WEBVTT - A Conversation with Jay Feely on the Expectations for the 2023 Jets (8/1) 0:00:05.200 --> 0:00:08.480 Official Jets podcast is presented by Win bet Betting is 0:00:08.480 --> 0:00:11.719 a team sport bet together at win but Eric Allen 0:00:11.840 --> 0:00:17.360 here join in the audi performance studio by Jay Feeley, 0:00:17.520 --> 0:00:22.280 former Jets kicker, who of course provides analysis on CBS Sports. 0:00:22.320 --> 0:00:23.200 It's so great, Senia. 0:00:23.360 --> 0:00:25.040 Oh, it's great to be great to be out of 0:00:25.040 --> 0:00:28.200 practice and to see all the excitement, and you know, 0:00:28.280 --> 0:00:31.720 it's palpable. You feel the excitement out there in practice, 0:00:31.920 --> 0:00:35.240 from the fans, from the team, you know, from everybody 0:00:35.320 --> 0:00:38.760 on the sidelines, you know, everybody who has anything to 0:00:38.760 --> 0:00:40.320 do with the Jets. You can feel the excitement. 0:00:41.040 --> 0:00:42.680 So your thoughts. 0:00:42.920 --> 0:00:48.400 When the Rogers trade became imminent March fifteenth, it goes 0:00:48.440 --> 0:00:50.960 on the Pat McAfee show, says, my intention is to 0:00:51.000 --> 0:00:53.840 play in the National Football League. My attention is to 0:00:53.880 --> 0:00:56.320 play for the New York Jets. And then the strait 0:00:56.400 --> 0:00:59.520 is finally consummated a couple of days prior to the draft. 0:00:59.720 --> 0:01:01.720 Well, I thought for the Jets it was a home 0:01:01.800 --> 0:01:03.440 run in every way. I mean, you look back to 0:01:03.520 --> 0:01:05.840 last year and I said often, I thought this was 0:01:05.880 --> 0:01:09.040 a very talented roster. Obviously they had injuries and then 0:01:09.080 --> 0:01:11.880 they had the issues at the quarterback position. And I 0:01:11.920 --> 0:01:14.920 think what Aaron does first and foremost is he brings leadership. 0:01:14.959 --> 0:01:18.280 He brings stability and a confidence from all those players 0:01:18.600 --> 0:01:21.960 and coaches, and it changes the whole direction of your franchise. 0:01:22.040 --> 0:01:23.920 And you know, to be able to then go get 0:01:23.920 --> 0:01:26.120 other guys and they want to play with a guy 0:01:26.200 --> 0:01:30.479 like Aaron Rodgers. You know, it's going to be really 0:01:30.520 --> 0:01:33.240 exciting to see what happens with this team. You know, 0:01:33.280 --> 0:01:35.960 if the offensive line can stay healthy and you know, 0:01:36.000 --> 0:01:38.200 figure out where everybody's going to be. You look at 0:01:38.200 --> 0:01:41.520 the defensive line. I compare that defensive line maybe to 0:01:41.880 --> 0:01:44.200 that Eagles defensive line because of the depth and the 0:01:44.200 --> 0:01:46.760 talent that they have on that defensive line, the ability 0:01:47.200 --> 0:01:51.080 to bring guys in and out, sub guys in and 0:01:51.120 --> 0:01:53.280 out keep them fresh, which is what the Eagles were 0:01:53.320 --> 0:01:55.280 able to do last year. You know, they basically had 0:01:55.280 --> 0:01:57.320 eight starters, you know, and to be able to get 0:01:57.360 --> 0:01:59.640 after the quarterback like they were able to do. You 0:02:00.120 --> 0:02:01.760 know that Robert Sala wants to do. That's what he 0:02:01.840 --> 0:02:03.920 was able to do in San Francisco, and I think 0:02:03.920 --> 0:02:05.760 he's now got that defensive line all right. 0:02:05.800 --> 0:02:11.119 So you've watched Rogers for years you played across from 0:02:11.160 --> 0:02:13.840 him when you were in the National Football League. Just 0:02:13.880 --> 0:02:16.639 watching him at practice, what are you trying to take 0:02:16.680 --> 0:02:17.239 out of it? 0:02:17.520 --> 0:02:19.760 Just in an hour and a half two hour session. 