WEBVTT - LISTEN | Draft Pick Profile - Jabari Zuniga (5/12) 0:00:02.960 --> 0:00:06.120 Welcome to another edition of the Official Jets podcast, the 0:00:06.200 --> 0:00:10.080 Draft Pick Profile Series, presented by Verizon Rolling On. Here 0:00:10.160 --> 0:00:13.920 Ethan Greenberg e A breaking down the second third round 0:00:13.920 --> 0:00:17.200 pick of the New York Jets. That's defensive lineman outside 0:00:17.200 --> 0:00:20.800 linebacker Jabari Zuniga out of Florida. And you're gonna hear 0:00:20.840 --> 0:00:23.960 from Joe Douglas and his staff on why they like Zenigo. 0:00:24.040 --> 0:00:25.919 I they think he's a good fit for the Jets. 0:00:26.079 --> 0:00:28.720 You're also gonna hear from Zeniga himself. I spoke with 0:00:28.840 --> 0:00:32.880 him after he was selected on that very busy Day 0:00:32.920 --> 0:00:35.840 two of the NFL Draft for the New York Jets. 0:00:35.840 --> 0:00:38.600 And e A. This is a player where the Jets 0:00:38.640 --> 0:00:41.120 selected him. They had their options if they wanted to 0:00:41.159 --> 0:00:44.839 go with the receiver or they wanted to beef up 0:00:44.840 --> 0:00:47.400 the interior of the offensive line. But they end up 0:00:47.400 --> 0:00:51.040 going with the guy who can play defensive line or 0:00:51.120 --> 0:00:54.680 maybe he can stand up and rush in Jabari Zeniga. Yeah. 0:00:54.680 --> 0:00:57.640 Green's first two picks, the Jets go McKay Backton in 0:00:57.720 --> 0:00:59.720 the first round. They come back in the second round 0:00:59.720 --> 0:01:03.760 well Back and Joe Douglas takes Baylor wide receiver Denzel Mims. 0:01:03.760 --> 0:01:08.360 Then of course, Ashton Davis got Day two underway for 0:01:08.400 --> 0:01:10.600 the New York Jets, and then they came back with 0:01:10.640 --> 0:01:15.440 another defensive player, Jabari Zeninga, a guy who had an 0:01:15.480 --> 0:01:19.280 interesting college career at the University of Florida. He can 0:01:19.280 --> 0:01:25.360 play all up and down that defensive line. Uh, good 0:01:25.440 --> 0:01:31.200 first step, explosive player, and Green's he considers himself the 0:01:31.319 --> 0:01:33.880 steel of the draft. I know a lot of fans 0:01:33.880 --> 0:01:36.319 are probably looking at and saying, well, why don't you 0:01:36.319 --> 0:01:41.199 take receiver there? Because interestingly enough, the next two picks 0:01:41.240 --> 0:01:45.679 that fouled Zeninga were Lynn Bowden out of Kentucky and 0:01:46.000 --> 0:01:51.440 Brian Edwards out at South Carolina. But Douglas I think 0:01:51.560 --> 0:01:55.840 added another chess piece for Greg Williams. Ashton Davis. We 0:01:55.920 --> 0:01:58.960 talked at length about his versatility, while you're getting another 0:01:59.040 --> 0:02:04.480 guy who is an extremely versatile player at the University 0:02:04.480 --> 0:02:07.280 of Florida, and he's got a lot of upside as well. 0:02:08.120 --> 0:02:11.760 And before e A and I dive into Jabari Zeniga 0:02:11.840 --> 0:02:15.400 and the player he is, his past of Florida, what 0:02:15.560 --> 0:02:18.080 he can provide to the Jets. Let's hear from the 0:02:18.120 --> 0:02:20.720 man himself. Let's hear from Joe Douglas and his staff 0:02:20.919 --> 0:02:25.520 on why they like Jabari Zeniga. He can play the end, 0:02:25.840 --> 0:02:29.480 he can reduce inside and nickel packages the lineup over guard. 0:02:29.880 --> 0:02:34.040 You know his suddenness, his explosiveness off the ball. You 0:02:34.080 --> 0:02:37.160 know his motor, his play temperament, how hard he plays 0:02:37.360 --> 0:02:40.680 that jumps off the tape. The first thing is that 0:02:40.760 --> 0:02:44.200 he showed was his versatility throughout his career, being able 0:02:44.200 --> 0:02:47.520 to play all over the front or Florida's defensive line. 0:02:47.760 --> 0:02:51.360 He's played anywhere from right to left. They'll kick him inside. 0:02:51.360 --> 0:02:54.000 It's a sub pass rusher as well, and then at 0:02:54.040 --> 0:02:57.000 times he would stand up in rush from different spots. 