WEBVTT - Listen: Inside the Jets with Neville Hewitt (10/7) 0:00:02.680 --> 0:00:06.000 Ye from vetter Bill Sports and Spirits inside the Windham 0:00:06.040 --> 0:00:10.080 Hamilton's Park Hotel. It's Inside the Jets, brought to you 0:00:10.160 --> 0:00:13.840 by e Y Building a Better Working World and by 0:00:14.160 --> 0:00:17.120 M and T Bank, the official community bank of your 0:00:17.200 --> 0:00:21.320 New York Jets. No, here's Eric Allen and Eric coleman 0:00:21.640 --> 0:00:25.040 Welcome to Inside the Jets. Were broadcasting live from Vanderbilt 0:00:25.079 --> 0:00:28.840 Sports and Spirits inside the Windham Hamilton's Park Hotel. Eric 0:00:28.920 --> 0:00:34.240 Allen joined alongside by my partner. We have found Eric 0:00:34.280 --> 0:00:37.640 coleman E. Thanks for showing up tonight back like I 0:00:37.720 --> 0:00:41.680 left something. Yeah, we missed you a couple of weeks ago. 0:00:42.600 --> 0:00:46.239 Later on, during this episode of Inside the Jets will 0:00:46.280 --> 0:00:50.680 be joined by Jets inside linebacker Neville Hewitt, who's had 0:00:50.680 --> 0:00:54.160 a really fine start to this season, but overall for 0:00:54.200 --> 0:00:58.320 the Green and White, a tough first quarter four games 0:00:58.360 --> 0:01:02.840 through still one less. Yeah, it's been a unfortunate a 0:01:02.880 --> 0:01:05.520 series of unfortunate events for the Jets, you know, having 0:01:05.520 --> 0:01:08.720 the injuries that the injuries have decimated them, but the 0:01:08.760 --> 0:01:10.800 play hasn't been there, you know, I don't think it's 0:01:10.920 --> 0:01:14.120 been up to the expectations of the players or the organization. 0:01:14.280 --> 0:01:16.479 So they got some things to clean up, but there 0:01:16.560 --> 0:01:19.120 is relief coming a couple of guys coming off suspension. 0:01:19.640 --> 0:01:23.000 Hopefully Sam Donald comes back, and hopefully we'll get C. 0:01:23.120 --> 0:01:25.640 JM B back in that connection, so that will be 0:01:25.680 --> 0:01:27.960 a great jump for this team. That was the news 0:01:28.040 --> 0:01:31.240 out of one Jets Drive today. Sam Donald, of course, 0:01:31.400 --> 0:01:35.520 took first team reps Wednesday and Thursday last week. The 0:01:35.600 --> 0:01:39.200 Jets hoped that he could have got in the lineup 0:01:39.240 --> 0:01:43.600 against the Philadelphia Eagles, unfortunately ruled out. Thursday night, Luke 0:01:43.680 --> 0:01:48.880 Falk made the start. The Jets went down to Philadelphia 0:01:49.080 --> 0:01:52.480 and took a loss thirty one to six. Today, Adam 0:01:52.520 --> 0:01:57.840 Gates announced that Sam Donald will indeed get tests Tuesday, 0:01:57.880 --> 0:02:00.720 so we should know by the end of the day 0:02:00.760 --> 0:02:04.240 tomorrow whether Donald will make his second start of two 0:02:04.280 --> 0:02:06.160 thousand nineteen. Yeah, I mean, and that would be a 0:02:06.160 --> 0:02:09.280 big relief, not only for his physical presence, you know, 0:02:09.560 --> 0:02:13.720 throwing the football accurately on time, but just his presence 0:02:13.760 --> 0:02:16.000 as a leader. You know, he's the leader of this team, 0:02:16.160 --> 0:02:18.640 and he's established himself as the leader, you know, from 0:02:18.720 --> 0:02:20.760 last season, going through the off season and to the 0:02:20.800 --> 0:02:23.640 start of this season. So it'll be big for the 0:02:23.680 --> 0:02:25.919 confidence of the team just having your your guy out 0:02:25.960 --> 0:02:29.720 there leading the troops. I would make the argument that 0:02:30.840 --> 0:02:33.680 most teams would be in the same boat the Jets 0:02:33.760 --> 0:02:39.400 find themselves in right now. You lose your quarterback after 0:02:39.840 --> 0:02:42.440 week one where he felt like he said, he didn't 0:02:42.440 --> 0:02:45.320 feel like himself. He missed some plays out there in 0:02:45.320 --> 0:02:48.840 the field. With that being said, he's still completed one passes. 