0:02:20.120 --> 0:02:22.280 I wanted to see one how comfortable he was and 0:02:22.800 --> 0:02:27.720 two did I feel like and I do, is he 0:02:27.760 --> 0:02:30.440 really engaged and excited to be here? And it definitely 0:02:30.480 --> 0:02:33.000 seems like that. He made two or three throws, you know, 0:02:33.080 --> 0:02:36.000 one throw and I was talking to Whatdy Johnson about 0:02:36.000 --> 0:02:37.880 it was a very simple throw to a back, but 0:02:38.400 --> 0:02:40.680 you know there's pressure. He kind of hops back and 0:02:40.720 --> 0:02:42.839 turns and throws it right away and knows exactly where 0:02:42.919 --> 0:02:45.240 to go. It's perfect ball, perfect location in the back 0:02:45.280 --> 0:02:47.080 and get up And I'm just like, that's what he's 0:02:47.240 --> 0:02:50.640 that's the ability that he brings, you know, to understand 0:02:50.680 --> 0:02:53.120 where everybody is, to understand where the pressure is coming 0:02:53.120 --> 0:02:56.080 from and make those you know, different angle throws and 0:02:56.120 --> 0:02:58.040 do it so smooth. And then he throws one down 0:02:58.080 --> 0:03:00.920 the sidelines and I'm sure you know we'll on hard knocks. 0:03:00.960 --> 0:03:03.440 Oh yeah, and it was such a beautiful ball. Again 0:03:03.560 --> 0:03:06.760 pressure again, but just flicks it, you know, almost looks 0:03:06.760 --> 0:03:09.320 like he's thrown it away and it's perfect ball location, 0:03:09.440 --> 0:03:12.160 receiver goes up, catches it for the touchdown, and you're 0:03:12.240 --> 0:03:14.880 just like, that's what he brings, and that's what's so exciting. 0:03:14.919 --> 0:03:17.280 He's been a magician in the red zone here this summer, 0:03:17.320 --> 0:03:20.520 I mean throughout his career, but just being able to 0:03:20.600 --> 0:03:23.840 watch that every day, it was funny. I was joking 0:03:23.880 --> 0:03:26.320 about it and saying that in the red zone it 0:03:26.480 --> 0:03:30.160 seems like he's playing in the Canadian Football League because 0:03:30.400 --> 0:03:33.280 it's supposed to be a condensed space, but every time 0:03:33.280 --> 0:03:35.640 he gets down there, he's lighting up the scoreboard. 0:03:35.840 --> 0:03:38.680 Well, he's so creative, right, and he can do so 0:03:38.720 --> 0:03:41.320 many different things and throw from so many different angles, 0:03:41.480 --> 0:03:43.520 and he has the ability to move the pocket and 0:03:43.520 --> 0:03:45.760 get outside and use his feet to create time. I 0:03:45.760 --> 0:03:48.240 think that's what makes him so dangerous in the red zone. 0:03:48.320 --> 0:03:51.400 What do you think about him at thirty nine and 0:03:51.640 --> 0:03:52.880 is forty the new thirty? 0:03:53.400 --> 0:03:55.720 I mean I watched Tom Brady and he amazed me 0:03:55.920 --> 0:03:58.040 every single year that he kept playing. I still think 0:03:58.080 --> 0:04:00.480 Tom could play, you know, right now if he wanted to, 0:04:00.880 --> 0:04:02.960 you know, so, I don't think you know you're going 0:04:03.040 --> 0:04:05.400 to see an old Aaron Rodgers. I think you're going 0:04:05.480 --> 0:04:08.720 to see a rejuvenated Aaron Rodgers, somebody who's excited to 0:04:08.720 --> 0:04:11.280 be out there. The last couple of years in Green Bay, 0:04:11.360 --> 0:04:14.640 you know, it was almost just with everything that happened, 0:04:14.840 --> 0:04:16.880 I think it was probably hard on him, you know, 0:04:16.960 --> 0:04:19.680 and you could see it where on him. And I 0:04:19.720 --> 0:04:22.560 know personally when I change teams and you go to 0:04:22.600 --> 0:04:26.000 somewhere new and it makes you want to go out 0:04:26.000 --> 0:04:28.479 there and prove yourself again. I think that's what he's 0:04:28.480 --> 0:04:29.200 going to do here. 0:04:29.440 --> 0:04:31.200 It's someone who played here. 0:04:32.440 --> 0:04:35.119 What do you think about where the fans are at 0:04:35.240 --> 0:04:37.960 as far as their hunger is concerned, and you talk 0:04:38.000 --> 0:04:40.520 about that excitement level. This is a team, this is 0:04:40.520 --> 0:04:44.560 a franchise that hasn't been to the postseason, says twenty ten. Now, 0:04:45.040 --> 0:04:46.599 the expectations are a little bit different. 