WEBVTT - The EA Podcast Featuring Bart Scott: Episode 1 0:00:00.080 --> 0:00:03.000 Hey, this is Ryan Fitzpatrick and you are listening to 0:00:03.040 --> 0:00:06.160 the e A podcast with Eric Allen. Take it away 0:00:06.200 --> 0:00:10.280 A thanks, fitz I can't tell you how excited I 0:00:10.360 --> 0:00:14.720 am for another football season. Two thousand sixteen is here. 0:00:15.200 --> 0:00:17.799 What's next for the New York Jets after a ten 0:00:17.880 --> 0:00:22.320 win campaign in year one of Todd Bowles and Mike 0:00:22.400 --> 0:00:27.040 mcagnant under their direction. I'm joining the studio today by 0:00:27.080 --> 0:00:32.519 a special guest who has made his return. He got 0:00:33.440 --> 0:00:35.920 a little bit of experience doing this way back in 0:00:35.960 --> 0:00:40.240 the day on New York Jets dot COM's Barking with Bart, 0:00:40.440 --> 0:00:45.280 the Mad Backer. Bart Scott has returned to the studio 0:00:45.800 --> 0:00:48.800 and it's gonna be part of this podcast throughout the 0:00:48.840 --> 0:00:51.080 two thousand sixteen season. How do you feel about that? 0:00:51.360 --> 0:00:53.280 I feel good, man. It's good to be back home. 0:00:53.360 --> 0:00:56.160 It's good to see so many familiar faces within the building, 0:00:56.400 --> 0:00:58.640 see some of the new faces and watch the Jets. 0:00:58.880 --> 0:01:01.760 You'll try to put together another solid campaign and get 0:01:01.760 --> 0:01:03.680 to the playoffs and make that run. It all starts 0:01:03.720 --> 0:01:06.160 this week against a great opponent, and it's gonna be 0:01:06.200 --> 0:01:07.880 exciting to watch, you know. When you look at the 0:01:07.920 --> 0:01:13.520 beginning of their schedule, UM some would say it's tough. 0:01:13.920 --> 0:01:16.120 I think that's an understatement. But what happens is when 0:01:16.160 --> 0:01:18.520 you play a tough schedule, if you can find your 0:01:18.560 --> 0:01:21.039 way on the other side, it makes you a better 0:01:21.080 --> 0:01:23.720 football team because of the level of competition of what 0:01:23.880 --> 0:01:26.120 you're going against. It it makes you sharp and steel 0:01:26.120 --> 0:01:28.319 sharpen and steel and um. If they can make it 0:01:28.360 --> 0:01:31.399 out of this first six seven games with a pretty 0:01:31.400 --> 0:01:35.360 good record and to some people consider some upsets, I 0:01:35.400 --> 0:01:37.240 think that you know it bowls well for late in 0:01:37.280 --> 0:01:39.959 the season and also for a playoff run. Well, Bar, 0:01:40.080 --> 0:01:42.440 you just put your analyst hat on already, and we 0:01:42.560 --> 0:01:47.560 watch you CBS each Sunday when when we have an opportunity, 0:01:47.600 --> 0:01:49.600 but you just put the analysts had on by saying 0:01:49.880 --> 0:01:52.520 it looks like a tough schedule. The opening six games, 0:01:52.560 --> 0:01:55.800 the Jets hosts the Cincinnati Bengals. That in week two, 0:01:55.800 --> 0:01:58.720 it's a short week and playing your former head coach 0:01:58.760 --> 0:02:01.840 Rex Ryan on the Buffalo Else on Thursday night. Then 0:02:02.200 --> 0:02:05.360 the Jets will stay in the road ten days Kansas 0:02:05.400 --> 0:02:08.880 City Chiefs in Week three and come home and play 0:02:08.880 --> 0:02:11.720 Seattle on Week four. Then it's a couple of road 0:02:11.760 --> 0:02:15.400 games against the Pittsburgh Steelers and theirs on the colonels. 0:02:15.440 --> 0:02:18.120 But I'm gonna ask you to put your players helmet 0:02:18.200 --> 0:02:20.200 back on. Okay, okay, let me put it on. I 0:02:20.320 --> 0:02:23.239 remember what it feels like. Okay, I got it on. 0:02:23.520 --> 0:02:27.440 Do you really look at it and schedule and said, oh, 0:02:27.600 --> 0:02:30.160 that's tough. You don't you don't think that way? Well, 0:02:30.200 --> 0:02:32.959 what you do is you you get excited. You say, okay, 0:02:33.000 --> 0:02:35.160 well this is a tough game. Um. You look at 0:02:35.240 --> 0:02:38.040 you embrace the challenge. Of course, you believe