Speaker 1: Like on the world you played to win the game.
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Speaker 1: Jets three sixty production two thousand eighteen is here. Ethan
Speaker 1: Greenberg and Eric Allen's here in studio on the Official
Speaker 1: Jets Podcast for the first time. Happy New Year, the
Speaker 1: New Year, Happy New Year, Happy New Year. Got any
Speaker 1: good resolutions? No, I do not have any resolute I
Speaker 1: don't think I've ever done that. Have you. Well, when
Speaker 1: you say done that, you mean write them down, you
Speaker 1: mean like made like a promise to myself that December
Speaker 1: thirty one that I'm gonna do this sting Jane. I
Speaker 1: don't know if I have like, Hey, I'm not gonna
Speaker 1: eat chocolate, or I'm gonna work out, not even chocolate
Speaker 1: as a post an hour a day, or maybe I'm
Speaker 1: gonna get my cardio going, or I'm not gonna say
Speaker 1: profanities when I'm mad. I've never done anything where I'm like,
Speaker 1: when the new year is right on the horizon, Okay,
Speaker 1: it's time to change it up. Okay, that's fat. I
Speaker 1: don't look at it as a resolution. I look at
Speaker 1: it as a time to reflect. And then maybe did
Speaker 1: you reflect like tweets. You're very introspective. That's surprising, man. Okay,
Speaker 1: all right, yea we have new goals. Okay, good for
Speaker 1: you tweaking. I don't need the New Year to do that.
Speaker 1: You understand what I'm saying. I don't need the New
Speaker 1: Year to do it anyway. I just think that the
Speaker 1: the world does it then because it's a time when
Speaker 1: everyone can turn the page together. Yeah, but the world
Speaker 1: does not turn the page together because there's so many
Speaker 1: different time zones. So I'm just summer when I'm sitting
Speaker 1: in Foxborough. I mean, Australia is already celebrated, you know.
Speaker 1: And I've had a couple of cans of Fosters and
Speaker 1: you know, they're already into January first. And speaking of
Speaker 1: Years Eve, it was ferociously called in New England. You know,
Speaker 1: the the Gillette Stadium is a nice place. I will
Speaker 1: say that the Jets haven't had a lot of success
Speaker 1: there of late, so I was very happy to get
Speaker 1: out in New England. But I heard they have good
Speaker 1: clam chowder in the press. Body. Yeah, they have clam
Speaker 1: chowder at a little Tabasco and pepper in there. Yeah,
Speaker 1: clam chowder, solid Tabasco is synonymous to whatever e A
Speaker 1: is eating. No, it's actually buffaloes. Okay, okay, all right,
Speaker 1: any kind of any kind of hot sauce about that? Yeah,
Speaker 1: So you know, both Mike mcagne and Christopher Johnson addressed
Speaker 1: the media season ninety news conferences after Todd Bowles talked
Speaker 1: to the press, and what we know going forward Green's
Speaker 1: is that the Jets aren't happy that they want five
Speaker 1: games this year, and they do think they made some progress,
Speaker 1: mostly in the chemistry department. With that being said, every
Speaker 1: year is new and the Jets are gonna add some
Speaker 1: new pieces right around the corner. With the league year
Speaker 1: beginning in March, they have a lot of money just
Speaker 1: by and Mike mccagnan said, I would probably classify us
Speaker 1: as being potentially very active in free agency, like you know,
Speaker 1: with with the calf space um and hopefully we can
Speaker 1: do some things that help move this team forward. The
Speaker 1: Jets will be very active a free agents. I think
Speaker 1: if you're a Jets fan, you have to be very excited.
Speaker 1: You know that the team is going to have some
Speaker 1: new faces at different positions. Obviously that goes for the
Speaker 1: same for every year. But when you don't have an
Speaker 1: answer at quarterback here. Offseason becomes very interesting, especially through
Speaker 1: the eye of the fan. And that's not to say
Speaker 1: that Josh McCown won't be back, because he very well could.
Speaker 1: But we'll talk about this with Chad Pennington a little later.