0:02:49.080 --> 0:02:53.440 Then he's diagnosed with model. He misses games two through four. 0:02:53.880 --> 0:02:56.760 During that game against the Buffalo Bills, that opener, you 0:02:56.840 --> 0:02:59.480 goun a double digit lead. C J. Mosley had a 0:02:59.520 --> 0:03:03.239 pick s in a fumble recovery. He went out with 0:03:03.280 --> 0:03:07.120 the groin injury. You lost your quarterback at the defense. 0:03:07.639 --> 0:03:11.320 Those are two guys that you just can't replace. Yeah, 0:03:11.360 --> 0:03:14.280 I mean we're not sitting here making excuses for the team. Uh, 0:03:14.440 --> 0:03:16.800 that's just reality. That's reality. I mean, you lose your 0:03:16.800 --> 0:03:19.840 starting quarterback, you lose your backup quarterback, and then you 0:03:19.880 --> 0:03:22.360 lose some some key components on your team. These are 0:03:22.360 --> 0:03:24.880 guys who you paid a lot of money to. Uh. 0:03:24.919 --> 0:03:28.160 You you invested draft picks to to beat leaders or 0:03:28.160 --> 0:03:30.320 your team, to be playmakers for your team that you 0:03:30.360 --> 0:03:32.480 had counted on that that aren't here right now. So 0:03:32.840 --> 0:03:34.840 it's gonna leave a big void for the team to fill. 0:03:35.200 --> 0:03:37.800 And unfortunately for the Jets, they play some tough teams 0:03:38.000 --> 0:03:39.440 and haven't been able to come up with the win 0:03:39.520 --> 0:03:41.560 in the first four games. And you just mentioned it before. 0:03:41.680 --> 0:03:44.240 Maybe the Jets will get a pair back from suspension 0:03:44.280 --> 0:03:48.400 this week in Chris Herndon, a tight end who developed 0:03:48.440 --> 0:03:52.320 a great rapport and connection with Sam Donald when they 0:03:52.320 --> 0:03:55.440 were both rookies in two thousand and eighteen. And Brandon Copeland, 0:03:55.840 --> 0:03:58.960 a guy who was slated to be one of your 0:03:59.000 --> 0:04:02.200 outside start an outside linebackers when the season begin. Yeah, 0:04:02.240 --> 0:04:04.680 Brandon Copeland is a guy who had an excellent preseason. 0:04:04.880 --> 0:04:07.160 You know, he brings a spark, you know, off that edge. 0:04:07.200 --> 0:04:10.560 He you know, he's he's not the John Abraham, but 0:04:10.720 --> 0:04:12.960 he's physical. He does a great job against the run. 0:04:13.000 --> 0:04:15.080 He can get after the quarterback. Uh. And then you 0:04:15.120 --> 0:04:17.880 look at um, you look at Herndon, who's a speedy 0:04:18.000 --> 0:04:20.520 tight end, and look at the lack of production that 0:04:20.560 --> 0:04:23.240 we've had from that position since he's since he hasn't 0:04:23.240 --> 0:04:25.040 been in. Yeah, and I think Ryan Griffin has done 0:04:25.040 --> 0:04:27.040 a good job, great job. He's done a great job 0:04:27.080 --> 0:04:29.280 as a blocker, and he'll continue to do a good job. 0:04:29.560 --> 0:04:33.200 But Herndon brings such a different, uh, just a different 0:04:33.279 --> 0:04:35.880 aspect of the game, uh to that offense. You know, 0:04:35.920 --> 0:04:38.600 he can spread the field vertically down the field. He's 0:04:38.640 --> 0:04:41.839 a mismatch for any safety or a linebacker who covers 0:04:41.920 --> 0:04:44.120 him and opens it up for the other receivers. So 0:04:44.440 --> 0:04:47.120 hopefully his presence will help spark the offense. Well, let's 0:04:47.160 --> 0:04:50.400 talk about that right now. If the Jets do indeed 0:04:50.520 --> 0:04:53.640 get Sam Darnold back in the lineup and Chris Herndon 0:04:54.240 --> 0:04:57.080 against the Dallas Cowboys Sunday, and we're gonna talk about 0:04:57.120 --> 0:05:01.560 that matchup later on here tonight as you're listening to 0:05:01.640 --> 0:05:04.160 Inside the Jets on ESPN Radio and watching on New 0:05:04.240 --> 0:05:07.440 York Jets dot Com and the Jets app right now, 0:05:08.360 --> 0:05:12.359 how does that change things for defenses when they got 0:05:12.480 --> 0:05:14.840 to match up with the Jets in terms of what's 0:05:14.839 --> 0:05:17.239 happening on the middle of the field. In the middle 0:05:17.240 --> 0:05:20.120 of the field, because the Jets gotta boost Sunday, the 0:05:20.240 --> 0:05:22.960 Marrius Thomas got back in the lineup, so that shifted 0:05:23.080 --> 0:05:27.520 Jamison Crowder back inside to the slot. But now if 0:05:27.560 --> 0:05:30.320 you add Herndon into the mix. What does it do 0:05:30.720 --> 0:05:35.320 to opposing defenses that, no, not only is Herndon, not 0:05:35.440 --> 0:05:37.560 only is crowd or a threat over the middle, but 0:05:37.680 --> 0:05:40.040 now you got Herndon as well well. It makes it tough. 