0:04:47.160 --> 0:04:52.479 Honestly, Jets fans probably caustiously optimistic, right because they're always 0:04:52.480 --> 0:04:54.640 waiting for the shoot to drop and something to happen 0:04:54.839 --> 0:04:58.159 or you know, but I'm sure they're just elated and 0:04:58.320 --> 0:05:01.719 just so excited because think about the quarterback position with 0:05:01.760 --> 0:05:05.080 this franchise, and when have you had a quarterback of 0:05:05.160 --> 0:05:07.600 his caliber? You know, we had Brett for that year 0:05:08.040 --> 0:05:11.400 he was he played awesome until he got injured, you know, 0:05:11.440 --> 0:05:15.000 and that was a super talented team and I always 0:05:15.000 --> 0:05:17.120 talk about if if Brett didn't get hurt that year, 0:05:17.160 --> 0:05:18.719 what we could have done. You know, it would have 0:05:18.720 --> 0:05:22.320 been exciting. But you know, they haven't had a lot 0:05:22.320 --> 0:05:24.359 of great quarterbacks in this franchise, and so to have 0:05:24.440 --> 0:05:28.120 a guy like Aaron Rodgers, you know, is spectacular and 0:05:28.480 --> 0:05:31.359 hopefully I'd love to see him bring him to another 0:05:31.400 --> 0:05:34.120 super Bowl and get a championship, and get another championship 0:05:34.160 --> 0:05:35.080 here with the New York Jets. 0:05:35.120 --> 0:05:37.360 What do you think this place would be like if 0:05:37.400 --> 0:05:41.760 it's January, in late January and the Jets are end 0:05:41.760 --> 0:05:44.400 of the playoffs, what do you think New York would 0:05:44.440 --> 0:05:45.880 be like as a guy. 0:05:45.520 --> 0:05:47.919 Well, I mean, you know, the fans are so passionate, 0:05:48.040 --> 0:05:50.880 you know, both negatively and positively. You know, so if 0:05:50.960 --> 0:05:53.920 things are going really well, they're going to be just rocking. 0:05:54.040 --> 0:05:56.240 You know, that place is going to be packed and 0:05:56.760 --> 0:05:59.040 so excited, and the fans are going to be into it. 0:05:59.080 --> 0:06:01.480 And you know, I think your Jets fans are starved 0:06:01.480 --> 0:06:05.320 for success and star for really good quarterback play. You know, 0:06:05.560 --> 0:06:08.279 it's a tough schedule to begin with. Yeah, the first 0:06:08.320 --> 0:06:10.520 month of the season is going to be really hard, 0:06:10.520 --> 0:06:12.839 and so you know, you got to be ready. The 0:06:12.880 --> 0:06:14.920 coaches have to know, like, we have to be ready 0:06:14.960 --> 0:06:17.120 to go September tenth, and you know, come out there 0:06:17.160 --> 0:06:21.440 and and try to be at our best. Ret Week 0:06:21.520 --> 0:06:23.880 one you can't have. You can't afford to be like, 0:06:23.920 --> 0:06:25.640 all right, well, we'll get used to each other and 0:06:26.000 --> 0:06:27.919 you know, we'll work our way into the season. You 0:06:27.960 --> 0:06:29.680 have to be ready to go week one. 0:06:30.200 --> 0:06:34.880 How challenging will that be? Because Rogers Center's here and 0:06:34.920 --> 0:06:37.560 he's got a system he's familiar with and he's really 0:06:37.600 --> 0:06:41.040 comfortable with Nathaniel Hacket and that's a great first step. 0:06:41.520 --> 0:06:44.920 And Alan Lazard is here, and Billy Turner is here, 0:06:44.960 --> 0:06:48.120 and Randall Cobb is here. But it's like they have 0:06:48.200 --> 0:06:51.120 to teach that entire system to all the all the 0:06:51.120 --> 0:06:52.760 pieces that haven't been here at one. 0:06:52.839 --> 0:06:53.799 Jet's driving the past. 0:06:54.000 --> 0:06:56.159 Yeah, and you have to assimilate everybody together, and you 0:06:56.160 --> 0:06:59.320 have to figure out what everybody does well. And the 0:06:59.400 --> 0:07:03.280 key for Aaron ros is knowing where his receivers are 0:07:03.279 --> 0:07:06.600 going to be and them understanding what their quarterback wants 0:07:06.960 --> 0:07:09.640 to wants them to do, and if they can get 0:07:09.720 --> 0:07:12.720 to that point. You know, by September, then they're going 0:07:12.800 --> 0:07:14.960 to be excellent, you know, And because that's what Aaron 0:07:15.040 --> 0:07:16.559 likes to do. He wants to know where the receiver 0:07:16.640 --> 0:07:17.760 is going to be and what he's going to do 0:07:17.800 --> 0:07:20.720 and what route and the anticipation and throw that ball 0:07:20.800 --> 0:07:23.120 on time and get it out. So you have to 0:07:23.200 --> 0:07:26.040 understand each other from the quarterback position in the receiver position. 