Speaker 1: Is that he has some tough decisions to way, whether
Speaker 1: you know, he wants to retire and spend time with
Speaker 1: his family, if he wants to come back. Jack mccagnan said,
Speaker 1: we'd welcome Josh back. Well, yeah, but the Jets have to,
Speaker 1: you know, determine ultimately whether he fits in their plans,
Speaker 1: their immediate plans as well as Josh McCown's thirty eight
Speaker 1: years old, he's coming off a career season. He was
Speaker 1: beloved figure within organization, and he played tremendously on the field.
Speaker 1: Let's not take away from what McCown did. And of
Speaker 1: course he was named team MVP making those thirteen starts. Um.
Speaker 1: But uh yeah, you know, but there's gonna be some
Speaker 1: interesting names on the free agency market and we're gonna
Speaker 1: have to see how the dominos fall and we'll learn
Speaker 1: about different teams plans in the weeks and months ahead.
Speaker 1: Oh and by the way, the Jets have the sixth
Speaker 1: overall picks, so definitely gonna be some opportunities to plug
Speaker 1: up some holes with marquee players through the draft, through
Speaker 1: free agency. Obviously, it's a time will tell game as
Speaker 1: of now because it's January and nothing comes until Mark.
Speaker 1: But the landscape is so much different than last year
Speaker 1: because last year we went in. Yes, the Jets won
Speaker 1: five games in two thousand seventeen and won five games
Speaker 1: in two thousand and sixteen, But after the two thousand
Speaker 1: sixteen season, we were wondering what was going to be
Speaker 1: the futures. Anna Marshall and Nick Mangold and Durrell reave
Speaker 1: this and Nick Folk and Reno, Jock Amani and Ryan
Speaker 1: Fitzpatrick and all those guys. The Jets part of the
Speaker 1: ways with a lot of veterans who had contributed here,
Speaker 1: and some of them have contributed for a long time.
Speaker 1: Some of those guys are gonna be Ring Honor inductees
Speaker 1: for this organization and a couple of them could be
Speaker 1: Hall of Famers. David Harris is the guys trying to
Speaker 1: get a Super Bowl ring with New England Patriots right now.
Speaker 1: But the Jets had a part ways with a lot
Speaker 1: of guys last offseason. This offseason is a completely different
Speaker 1: field because it's gonna be who fits us, We gotta
Speaker 1: make our additions. Now you have a lot more flexibility
Speaker 1: going into this offseason, and I think the Jets are
Speaker 1: gonna get a lot better, not only with what they
Speaker 1: do in free agency, but also with the draft because
Speaker 1: you mentioned number six. Overall, they got three picks in
Speaker 1: the top forty nine. Pair two's courtesy the Sheldon Richardson deal.
Speaker 1: And how good does that deal look right now? Sheldon
Speaker 1: richards a very talented player, no doubt about that, but
Speaker 1: he could become a free agent himself. And the Jets
Speaker 1: picked up Germaine Curse and they have an additional second
Speaker 1: round pick. And even though free agency the league year
Speaker 1: turns in March, the Jets will have opportunities to resign
Speaker 1: their own players until that point, so they never hit
Speaker 1: the market. So the guy that sticks out to me
Speaker 1: other than Josh McCown is Damario Davis because he came
Speaker 1: here in June, had a tremendous year. He loved it
Speaker 1: here and he loves it here and he was the
Speaker 1: leader of the defense. So that's someone that I mean,
Speaker 1: all these guys say you got you gotta give mccagnon
Speaker 1: a lot of credit. You thinking Damario Davis, a two
Speaker 1: thousand and twelve draft pick. He goes and spends his
Speaker 1: first couple of years here, then he goes in Cleveland.
Speaker 1: But mcagnan acquired him in a swap for Colvin Prior. Yeah,
Speaker 1: like you said, Kelvin Prior no longer in the National
Speaker 1: Football League. A nice signing with Morris Clayborne. Or worked
Speaker 1: with the Jets training staff throughout the year, and he
Speaker 1: stayed healthy for most of the year. I know he
Speaker 1: battled UH some various elements, but Morris claymore and gave
Speaker 1: you a lot. Austin Safari and Jenkins was a waiver
Speaker 1: claim in two thousand sixteen. He had a career year.