0:02:57.000 --> 0:02:59.359 So you know, the thing is he shows versatility, but 0:02:59.440 --> 0:03:02.600 what he does have his his explosiveness and twitch off 0:03:02.600 --> 0:03:04.639 the ball and get off and talking about a guy 0:03:04.639 --> 0:03:09.040 who's two pounds ran four six five. Although he missed 0:03:09.560 --> 0:03:12.600 six games this season, his production rate and what he 0:03:12.600 --> 0:03:14.600 did show when he was on the field is what 0:03:14.639 --> 0:03:16.760 we saw on him and what we expect from him 0:03:16.919 --> 0:03:20.280 transition for us to the Jets in terms of being 0:03:20.280 --> 0:03:23.680 able to get after the quarterback. I really like ja 0:03:23.760 --> 0:03:25.040 Bar He's a versa of a guy that can play 0:03:25.120 --> 0:03:27.440 up and down the line of experiment he's uh, he's 0:03:27.480 --> 0:03:29.639 hard charging. You know, he's a brood in there. He's 0:03:29.639 --> 0:03:32.800 got really strong hands, he's got speed of power. You know, 0:03:32.880 --> 0:03:36.000 he can reduce as an interior rusher. He's got snapped 0:03:36.000 --> 0:03:38.360 through the heads. He can play leverage, you can two guys. 0:03:38.880 --> 0:03:40.760 He's got good strength in his hands. He can hold 0:03:40.760 --> 0:03:43.080 the point of attack versus run. You know, this guy 0:03:43.120 --> 0:03:44.800 flashing at the at the end of place and and 0:03:44.800 --> 0:03:46.360 and making plays on the ball. And you know, he 0:03:46.720 --> 0:03:49.080 runs a four six forty, he's about six three, and 0:03:49.120 --> 0:03:51.720 he's two hundred sixty pounds. He's just really an explosive 0:03:51.760 --> 0:03:56.240 guy that that that uses his explosiveness, uh to make 0:03:56.240 --> 0:03:58.720 plays all over the field. He struggled through a few 0:03:58.720 --> 0:04:01.280 injuries you know, this year and missed a few games. 0:04:01.560 --> 0:04:03.280 If you watch that Miami game, I feel like he 0:04:03.320 --> 0:04:05.760 really took over that Miami game. And uh, you know, 0:04:05.800 --> 0:04:08.120 he's he's another kid that that that played well at 0:04:08.120 --> 0:04:10.000 the Senior Bowl. He showed well the Senior Bowl as well. 0:04:10.280 --> 0:04:12.000 We were fired up to get a guy like this, 0:04:12.520 --> 0:04:14.160 you know, a guy that's got some real power to 0:04:14.280 --> 0:04:16.479 him that that you can feel when watching him. You know, 0:04:16.520 --> 0:04:18.120 he's a force at the point of attack, and he's 0:04:18.160 --> 0:04:19.880 a good athlete. You know, he's got a high motor. 0:04:20.120 --> 0:04:21.719 He's gonna fit in well with the guys we have 0:04:22.160 --> 0:04:25.159 on the d line and at the outside back of position. 0:04:26.560 --> 0:04:29.880 You know, he had just sort of an unfortunate beginning 0:04:29.880 --> 0:04:32.360 to a season in terms of the high ankle spring 0:04:32.839 --> 0:04:35.520 and sometimes those are tough to get over. And you know, 0:04:35.560 --> 0:04:37.640 this is a very productive player when he was on 0:04:37.680 --> 0:04:40.840 the field. He's another player I used the word versatile. 0:04:41.320 --> 0:04:44.680 You know, he can play outside as a as a 0:04:44.760 --> 0:04:48.760 rusher on the edge, but he's also quick and and 0:04:48.800 --> 0:04:53.200 physical enough to to go inside along the defensive front. 0:04:53.279 --> 0:04:56.400 So he can really almost line up anywhere across that 0:04:56.480 --> 0:05:00.400 front line. Uh. And you know he brings the mentioned 0:05:00.400 --> 0:05:03.920 of pass rush, whether it's off the corner or inside 0:05:03.960 --> 0:05:09.160 in a sub situation on the interior that you know, 0:05:09.200 --> 0:05:11.599 you just never have enough guys that can get after 0:05:11.640 --> 0:05:13.880 the quarterback, and that that's an area that we wanted 0:05:13.880 --> 0:05:16.839 to improve. We felt like the value was there. He 0:05:16.960 --> 0:05:19.320 was rated high on our board pretty much through this 0:05:19.480 --> 0:05:24.960 whole journey from