31:56,240
Speaker 2: of the intangible things that I need I don't have

656
00:31:56,280 --> 00:31:59,480
Speaker 2: to develop. They're gonna have that, and they're gonna be

657
00:31:59,480 --> 00:32:02,600
Speaker 2: able to just by attrition pass that on right to

658
00:32:02,680 --> 00:32:04,680
Speaker 2: the other guys that I had on my team, like

659
00:32:04,760 --> 00:32:08,240
Speaker 2: Mike Rose the linebacker and and Keem Butler. These guys

660
00:32:08,240 --> 00:32:09,760
Speaker 2: are going to be playing in the league next year.

661
00:32:09,760 --> 00:32:11,320
Speaker 2: I know they're gonna sign. They're going to do those

662
00:32:11,320 --> 00:32:13,440
Speaker 2: things because those are the kind of guys that the

663
00:32:13,480 --> 00:32:16,200
Speaker 2: league wants. But they still have talent. So it's great

664
00:32:16,240 --> 00:32:18,120
Speaker 2: to see you know, who knows. We'll see what the

665
00:32:18,160 --> 00:32:21,760
Speaker 2: future lies with the Cyclone players moving forward. But I

666
00:32:21,760 --> 00:32:24,640
Speaker 2: think it's awesome. Man, these are good players. These guys

667
00:32:24,880 --> 00:32:27,520
Speaker 2: get it and they come in a little bit beyond

668
00:32:27,560 --> 00:32:30,640
Speaker 2: their years, which I think helps them succeed. We saw

669
00:32:30,680 --> 00:32:33,920
Speaker 2: that last year with Breese and and hopefully we see

670
00:32:33,920 --> 00:32:34,760
Speaker 2: that this year with Will.

671
00:32:35,320 --> 00:32:38,960
Speaker 1: Yeah, so ab says Will McDonald, would not be a

672
00:32:39,000 --> 00:32:41,000
Speaker 1: surprise for him to come out of the gate with

673
00:32:41,080 --> 00:32:43,960
Speaker 1: double digit sacks. You know that Jets are gonna put

674
00:32:44,040 --> 00:32:49,320
Speaker 1: him in fortuitous positions as far as the concerned.

675
00:32:49,440 --> 00:32:52,160
Speaker 2: Yeah, another thing too, like let's go like put him

676
00:32:52,200 --> 00:32:55,560
Speaker 2: out there, like we need him to be involved like

677
00:32:55,640 --> 00:32:59,320
Speaker 2: a sap and and and just put them into the

678
00:32:59,480 --> 00:33:02,120
Speaker 2: into the into the fire. You know, I remember John

679
00:33:02,160 --> 00:33:05,000
Speaker 2: Abraham getting drafted. You know, he was more of a

680
00:33:05,000 --> 00:33:08,000
Speaker 2: situational guy early in his career. But hey, let's go like,

681
00:33:08,120 --> 00:33:11,080
Speaker 2: let's play him. Let's get this guy to learn and

682
00:33:11,200 --> 00:33:14,240
Speaker 2: understand the tempo, the play of what it takes to

683
00:33:14,240 --> 00:33:17,120
Speaker 2: be a premier pass rusher going against the very best

684
00:33:17,120 --> 00:33:19,520
Speaker 2: tackles in the league every single week, and let him

685
00:33:19,560 --> 00:33:22,760
Speaker 2: get those reps. And even if you're sacrificing on taking

686
00:33:22,800 --> 00:33:25,880
Speaker 2: a chance in some of those second down circumstances where

687
00:33:25,920 --> 00:33:28,360
Speaker 2: it may be a run or pass, and you take

688
00:33:28,400 --> 00:33:32,120
Speaker 2: those chances. He's still he can still play the run.