you can 0:02:38.040 --> 0:02:40.280 win every game. You you you show up every week 0:02:40.320 --> 0:02:42.400 and you say, hey, liten, we're tennis six football team. 0:02:42.639 --> 0:02:45.480 You give yourself an opportunity to shock the world if 0:02:45.520 --> 0:02:47.639 you win these games. You're looking Okay. When we get 0:02:47.639 --> 0:02:51.400 the week seven, you know, we're gonna put the NFL 0:02:51.480 --> 0:02:53.160 on notice. We're gonna show them that we're not to 0:02:53.200 --> 0:02:55.000 be that they're sleeping on us. That's what you say. 0:02:55.040 --> 0:02:56.480 If you're a player, We're gonna show them to they're 0:02:56.480 --> 0:02:59.000 sleeping with us. And if you have success against those 0:02:59.040 --> 0:03:01.280 type of teams, you're talking about being able to set 0:03:01.280 --> 0:03:04.480 yourself up for all the postseason awards. You set yourself 0:03:04.600 --> 0:03:07.800 up against great competition and you get to see and 0:03:07.840 --> 0:03:09.560 you get to measure yourself against the best in the 0:03:09.600 --> 0:03:12.160 division or best in the NFL. All right, so Cincinnati 0:03:12.200 --> 0:03:14.520 the matchup. We've been talking about it here and part 0:03:14.680 --> 0:03:18.400 is also going to be part of our show on 0:03:18.520 --> 0:03:22.840 CBS Sunday mornings as well doing some film reviews that 0:03:22.880 --> 0:03:26.120 airs at eleven thirty on CBS in the Tri State area. 0:03:26.320 --> 0:03:28.480 So you're gonna be all over the place. But we 0:03:28.520 --> 0:03:34.560 were talking about it before that. The Bengals offensively have 0:03:34.760 --> 0:03:38.400 been really dynamic in past years, and all starts with 0:03:38.440 --> 0:03:41.280 a J. Green. But you've been harping about it, harping 0:03:41.280 --> 0:03:44.440 on it all week that A J. Dalton is dealing 0:03:44.560 --> 0:03:49.480 with new receivers all over the place. Isn't it not 0:03:49.560 --> 0:03:51.000 to be the stickler? You know what I mean? But 0:03:51.040 --> 0:03:52.400 I just have to correct you a little. But you 0:03:52.400 --> 0:03:55.640 called him a J. Dalton. I'm just combining them all. 0:03:55.680 --> 0:03:58.360 I was just watching that playoff game, so you know 0:03:58.440 --> 0:04:00.760 it's coming together exactly. That's what happens where you don't 0:04:00.760 --> 0:04:03.040 win playoff games, you know, you know, you don't get 0:04:03.040 --> 0:04:05.320 the respect of getting your whole Take it easy there. 0:04:05.400 --> 0:04:09.800 That's part Scott talking. That's not Eric's the a podcast. 0:04:09.800 --> 0:04:11.160 But let me tell you told me to take my 0:04:11.320 --> 0:04:13.280 take my allan, put my player hat on. You know 0:04:13.280 --> 0:04:15.400 what I mean. You talk about Andy Dunn, he really 0:04:15.440 --> 0:04:19.440 haven't haven't performed well in the big time games. He's 0:04:19.480 --> 0:04:22.919 been dynamic, and Cincinnati Bengals have been dynamic during the 0:04:22.920 --> 0:04:25.960 regular season. You talk about divisional titles, you're talking about 0:04:25.960 --> 0:04:28.120 being in the playoffs, but they haven't got over the hump. 0:04:28.440 --> 0:04:31.919 This team, you know, imploded last year and has shown 0:04:31.960 --> 0:04:35.279 a lack of discipline. You know, you talk about Vanta's 0:04:35.320 --> 0:04:38.560 Bervlick not being available because of the hit last year 0:04:38.560 --> 0:04:41.640 on Antonio Brown which lost them the game. So I 0:04:41.680 --> 0:04:43.640 think if you're the Jet, you want to try and 0:04:43.680 --> 0:04:45.520 be a bit of an agitator. You want to be 0:04:45.920 --> 0:04:48.800 you're harping on them. You want to be impact man's ear. 0:04:48.839 --> 0:04:50.680 You want to be nudging them a little bit to 0:04:50.720 --> 0:04:52.960 see if they can keep their cool. And if you 0:04:53.000 --> 0:04:55.480 can do that and get underneath their skin, that's advantished Jet. 0:04:55.600 --> 0:04:58.240 But the trademark of a Todd Balls