Speaker 1: And of course you think about what McCollum gave you
Speaker 1: UH free agent signing last March. So you gotta give
Speaker 1: mccagnet a lot of credit for some of these guys
Speaker 1: he picked up. You mentioned the other day in my
Speaker 1: office the trade for Terrence Brooks before this season, the
Speaker 1: guy who gives you some at the safety position, that
Speaker 1: acquired him from the Eagles in exchange for UH Dexter McDougald.
Speaker 1: So the list goes on and on. We saw Coney
Speaker 1: really making some early contributions. But listen, little boy Xavier Cooper. Oh, Coop, Yeah,
Speaker 1: Cooper played well for the defensive line UH down the stretch,
Speaker 1: but hey, thanks can change in a hurry in the
Speaker 1: National Football League. And I was just talking to Letter
Speaker 1: Williams about it and during his season ending UH interview
Speaker 1: with aust the Content team, and I said, isn't it weird?
Speaker 1: You've been on a league for three years and you
Speaker 1: came in and everybody's talking about this defensive line. David Snacks,
Speaker 1: Harrison was here, Mohammad Wokerson, Sheldon Richardson. My point is, Greens,
Speaker 1: things change in a hurry in the National Football League.
Speaker 1: All right, let's check in with Chad Pennington. Chad are
Speaker 1: you doing man? All right? Buddy? How are you good?
Speaker 1: Me and Greenberg, how have you been down there in
Speaker 1: Kentucky for the New year? Well, fellas, we've been freezing
Speaker 1: as well, but we had a deep freeze. We didn't
Speaker 1: get the cyclone to hit us, but we certainly felt
Speaker 1: the cold air for sure. Have you been letting the
Speaker 1: horses out of the barn? Are they staying in the
Speaker 1: stables a lot, so I was taking them out to
Speaker 1: get a little sunshine. Makes us I've been taking them
Speaker 1: back to the to the barn, especially overnight, no doubt. Okay,
Speaker 1: So Chad, when you look back at the Jet season,
Speaker 1: they finished with a five and eleven record. That's the
Speaker 1: exact mark that they had in two thousand and sixteen.
Speaker 1: But we've been talking about it on the podcast throughout
Speaker 1: the year. We this team showed a lot of signs
Speaker 1: of progress and on a macro level, what did you
Speaker 1: see from the Jets this season and what do they
Speaker 1: got to do mover four? Well, I think first of all,
Speaker 1: you you did see a staff who, um really got
Speaker 1: a lot out of the team. I thought that the
Speaker 1: staff did a really good job scheme and putting the
Speaker 1: players in positions to make plays and trying to develop
Speaker 1: some of the young talent on the team. I thought
Speaker 1: that was a plus, no doubt. Obviously, you have to
Speaker 1: be excited about your two safeties, your young linebackers. You
Speaker 1: feel like you have speed there. Um. If there was
Speaker 1: one part of the defense that may have underperformed a
Speaker 1: little bit at times, and it probably would be due
Speaker 1: to the fact of losing players as well as not
Speaker 1: having some cohesence there may be in the defensive line
Speaker 1: just a little bit, may may need to expect a
Speaker 1: little bit more from the defensive line, just being able
Speaker 1: to be able to get pressure on the quarterback without
Speaker 1: having to blitz um as much. But the most part,
Speaker 1: the defensive effort was solid. Offensively, you saw some signs
Speaker 1: of shining moments of players that really came into their
Speaker 1: own Robby Anderson, ball Pale thought Safarian Jenkins really did
Speaker 1: a good job at tighty end and Josh McCown had
Speaker 1: some nice moments as a quarterback. And so you take
Speaker 1: take some of those positives and then look where can
Speaker 1: the team get better? Where can it really make strides?
Speaker 1: And I think obviously everyone's first question and wanting an
Speaker 1: answer would be at the quarterback position. Whereas the team
Speaker 1: headed as far as the quarterback position is concerned, Chad,
Speaker 1: what's the thing you like most about this team? Because
Speaker 1: we've touched on a number of things throughout the season,
Speaker 1: but few were trying to convince someone on the side
Speaker 1: of the road that the Jets are pointed in the
Speaker 1: right direction. What do you point to? Well, first of all,
Speaker 1: point to uh just a film and the games that
Speaker 1: all of us watched, UH and being able to see
Speaker 1: how the team was in just about every game they played.