December to February through this month's meetings, 0:05:24.960 --> 0:05:27.159 and so he sort of maintained his water. If you 0:05:27.200 --> 0:05:29.760 want to term it that way, and we thought he 0:05:29.760 --> 0:05:33.919 would represented good value in the third round. The first 0:05:33.920 --> 0:05:36.120 thing that sends out to me about Zeniga you here 0:05:36.200 --> 0:05:38.840 all the Jets personnel staff talk about it too, is 0:05:38.880 --> 0:05:42.360 he was effective even though he only played in six 0:05:42.400 --> 0:05:45.160 games this season for Florida because he missed most of 0:05:45.160 --> 0:05:47.760 the year with a high ankle sprain. And his stats 0:05:47.880 --> 0:05:50.800 at the end of the season he only had fourteen tackles, 0:05:50.880 --> 0:05:54.000 seven tackles for lost in three sacks. But Joe Douglas 0:05:54.040 --> 0:05:58.039 mentioned in his media call after they drafted Zeniga that 0:05:58.120 --> 0:06:02.960 he had a very high production rate despite missing the 0:06:03.000 --> 0:06:07.479 majority of the season. You look at Zenega, he at 0:06:07.560 --> 0:06:11.039 forty five tackles in six and a half sacks in 0:06:11.160 --> 0:06:17.040 two thousand eighteen. So Joe Douglas talked about his production rate. Yeah, 0:06:17.120 --> 0:06:19.719 it's there. When he was on the field, he was 0:06:19.839 --> 0:06:24.359 making plays, making things happen. And the other thing that 0:06:24.440 --> 0:06:27.919 I think stood out to the Jets about this gator 0:06:28.360 --> 0:06:32.880 was he played with his hair on fire greens. Yeah. 0:06:32.960 --> 0:06:36.400 I think one thing about Jabari it seems like he's 0:06:36.440 --> 0:06:39.880 a very reserved player off of the football field, and 0:06:39.920 --> 0:06:42.640 then he puts on a helmet and then the switch 0:06:42.720 --> 0:06:45.080 flips and he really goes after it. I mean, in 0:06:45.279 --> 0:06:48.880 his career at Florida he red shirted in ten and 0:06:48.920 --> 0:06:53.560 then played sen to en for the Gators eighteen and 0:06:53.600 --> 0:06:56.279 a half sacks, thirty four and a half tackles for loss. 0:06:56.760 --> 0:07:00.440 And I think what the Jets really like about out him, 0:07:00.520 --> 0:07:03.400 and I feel like again we're beating a dead horses. 0:07:03.440 --> 0:07:06.279 His versatility, the fact that he can play any position 0:07:06.640 --> 0:07:09.960 along the defensive line, he can develop his pass rush 0:07:10.040 --> 0:07:14.120 over time, and really, I think Phil Savage said it 0:07:14.200 --> 0:07:16.680 best in that clip we heard earlier. So you can't 0:07:16.720 --> 0:07:18.920 have enough of these guys, guys that are versatile and 0:07:18.960 --> 0:07:23.240 guys that get after the quarterback. And I think that Zaniga, 0:07:23.320 --> 0:07:26.280 at the end of the day, is probably not the 0:07:26.280 --> 0:07:30.760 pick Jets fans imagined, but it's a position which Jets 0:07:30.760 --> 0:07:33.560 fans wanted Joe Douglas to address, and I think Zaniga 0:07:33.840 --> 0:07:38.360 fits the bill. Frankly well. He can certainly disrupt the 0:07:38.440 --> 0:07:42.760 opposition quarterback, but he is a penetrator green, so he's 0:07:42.760 --> 0:07:46.480 gonna try to get up field in a hurry. And 0:07:46.840 --> 0:07:49.200 he is a guy, frankly is still learning the game. 0:07:49.320 --> 0:07:53.000 You played one year of high school football, so you 0:07:53.080 --> 0:07:55.600 look at his production at the University of Florida playing 0:07:55.640 --> 0:07:59.520 on Saturdays in the SEC. You mentioned the eighteen and 0:07:59.520 --> 0:08:02.840 a half acts and forty two career games. What I 0:08:02.920 --> 0:08:05.880 found fascinating throughout the pre draft process is we talked 0:08:05.920 --> 0:08:11.480 about him as an edge. Well, he himself talks about 0:08:11.520 --> 0:08:14.760 how he can play the nine technique, the three technique, Uh, 0:08:14.960 --> 0:08:17.960 he can play the traditional and spot, and that he 0:08:18.000 --> 0:08:21.560 can move inside to