football team is 0:04:58.279 --> 0:05:02.080 all about discipline. You've been impressed the way Bowls has 0:05:02.160 --> 0:05:05.240 come in. Here a guy who was successful in the 0:05:05.320 --> 0:05:08.000 National Football League as a player, he won a championship 0:05:08.000 --> 0:05:11.880 with the Washington Redskins. Tremendous mentors when you're thinking about 0:05:11.960 --> 0:05:16.160 guys like Joe Gives and built ourselves and Bruce Arians, 0:05:16.400 --> 0:05:19.640 how impressed have you buy balls? And what do you 0:05:19.680 --> 0:05:22.200 have like to play for a guy like that? No, absolutely, 0:05:22.200 --> 0:05:23.839 you talk about you know a lot of times we 0:05:23.880 --> 0:05:26.400 always speak about you know, teams are a reflection of 0:05:26.440 --> 0:05:28.560 their coach. And you always look at Tod Bowls no 0:05:28.600 --> 0:05:30.839 matter what the situation is on the field, he always 0:05:30.880 --> 0:05:34.120 seems calm, cool and collect And I know I said 0:05:34.120 --> 0:05:35.480 that out of order, so I'm not gonna let it. 0:05:35.520 --> 0:05:37.200 I'm a self correct because I'm not gonna let you 0:05:37.200 --> 0:05:38.920 get on me like I said when you said a 0:05:39.080 --> 0:05:41.560 j Dalton you know, but you know you talk about 0:05:41.640 --> 0:05:44.560 the team. They showed tremendous poison discpla. I think last 0:05:44.640 --> 0:05:47.279 year sometimes you know they lost it, but he was 0:05:47.320 --> 0:05:50.440 always able to riel them back in and teach them 0:05:50.440 --> 0:05:53.080 to have their composure. And what you like to say 0:05:53.279 --> 0:05:56.000 is that a Tod Bowls team don't doesn't beat themselves. 0:05:56.160 --> 0:05:57.640 You know, they're not gonna have a lot of self 0:05:57.640 --> 0:06:00.120 inflicted wounds, and um, you know that's a mark of 0:06:00.160 --> 0:06:03.040 a discipline, mature team. You know, That's what I said. 0:06:03.080 --> 0:06:06.320 If you can get underneath the skin of the Bengals, 0:06:06.320 --> 0:06:08.920 who have shown that they're very emotional and they can 0:06:08.960 --> 0:06:11.120 be kind of, you know, knocked out their rockers, so 0:06:11.200 --> 0:06:13.200 to speak. I think you want to get underneath their skin. 0:06:13.240 --> 0:06:14.480 You want to be a bit of an agitator. I 0:06:14.520 --> 0:06:16.680 don't know who's going to be that guy, but you know, 0:06:17.000 --> 0:06:18.919 early in the game you want to just kind of 0:06:18.920 --> 0:06:20.360 poke the bear a little bit and see if you 0:06:20.400 --> 0:06:23.080 can get them to react. What's your favorite opening day 0:06:23.080 --> 0:06:25.440 memory as a player? Do you have one? Well, you 0:06:25.480 --> 0:06:27.960 know what I would, you know, going all the way back, 0:06:28.000 --> 0:06:31.040 I think too oh six and only because I think 0:06:31.080 --> 0:06:32.960 I had two sacks in the game and if im 0:06:32.960 --> 0:06:34.880 with recovery and it kind of set me on the 0:06:34.960 --> 0:06:38.400 path to um, you know, to to my first Pro 0:06:38.520 --> 0:06:42.200 Bowl and to my you know, all Pro year. And 0:06:42.800 --> 0:06:44.560 it was the I think two thousand and six we 0:06:44.600 --> 0:06:47.640 opened up with Tampa and I remember all week being concerned, 0:06:48.160 --> 0:06:51.599 you know that I was going to be fatigued because 0:06:51.640 --> 0:06:54.200 you you worry about the heat and the thing about 0:06:54.240 --> 0:06:57.479 what fans don't realize, you know, as the roster gets 0:06:57.839 --> 0:07:00.400 you know, whittled down and get small all or you 0:07:00.440 --> 0:07:04.360 get more back to the fifty three. Like practice dramatically 0:07:04.440 --> 0:07:07.599 changes because we're used to have somebody that you're going there. 