Speaker 1: That's the first step of being competitive weekend and week out.
Speaker 1: And now it's about adding the right pieces to not
Speaker 1: only be competitive, but now turn those close losses into
Speaker 1: victories and being able to buy for a playoff spot.
Speaker 1: Josh McConn is thirty eight years old. His family resides
Speaker 1: back in Texas. This past season, he set career highs
Speaker 1: and completions completion percentage passer this year and touchdowns passing
Speaker 1: touchdowns with eighteen. He also made a career high thirteen starts.
Speaker 1: He loved it here. He was a great presence in
Speaker 1: the locker room. The Jets appreciated his contributions. Now we
Speaker 1: turn to the business side of pro football. What do
Speaker 1: the Jets have to do as they evaluate their position
Speaker 1: and conversely, what does Josh have to do as he
Speaker 1: looks forward Now? Well, personally, Josh has to take a
Speaker 1: look at what he wants to get accomplished. UM with
Speaker 1: his family. I know that he has UH kids now
Speaker 1: that are getting up in age in the middle school
Speaker 1: years moving into high school. When those are such precious
Speaker 1: years to be involved with your boys and your girls
Speaker 1: and watch them grow. And I can say that because
Speaker 1: I'm going through that right now. So that's something personally
Speaker 1: for him that's a tough decision to make, and so
Speaker 1: it will be interesting to see what he decides to do.
Speaker 1: It wouldn't surprise me at all he decided to, uh,
Speaker 1: you know, say that this was his last year playing
Speaker 1: and he'll move back to Texas and and really focus
Speaker 1: on his family. That would not surprise me. But at
Speaker 1: the same time, it would surprise me the other way
Speaker 1: either if he wanted to stay a couple of years.
Speaker 1: That's going to be a decision between he and his
Speaker 1: wife and trying to make the best decision for their family. Um,
Speaker 1: and then moving forward, you know, looking at the quarterback position,
Speaker 1: I think it's really really interesting because he can go
Speaker 1: so many different ways based upon free agency and draft
Speaker 1: and who you already have in the room. Uh. I'll
Speaker 1: talk with a good friend of mine, Byron left, which
Speaker 1: the other day and uh, he just finished up coaching
Speaker 1: with the Arizona this year. But I thought he made
Speaker 1: an interesting point. He said that for him, having three
Speaker 1: quarterbacks in the room is crucial to the success of
Speaker 1: that room. The two quarterback systems he doesn't believe works
Speaker 1: as well UM, and that whole dynamic of of who
Speaker 1: those three quarterbacks are UM can really help determine how
Speaker 1: successful you are in that room as far as the
Speaker 1: young guy you're developing, a veteran who's keeping the room stable,
Speaker 1: and then your starter. Whatever that dynamic is, is very important,
Speaker 1: and I thought that was an interesting point that he made.
Speaker 1: We have a lot of time to talk about quarterbacks
Speaker 1: who potentially will hit the market, uh in March. It's
Speaker 1: January right now. And a couple of guys who just
Speaker 1: declared for the two thousand eighteen NFL draft, Josh Rosen
Speaker 1: from u c l A. Sam Donald from up the
Speaker 1: Street at US see the Jets picking number six. Overall,
Speaker 1: here's the NFL draft order for your chat. Cleveland at
Speaker 1: number one, the Giants, and number two Indianapolis and number
Speaker 1: three Cleveland again at number four, that's not a misprint,
Speaker 1: and then Denver at number five. If you think about
Speaker 1: three teams up there before the Jets, they could be
Speaker 1: in the market potentially for a quarterback. Cleveland, the Giants.