maybe in sub packages, and he's 0:08:21.600 --> 0:08:25.840 playing closer to the center. So at this point in 0:08:26.080 --> 0:08:29.960 his career, you probably consider him more of an interior 0:08:30.040 --> 0:08:33.959 rusher greens. Yeah, I think that the guy that comes 0:08:33.960 --> 0:08:35.559 to mind when I think of a guy like this 0:08:35.880 --> 0:08:37.800 is almost kind of like Jordan Jenkins in a way 0:08:37.840 --> 0:08:41.080 where he wasn't the most productive pass rusher at Georgia, 0:08:41.120 --> 0:08:43.520 but he showed flashes and then he developed his pass 0:08:43.600 --> 0:08:46.400 rush since coming into the league. And Jordan Jenkins has 0:08:46.440 --> 0:08:49.199 done that and Jabari Zniga can do that from now 0:08:49.360 --> 0:08:51.839 till his third or fourth year in the league. That 0:08:51.880 --> 0:08:54.040 I think he's on the right path. And when you 0:08:54.080 --> 0:08:57.360 look at his past, this is another basketball first athlete. 0:08:57.640 --> 0:08:59.960 He didn't play football until he was in high school. 0:09:00.320 --> 0:09:03.120 He was five ft eleven and two hundred ten pounds 0:09:03.240 --> 0:09:06.160 during his junior season before hitting a growth spur. And 0:09:06.200 --> 0:09:10.040 now he's six three, two sixty four And this is 0:09:10.040 --> 0:09:13.040 a guy that was not heavily recruited. He's a three 0:09:13.080 --> 0:09:16.040 star athlete and at the end of the day, I 0:09:16.080 --> 0:09:18.600 think this is another guy that has worked up to 0:09:18.800 --> 0:09:21.640 the position in which he was drafted. And that's something 0:09:21.679 --> 0:09:24.560 we've said for Denzel Mims, It's something we said for 0:09:24.600 --> 0:09:27.600 Ashton Davis, and I think it's definitely something that we 0:09:27.679 --> 0:09:30.920 can say for Jabari Zaniga as well. Yeah, another thing 0:09:31.040 --> 0:09:36.680 is he's six three, two hundred sixty four pounds. In Indianapolis, 0:09:36.720 --> 0:09:39.640 he ran the forty yard dash I believe in four 0:09:39.760 --> 0:09:43.720 point six four seconds. So I think that caught the 0:09:43.800 --> 0:09:46.960 eye of a lot of onlookers. People filed the draft 0:09:47.000 --> 0:09:50.200 and of course the scouts. You saw him playing fast 0:09:50.320 --> 0:09:55.760 on film. Well, the forty yard dash confirmed that. In Indianapolis, 0:09:56.520 --> 0:09:59.959 the Jets you're gonna see probably I would imagine George 0:10:00.120 --> 0:10:03.120 Jenkins and a guy like Darrell Basham's standing up more. 0:10:03.520 --> 0:10:06.400 And this guy has room to grow, not only just 0:10:06.480 --> 0:10:11.080 picking up past rush techniques as his career evolves in 0:10:11.080 --> 0:10:14.000 the National Football league, but I anticipate will probably put 0:10:14.000 --> 0:10:16.760 on some weight as well. Greens. Yeah, I think that's 0:10:16.760 --> 0:10:20.200 fair to say too. And we'll see what happens when 0:10:20.240 --> 0:10:22.360 we finally get back to the facility and he can 0:10:22.400 --> 0:10:24.720 touch the grass a little bit. But I think this 0:10:24.840 --> 0:10:27.520 is an interesting pick, to say the least, because, similar 0:10:27.520 --> 0:10:30.800 to Ashton Davis, not only with the versatility, the Jets 0:10:30.800 --> 0:10:32.079 at the end of the day might have gotten a 0:10:32.160 --> 0:10:35.640 discount on Jabari Zeniga. If he played a full season 0:10:36.000 --> 0:10:38.360 and we're healthy for the entirety of the season, if 0:10:38.360 --> 0:10:41.080 he had a little more senior tape, then maybe he's 0:10:41.240 --> 0:10:45.280 around two, picking out around three pick You're right six games, 0:10:45.320 --> 0:10:49.800 But in this case you're talking about Jabari Zanga and 0:10:50.400 --> 0:10:55.080 uh not a major injury. So by all accounts, when 0:10:55.120 --> 0:10:57.800 he gives back to one Jets Drive or when he 0:10:57.920 --> 0:11:01.040 arrives at one Jets Drive, uh, I think he should 0:11:01.080 --> 0:11:04.280 be ready to go. And this is a great place 