0:07:07.640 --> 0:07:09.720 You have the three is going there. You're not getting 0:07:09.760 --> 0:07:12.960 that many reps, you know, and then then everybody's cut. 0:07:13.000 --> 0:07:15.640 The final roster is here, and now you're taking reps 0:07:15.680 --> 0:07:18.200 for the first time, so you're extremely exhausted because it's 0:07:18.240 --> 0:07:20.560 the first time that your legs are really getting this 0:07:20.600 --> 0:07:23.640 amount of reps. So it's you know, you're doing special 0:07:23.680 --> 0:07:26.320 teams or you're not doing special teams, or the other 0:07:26.400 --> 0:07:29.200 your backups doing a special team. So now you're getting 0:07:29.200 --> 0:07:30.800 more to you know, you're getting all the snaps and 0:07:30.840 --> 0:07:32.600 practice now. You know. That's a great point that I 0:07:32.640 --> 0:07:37.080 don't even think about yesterday because the Jets open their 0:07:37.120 --> 0:07:41.119 practice week for the Bengals on Monday, the typical Monday. 0:07:41.120 --> 0:07:44.280 But we just went through all spring O, T A S, 0:07:44.360 --> 0:07:48.760 Mini camps and training camp and it's so striking when 0:07:48.800 --> 0:07:53.120 I'm standing there with the media and I look out, well, 0:07:53.200 --> 0:07:56.840 now the field is empty. It's like where is everybody? 0:07:56.880 --> 0:08:00.560 So so conditioning is begging week one. Conditioning is huge 0:08:00.600 --> 0:08:02.920 and what happens is you don't really get in football 0:08:03.000 --> 0:08:06.600 football regular season shape and to about week three. That's 0:08:06.600 --> 0:08:09.040 why you're gonna see guys come in after week one 0:08:09.120 --> 0:08:11.960 on Monday, they're gonna be running win sprints. Right, So 0:08:12.080 --> 0:08:14.280 you pray to God that the first game isn't it 0:08:14.440 --> 0:08:16.720 extremely hot. You hope that you don't get caught in 0:08:16.800 --> 0:08:19.720 a lot of two minutes situations, and you hope that 0:08:19.800 --> 0:08:23.560 the offense holds onto the ball, have long drives and 0:08:23.680 --> 0:08:27.280 time of when, the time of possession, um, you know clock. 0:08:27.400 --> 0:08:29.320 Because what happens is not only that you see it 0:08:29.320 --> 0:08:31.600 happen in college this week, right, you saw a lot 0:08:31.640 --> 0:08:33.559 of guys in the third or fourth quarter, saw guys 0:08:33.600 --> 0:08:36.440 cramping up. So because now you're going at a speed 0:08:36.480 --> 0:08:38.640 that you really haven't went at, and now you're going 0:08:38.720 --> 0:08:41.560 to be responsible for playing seventy eight snaps when in 0:08:41.600 --> 0:08:44.440 the preseason you replied playing the most snaps the number 0:08:44.440 --> 0:08:47.200 one defense. Probably guys, probably I'll be I'll take a 0:08:47.200 --> 0:08:49.720 shot in the dark and say it's probably all right. 0:08:49.800 --> 0:08:52.200 So you were one at night when it's cool, no 0:08:52.280 --> 0:08:54.240 sun out, no doubt it's gonna be one o'clock Sunday 0:08:54.240 --> 0:08:58.040 afternoon September eleven. You were one of the most cerebral 0:08:58.400 --> 0:09:03.560 players in the game when you played. What are the 0:09:03.679 --> 0:09:07.480 challenges in preparing for a team who you don't see 0:09:07.559 --> 0:09:11.240 often week one because most of the time you guys 0:09:11.240 --> 0:09:13.840 are looking at tape from the past three or four games. 0:09:14.080 --> 0:09:17.040 Now you're looking at a little preseason film or last year. 0:09:17.080 --> 0:09:19.160 How does that work? We'll see. But the good thing is, 0:09:19.400 --> 0:09:21.800 you know, this Bengals team have been together for a 0:09:21.840 --> 0:09:23.600 long time, so they're gonna do what they do. So 0:09:23.600 --> 0:09:26.360 you can watch from from last year the year before. 0:09:26.840 --> 0:09:29.080 You know, it's a little bit more difficult for the 0:09:29.120 --> 0:09:34.120 Bengals because you know, the Jets are still developing their identity. 