Speaker 1: Eli Manning has had a tremendous career as you know
Speaker 1: competed against him a number of times throughout your career
Speaker 1: as a pro chat. And then the Denver Broncos, who
Speaker 1: I think have a playoff roster, they did not get
Speaker 1: playoff caliber quarterbacking at any point this season. And we'll
Speaker 1: have to see what happens and pro free agency in
Speaker 1: the trade market. But what do you think about the
Speaker 1: Jets position? I mentioned those two top quarterbacks. Then you
Speaker 1: got Josh Allen who is entering the draft out of
Speaker 1: Wyoming as well. A lot of people are high on
Speaker 1: Baker Mayfield out of Oklahoma, Lamar Jackson out of Louisville,
Speaker 1: Mason Rudolph out of Oklahoma State. So the list goes
Speaker 1: on and on. What do you think about the Jets
Speaker 1: position right now? At number six overall and with the
Speaker 1: money they have to spending free agency and you know,
Speaker 1: addressed a lot of areas a lot to handle there
Speaker 1: for well, it's it's actually it's unique, and it's a
Speaker 1: little bit tricky. I think, Um, your evaluations in your
Speaker 1: scouting department are really critical here as far as the
Speaker 1: college talent as well as the free agent talent. Their
Speaker 1: work is cut out for them this off season. It
Speaker 1: is not very clear at all as far as what
Speaker 1: could and could not happen? What do you know about
Speaker 1: any of these guys just yet? And Uh, I believe
Speaker 1: you told me the other day. You'll be down in
Speaker 1: uh Mobile, Alma, Alabama working for the NFL legends again. Um,
Speaker 1: so the senior ball you'll be able to see Josh
Speaker 1: Allen practice. You'll be able to see Baker Mayfield practice.
Speaker 1: But what what do you know just from your cursory
Speaker 1: glances at these guys when you're not shuttling the boys
Speaker 1: back and forth and running the football leagues down there. Uh.
Speaker 1: And you're so involved with the USA Football as well,
Speaker 1: doing tremendous things. But what do you know about any
Speaker 1: of these guys who are going to be drafted here
Speaker 1: in a few months. Well, I think the three top
Speaker 1: quarterbacks there in the draft, um, Josh Allen. Uh, there
Speaker 1: has always been a huge concern on completion percentage when
Speaker 1: your completion were sentence in colleges sitting there at h
Speaker 1: in the fifties. Um, that that to me is a concern. Um.
Speaker 1: And that's where you really have the determined Okay, was
Speaker 1: that based on decision making? Was it based on pure inaccuracy?
Speaker 1: What does the film tell you why that completion percentage
Speaker 1: is like that, because you should see an upticking completion
Speaker 1: percentage as a guy progresses through his career. UM. With
Speaker 1: Sam Donald, I think decision making is one of his Uh.
Speaker 1: You saw this year where UM decisions were being made
Speaker 1: that were questionable and certainly put their team in bad
Speaker 1: situations sometimes, So you really got to take a look
Speaker 1: at that. And then with Josh Rosen, I think you've
Speaker 1: really got to try to evaluate what he's all about. UM.
Speaker 1: Is he a guy that is about himself or is
Speaker 1: the guy that you know can really come in and
Speaker 1: have those leadership qualities needed to be the CEO of
Speaker 1: your offense and quite frankly of your organization when it
Speaker 1: comes to in between the white lines. I think those
Speaker 1: are the three big questions for those three guys. We're
Speaker 1: gonna find out a lot about all these guys here
Speaker 1: coming up in the a couple of months with the
Speaker 1: combine the pro days. Like I mentioned, a couple of
Speaker 1: those guys will be at the Senior Bowl. But I'll
Speaker 1: tell you what, the guy who not every Saturday had
Speaker 1: the greatest stats in the world because I think people
Speaker 1: were stacking the box left and writing ast them for
Speaker 1: my money, say, Kwan Berkley might be the bust overall
Speaker 1: player in the entire draft. There's no question Eric Keiths
Speaker 1: kind of been a forgotten guy. Um. People are so
Speaker 1: hot on him early in the season, and when you
Speaker 1: watch him play, I mean, he is uh gosh, here
Speaker 1: look at my goodness. He makes it look so seamless
Speaker 1: and easy. H and you know that they're not UM.
Speaker 1: And you can certainly see where he could be an
Speaker 1: instant game changer for any team that he's drafted by.