0:05:40.120 --> 0:05:42.320 You know, when you when you have your personnel matchups, 0:05:42.480 --> 0:05:45.560 you always want to match up the linebackers in secondary 0:05:45.800 --> 0:05:48.680 to the to the personnel of the offense. And with 0:05:48.720 --> 0:05:51.320 Herndon out there, he's a guy who can go inside 0:05:51.320 --> 0:05:53.680 and block, so you know, you can't bring an extra 0:05:53.760 --> 0:05:55.719 dB to cover him, so you have to keep a 0:05:55.760 --> 0:05:57.960 linebacker out there. And when you do have that linebacker 0:05:58.040 --> 0:06:00.560 out there, you can split Herndon, put him out there 0:06:00.560 --> 0:06:03.159 on the island where he's very uncomfortable, and maybe convert 0:06:03.200 --> 0:06:06.400 a third down and four, maybe just convert some mismatch 0:06:06.480 --> 0:06:09.560 plays to keep the drive going and and help your 0:06:09.560 --> 0:06:13.680 offense continue those drives. What possibly could he also do 0:06:13.960 --> 0:06:21.520 for Bell Herndon's reinsertion into the lineup, but also Donald 0:06:21.880 --> 0:06:24.680 coming back there, because I know the Jets have had 0:06:24.720 --> 0:06:27.800 struggles in protection so far this season. We know that, 0:06:28.440 --> 0:06:31.279 but Donald's a guy can make plays with his feet 0:06:32.200 --> 0:06:35.680 and when chaos is happening around him, we've seen him 0:06:35.839 --> 0:06:38.760 escape that pocket keep his eyes down the field. Yeah, 0:06:38.800 --> 0:06:40.520 I mean, he does an excellent job of throwing the 0:06:40.520 --> 0:06:43.400 ball on the run, breaking and wants to play breakdowns 0:06:43.440 --> 0:06:46.320 he can extend it. But also just having that confidence 0:06:46.320 --> 0:06:49.760 of being that starting quarterback understanding who's gonna be open. 0:06:49.960 --> 0:06:52.760 You know, the main thing about a quarterback is anticipation, 0:06:53.080 --> 0:06:54.960 and when you have a young quarterback in there who 0:06:55.000 --> 0:06:57.560 hasn't seen, hasn't had the reps, hasn't been in there 0:06:57.720 --> 0:07:00.120 against number one defense, is it's hard for him to 0:07:00.200 --> 0:07:02.479 trust what he sees. And I think that's what you 0:07:02.520 --> 0:07:05.400 saw in times with Luke Falk. He's holding the football 0:07:05.440 --> 0:07:08.159 a little extra and that extra second is the is 0:07:08.200 --> 0:07:10.800 the world to a pass rush, to an offensive lineman 0:07:10.840 --> 0:07:12.920 having a block. So I think Sam getting the ball 0:07:12.960 --> 0:07:16.000 out quick, being assertive with it, extending plays when it 0:07:16.040 --> 0:07:18.160 breaks down will help the offense quite a bit. And 0:07:18.240 --> 0:07:21.200 I think it's gonna help Levan Bell, who just has 0:07:21.320 --> 0:07:25.400 not had enough space out there. He is doing a 0:07:25.400 --> 0:07:29.920 tremendous job of producing yards after a contact, but you 0:07:30.000 --> 0:07:32.120 only can ask a guy to do so much. Yeah, 0:07:32.160 --> 0:07:34.680 I mean, he he's out there fighting every play, fighting 0:07:34.680 --> 0:07:36.840 for every yard, and you know you just have to 0:07:36.880 --> 0:07:39.480 commend a guy who's given that effort. And you know 0:07:39.560 --> 0:07:42.640 it's tough because defenses are are inching, their safety is 0:07:42.680 --> 0:07:46.000 in closer. I know, if I'm playing safety against Levian Bell, 0:07:46.360 --> 0:07:48.840 against the third string quarterback, I'm gonna be lining up 0:07:48.880 --> 0:07:51.240 at instead