0:11:04.360 --> 0:11:08.719 for a young defensive alignment. If I'm a young defensive aligneman, 0:11:09.040 --> 0:11:12.080 this is a place I want to go to. Andre Carter, 0:11:12.840 --> 0:11:16.439 great pass rusher in his heyday, had not that Jets 0:11:16.440 --> 0:11:19.920 defensive line, and Greg Williams a defensive mastermind, and we 0:11:20.000 --> 0:11:24.239 saw what the Jets did last year and that defensive 0:11:24.320 --> 0:11:28.920 line is a very deep and it's got a lot 0:11:28.960 --> 0:11:32.720 of big dogs who get after it. And what better 0:11:33.160 --> 0:11:38.240 guy for a young kid to hang around or following 0:11:38.240 --> 0:11:41.480 around the facility than Steve McClendon. Yeah, I don't think 0:11:41.520 --> 0:11:44.600 there is a better person for a young defensive player 0:11:44.920 --> 0:11:48.559 to follow the Steve McClendon. He's kind of the defensive 0:11:49.720 --> 0:11:53.199 father of the bunch really. And before we break down, 0:11:53.679 --> 0:11:56.720 just how Zuniga fits into this Jet scheme and what 0:11:57.360 --> 0:11:59.839 this roster looks like with him on, and let's hear 0:12:00.080 --> 0:12:05.200 um Jabari's Aniga himself. Jabari, congratulations. What was it like 0:12:05.480 --> 0:12:09.199 getting the phone call from Joe Douglas. I mean, it's 0:12:09.280 --> 0:12:11.560 very exciting. You know, I was with the family, so 0:12:11.559 --> 0:12:14.600 so everybody was wining with emotionally. Know my mom, My 0:12:14.640 --> 0:12:17.040 mom was was almost crying, so so, you know, it 0:12:17.080 --> 0:12:20.400 was it was just very exciting and an emotional moment. 0:12:21.440 --> 0:12:24.360 What was your pre draft interactions like with the Jets 0:12:24.400 --> 0:12:26.360 and did you have a sense that they liked you 0:12:26.400 --> 0:12:30.600 throughout the process. Um, y'all talked to the Jets about 0:12:32.360 --> 0:12:34.760 to about five times, and I talked somebody at the 0:12:34.760 --> 0:12:37.760 Single Bowl, I talked to somebody Combine and then I 0:12:37.800 --> 0:12:41.160 talked to him. They zoom called me about three times 0:12:41.840 --> 0:12:44.360 um after the Comboy, So so I kind of had 0:12:44.400 --> 0:12:47.880 an idea that that they were interested. But you know, uh, 0:12:48.080 --> 0:12:50.000 I'm just excippy to be a excitited to be a 0:12:50.040 --> 0:12:54.160 part of the organization. So you clearly, to your point, 0:12:54.240 --> 0:12:56.200 had a lot of interaction with the Jets. What do 0:12:56.240 --> 0:12:58.160 you think that you can add to this defense? I 0:12:58.200 --> 0:13:00.680 heard you talking about your verse of autility, but what 0:13:00.760 --> 0:13:06.360 can you specifically bring to this Jets front? Um? Probably senatity. 0:13:06.400 --> 0:13:09.400 You know, I feel like you know, I'm I'm um, 0:13:09.440 --> 0:13:12.640 I'm a very uh progressive player. So I just feel like, 0:13:12.640 --> 0:13:15.000 you know, I can bring a pass or to the 0:13:15.240 --> 0:13:17.360 to the UH to the defense. And I feel like 0:13:17.400 --> 0:13:20.560 it's just just being overall seenations players, being overall senagor 0:13:20.640 --> 0:13:23.920 football player. And I heard you talking to the media 0:13:24.000 --> 0:13:26.520 before this, you said you feel like the Jets got 0:13:26.559 --> 0:13:28.679 the steel of the draft because of course you were 0:13:28.760 --> 0:13:33.320 hampered with that ankle injury. So at full health, what 0:13:33.400 --> 0:13:38.280 do you bring to a defense? UM, I definitely feel like, 0:13:38.280 --> 0:13:40.520 you know, I'll bring a lot you know, Uh, like 0:13:41.120 --> 0:13:42.880 you said, you know, I was kind of hampered by 0:13:42.920 --> 0:13:45.920 my by my ankle injury. But I feel like, like 0:13:45.920 --> 0:13:48.240 like a healthy, healthy me is is is is a 0:13:48.320 --> 0:13:51.360 very good football player. And and and that's that's definitely 0:13:51.360 --> 0:13:54.200 what the Jets to getting. You know, like I said, 0:13:54.280 --> 0:13:57.079 it didn't