0:07:26.120 --> 0:07:29.560 I'm disappointed you get the opportunity to watch Garrett Wilson today, 0:07:29.760 --> 0:07:32.880 Offensive rookie of the Year. He's having a fabulous start 0:07:32.920 --> 0:07:35.720 to camp. I think it's a minor this week with 0:07:35.880 --> 0:07:40.680 the ankle, but he's developed an instant chemistry of the Rogers. 0:07:40.720 --> 0:07:45.800 And when Rogers talks about Devonte Adams, you know how much. 0:07:45.600 --> 0:07:46.600 He thinks of Wilson. 0:07:46.760 --> 0:07:49.560 Are ready and he says, hey, this guy could be 0:07:49.640 --> 0:07:52.360 the top receiver in the National Football League, and he 0:07:52.440 --> 0:07:55.720 anticipates he's going to put on five ten pounds of 0:07:55.840 --> 0:08:00.200 muscle in due time. But what are your expectations for 0:08:00.760 --> 0:08:03.200 Wilson now that he has a guy like Rogers throwing 0:08:03.280 --> 0:08:03.640 full Well. 0:08:03.680 --> 0:08:05.720 I watched him last year and I was blown away 0:08:05.760 --> 0:08:08.720 at just how mature he was as a football player 0:08:08.720 --> 0:08:12.080 already as a route runner, as a receiver, the ability 0:08:12.120 --> 0:08:14.320 to do everything like he was better than I thought 0:08:14.320 --> 0:08:17.080 he would be. And I had high expectations watching him 0:08:17.080 --> 0:08:19.960 at Ohio State, you know, and how well he played there, 0:08:20.120 --> 0:08:24.080 So you know, I just think that, you know, he 0:08:24.160 --> 0:08:27.160 could become, like you said, one of the best receivers 0:08:27.200 --> 0:08:29.760 in the entire league. And when you talk to people 0:08:30.560 --> 0:08:33.520 about him off the field, you know, there's so many 0:08:33.520 --> 0:08:35.760 good things that people say about how positive he is 0:08:35.800 --> 0:08:37.560 and the energy he brings and how hard he works 0:08:37.600 --> 0:08:39.360 and what kind of person he is, and so when 0:08:39.360 --> 0:08:41.559 you when you bring those two things together, you know 0:08:41.600 --> 0:08:43.000 you could have a really special player. 0:08:43.120 --> 0:08:46.040 You see the similarities and parallels with saus Gardner because 0:08:46.360 --> 0:08:49.400 the way he just talked about his approach and mindset. 0:08:50.160 --> 0:08:54.319 I'm always arguing or stating the fact that these two 0:08:54.520 --> 0:08:58.640 just have special physical skill sets, but where they are 0:08:58.679 --> 0:09:01.920 mentally as far is where they want to go. 0:09:02.200 --> 0:09:03.439 It's just on an other level. 0:09:03.520 --> 0:09:05.280 Yeah, I think the Jets could have one of the 0:09:05.280 --> 0:09:08.760 best secondaries in football this year, you know. And I 0:09:09.240 --> 0:09:12.800 looked at Sauce today. Obviously covered him last year, but 0:09:12.920 --> 0:09:15.600 standing next to him, he was taller than I thought 0:09:15.640 --> 0:09:18.640 he was, you know, and as well as he can move, 0:09:18.760 --> 0:09:21.720 and you know his ability to play that corner position, 0:09:21.800 --> 0:09:24.000 but to have the length that he has is I 0:09:24.000 --> 0:09:25.520 think what really makes him special. 