of twelve yards, I'm lining up at nine, 0:07:51.440 --> 0:07:57.360 and I'm gonna just gonna exactly. I dare you to 0:07:57.400 --> 0:07:59.240 throw it deep, and if you beat the strowing it deep, 0:07:59.280 --> 0:08:01.600 then we'll take that. But we're not gonna let do 0:08:01.680 --> 0:08:03.800 your best player on your team beat us. And that's 0:08:03.800 --> 0:08:05.520 what teams are doing. They're trying to take away Levy 0:08:05.560 --> 0:08:07.240 on Bill, no matter if it's in the run game 0:08:07.240 --> 0:08:09.920 of the past game, and making other players beat them. 0:08:10.000 --> 0:08:12.000 Inside the Jets is supported by M ANDT Bank, the 0:08:12.040 --> 0:08:15.360 official community bank of your New York Jets. Eric Allen 0:08:15.400 --> 0:08:19.600 here alongside Eric Coleman. We're gonna be joined by Jets 0:08:19.640 --> 0:08:27.160 linebacker Neville Hewitt. In our second segment Um the Jets Today. 0:08:27.320 --> 0:08:30.840 Leonard Williams was on a conference call and said we 0:08:31.000 --> 0:08:34.000 had a players only meeting, and guys got up there 0:08:34.000 --> 0:08:36.960 and discussed that we're not pointing fingers at each other. 0:08:37.080 --> 0:08:40.720 Right now, here's a moment, a key moment I think 0:08:40.760 --> 0:08:42.800 for this team early in the season, because there's still 0:08:42.840 --> 0:08:45.320 three quarters of the season left in two thousand nineteen. 0:08:45.800 --> 0:08:49.360 This season, it's a marathon. They gotta stay together, they 0:08:49.360 --> 0:08:52.080 gotta stick together. And I like the message that we 0:08:52.200 --> 0:08:54.880 heard from the guys today. Yeah, I think that's important 0:08:54.880 --> 0:08:57.160 for uh, you know, the veterans of the team to 0:08:57.320 --> 0:08:59.640 bring in the players have a players only meeting with 0:08:59.720 --> 0:09:02.199 no coaching uh no, you know, not having to worry 0:09:02.200 --> 0:09:04.880 about what someone's gonna think about you. Let get the 0:09:04.880 --> 0:09:07.120 issues off your chest. You know. I'm sure it probably 0:09:07.160 --> 0:09:09.600 got heated at times. Yes, it was a positive meeting, 0:09:09.800 --> 0:09:11.840 but there are probably some things that guys are frustrated 0:09:11.880 --> 0:09:13.600 about and you can get that off your chest with 0:09:13.640 --> 0:09:16.200 your teammate. And I think that's very important to open 0:09:16.200 --> 0:09:19.000 those lines at communication. Let everyone know that we're in 0:09:19.000 --> 0:09:21.400 this together. You know, we may not be winning right now, 0:09:21.600 --> 0:09:23.760 but if we stick together as a unit, we're gonna 0:09:23.760 --> 0:09:26.040 be so much more dangerous than if we start pointing 0:09:26.080 --> 0:09:29.320 fingers at guys, because ultimately, you know, we win and 0:09:29.360 --> 0:09:32.400 lose as a team. And about forty five seconds here, 0:09:33.280 --> 0:09:36.360 how frustrating it can it be for defender right now, 0:09:36.480 --> 0:09:41.520 when you know your offense, it's so difficult for them 0:09:41.559 --> 0:09:44.800 to move the football because they're not even sustaining drives, 0:09:44.920 --> 0:09:49.520 not all the third downs. It's three and out. It's tough, 0:09:49.800 --> 0:09:52.000 you know, it is very frustrating as a defense when 0:09:52.040 --> 0:09:53.400 you do your job, you get a three and out, 0:09:53.600 --> 0:09:55.640 you go sit down and grab your gatorade and can't 0:09:55.640 --> 0:09:58.079 even finish the cup. Because the punt team has to 0:09:58.120 --> 0:10:00.559 go back out there. Uh. You know, it can get frustrating. 0:10:00.600 --> 0:10:02.560 But as a defense, you have so much to worry 0:10:02.559 --> 0:10:05.120 about in your own mind, so many assignments that you 0:10:05.200 --> 0:10:07.360 have to handle, that it's hard for you to focus 0:10:07.360 --> 0:10:09.880 on that, you know, during the game. All right, we're 0:10:09.880 --> 0:10:13.800 gonna come right back with just linebacker Neville Hewitt. You're 0:10:13.880 --> 0:10:21.160 listening to Inside the Jets on ESPN New York. Lines 0:10:21.240 --> 0:10:24.160 up the shotgun to the sievers left or to the right. 