you know, a hard worker, you know, somebody's dedicated, 0:13:57.120 --> 0:14:00.880 somebody it's gonna do anything for the organization. So, Jamar, 0:14:01.040 --> 0:14:03.440 did you meet with Greg Williams at all during your 0:14:03.480 --> 0:14:08.160 pre draft interactions? Whether that was Senior Bowl combine or zoom? 0:14:08.240 --> 0:14:14.120 I didn't? I sorry? Okay, Well who did you meet with? Um? 0:14:14.160 --> 0:14:20.400 I met with the GM my position coach and Andre 0:14:20.560 --> 0:14:25.320 Carter or Joe Vitt Joe Vick okay, and the uh 0:14:25.640 --> 0:14:29.920 and then the assistant position coach. Okay. And if I 0:14:29.960 --> 0:14:32.840 were to ask you how to describe your game, what 0:14:32.880 --> 0:14:39.640 would you say? Uh? Probably versustile. And I feel like 0:14:39.840 --> 0:14:43.240 I can play play a lot of different positions. Um No, 0:14:43.920 --> 0:14:45.880 I feel like, you know, I could play all along 0:14:45.920 --> 0:14:49.880 the line of different soun packages. Um, it's probably very 0:14:50.040 --> 0:14:52.040 very versatile. You know. I feel like, you know, I'm 0:14:52.080 --> 0:14:55.520 I'm I'm aggressive. You know, I feel like it's niceus 0:14:55.600 --> 0:14:58.960 so so that's probably. And do you prefer to play 0:14:59.000 --> 0:15:03.040 with your hand in the ground own or standing up? Honestly, 0:15:03.040 --> 0:15:06.720 it doesn't matter, okay, And I just want to ask 0:15:06.760 --> 0:15:09.120 you this. I saw something that said, you know, you're 0:15:09.160 --> 0:15:11.760 kind of a quiet, so soft spoken guy and you 0:15:11.840 --> 0:15:14.840 let your play on the field. Do you're talking? Would 0:15:14.840 --> 0:15:18.520 you consider that accurate? That is very accre Yes, sir, 0:15:19.120 --> 0:15:22.120 I can say to myself, I want to introverted side 0:15:22.120 --> 0:15:24.040 and I'm I'm not really a guy who likes the 0:15:24.040 --> 0:15:25.800 club stuff like that, but but you know when I 0:15:25.880 --> 0:15:27.680 when I get on the field, I definitely let loose 0:15:27.720 --> 0:15:30.160 and I definitely let it all out. Hey, Jo Bari, 0:15:30.200 --> 0:15:33.320 did you know Marcus May and Brian Pool when they 0:15:33.320 --> 0:15:36.040 were at Florida too? Because you guys overlapped. But I 0:15:36.040 --> 0:15:40.520 don't know how friendly you guys were. Yeah, we we 0:15:40.560 --> 0:15:42.600 weren't the best of friends. But it's not definitely lived 0:15:42.680 --> 0:15:44.800 up to those guys. And I feel like my mind 0:15:44.840 --> 0:15:47.800 knows are two two floor the great snow that two 0:15:47.800 --> 0:15:50.800 players that that belong and uh, you know hall of Fame, 0:15:51.080 --> 0:15:53.840 uh football Hall of Fame, let alone the Florida all 0:15:53.840 --> 0:15:56.360 the Thames so so so I definitely feel like you 0:15:56.360 --> 0:15:59.240 know those those guys are legendary, but we weren't the 0:15:59.280 --> 0:16:01.880 closest to friends, but I definitely looked up to him 0:16:02.040 --> 0:16:05.480 from leadership perspective. All right, Jabar, I just want to 0:16:05.480 --> 0:16:08.520 ask you this before we wrap things up. Obviously this 0:16:08.600 --> 0:16:12.520 is unprecedented times because all your rookie classes and everything 0:16:12.520 --> 0:16:16.640 will be through virtual program. But what step number one 0:16:16.760 --> 0:16:19.400 for you now that you're a New York Jet. Of course, 0:16:19.480 --> 0:16:22.480 getting to know my teammates, but but probably the most definitely, 0:16:22.800 --> 0:16:25.400 most definite pointies get into that playbook because you know, 0:16:25.920 --> 0:16:27.960 at the end of day, it's all about uh, you know, 0:16:28.000 --> 0:16:29.920 being being a productive player in this league. And I 0:16:29.960 --> 0:16:32.200 definitely feel like that's that's the most important stuff, is 0:16:32.200 --> 0:16:36.680 getting into the playbook. Yeah, I think one of the 0:16:36.720 --> 0:16:39.440 benefits of drafting a guy like this at the at 0:16:39.440 --> 