0:09:34.400 --> 0:09:36.439 It's not a lot of film. It's some, but it's 0:09:36.480 --> 0:09:39.160 not a lot of film on on the tie bows erar, 0:09:39.600 --> 0:09:41.160 you know. So now you have to kind of go 0:09:41.240 --> 0:09:44.840 back and kind of see what Todd did in other places, defensively, 0:09:44.840 --> 0:09:46.720 what he did in Arizona, and you want to try 0:09:46.800 --> 0:09:49.360 and put it together that way, and and when you 0:09:49.400 --> 0:09:51.680 get out, you know, the first game is all about 0:09:51.720 --> 0:09:54.440 adjustments because you may think a team is gonna come 0:09:54.440 --> 0:09:58.400 out one way, but what happens is, you know, preseason 0:09:58.520 --> 0:10:02.520 is used to put a lot of misinformation on film 0:10:02.559 --> 0:10:05.480 for your opposing opponent. Everything that you do in the 0:10:05.520 --> 0:10:09.320 preseason is done to trick your first opponent. So then 0:10:09.320 --> 0:10:11.040 when you step out on the field, they have no 0:10:11.120 --> 0:10:13.120 clue what's going on, and you want to try and 0:10:13.160 --> 0:10:15.040 force them to have to prepare for things that they 0:10:15.080 --> 0:10:18.200 haven't seen. So now all the tricks that they've had, 0:10:18.360 --> 0:10:20.959 they're gonna use all those tricks this year this week, 0:10:21.200 --> 0:10:23.520 and Tide is gonna you know, empty the tank, so 0:10:23.600 --> 0:10:26.079 to speaking. He's gonna come out and you're gonna say, okay, wow, 0:10:26.120 --> 0:10:28.680 this is how they are. And then now what happens 0:10:28.720 --> 0:10:30.719 is for the first three weeks, you're never gonna know 0:10:31.000 --> 0:10:32.840 what the team is going to bring to the table. 0:10:33.040 --> 0:10:36.520 And some teams are are very opponent specific, you know. 0:10:36.600 --> 0:10:40.240 So this first game is always the most interesting chess 0:10:40.280 --> 0:10:42.560 match of the of the season because all the things 0:10:42.600 --> 0:10:45.400 you see on on on film he did this, or 0:10:45.400 --> 0:10:47.360 every time he lines up here, he does this. Guess 0:10:47.360 --> 0:10:49.200 what that slot receiver is gonna do. He's been doing 0:10:49.200 --> 0:10:52.040 this every time in the in the preseason, He's gonna 0:10:52.040 --> 0:10:54.120 do something totally different. So so the Jets are gonna 0:10:54.120 --> 0:10:57.960 be successful defensively, if they do water against the Cincinnati 0:10:58.000 --> 0:11:02.360 team who has a Jay Green but does not have 0:11:02.679 --> 0:11:05.920 Tyler Eiffort, and they're gonna be relying on I would 0:11:05.960 --> 0:11:09.439 imagine trying to get the ball to Giovanni Bernard and 0:11:09.480 --> 0:11:12.240 also Jeremy Hell of the backfield. We'll tell you what 0:11:12.720 --> 0:11:14.839 a lot of people remember, Jeremy Hill. Jeremy Hill was 0:11:14.880 --> 0:11:17.920 the running back that fumbled the ball that that gave 0:11:18.000 --> 0:11:21.120 the Pittsburgh Stills the opportunity to win the game. He's 0:11:21.280 --> 0:11:25.120 he's taking full accountabilities. He's put it on him. He's 0:11:25.120 --> 0:11:29.600 been practicing playing like a man possessed. You know. That's 0:11:29.600 --> 0:11:32.720 the good news. The bad news is without Tyler Eiffort, 0:11:33.000 --> 0:11:36.880 without Mohammed Sanu, without Marvin Jones, then now the Jets 0:11:36.920 --> 0:11:39.080 are are in a in a in a position to 0:11:39.160 --> 0:11:41.240 really make them one dimensional. If they can take a 0:11:41.400 --> 0:11:44.280 j Green away, the Bengals are gonna come in. They're 0:11:44.280 --> 0:11:46.680 gonna try and establish the run right, and they're gonna 0:11:46.760 --> 0:11:49.079 they're gonna have run attempts just to have run attempts 0:11:49.240 --> 0:11:51.480 one because they want to keep the clock moving. They 0:11:51.480 --> 0:11:54.520 want to try and get the the offense and in 0:11:54.640 --> 0:11:58.480 favorable you know, manageable down a distances, so they want 0:11:58.480 --> 0:12:00.640 to try and get you know, they want to try 0:12:00.679 --> 0:12:04.080 and get positive yardage. But with that being said, the 0:12:04.160 --> 0:12:06.320 Jets know that their bread and butter is trying to 0:12:06.320 --> 0:12:08.480 go deep to a J Green if they can't hit 0:12:08.520 --> 0:12:10.360 a big play to a J Green to get explosive 0:12:10.360 --> 0:12:13.280 players from a J I see this matchup being a 0:12:13.400 --> 0:12:18.000 drug out brawl, right because both teams like like great fighters. 