0:10:24.320 --> 0:10:27.480 Doc he goes to trust, brows it right hand. It's 0:10:27.520 --> 0:10:31.440 intercepted right through the hands of Bolden Jamal Adams One's left. 0:10:31.640 --> 0:10:35.920 He's got a convoy to the thirties. Ten five touchdowns. 0:10:36.920 --> 0:10:40.640 Welcome back to Inside the Jets. We are broadcasting live 0:10:40.679 --> 0:10:43.600 at Vanderbilt sports and spirits inside to win them Hamilton's 0:10:43.600 --> 0:10:46.280 Park Hotel. Our player guest segment is presented by M 0:10:46.280 --> 0:10:49.920 and T Bank, the official community bank of your New 0:10:50.000 --> 0:10:56.640 York Jets. Let's bring in now and unlikely big time 0:10:56.679 --> 0:10:59.160 contributor for the New York Jets in two thousand nineteen. 0:10:59.320 --> 0:11:02.200 Linebacker for you, Itt, Thanks for having me. How you doing, man, 0:11:02.320 --> 0:11:06.440 I'm good. No, but we just heard uh a pick 0:11:06.559 --> 0:11:10.319 six from Jamal Anams actually against the New England Patriots. 0:11:10.360 --> 0:11:14.120 But you guys were down in Philadelphia yesterday. I thought 0:11:14.640 --> 0:11:18.840 the defense gave this team an opportunity to win the game. 0:11:19.320 --> 0:11:22.080 This was a Philadelphia Eagles team that, at average twenty 0:11:22.120 --> 0:11:26.640 seven and a half points per contest. The defense held 0:11:26.679 --> 0:11:30.280 them the seventeen points. Also an Eagles team that led 0:11:30.320 --> 0:11:33.520 the National Football League in terms of third down efficiency 0:11:33.600 --> 0:11:37.680 fifty six point one percent. After allowing those three third 0:11:37.679 --> 0:11:41.080 down conversions, I believe there were two other next ten. 0:11:42.000 --> 0:11:45.520 When you guys went back to one Jets drive today, 0:11:45.640 --> 0:11:49.440 what did the film reveal? Um? We just cleaned up 0:11:49.480 --> 0:11:52.880 the little things. Um we know the defense we've been 0:11:52.880 --> 0:11:56.520 playing well, and um we just really all year, our 0:11:56.559 --> 0:11:58.920 our plan has deen and just clean up the little 0:11:58.920 --> 0:12:01.520 things and will we could be even better than we look. 0:12:02.200 --> 0:12:05.400 And each week is is just little details here and there, 0:12:05.960 --> 0:12:08.800 you know, somebody hopping out of a gap or something 0:12:08.880 --> 0:12:11.280 like that, or me not doing something I was supposed 0:12:11.280 --> 0:12:14.320 to do, you know, so and and some of the 0:12:14.400 --> 0:12:17.920 mistakes is my fault, you know. But um, it's just 0:12:17.960 --> 0:12:19.840 a lot of things. It's just really little things that 0:12:19.880 --> 0:12:22.280 we can clean up on defense and and it's going 0:12:22.320 --> 0:12:24.720 to get clean and um, we're gonna be even better. 0:12:26.120 --> 0:12:27.520 So so never I want to go back to the 0:12:27.559 --> 0:12:30.520 beginning of the season. Obviously, you prepared yourself to be 0:12:30.600 --> 0:12:33.440 the starting linebacker. You know, that's something that's an opportunity 0:12:33.480 --> 0:12:37.160 that we all you know, wait for. But Avery Williamson 0:12:37.200 --> 0:12:39.319 goes down, then you're like, Okay, it's gonna be c J. 0:12:39.440 --> 0:12:41.560 And I he's a veteran, he's been doing it at 0:12:41.600 --> 0:12:43.640 a high level for a long time. And then c 0:12:43.840 --> 0:12:46.320 J goes down. How did that transformation? How did that 0:12:46.360 --> 0:12:50.160 transform your responsibility as a linebacker from being a guy 0:12:50.240 --> 0:12:53.240 next to c J to being like d Man calling 0:12:53.320 --> 0:12:56.000 the plays, running the show. Yeah, I think our coaching 0:12:56.000 --> 0:12:59.679 staff did a really good job on the preseason. When um, 0:12:59.720 --> 0:13:02.560 they started moving some guys around and making us learn 0:13:02.679 --> 0:13:06.720 UM two to three different positions, and I end up 0:13:06.760 --> 0:13:08.640 having to play it in a few games. One in 0:13:08.679 --> 0:13:12.720 Atlanta during the preseason. UM played played it against the 0:13:12.720 --> 0:13:15.760 Giants in the preseason. So when the CJ went down, 0:13:15.800 --> 0:13:17.560 all know how to do was know that I was 0:13:17.600 --> 0:13:20.440 the MIC and I was able to go into that position. 