0:16:43.040 a position where the Jets are rather stout is that 0:16:43.400 --> 0:16:46.280 I think maybe the expectations are a little less from 0:16:46.360 --> 0:16:49.920 day one. The only because I don't know how much 0:16:49.960 --> 0:16:52.880 playhook get as a starter. I assume that will probably 0:16:52.880 --> 0:16:55.960 be involved in sub packages to a certain degree. But 0:16:56.000 --> 0:17:01.240 when you look at the defensive line between Steve mcclennon Bronzovarokasi, 0:17:01.440 --> 0:17:05.080 Nathan Shepherd, Henry Anderson, Quinnin Williams, and then you think 0:17:05.080 --> 0:17:07.960 about guys like Jordan Jenkins and Torrell Bash them last year, 0:17:08.320 --> 0:17:11.480 it just feels like Jabari Snigo will have an ability 0:17:11.920 --> 0:17:16.480 or an opportunity rather to be almost sponge like soak 0:17:16.600 --> 0:17:18.720 up as much as he can from all these talented 0:17:18.720 --> 0:17:21.560 players and then be effective for the Jets on the field. 0:17:21.640 --> 0:17:24.719 You just have a lot of options, Greg Williams, and 0:17:24.800 --> 0:17:27.000 he's the first one to tell you, don't say I 0:17:27.080 --> 0:17:29.000 run a four three. Don't say I run a three 0:17:29.080 --> 0:17:32.280 four because he's gonna continually mix it up and you 0:17:32.440 --> 0:17:38.240 play and so many sub packages anyway, So again, good situation. 0:17:38.840 --> 0:17:43.840 And when you read the scouting reports about Zenena, you 0:17:43.880 --> 0:17:46.960 know the guy I thought of immediately a little bit 0:17:47.080 --> 0:17:50.720 when they said the hair on fire, the NonStop mote 0:17:50.800 --> 0:17:53.760 or the strength, I did think of a guy like 0:17:54.480 --> 0:17:59.480 Jordan Jenkins. I'm not saying that he is the same player. 0:18:00.160 --> 0:18:03.440 I'm saying that d n A, that is the guy 0:18:03.560 --> 0:18:07.919 I thought of, just the way the style is, getting 0:18:08.040 --> 0:18:13.080 up the field, never taking a playoff, getting his nose dirty. Uh, 0:18:13.119 --> 0:18:18.440 the explosiveness and Zenega has a high upside again, and 0:18:18.520 --> 0:18:20.639 that's what you want in these draft picks. None of 0:18:20.720 --> 0:18:24.159 these guys are finished products. You know. I'm glad you 0:18:24.200 --> 0:18:26.800 mentioned that because you can speak to this a little 0:18:26.840 --> 0:18:30.679 more than I can. I'm pretty sure that Jabari Zeniga's 0:18:30.920 --> 0:18:33.840 pro comparison, I don't remember which website it was. It 0:18:33.880 --> 0:18:37.480 might have been Pro Football Focus, might have been another website. 0:18:37.720 --> 0:18:42.360 Their pro comparison for Jabari Zeniga was Calvin Pace. So 0:18:42.640 --> 0:18:45.399 that's a player that I watched grown up. And you know, 0:18:45.800 --> 0:18:47.919 you can correct me if I'm wrong, and I'd like 0:18:47.960 --> 0:18:50.640 you to expand on this, but Calvin Pace, to me, 0:18:50.720 --> 0:18:54.120 and I think most Jets fans was He's a guy 0:18:54.160 --> 0:18:57.760 that probably given you between five and eight sacks a year, 0:18:57.880 --> 0:19:01.520 and he's a great run fender as an edge setter, 0:19:02.040 --> 0:19:04.440 and maybe in a lot of ways almost feels like 0:19:04.480 --> 0:19:08.480 an older version of Jordan Jenkins. Yeah. Well, Calvin Pace 0:19:08.520 --> 0:19:10.719 was a hell of a player. He wasn't a guy 0:19:10.760 --> 0:19:13.000 who was coming off the edge getting you fifteen sacks 0:19:13.000 --> 0:19:16.920 a year. But to your point, he was consistent. He 0:19:17.160 --> 0:19:22.280 was a dominant in terms oftorney things inside, he was 0:19:22.320 --> 0:19:27.199 a cerebral assassin greens Uh, he could study it, and 0:19:27.280 --> 0:19:30.000 he knew the way offenses were attacking him, and he 0:19:30.080 --> 0:19:33.800 was a key part on some of those great defenses. 