0:12:18.000 --> 0:12:20.360 Me and you are both boxing fans, are gonna come out. 0:12:20.400 --> 0:12:22.640 They're gonna fully travel out for the first couple of rounds. 0:12:22.800 --> 0:12:25.960 Nobody wants to make a mistake early. Um. But the 0:12:25.960 --> 0:12:30.560 biggest contributor to the outcome of this game. Special teams 0:12:31.040 --> 0:12:35.960 and the Jet special teams have been fantastic throughout the preseason. 0:12:36.000 --> 0:12:38.520 I think the new regime, I think brand Boyer has 0:12:38.559 --> 0:12:40.600 really set a tone here part you're gonna love this 0:12:41.000 --> 0:12:44.840 you set. That's how you established yourself in the National 0:12:44.880 --> 0:12:47.839 Football League. You came in, you weren't starting next to 0:12:47.920 --> 0:12:51.800 Ray Lewis right away, undrafted free agent. That's how you 0:12:51.880 --> 0:12:55.439 made your name. You love Boyer. He always talks about 0:12:55.440 --> 0:12:57.920 these guys going either a hundred miles par or five 0:12:58.320 --> 0:13:01.280 miles par. And we know you like to drive carriage fast. Yeah, 0:13:01.280 --> 0:13:03.000 I tell you what we we played. We played against 0:13:03.040 --> 0:13:05.040 each other. I had an opportunity to meet him at 0:13:05.040 --> 0:13:08.600 the Jets one of our events in the city. But 0:13:10.080 --> 0:13:12.680 special teams is going to play such a big role. 0:13:12.840 --> 0:13:16.200 You saw it again in preseason with with with the 0:13:16.240 --> 0:13:19.400 College chairman. You know why. The reason why they play 0:13:19.480 --> 0:13:21.480 such a prevalent role in the in the first couple 0:13:21.480 --> 0:13:25.200 of weeks is because on offense, how many new starters 0:13:25.200 --> 0:13:29.160 do to Jets have not a ton you you kind 0:13:29.160 --> 0:13:32.599 of knew who was going to be the start. You 0:13:32.640 --> 0:13:34.840 knew it was gonna be starts and the right tackles, 0:13:34.960 --> 0:13:39.240 the one spot where along that offensive line, actually Jets 0:13:39.280 --> 0:13:43.920 are breaking the new new tackles I consider experience, right. Yeah, 0:13:43.920 --> 0:13:46.120 but that that new tackle knew that he was going 0:13:46.160 --> 0:13:47.520 to be the start. We kind of knew who was 0:13:47.559 --> 0:13:50.480 gonna be on on on offense, we know who was 0:13:50.520 --> 0:13:53.319 going to be on defense. Special teams are the people 0:13:53.360 --> 0:13:57.160 that make the roster late in the season, preseason, so 0:13:57.480 --> 0:13:59.200 a lot of these guys are gonna be playing next 0:13:59.200 --> 0:14:01.320 to each other for the first time because in the 0:14:01.360 --> 0:14:04.400 preseason you're mixing matching, right, you're putting guys in positions 0:14:04.520 --> 0:14:07.320 you play this, but now everybody's cut and this team 0:14:07.320 --> 0:14:10.040 doesn't have any chemistry. You have to sit down and 0:14:10.120 --> 0:14:12.520 you have to talk about how we're gonna play certain 0:14:12.520 --> 0:14:15.360 looks because you're gonna see something in preseason that you 0:14:15.400 --> 0:14:17.720 didn't see in preseason the regular season that you didn't see, 0:14:18.160 --> 0:14:19.880 and you're gonna have to think it out with your partner. 