0:13:21.120 --> 0:13:24.000 And it's just you know, any position, if you're not 0:13:24.040 --> 0:13:26.480 practicing it, you're not going to be as good until 0:13:26.520 --> 0:13:28.800 you start getting more reps. So every game I've I've 0:13:28.840 --> 0:13:30.960 gotten better and I'm getting more comfortable at it. What 0:13:31.000 --> 0:13:33.000 do you think about the run fits you guys all 0:13:33.160 --> 0:13:36.120 the Eagles, I think to less than three yards per carry. 0:13:36.440 --> 0:13:39.400 You were all over the field, leading the team in 0:13:39.480 --> 0:13:42.320 terms of tackles with ten. Yeah. I think they shot 0:13:42.360 --> 0:13:46.679 me a few. Yeah yeah, yeah. Uh. You gotta get 0:13:46.760 --> 0:13:48.920 up and celebrate after every tackle, so they give you 0:13:48.920 --> 0:13:51.200 the credit, that's what they say. So what do you 0:13:51.240 --> 0:13:52.880 what do you think about the way you would handle 0:13:52.960 --> 0:13:54.840 the run game, because this is an Eagles team that 0:13:55.320 --> 0:13:58.000 rushed for nearly two hundred yards against the Packers. Yeah, 0:13:58.000 --> 0:13:59.839 I think we we take pride in and stopping the 0:14:00.000 --> 0:14:02.040 on and any good defense, You know, you have to 0:14:02.080 --> 0:14:05.040 stop to run and make um make a team one 0:14:05.080 --> 0:14:07.280 dimensions and forced them to throw the ball. And I 0:14:07.320 --> 0:14:10.200 think that's something we we probably ourselves on and each 0:14:10.240 --> 0:14:12.360 week that's our goal. We're gonna try to stop you 0:14:12.440 --> 0:14:14.520 from winding the ball and you're going We're gonna see 0:14:14.520 --> 0:14:16.160 what you get with your quarterback and do what do 0:14:16.200 --> 0:14:18.200 you think about the way you guys respond And you 0:14:18.200 --> 0:14:22.160 took that early punch again like you did in New England, 0:14:22.240 --> 0:14:24.560 But the Patriots scored on three consecutive drives to start 0:14:24.640 --> 0:14:27.560 the game. You started up bleeding, you stopped the bleeding 0:14:27.960 --> 0:14:30.840 after giving up the initial touchdown. You settled down for 0:14:30.880 --> 0:14:33.840 the rest of the first half until right it then Yeah, 0:14:33.840 --> 0:14:36.200 I think, Um, one thing we're starting to continue to 0:14:36.200 --> 0:14:39.640 work on is it's starting off fast and once we um, 0:14:39.760 --> 0:14:42.480 once we we figured that out, how we can once 0:14:42.520 --> 0:14:44.880 the defense come out in that first series, you know, 0:14:45.440 --> 0:14:48.880 calm down and and and get back to our fundamentals 0:14:49.200 --> 0:14:51.040 and get off the field that first drive, it's gonna 0:14:51.040 --> 0:14:53.880 be hard, really hard to score on us. So when 0:14:53.880 --> 0:14:55.440 you when you guys go back in the film room 0:14:55.560 --> 0:14:58.760 or the defensive meeting room, Uh, is it a situation 0:14:58.760 --> 0:15:01.000 where you have your third string quarter back in Are 0:15:01.000 --> 0:15:03.720 you talking to yourselves like, listen, we need everybody to 0:15:03.760 --> 0:15:05.920 be on point this week because we have a guy 0:15:05.920 --> 0:15:08.040 in here who hasn't done it. Uh, you know, we're 0:15:08.040 --> 0:15:09.840 probably gonna have to play a lot better than we 0:15:09.960 --> 0:15:12.920 will normally play. Is there a lot of pressure having 0:15:12.960 --> 0:15:17.240 that situation? Um? Well, we we we don't really worry 0:15:17.240 --> 0:15:19.680 about what the offense have going on. Um we we 0:15:19.720 --> 0:15:23.200 know the situation. But as a defense, we're