689
00:33:32,480 --> 00:33:34,560
Speaker 2: It's just that he's got to be creative on how

690
00:33:34,560 --> 00:33:37,520
Speaker 2: he attacks and gets to that back and he's got

691
00:33:37,520 --> 00:33:40,520
Speaker 2: those weapons in his toolbox. So I want to see

692
00:33:40,600 --> 00:33:43,840
Speaker 2: him on the field often as much as possible, and

693
00:33:44,240 --> 00:33:47,280
Speaker 2: let's go because this team is in dire need for

694
00:33:47,320 --> 00:33:49,560
Speaker 2: a guy that can do it at his level, and

695
00:33:49,640 --> 00:33:53,760
Speaker 2: he needs those reps, constant reps every single day and

696
00:33:53,800 --> 00:33:55,920
Speaker 2: every single week on Sundays.

697
00:33:56,160 --> 00:33:59,080
Speaker 1: What do you think about the arms race? What is

698
00:33:59,240 --> 00:34:02,960
Speaker 1: which is the AFC East? The Bills have won the

699
00:34:03,080 --> 00:34:06,960
Speaker 1: last three division championships. You got Miami who made the

700
00:34:07,000 --> 00:34:11,319
Speaker 1: playoffs last season AB and they were there toe to

701
00:34:11,320 --> 00:34:14,760
Speaker 1: toe with the Bills in the postseason with Skyler Thompson

702
00:34:15,040 --> 00:34:18,320
Speaker 1: playing quarterback. They add Jalen Ramsey in the offseason and

703
00:34:18,400 --> 00:34:22,799
Speaker 1: Vic Fangio is their new defensive coordinator. Buffalo's made some

704
00:34:22,920 --> 00:34:25,520
Speaker 1: changes to the roster, most notably I guess you would

705
00:34:25,520 --> 00:34:28,359
Speaker 1: say adding Dalton Kincaid out of Utah. So maybe they're

706
00:34:28,360 --> 00:34:30,800
Speaker 1: gonna see more two tight end sets for the Bills

707
00:34:30,800 --> 00:34:34,680
Speaker 1: in Josh Allen. The Jets will host will host the

708
00:34:34,719 --> 00:34:39,600
Speaker 1: Buffalo Bills twenty two years after nine to eleven. Of course,

709
00:34:39,600 --> 00:34:43,000
Speaker 1: in September eleventh there at METLFE Stadium to open the season.

710
00:34:43,040 --> 00:34:44,879
Speaker 1: You talk about the gaunt with the Jets are gonna

711
00:34:44,920 --> 00:34:47,960
Speaker 1: have those first six games, and then New England is

712
00:34:48,000 --> 00:34:51,520
Speaker 1: always tough as well. They bring Bill O'Brien back to

713
00:34:51,560 --> 00:34:54,480
Speaker 1: beat the offensive coordinator, so you figure there would be

714
00:34:54,480 --> 00:34:57,600
Speaker 1: better offensively, but we might be looking at a division

715
00:34:58,480 --> 00:35:01,160
Speaker 1: where New England's looking up at everybody.

716
00:35:02,280 --> 00:35:07,640
Speaker 2: Yeah, incredibly incredibly tough division. Everybody is continuing to amp up,

717
00:35:07,960 --> 00:35:10,719
Speaker 2: and you know you'd like to see, obviously the Jets

718
00:35:10,719 --> 00:35:12,800
Speaker 2: where they finally get those pieces in place where everybody's

719
00:35:12,880 --> 00:35:15,080
Speaker 2: kind of trickling trying to find a way, But this

720
00:35:15,160 --> 00:35:17,640
Speaker 2: is this is how it is, man. Every team is

721
00:35:17,640 --> 00:35:19,799
Speaker 2: trying to get to that pinnacle every single year. So

722
00:35:19,880 --> 00:35:22,080
Speaker 2: this division is going to be outstanding. I think the

723
00:35:22,160 --> 00:35:25,120
Speaker 2: Jets should feel good about how they played against these

724
00:35:25,160 --> 00:35:27,920
Speaker 2: teams in the division last year, and now the pieces

725
00:35:27,920 --> 00:35:30,560
Speaker 2: that you have coming back that you've added in the

726
00:35:30,600 --> 00:35:33,160
Speaker 2: offseason clearly is going to take you to a level