0:14:19.920 --> 0:14:21.880 You guys have to be on the same page because 0:14:21.880 --> 0:14:24.920 it's not a lot of verbal communication. There's a lot 0:14:24.920 --> 0:14:28.000 of non verbal communication and special teams seeing a guy 0:14:28.080 --> 0:14:30.880 seeing his mannerisms. Okay, he's gonna do this. Okay, I 0:14:30.920 --> 0:14:33.120 think he's going to do that because you have those 0:14:33.480 --> 0:14:36.080 those reps see but the special teams don't really get 0:14:36.120 --> 0:14:37.560 a lot of reps with the person that's going to 0:14:37.640 --> 0:14:39.760 be to the right of your the left of you say, 0:14:39.800 --> 0:14:42.560 punt return or punt right. Punk was one of the 0:14:42.600 --> 0:14:44.960 biggest things. You see a lot of miscommunication with punk 0:14:45.000 --> 0:14:46.720 blocks early in the seat, and you see a lot 0:14:46.720 --> 0:14:49.520 of field goal blocks early in the season because you 0:14:49.600 --> 0:14:52.120 don't really play with that person. You're having practiced with 0:14:52.160 --> 0:14:54.640 that person over and over again, so you have to 0:14:54.680 --> 0:14:58.840 develop that level of chemistry. So special team coaches understand that. 0:14:58.840 --> 0:15:00.720 So you're gonna see a lot of wist. You're gonna 0:15:00.720 --> 0:15:02.240 see a lot of games. You're gonna see a lot 0:15:02.320 --> 0:15:05.440 of overloads the force. Young guys, and that's in certain 0:15:05.640 --> 0:15:08.520 Moss are breaking in a new rookie punter, seventh round 0:15:08.520 --> 0:15:12.080 pick Blockland out of Words, had a tremendous preseason. The 0:15:12.120 --> 0:15:15.920 guy can really boom the ball, different temple, Different and 0:15:16.040 --> 0:15:20.400 Jayleen Marshall an impressive rookie from Ohio State, one of 0:15:20.440 --> 0:15:23.720 the jets three rookie receivers. He is the return man. 0:15:24.680 --> 0:15:27.120 Do we you know which which team has that guy 0:15:27.160 --> 0:15:30.160 to make the pivotal mistake? Who missed their block? Who 0:15:30.200 --> 0:15:31.920 has a block in the bag you know on a 0:15:32.000 --> 0:15:35.200 huge return, Who musts a punt, Who has a blunt 0:15:35.480 --> 0:15:38.520 punt blocked? Those are all the things that you see 0:15:38.680 --> 0:15:41.960 in the first week of the NFL season. I guarantee 0:15:42.000 --> 0:15:44.440 you this week to be at least two punts block 0:15:44.520 --> 0:15:46.760 somewhere in this in the league. I just hope that's 0:15:46.800 --> 0:15:49.840 not you. The Bengals, how are they going to try 0:15:50.040 --> 0:15:54.920 to defend Brandon Marshall and Eric Ducker. Nobody could stop 0:15:54.960 --> 0:15:58.120 those guys. Last year in terms of receptions. They love 0:15:58.160 --> 0:16:01.240 the National Football League in terms of duos, of course, 0:16:01.480 --> 0:16:05.080 and also total touchdowns. How do they go about trying 0:16:05.120 --> 0:16:08.600 to stop those guys. We'll tell you what. The Bengals 0:16:08.640 --> 0:16:13.080 have been a elite defense for the last five years. 0:16:13.120 --> 0:16:15.560 They've been playing well. It all started with Zimmer, who's 0:16:15.560 --> 0:16:18.960 now the head coach of the Minnesota Vikings. But they've 0:16:18.960 --> 0:16:21.720 been doing it well for a long time. This isn't 0:16:21.800 --> 0:16:24.960 like some overnights and safe. This team has been in 0:16:25.000 --> 0:16:27.720 the playoffs and been winning a very tough division off 0:16:27.760 --> 0:16:31.000 and on for about the last five years. Um jib 0:16:31.440 --> 0:16:36.600 Geno Atkins interior. You talk about eleven sacks, you know 0:16:36.880 --> 0:16:39.480 from from the d tackle and he's still getting his 0:16:39.560 --> 0:16:42.680 legs on him after the a c L surgery. He 0:16:42.680 --> 0:16:45.600 he can create a lot of pressure in the interior 0:16:45.800 --> 0:16:48.200 in an instant, huge mass up. Now we're just talking 0:16:48.200 --> 0:16:51.120 about it before you said they moved Geno Atkins around, 0:16:51.680 --> 0:16:55.640 But if he is at left defensive tackle, Brian Winners 0:16:55.800 --> 0:16:58.400 will see him at times. Well, they put them. They 0:16:58.440 --> 0:17:01.040 put them in matchups much like you know Houston does 0:17:01.120 --> 0:17:03.720 with J. J. Watt and how we do with Mohammed Wilkerson, 0:17:04.000 --> 0:17:06.640 you know, but he's he's a complete package. He's dominant 0:17:06.640 --> 0:17:09.840 in the run. He's not just the overpowering bull rush 0:17:09.880 --> 