always trying 0:15:23.200 --> 0:15:26.680 to force turnovers. You know, we're big on forcing turnovers, 0:15:27.080 --> 0:15:31.160 being physical, and you know, whenever a team playoffs, they 0:15:31.200 --> 0:15:33.320 know they have to come play no matter what our 0:15:33.360 --> 0:15:35.080 situation is on the other side of the ball, they 0:15:35.080 --> 0:15:38.280 have to deal with our defense. So, um, you know, 0:15:38.440 --> 0:15:40.200 we try to go out to the ball and we're 0:15:40.640 --> 0:15:42.680 emphasizing and then we're trying to get even more just 0:15:42.720 --> 0:15:45.160 to even give our offense even more chances, you know, 0:15:45.320 --> 0:15:48.080 to score. Inside the Jets is presented by e Y 0:15:48.160 --> 0:15:52.360 Building a Better Working World, Eric Ellen with Eric Coleman, 0:15:52.440 --> 0:15:56.120 and we're joined by Jets linebacker or Novel. Here at 0:15:56.200 --> 0:15:59.360 fourth and five in the first quarter, what was happening 0:15:59.360 --> 0:16:02.320 in terms of that pass rush look like a little stunner, 0:16:02.480 --> 0:16:04.400 a little game for you, and you got a clear 0:16:04.440 --> 0:16:09.080 shot at once. Yeah. Yeah, whenever they send me, if 0:16:09.120 --> 0:16:11.040 I have like a two way a go or something 0:16:11.080 --> 0:16:14.080 on the lineman, I'm probably gonna get there. Um, And 0:16:14.320 --> 0:16:16.240 we had the stunt going and I came around and 0:16:17.040 --> 0:16:19.360 just almost had the sack. Phone one. He got it, 0:16:19.400 --> 0:16:21.000 He got it off. I mean, he's a big quarterback 0:16:21.000 --> 0:16:22.960 and he's he's pretty good at getting rid of the 0:16:23.000 --> 0:16:26.720 ball when people get you've been getting to the quarterback. 0:16:27.480 --> 0:16:31.000 Had a sack of Baker Mayfield in Week two, You 0:16:31.040 --> 0:16:36.400 had the interception in Week one against the Buffalo Bills. 0:16:36.400 --> 0:16:39.480 So what is this experience going to do for your 0:16:39.480 --> 0:16:44.720 long term? Like Eric mentioned, you started out is okay. 0:16:45.000 --> 0:16:47.000 I know I want to be a special team's contributor. 0:16:47.520 --> 0:16:49.640 I know I'm gonna provide depth. I want to start. 0:16:49.720 --> 0:16:53.200 But if my numbers called, I'll be ready. And sure enough, 0:16:53.480 --> 0:16:55.640 every Williamson goes down with the torn a c L 0:16:56.080 --> 0:16:59.040 and Mosley goes out, and not only did you have 0:16:59.120 --> 0:17:02.160 to change position, but you are the quarterback of this 0:17:02.280 --> 0:17:04.600 defense right now. Yeah, this is this is like an 0:17:04.600 --> 0:17:07.520 opportunity I've been preparing for it for like two years now. 0:17:07.640 --> 0:17:10.360 Like when I was in Miami. I started the year 0:17:10.400 --> 0:17:13.680 we went to the playoffs. Um, I started in bass 0:17:13.720 --> 0:17:17.080 defense and then when I got injured, I got cut. 0:17:17.160 --> 0:17:18.879 So it was like a whole It was a it 0:17:18.960 --> 0:17:21.280 was a learning process for me, and I just just 0:17:21.359 --> 0:17:24.399 kept grinding and grinding and got the opportunity here and 0:17:24.440 --> 0:17:27.040 then then with all the injuries, it's like the same 0:17:27.080 --> 0:17:30.080 thing that happened to me. It just flipped and I 0:17:30.320 --> 0:17:32.280 ended up working out for me to where I end 0:17:32.359 --> 0:17:35.760 up having the opportunity to show how good I really am. 0:17:35.920 --> 0:17:39.560 And um, I'm just you know, weekend week out, I'm 0:17:39.560 --> 0:17:43.560 trying to help this team win. The good thing too, Eric, 0:17:43.760 --> 0:17:47.200 as we we talked to Nevill right now, is that 0:17:47.960 --> 0:17:50.720 he played a Marshal and he did had the experience. 