Speaker 1: He has that ability to really change the direction of
Speaker 1: a team, UM pretty quickly, Um, because of what he
Speaker 1: can do on the field. Chad. Last question for me
Speaker 1: here is what's your philosophy of quarterbacks through free agency
Speaker 1: versus the draft, Because obviously the big question with the
Speaker 1: draft is the quarterback going to be successful in the NFL?
Speaker 1: And usually top guys that are drafted, you know, one
Speaker 1: to six, whatever it, maybe those are guys that fans
Speaker 1: are clamoring to start from day one. Whereas through free agency, yes,
Speaker 1: you're spending more money, but you're also getting you You
Speaker 1: theoretically know what you're getting in the person you bring
Speaker 1: in the building. Well, The decision that has to be
Speaker 1: made and has to be thought about is when if
Speaker 1: you bring in a free agent, what type of free
Speaker 1: agent is he? Is he the type that understand that
Speaker 1: he um is going to be the guy for a
Speaker 1: couple of years and needs to groom a young guy.
Speaker 1: Some guys can do that, some guys can't. Uh, And
Speaker 1: you have to understand when you're bringing in that free
Speaker 1: agent is he capable of doing that? Are you bringing
Speaker 1: in free agent that's just the starter period and you're
Speaker 1: not even worried about the draft that that's that's the
Speaker 1: other thing. And so that's the decision that really has
Speaker 1: to be made, and sometimes that's not there's not enough
Speaker 1: emphasis put on that as far as the man that
Speaker 1: you're bringing into the walker room and into the building
Speaker 1: and what he brings to the table other than just
Speaker 1: playing on the field, because that determines what the rest
Speaker 1: of that room, the quarterback room looks like um And
Speaker 1: so that there will be a lot said based upon
Speaker 1: who they do bring in free agent wise, if the
Speaker 1: Jets do, and then what that means for the draft,
Speaker 1: who do you anticipate will be playing in the super Bowl?
Speaker 1: As you look at it right now, as we had
Speaker 1: in the divisional weekend well a f C, I think
Speaker 1: it's certainly comes down to the Steelers and and Staces.
Speaker 1: I don't think the Jaguars nor the Titans have a
Speaker 1: chance at all and winning these games on Sunday. I
Speaker 1: think those two teams are the are the two elague
Speaker 1: teams in the a f C. And the reason that
Speaker 1: the Steelers do have a chance to beat the Patriots
Speaker 1: because they have the offensive firepower UH to compete and
Speaker 1: to score point for point, and it's really gonna come
Speaker 1: down two in New England. Can Pittsburgh's defense get a
Speaker 1: few stops UH to create an advantage for Pittsburgh's offense
Speaker 1: Gonna be very difficult to do. You know, Losing that
Speaker 1: game in the regular season completely flipped the tide on
Speaker 1: the Steelers and made it much more difficult for them
Speaker 1: to try to win the a f C. In the NFC,
Speaker 1: it's a really interesting dynamic. You have three um Dome
Speaker 1: teams and UH, the Saints get the benefit of going
Speaker 1: to Minnesota, which I think if they had to go
Speaker 1: outdoors and play Philly or being outdoor stadium, this divisional
Speaker 1: round game would be completely different. But I'm really interested
Speaker 1: to see how Drew Brees and the Saint offense plays
Speaker 1: against the Vikings defense indoors, even though it's in Minnesota,
Speaker 1: it is indoors, and those elements are gone the one
Speaker 1: element you're doing with this crowd noise um and and
Speaker 1: so that would be interesting. Um. And then with with
Speaker 1: the Falcons, can they deal with the elements and feeling
Speaker 1: this game was inside? I think you know, you would
Speaker 1: really say, hey, they've got the edge. Um. So that
Speaker 1: those two games I think are completely up for grabs. Uh,
Speaker 1: and they could go either way. I think the winner
Speaker 1: of the New Orleans Minnesota game this weekend wins the
Speaker 1: Super Bowl. Wow, yep, sign me up, because I think
Speaker 1: Minnesota right now probably has the most complete roster in football,
Speaker 1: but we don't know what we're gonna get out of
Speaker 1: case Keenum and he's facing one of the best who
Speaker 1: ever played your position, cheat and Drew Brees. And while
Speaker 1: they got stuffed with the run game last week against Carolina,
Speaker 1: Breeze wanted with his right arm, and he can do
Speaker 1: that again if they get man Hannah up front where
Speaker 1: Breeze doesn't have any time at all. I can see
Speaker 1: Minnesota winning that game. And uh, and going on obviously
Speaker 1: and staying at home and playing at home there in
Speaker 1: the Super Bowl. I just think that the winner in
Speaker 1: this game, you can beat either one of the clubs
Speaker 1: over there in the A f C side, because I
Speaker 1: feel like they're more complete. And even though the both
Speaker 1: Pittsburgh and New England had those prolific offenses, I think
Speaker 1: New Orleans has a match for everybody because the run
Speaker 1: game and breeze with the past game and they haven't
Speaker 1: depended on breeze so much this season. And then I'll
Speaker 1: worry about New Orleans defense. I worry about that they
Speaker 1: have played better, much better than the few years passed.