727
00:35:33,160 --> 00:35:35,920
Speaker 2: that you feel really good about defensively. Obviously for the

728
00:35:36,000 --> 00:35:38,759
Speaker 2: Jets that that's a huge point because they played well

729
00:35:38,840 --> 00:35:41,760
Speaker 2: pretty much against everyone in the division throughout the years,

730
00:35:41,800 --> 00:35:44,319
Speaker 2: so it was really getting that spark offensively. How many

731
00:35:44,320 --> 00:35:46,719
Speaker 2: games did we watch Eric where we just if we

732
00:35:46,840 --> 00:35:48,719
Speaker 2: just had a score here, we just had to drive here,

733
00:35:48,760 --> 00:35:51,440
Speaker 2: Like those things are so vitally important because of the

734
00:35:51,480 --> 00:35:53,640
Speaker 2: way the defense played. All those pieces are back, So

735
00:35:54,280 --> 00:35:55,800
Speaker 2: I think that's just going to be a huge difference

736
00:35:55,800 --> 00:35:59,080
Speaker 2: on the field. Yeah, when you look at our schedule,

737
00:35:59,120 --> 00:36:01,080
Speaker 2: I think we looked at the schedule last year. You know,

738
00:36:01,120 --> 00:36:04,799
Speaker 2: there was a guy out there, a former NFL guy,

739
00:36:04,840 --> 00:36:07,640
Speaker 2: Brady Quinn that talked about eight or nine through them

740
00:36:07,840 --> 00:36:10,440
Speaker 2: because he looked at that schedule and thought it was devastating. Well, yeah,

741
00:36:10,480 --> 00:36:12,560
Speaker 2: we look at the schedule this year and we say, okay, yeah,

742
00:36:12,960 --> 00:36:15,319
Speaker 2: from last year, the way they play this is tough.

743
00:36:15,400 --> 00:36:17,359
Speaker 2: But we don't know how things are going to shake out.

744
00:36:17,400 --> 00:36:20,840
Speaker 2: You never know how those things unfold, and and you know,

745
00:36:20,920 --> 00:36:24,400
Speaker 2: sometimes it's it's the teams that are playing the Jets

746
00:36:24,560 --> 00:36:27,080
Speaker 2: are in their mind, what are they thinking, Like, man,

747
00:36:27,080 --> 00:36:30,080
Speaker 2: we got to deal with them. They're they're pesky. They

748
00:36:30,080 --> 00:36:33,040
Speaker 2: were pesky last year and they didn't have a great offense,

749
00:36:33,520 --> 00:36:37,160
Speaker 2: and now they got Aaron Rodgers and now things change, right,

750
00:36:37,200 --> 00:36:39,520
Speaker 2: So now it's it's a different mindset on how teams

751
00:36:39,560 --> 00:36:42,880
Speaker 2: think about you, which is vitally important in this process

752
00:36:42,880 --> 00:36:46,359
Speaker 2: as well. So Joe Douglas his staff continues to load up,

753
00:36:46,760 --> 00:36:50,600
Speaker 2: continue to get young players establish themselves. And now you're

754
00:36:50,640 --> 00:36:53,359
Speaker 2: a problem even though your division stronger, maybe the best

755
00:36:53,360 --> 00:36:56,960
Speaker 2: division of football, and your schedule looks demanding. But you

756
00:36:57,080 --> 00:36:59,040
Speaker 2: got to look at on the flip side, teams don't

757
00:36:59,040 --> 00:37:01,160
Speaker 2: want to play you either. You need to take advantage

758
00:37:01,160 --> 00:37:04,200
Speaker 2: of those situations. And I just look at it that way.

759
00:37:04,320 --> 00:37:07,480
Speaker 2: I look at the schedule, I see I can see eleven, twelve,

760
00:37:08,040 --> 00:37:10,279
Speaker 2: ten to twelve. I can see those things happening for

761
00:37:10,320 --> 00:37:12,520
Speaker 2: this team. But one week at a time, man, they

762
00:37:12,600 --> 00:37:14,960
Speaker 2: got to figure it out. Come out guns of blazing

763
00:37:15,320 --> 00:37:18,800
Speaker 2: to start the season and get to the playoffs early.