0:17:12.200 type of guy. He has a lot of agility and 0:17:12.720 --> 0:17:14.800 when we were watching the film, you saw that he can, 0:17:15.040 --> 0:17:16.960 you know, arm over. He has a little shake we 0:17:16.960 --> 0:17:18.720 we call a little wiggle. He has a little wiggle 0:17:18.760 --> 0:17:21.520 inside too. But that sets the stage for like Johnson 0:17:21.560 --> 0:17:23.840 on the outside who kind of comes in. They get 0:17:23.840 --> 0:17:25.880 it done a little differently. You know, you talk about 0:17:25.880 --> 0:17:28.840 a four man front. You know, they're they're beating double 0:17:28.920 --> 0:17:31.280 teams and they're they're winning their one on one matchups. 0:17:31.320 --> 0:17:34.000 That allows them to play pass covers behind. You talk 0:17:34.040 --> 0:17:37.360 about Carlos Dansby, who was addition, you know, you talk 0:17:37.400 --> 0:17:41.000 about nineteen interception forty sacks, Gihnny on the spot. He's 0:17:41.040 --> 0:17:43.200 a guy that's very savvy and that fits his off 0:17:43.359 --> 0:17:46.080 point or off his mark just a little bit. He 0:17:46.119 --> 0:17:48.440 can make you pay because he not only turns the 0:17:48.480 --> 0:17:50.720 ball over and the ball just finds him Jimmy on 0:17:50.720 --> 0:17:52.600 the spot, but he takes it to the house. And 0:17:52.640 --> 0:17:55.520 you think Dansby a lot of times might be matched 0:17:55.640 --> 0:17:58.119 up in man coverage with Matt Forte, one of the 0:17:58.240 --> 0:18:02.920 most accomplished receiving running backs in the history of the game. Well, 0:18:03.000 --> 0:18:05.800 strength on strength, and we talked about you know, most 0:18:05.840 --> 0:18:07.840 of the most of the time chan Gelly is gonna 0:18:07.840 --> 0:18:10.160 look at the opposing teams linebacker and he's gonna say, 0:18:10.160 --> 0:18:12.800 advantage us. But I don't know. You talk about two 0:18:12.800 --> 0:18:15.320 wildly old vetts. You know, they know all the tricks 0:18:15.320 --> 0:18:18.920 of the trade, grumpy old man, you know, to thirty somethings, 0:18:19.400 --> 0:18:21.800 all that you know to thirty somethings. And you know 0:18:21.840 --> 0:18:24.760 it's gonna be pleasant. Guy. You were just falling around 0:18:24.800 --> 0:18:28.080 with them before. And you know, and and and Dan's 0:18:28.119 --> 0:18:30.199 by as well. But you know, you talk about you know, 0:18:30.200 --> 0:18:32.639 when you get over thirty, you know that's considered ancient 0:18:32.680 --> 0:18:35.520 in the NFL. You know, Dan's be a linebacker, you know, 0:18:35.600 --> 0:18:39.159 thirty four, and fort at running back at thirty. You know, 0:18:39.200 --> 0:18:40.879 you talk about the guys that have played. They have 0:18:40.920 --> 0:18:43.320 seen a lot of football, you know, so it's gonna 0:18:43.320 --> 0:18:46.240 be interesting to see which one, you know, has the advantage. 0:18:46.240 --> 0:18:48.840 You know, both of them are very, very capable and 0:18:49.119 --> 0:18:51.080 two of the best of their position. Carlos Dan's we 0:18:51.160 --> 0:18:54.680 were brought in specifically to help defend against the tight 0:18:54.800 --> 0:18:56.639 ends and in the run because of his limp. You 0:18:56.680 --> 0:18:59.120 talk about the guy that six four, you know, very 0:18:59.200 --> 0:19:02.200 very tall middle a linebacker. But you know you talk 0:19:02.280 --> 0:19:05.040 about as well, you know, his his his sacks and 0:19:05.080 --> 0:19:07.680 his interceptions with Matt fourt one of the most accomplished 0:19:07.920 --> 0:19:11.040 past receiving running backs, you know, dual threats in the 0:19:11.040 --> 0:19:13.439 game since he's since he's came from tou lane. Okay, 0:19:13.440 --> 0:19:17.399 so let's get back to us, Marshall and Docker. I 0:19:17.480 --> 0:19:20.280 thinking if pac Man is ready to go, will they 0:19:20.320 --> 0:19:24.040 put pac Man on Marshall? Well, they they mix it 0:19:24.040 --> 0:19:26.480 off back then, well what you have to mix it up, 0:19:26.520 --> 0:19:27.920