Speaker 1: But I just worry, you know that a little bit soft. Um,
Speaker 1: there's no question. And what's obviously scares them about Minnesota
Speaker 1: and the Philadelphia is just quarterback play. Look at look
Speaker 1: at the National Championship game. I mean the quarterback play
Speaker 1: wasn't the difference in those two teams, who had athletes everywhere,
Speaker 1: solid defenses. Um, The difference in the first half was
Speaker 1: that the quarterback played for Georgia was outstanding and the
Speaker 1: Alabama quarterback play was non existent. And then in the
Speaker 1: second half, when Alabama got the quarterback play it needed,
Speaker 1: and that's what it turned the tide. And and that's
Speaker 1: where you really see it because when you get down
Speaker 1: to it, a quarterback is going to have to make
Speaker 1: some plays whipped his arm to really create that separation
Speaker 1: that your team needs. And the two a f C
Speaker 1: teams in Pittsburgh and in New England they have that. Uh.
Speaker 1: NFC wise, the Saints and the Falcons have that, and
Speaker 1: the questions lie with with Philadelphia and Minnesota. But there
Speaker 1: are the two teams that have the home field advantage.
Speaker 1: So you can certainly see them getting through because of
Speaker 1: the home field advantage. But then once you get the
Speaker 1: Super Bowl, there's no home field advantage. What does it
Speaker 1: look like? Now? It's gonna be fascinating. Well, that was fun. Yeah,
Speaker 1: we're gonna have to catch up with the real soon
Speaker 1: because you're going down to the senior ball to the
Speaker 1: mobile real quickly. What are you gonna be doing? Uh?
Speaker 1: And down and during Senior Week, So the NFL Legis
Speaker 1: community has sent three of us down to Mobile, all
Speaker 1: three of us Winter Wheeler, Donovan, Darius and myself. We
Speaker 1: played at the senior boat UM and so uh, it's
Speaker 1: one of those um extensions of the NFL to really
Speaker 1: begin to build relationships with our young players and our
Speaker 1: prospects now instead of after they're done playing from a
Speaker 1: league perspective. Two, to use um places like the Senior Bowl,
Speaker 1: the combine the draft to really introduce the Legis community
Speaker 1: to these young prospects where things are going well now,
Speaker 1: that's because they see our faith and they know that
Speaker 1: we care about it now when they do become a
Speaker 1: former player, and right now they can't think about that,
Speaker 1: but there isn't inevitability there that that will happen, that
Speaker 1: they have a place to go and people that care
Speaker 1: about them and their and their success off the field
Speaker 1: and after football is over, and so really establishing those
Speaker 1: relationships and having at the presence now it's so important.