764
00:37:18,920 --> 00:37:22,360
Speaker 2: Like come out so you have a swagger and a

765
00:37:22,360 --> 00:37:25,879
Speaker 2: confidence about yourself where you're believing week two, three, four,

766
00:37:26,200 --> 00:37:28,279
Speaker 2: so that when you're making that push and you get

767
00:37:28,320 --> 00:37:30,240
Speaker 2: to that back end, there'll be some ups and downs.

768
00:37:30,239 --> 00:37:33,120
Speaker 2: Guys finding the same page to speed the tempo, they

769
00:37:33,120 --> 00:37:34,920
Speaker 2: can they still have enough to win those games and

770
00:37:34,960 --> 00:37:37,440
Speaker 2: get through it and then bam on the back end

771
00:37:37,480 --> 00:37:39,640
Speaker 2: of the season, which we know, we'll blink our eyes

772
00:37:39,640 --> 00:37:41,879
Speaker 2: and we'll be there. Then now you see the team

773
00:37:41,880 --> 00:37:43,480
Speaker 2: that Okay, this is the team we drafted, these are

774
00:37:43,480 --> 00:37:44,960
Speaker 2: the players we brought in. This is where we want

775
00:37:44,960 --> 00:37:46,799
Speaker 2: to be, and now we're going to make that push

776
00:37:47,400 --> 00:37:50,160
Speaker 2: in year, in that vital year. Now. So that's what

777
00:37:50,200 --> 00:37:52,520
Speaker 2: I see for the for the twenty twenty three season.

778
00:37:53,080 --> 00:37:58,560
Speaker 1: Yeah, let's end here as a guy who played with

779
00:37:58,760 --> 00:38:03,400
Speaker 1: the last division winner two thousand and two, Jets win

780
00:38:03,440 --> 00:38:05,480
Speaker 1: the division at nine to seven. You play to win

781
00:38:05,520 --> 00:38:10,200
Speaker 1: the games. What do you think about the environment that

782
00:38:10,360 --> 00:38:14,239
Speaker 1: is going to be at MetLife this season as far

783
00:38:14,320 --> 00:38:18,520
Speaker 1: as Aaron Rodgers come to town. You saw the Jets

784
00:38:18,600 --> 00:38:21,640
Speaker 1: take those steps from four and thirteen where they embraced

785
00:38:21,680 --> 00:38:24,879
Speaker 1: the youth movement. They nearly double that win total last year,

786
00:38:25,160 --> 00:38:28,600
Speaker 1: go to seven and ten. That was a playoff team,

787
00:38:28,840 --> 00:38:34,200
Speaker 1: had not you endured so many injuries and gotten some

788
00:38:34,320 --> 00:38:37,480
Speaker 1: consistent play from the quarterback position. But I mean they

789
00:38:37,520 --> 00:38:39,040
Speaker 1: finished with a six game losing streak.

790
00:38:39,080 --> 00:38:39,279
Speaker 2: Ga B.

791
00:38:39,400 --> 00:38:42,680
Speaker 1: You were seven to four, as we know very well.

792
00:38:42,719 --> 00:38:44,960
Speaker 1: But now you add Rogers to the equation, what do

793
00:38:45,000 --> 00:38:46,879
Speaker 1: you think it's going to be like as a guy

794
00:38:46,920 --> 00:38:49,680
Speaker 1: who played in front of these fans and they're so

795
00:38:50,160 --> 00:38:53,000
Speaker 1: hungry for a winning winner, so starving for a winner,

796
00:38:53,000 --> 00:38:54,560
Speaker 1: what do you think the environment's going to be like

797
00:38:54,600 --> 00:38:55,359
Speaker 1: at home this year?