0:09:25.800 --> 0:09:28.520 He should have more opportunities interceptions. Because you were talking 0:09:28.559 --> 0:09:32.120 about the defensive line and the combination with Rogers, you 0:09:32.120 --> 0:09:35.960 would anticipate the Jets having more late leads, right mm hm. 0:09:36.080 --> 0:09:38.720 And you know that defensive line they work together, right, 0:09:38.760 --> 0:09:41.480 you get pressure, gives the opportunity for the corners and 0:09:41.480 --> 0:09:43.880 the safeties to make plays, that secondary to make plays. 0:09:43.920 --> 0:09:46.960 And you know, as you get better collectively on defense, 0:09:47.240 --> 0:09:49.439 it's it's harder for an offense to go away from 0:09:49.440 --> 0:09:51.720 a guy like Sauce Gardner because you know, you can't 0:09:51.720 --> 0:09:54.480 just say, okay, we're not going to throw there, you know, 0:09:54.520 --> 0:09:56.440 because the whole defense is better, and I think with 0:09:56.480 --> 0:09:59.760 that strength in that secondary, it'll allow him to have opportunities. 0:10:00.120 --> 0:10:03.000 What did you make of Sean Payton's comments the other day, 0:10:03.720 --> 0:10:06.720 and what did you make of the way Robert Salah 0:10:06.840 --> 0:10:12.680 handled it, Because obviously Nathaniel Hackett, to a man, everybody 0:10:12.679 --> 0:10:17.520 in this building, you know, they loved the way he teaches. 0:10:18.120 --> 0:10:22.080 He's had success with different quarterbacks other than Aaron Rodgers 0:10:22.080 --> 0:10:25.960 being an offensive signal caller. And I'm sure Peyton had 0:10:27.520 --> 0:10:29.880 he probably had a couple things in mind in who 0:10:29.920 --> 0:10:33.600 he was addressing as far as those comments were concerned. 0:10:33.640 --> 0:10:34.600 But how did you take him? 0:10:34.720 --> 0:10:37.079 Well, I did read that Sean Payton apologized and said 0:10:37.080 --> 0:10:40.079 he probably shouldn't have said that. And you know what, 0:10:40.960 --> 0:10:43.199 I don't think anybody in this building really cares what, 0:10:43.240 --> 0:10:45.959 you know, what somebody else says. And they they know 0:10:46.040 --> 0:10:47.719 when you when you go out and become a head 0:10:47.760 --> 0:10:50.840 coach and you don't succeed, you know there's gonna be 0:10:51.000 --> 0:10:53.640 there's gonna be negative naysayers and people that you know 0:10:54.080 --> 0:10:57.120 that you have to go prove yourself against, kind of 0:10:57.160 --> 0:10:59.040 like a player, you know, when when as a player, 0:10:59.559 --> 0:11:01.679 you know you you have a bad year, you have 0:11:01.720 --> 0:11:03.080 to go back out there and you have to prove 0:11:03.120 --> 0:11:05.640 yourself again. And coaching is the same way, you know, 0:11:05.679 --> 0:11:08.800 and this is a league that you have to win, 0:11:09.040 --> 0:11:11.360 and if you don't win, you're gonna get replaced, you know, 0:11:11.440 --> 0:11:13.840 as a player, as a coach management, And that's just 0:11:13.840 --> 0:11:16.160 the way it is. And so it's a great opportunity 0:11:16.160 --> 0:11:18.920 for Nathaniel Hackett to get back together with Aaron Rodgers 0:11:18.920 --> 0:11:21.280 and to put together an offense and to put together 0:11:21.320 --> 0:11:23.760 a really good offense. And you know, for Robert solid 0:11:23.800 --> 0:11:26.680 to be able to have an OC and a quarterback 0:11:26.760 --> 0:11:29.800 like that, and then to get his defense playing the 0:11:29.840 --> 0:11:32.440 way he wants them to play as aggressive as he 0:11:32.520 --> 0:11:35.880 wants them. You know, it should make Jets fans really excited. 0:11:37.400 --> 0:11:40.400 Jets fans, we're in our final push and the clock 0:11:40.640 --> 0:11:44.160 is ticking. Win Bet is giving you a golden opportunity 0:11:44.240 --> 0:11:47.320 to win VIP prizes for the twenty twenty three season. 0:11:47.720 --> 0:11:50.760 The win Bet Green Room is the most exclusive space 0:11:50.840 --> 0:11:54.240 at the stadium with all inclusive food and beverage, lower 0:11:54.320 --> 0:11:58.600 level seats, and appearances by Jets legends and celebrities. New 0:11:58.679 --> 0:12:01.199 Jersey customers, all you need to do is wager at 0:12:01.280 --> 0:12:05.040 least one hundred dollars on win Bets sports book or casino. 