0:17:50.800 --> 0:17:53.280 Think about cross training. You played well and Mike and 0:17:53.400 --> 0:17:56.240 Marshall as well. Yeah, I did. When I got to Marshall, 0:17:56.240 --> 0:17:58.760 I was I went to Georgian Military College first, and 0:17:58.800 --> 0:18:00.600 then once I transfer the Marshall, they moved me the 0:18:00.600 --> 0:18:04.800 linebacker and my coach having I was playing will and 0:18:04.800 --> 0:18:07.520 then he moved me to Mike and then so it 0:18:07.640 --> 0:18:09.240 was three of us. So he was rotating. So I 0:18:09.280 --> 0:18:12.600 was playing Mike and Will in the game, so I'm 0:18:12.680 --> 0:18:15.440 doing the same thing now. It's crazy had life works. 0:18:15.600 --> 0:18:18.040 So so never can you talk about your your defensive 0:18:18.040 --> 0:18:23.440 coordinator Greg Williams obviously legendary defensive coach, very big personality. 0:18:23.520 --> 0:18:25.480 What is it like going out there and is it 0:18:25.600 --> 0:18:27.919 different than playing for other coordinators? Because I feel like 0:18:28.200 --> 0:18:29.959 I would want to go out there and just just 0:18:30.119 --> 0:18:33.040 run through a wall for Greg Williams? Is it something similar? 0:18:33.200 --> 0:18:35.080 It's cool because I grew up. I grew up in 0:18:35.160 --> 0:18:37.000 um said with Spring Maryland, So I grew up watching 0:18:37.119 --> 0:18:39.320 him when he was coaching with the Redskin, So like 0:18:39.440 --> 0:18:42.119 actually being able to play for him now and actually 0:18:42.200 --> 0:18:45.760 he hied coaches as cool, so like as a player 0:18:45.840 --> 0:18:49.679 and just the stuff that he's like realistic, you know, 0:18:49.840 --> 0:18:52.760 and and and he's like he's old school and he's 0:18:52.800 --> 0:18:54.600 gonna get the best out of all of us, and 0:18:54.640 --> 0:18:57.400 he pushes us in. You know, some days you might 0:18:57.440 --> 0:19:00.240 be tired and you can't feel bad for yourself playing 0:19:00.280 --> 0:19:01.720 for Greg. You know what I'm saying. He gets the 0:19:01.720 --> 0:19:04.280 best out of you. So is it really it's cool experience? 0:19:05.040 --> 0:19:09.280 Quarterback Sam Donald said on the Michael k show earlier 0:19:09.320 --> 0:19:13.280 today on ESPN Radio that you guys had a players 0:19:13.320 --> 0:19:17.240 only meeting today where you kind of clear the air. 0:19:18.359 --> 0:19:20.520 What was said that you can tell us obviously you're 0:19:20.560 --> 0:19:22.199 not gonna be able to tell us everything but the 0:19:22.400 --> 0:19:26.000 but the tone of that meeting and how important was 0:19:26.080 --> 0:19:28.800 that to have that? Now, well, you gotta know that 0:19:28.840 --> 0:19:32.520 this team is we got a new head coach, you 0:19:32.720 --> 0:19:36.600 offensive you know, you offensive playable system for the offense. 0:19:36.920 --> 0:19:39.760 We've got a new defensive staff and its just and 0:19:39.800 --> 0:19:42.159 we got new players, you know what I'm saying. So 0:19:42.160 --> 0:19:44.200 it's one of those things. It's not our first time 0:19:44.400 --> 0:19:46.760 having one of those, but it's one of those things 0:19:46.800 --> 0:19:49.800 where we all just get the coaches out of the 0:19:49.840 --> 0:19:51.680 room and just have a conversation with each other and 0:19:52.000 --> 0:19:54.320 really jail And that's pretty much what we were doing 0:19:54.320 --> 0:19:56.640 in there, just if you have something to say said 0:19:57.440 --> 0:19:59.159 and you know at the end of the day that 0:19:59.280 --> 0:20:01.080 we all got to be on the same page. How 0:20:01.600 --> 0:20:04.680 important is that to maintain the perspective Because I've talked 0:20:04.680 --> 0:20:07.400 to you about this before. You just mentioned that experience 0:20:07.440 --> 0:20:09.840 in Miami. You started one and four a couple of 0:20:09.880 --> 0:20:12.880 years ago, and you guys found yourself in the playoffs. Yeah, 0:20:12.920 --> 0:20:15.080 I mean that that's you. You don't see that, especially 0:20:15.119 --> 0:20:17.359 on this level, Like you have a team meeting, but 0:20:17.480 --> 0:20:20.160 like the stuff that we're doing here, we're not far 0:20:20.240 --> 0:20:22.520 off from being a really good team. And then the 0:20:22.600 --> 0:20:25.040