798
00:38:55,719 --> 00:38:57,960
Speaker 2: Is this where I make my Saint Louis BattleHawks fans

799
00:38:58,000 --> 00:38:59,960
Speaker 2: pitch to the Jets fans as well to get them

800
00:39:00,400 --> 00:39:03,480
Speaker 2: listen that look, if you're a Jet fan, okay, and

801
00:39:03,560 --> 00:39:08,000
Speaker 2: you've been upset, you've been waiting like you talk about,

802
00:39:08,400 --> 00:39:10,399
Speaker 2: or you've been a diehard that's been there every single

803
00:39:10,440 --> 00:39:13,600
Speaker 2: week for the last decade, two decades, show up this year.

804
00:39:13,880 --> 00:39:17,080
Speaker 2: I just to me, it's just such a game changer.

805
00:39:17,760 --> 00:39:20,960
Speaker 2: You look at some of these teams, Kansas City, Seattle,

806
00:39:21,040 --> 00:39:25,920
Speaker 2: when they're at home, it is a different animal, different perspective.

807
00:39:25,920 --> 00:39:29,040
Speaker 2: Players have to deal with another piece of trying to

808
00:39:29,040 --> 00:39:32,000
Speaker 2: win a game. You know, you look at those stadiums

809
00:39:32,040 --> 00:39:35,360
Speaker 2: filled and listen. Jet fans have been incredible. When I

810
00:39:35,400 --> 00:39:37,160
Speaker 2: go to the games, I love seeing them. They're tailgating.

811
00:39:37,200 --> 00:39:39,680
Speaker 2: There's so many passionate fans. But we got to get

812
00:39:39,719 --> 00:39:41,840
Speaker 2: more coming back. We got to get more in those seats.

813
00:39:41,880 --> 00:39:44,719
Speaker 2: We got to get more folks showing up early. Too

814
00:39:45,480 --> 00:39:47,640
Speaker 2: early on is the best. The weather's great, right, so

815
00:39:47,680 --> 00:39:50,880
Speaker 2: that to me is a huge factor in it. But

816
00:39:51,760 --> 00:39:54,319
Speaker 2: I just feel like, man, players really feed off that.

817
00:39:55,120 --> 00:39:59,480
Speaker 2: Players know that that can help them. It hurts opposing

818
00:39:59,480 --> 00:40:03,160
Speaker 2: teams off, especially in those crucial downs. Man, we see

819
00:40:03,200 --> 00:40:05,920
Speaker 2: it so many times every single week. If that place

820
00:40:06,000 --> 00:40:08,120
Speaker 2: is rocking and rolling, every one of them seats is

821
00:40:08,600 --> 00:40:11,800
Speaker 2: filled throughout, and you got these players, they will feed

822
00:40:11,800 --> 00:40:13,720
Speaker 2: off that, man, and it could be a special season.

823
00:40:13,760 --> 00:40:16,000
Speaker 2: You don't want to miss that, you know if I'm

824
00:40:16,160 --> 00:40:18,640
Speaker 2: talking from a fans perspective, because this could be a

825
00:40:18,640 --> 00:40:22,160
Speaker 2: special year and there's always going to be those we'll

826
00:40:22,160 --> 00:40:24,520
Speaker 2: wait and see. I'll wait till they win or But

827
00:40:24,680 --> 00:40:26,279
Speaker 2: to me, why, I mean, like, if you're a true

828
00:40:26,320 --> 00:40:29,759
Speaker 2: Jet fan and your schedule's open, let's go, like, show up,

829
00:40:30,239 --> 00:40:33,799
Speaker 2: be there. This organization is now doing everything they can

830
00:40:33,880 --> 00:40:36,600
Speaker 2: to give you the players to put a product on

831
00:40:36,640 --> 00:40:38,560
Speaker 2: the field. You can be proud of the fact that

832
00:40:38,600 --> 00:40:41,240
Speaker 2: they went out and got Aaron Rodgers and made that happen.