0:19:33.840 --> 0:19:38.720 But strong stout not a blazer off the edge, but 0:19:38.800 --> 0:19:42.520 he could get there. And also, uh, just a guy 0:19:42.760 --> 0:19:46.760 who it was gonna be tough ever getting outside of him. 0:19:46.760 --> 0:19:50.160 Speaking of pace guys you talked to over the years, 0:19:50.320 --> 0:19:54.560 is that it's great to have uh number one move. 0:19:55.000 --> 0:19:58.000 It's great to even have a secondary move. But what 0:19:58.119 --> 0:20:02.040 separates the good path s rushers from the very good 0:20:02.040 --> 0:20:06.800 ones to the excellent ones that they have multiple tools 0:20:06.840 --> 0:20:11.800 in their bag. So if one doesn't work, I'm going 0:20:11.880 --> 0:20:14.760 to be If he doesn't work, I'm switching to see 0:20:14.760 --> 0:20:17.280 and that's going to develop over time. But he has 0:20:17.359 --> 0:20:20.800 those raw tools that you like. I know we keeps 0:20:20.800 --> 0:20:22.320 saying this, but it feels like it goes back to 0:20:22.400 --> 0:20:25.480 Jordan Jenkins again, and he's kind of like this example, 0:20:25.520 --> 0:20:29.040 this third round example that his pass rush numbers from 0:20:29.040 --> 0:20:33.320 a sacks perspective has increased every year since he's entered 0:20:33.320 --> 0:20:37.159 the league in two thousand sixteen. And I think that 0:20:37.160 --> 0:20:40.400 that is kind of like the poster child of what 0:20:40.480 --> 0:20:42.480 you want out of a third round pick. I feel 0:20:42.520 --> 0:20:45.439 like and I think Jabari is an ego. From everything 0:20:45.480 --> 0:20:47.960 that I've read, it seems like he has the work ethic, 0:20:48.040 --> 0:20:50.760 the motors, seems like he's a guy that's gonna fit 0:20:50.800 --> 0:20:53.080 in the locker room. So I think Jets fans should 0:20:53.119 --> 0:20:55.640 be excited not only about this pick, but really when 0:20:55.640 --> 0:20:59.000 you think about what that front seven looks like, fully healthy, 0:20:59.359 --> 0:21:02.520 considering where they finished last year top ten, number two 0:21:02.520 --> 0:21:04.960 against the run as a defense, you think about this 0:21:05.040 --> 0:21:08.439 front seven now adding another piece. And we've said this before, 0:21:08.600 --> 0:21:12.640 but the front has an ability to be a very 0:21:12.840 --> 0:21:17.439 very effective group when football is finally bad. You know, 0:21:17.560 --> 0:21:20.320 I look at it and say, you were top ten 0:21:20.760 --> 0:21:23.640 in your yards a lot less year number seven. Overall, 0:21:24.480 --> 0:21:27.480 there is no reason why this defense can't be top 0:21:27.520 --> 0:21:29.640 ten again. I think they'll probably want to get those 0:21:29.680 --> 0:21:36.840 scoring numbers down, but a lot goes into the scoring equation, turnovers, 0:21:36.920 --> 0:21:40.720 field position, and whatnot. So I don't know if that's 0:21:40.800 --> 0:21:45.000 the right stat when you're looking at defenses, nor is 0:21:45.240 --> 0:21:50.080 yards always the right judge. But by the end of 0:21:50.119 --> 0:21:52.359 the season, the Jets were one of the better defenses 0:21:52.400 --> 0:21:55.080 in the National Football Are you mentioned front seven. I'm 0:21:55.080 --> 0:21:58.760 just I'm looking at the entire defense, because again you 0:21:58.880 --> 0:22:02.520 ad did that piece be for Ashton Davis and he 0:22:02.560 --> 0:22:05.760 gives you more flexibility and versatility, and you're adding to 0:22:06.040 --> 0:22:09.960 uh all world safety and Jamal Adams and then you 0:22:10.040 --> 0:22:14.480 got Marcus May back there and where it's gonna be 0:22:14.560 --> 0:22:18.720 interesting what happens at the cornerback position. But I just 0:22:18.800 --> 0:22:23.040 think right now the Jets have a lot of different 0:22:23.280 --> 0:22:27.359 pieces and they added big time with these two first 0:22:27.480 --> 0:22:31.639 defenders here early in the draft in Davis in the 0:22:31.720 --> 0:22:36.639 A four mentioned Jabari Zoninga Um, So you know, I 0:22:36.680 --> 0:22:39.000 think that, yes, the Jets are gonna have a very 0:22:39.000 --> 0:22:42.479 good front seven, but I think extends beyond that. And 0:22:42.520 --> 0:22:45.920