Speaker 1: And that's that's the reason for the NFL Legends Community. A. Right,
Speaker 1: that's gonna be awesome down there, but we'll definitely catch
Speaker 1: up before you take the trip down to Alabama. You
Speaker 1: don't have to go too far ourselves. Jead Pennington, thanks
Speaker 1: as always, Thank you guys. All right, that was Chad Pennington. EA,
Speaker 1: you gave your predictions, Chad gave his. I'm going to
Speaker 1: Saints Patriot. That's my call. I think the Saints go
Speaker 1: to Minnesota two times in the postseason. They never play outdoors,
Speaker 1: like Chad Pennington says, I think that helps them. And
Speaker 1: then I think New England doubles down against the Steelers,
Speaker 1: gets the win in Gewlette Stadium, and then they'll be
Speaker 1: looking for number six. New England has had a lot
Speaker 1: of people's numbers over the years and included and that
Speaker 1: has been the Pittsburgh Steelers. I did not watch that
Speaker 1: first meeting, and I think that I think the Jets
Speaker 1: were on the road, that was the four o'clock game
Speaker 1: that week, um did not see any of that action.
Speaker 1: With that being said, I think Pittsburgh is gonna go
Speaker 1: to New England Championship weekend taking care of business. They
Speaker 1: they're gonna take down the Patriots. And I'm not saying again,
Speaker 1: I know a lot of people are gonna roll their
Speaker 1: eyes whatever. I just feel that way. I feel New
Speaker 1: England's vulnerable. I think Pittsburgh offensively has the ability to
Speaker 1: put it all together and make just enough stops against
Speaker 1: the Patriots offense to win. But I agree with Chad,
Speaker 1: I don't give Tennessee and Jackson On much of a
Speaker 1: chance to win this weekend. And on the other side, listen,
Speaker 1: I've just been thoroughly impressed by everything New Orleans has
Speaker 1: done since the beginning of the season. I give him
Speaker 1: I have a slight edge over Minnesota, and whoever's coming
Speaker 1: out of that game was going to represent the NFC
Speaker 1: in the Super Bowl, and I think as you and
Speaker 1: I think that team will win the Super I think
Speaker 1: a Falcon Saints NFC championship would be tremendous. It would
Speaker 1: be those teams hate each other um and those games
Speaker 1: are great. And not to mention the NFC South, they
Speaker 1: got some talent down there. Because the Saints and Panthers
Speaker 1: played three times. That was a season that was all
Speaker 1: of the game, and I give New Orleans a lot
Speaker 1: of credit for winning that third battle. It's really hard
Speaker 1: to beat a team, especially a team who was solid
Speaker 1: and pretty complete, well rounded on both sides of the ball,
Speaker 1: like Carolina. They beat him three times from one year.
Speaker 1: That's tough thing to do, and they got it done.
Speaker 1: Some nail binning moments for the Saints fans. But listen,
Speaker 1: as Randy Lang wrote, New York just stm last week,
Speaker 1: the Jets were three and one against teams who participated
Speaker 1: on wild in wild Card weekend. The other thing we
Speaker 1: should mention is that the Jets played very very well
Speaker 1: against every playoff team because you think about their battle
Speaker 1: with Atlanta there, clash with Carolina here at MetLife Stadium,
Speaker 1: and then their home game against New England the last
Speaker 1: game of the year. A little bit different, Bryce Petty
Speaker 1: in the lineup for Josh McCown, but buying large. The
Speaker 1: Jets very competitive this year. Todd Bowles said it in
Speaker 1: a season ending message to the Jets. Here one Jets
Speaker 1: drive with no excuses. He doesn't want anybody saying, oh, well,
Speaker 1: we were competitive, or we stay close, or it was
Speaker 1: just a couple of plays, things like that. That's the
Speaker 1: Jets match or I think heading into the off season,
Speaker 1: no excuses, get it done, baby, and just looking ahead
Speaker 1: real quick. Not going to dive into it. But the
Speaker 1: Jets are playing a lot of the current playoff teams
Speaker 1: next season two. Because you got the Vikings, he got
Speaker 1: the Jaguars, the Bills, the Titans, and of course the
Speaker 1: Patriots every year twice a year as along with the Bill.
Speaker 1: So we'll touch on the schedule at a later date.
Speaker 1: But that's all. We got e a's and e g.
Speaker 1: S Super Bowl picks and playoffs, and Chad Pennington, so
Speaker 1: make sure to stay tuned. Just because football is no
Speaker 1: longer here, it doesn't mean that he and I stopped.
Speaker 1: There will always be a podcast on the Official Jets
Speaker 1: Podcast Network, so make sure to stay tuned.