833
00:40:41,560 --> 00:40:45,160
Speaker 2: Speaks volumes about where Woody Johnson is, Joe Douglass and

834
00:40:45,239 --> 00:40:47,600
Speaker 2: this team is trying to be right. They're not trying

835
00:40:47,600 --> 00:40:49,680
Speaker 2: to just compete in the division. They're trying to win

836
00:40:49,719 --> 00:40:53,640
Speaker 2: a championship. It's like a legit real thing for this

837
00:40:53,719 --> 00:40:56,919
Speaker 2: team now on what they have. Don't miss these year,

838
00:40:57,040 --> 00:40:58,839
Speaker 2: two year, three year run that they're going to have

839
00:40:59,320 --> 00:41:01,719
Speaker 2: where it can be really special. So I can't wait

840
00:41:01,719 --> 00:41:03,719
Speaker 2: to see the crowd Week one. I can't wait till it.

841
00:41:03,960 --> 00:41:05,680
Speaker 2: What it looks like, it's going to be awesome and

842
00:41:06,680 --> 00:41:09,040
Speaker 2: it's going to be a special season. So yes, show up,

843
00:41:09,080 --> 00:41:12,080
Speaker 2: I mean the fans are it's going to be awesome. Man.

844
00:41:12,080 --> 00:41:15,480
Speaker 2: I can't wait to see that crowd and really how

845
00:41:15,520 --> 00:41:17,359
Speaker 2: that's going to be an advantage for this team this year.

846
00:41:17,800 --> 00:41:21,480
Speaker 1: Yeah, think about those first four games the Bills nine

847
00:41:21,480 --> 00:41:25,239
Speaker 1: to eleven. Then you come back Week three, the Patriots,

848
00:41:25,280 --> 00:41:28,359
Speaker 1: a long time nemesis. They got a fourteen game win

849
00:41:28,440 --> 00:41:31,160
Speaker 1: streak over the Jets in the regular season. I've been

850
00:41:31,200 --> 00:41:33,480
Speaker 1: on Rockers saying the streak ends there. I don't want

851
00:41:33,480 --> 00:41:36,080
Speaker 1: to get too far ahead of myself, ab But then

852
00:41:36,400 --> 00:41:40,879
Speaker 1: Week four it's Aaron Rodgers Patrick Mahomes head to head

853
00:41:40,920 --> 00:41:45,560
Speaker 1: for the first time in their careers. And then after

854
00:41:45,600 --> 00:41:48,440
Speaker 1: a Week five day to Denver, the Jets come home

855
00:41:48,880 --> 00:41:52,960
Speaker 1: and play the second Super Bowl participant from last year,

856
00:41:53,000 --> 00:41:56,560
Speaker 1: the Philadelphia Eagles, So it is going to be a

857
00:41:56,640 --> 00:42:00,480
Speaker 1: fun slate throughout. The Jets are must see TV. The

858
00:42:00,600 --> 00:42:03,080
Speaker 1: NFL knows that. That's why they put them on five

859
00:42:03,160 --> 00:42:06,760
Speaker 1: times in primetime in the Black Friday Game as well.

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Speaker 1: We are so happy about the success you had so

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Speaker 1: far have had so far in the XFL. The head

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Speaker 1: coach of the Saint Louis BattleHawks, that's Anthony Beck. But

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Speaker 1: he also hopefully is coming back for some analysis in

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Speaker 1: twenty twenty three of the New York Jets as well, because,

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Speaker 1: like you just mentioned, hey man, we must see a

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Speaker 1: must watch and we got to have your analysis next.

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Speaker 2: Season, no doubt. You know you mentioned the schedule. I

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Speaker 2: love the schedule makers for the primetime action because that

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Speaker 2: gives me some more wiggle room to get from Ames,

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Speaker 2: Iowa to where I need to be in Florham Park

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Speaker 2: in the stadium. So yeah, it's it's gonna be great.

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Speaker 2: I can't wait. It's gonna be fun. It'll start off

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Speaker 2: for me in the preseason calling two of the preseason

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Speaker 2: games and we'll see what the what the year looks

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Speaker 2: like but looking forward to working with you again Thanks

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Speaker 2: brother Yod,