0:12:05.440 --> 0:12:06.280 For New York. 0:12:06.040 --> 0:12:08.640 Customers, all you need to do is wager at least 0:12:08.720 --> 0:12:11.480 one hundred dollars on win Bets the sports book. The 0:12:11.480 --> 0:12:14.600 best part, you get an entry for every one hundred 0:12:14.640 --> 0:12:15.600 dollars you wager. 0:12:16.679 --> 0:12:20.000 What do you like most about Salah? He's entering that 0:12:20.080 --> 0:12:23.000 third year. They embrace the youth movement in year one, 0:12:23.960 --> 0:12:27.920 then you year two, you take off seven and four. 0:12:28.000 --> 0:12:30.480 We know what happened down the stretch, and now here 0:12:30.520 --> 0:12:34.359 we are people are talking about the Jets is potential contenders. 0:12:34.559 --> 0:12:36.480 What I like most about him is just the person, 0:12:36.720 --> 0:12:41.280 Like I think he is an outstanding person, obviously knows 0:12:41.320 --> 0:12:44.560 football really well, handles himself well. I think he's steady. 0:12:45.080 --> 0:12:47.559 You know, it doesn't get too high and too low. 0:12:48.559 --> 0:12:50.960 You know. I think as a head coach, you want that, 0:12:51.280 --> 0:12:53.440 you know, you want that coach that's going to be 0:12:53.480 --> 0:12:57.160 able to stay the same and weather the storm. And 0:12:57.880 --> 0:13:00.240 he has had to weather the storm. Hasn't been easy 0:13:00.280 --> 0:13:02.320 for him, and it's been a long process for them. 0:13:02.760 --> 0:13:05.000 So I'm excited for him just as much as I 0:13:05.040 --> 0:13:08.240 am for Jets fans because you know, hopefully this year 0:13:08.320 --> 0:13:10.199 goes really well for them and you know he can 0:13:10.200 --> 0:13:11.960 solidify himself moving forward. 0:13:12.480 --> 0:13:15.760 We're taping this on a Sunday afternoon. People might be 0:13:15.880 --> 0:13:19.880 listening to this on Monday, Tuesday or beyond. Dalvin Cook 0:13:19.960 --> 0:13:23.320 was at practice today. What do you think about the 0:13:23.360 --> 0:13:24.080 potential fit? 0:13:24.960 --> 0:13:29.080 Oh, I think it'd be spectacular. Again, Liking Aaron Rodgers, 0:13:29.160 --> 0:13:31.199 you're gonna get a guy who was so has been 0:13:31.280 --> 0:13:34.839 so good the last you know, four years, who now 0:13:34.960 --> 0:13:38.440 is motivated again, right, because when a team lets you 0:13:38.480 --> 0:13:42.120 go and releases you and now you move on, it 0:13:42.960 --> 0:13:45.439 rejuvenates you and makes you like, I'm gonna go out 0:13:45.440 --> 0:13:48.160 there and improve myself. And for a guy that's accomplished 0:13:48.200 --> 0:13:50.880 as much as he did, you know, I think when 0:13:50.880 --> 0:13:54.319 you get those kind of players, you know that that 0:13:54.600 --> 0:13:55.920 could lead to something really special. 0:13:56.120 --> 0:13:59.800 It's hard to get inside his mind, but he said 0:14:00.080 --> 0:14:04.040 very complimentary things about the Jets the Dolphins as well, 0:14:04.360 --> 0:14:06.439 or people will say New England is involved in this. 0:14:07.520 --> 0:14:09.760 For a guy who used to compete inside the AFC East, 0:14:09.800 --> 0:14:12.360 this is very interesting in the way that his suitors 0:14:12.360 --> 0:14:12.960 are lining up. 0:14:13.040 --> 0:14:15.000 Well, it'd be great if he does sign with the 0:14:15.120 --> 0:14:18.440 Jets and you keep him away from Miami or New England, right, 0:14:18.520 --> 0:14:21.280 you know. I mean that's just an added bonus when 0:14:21.320 --> 0:14:23.400 you're able to sign somebody and not allow that one 0:14:23.440 --> 0:14:25.400 of your division rivals to sign them as well. And 0:14:25.760 --> 0:14:27.760 you know he's a home run hitter. You know, he's 0:14:27.800 --> 0:14:30.560 a guy that when when you talk to defensive coordinators 0:14:31.120 --> 0:14:34.200 getting ready to play the Vikings, the first guy they 0:14:34.240 --> 0:14:37.280 talked about was Dalvin Coon. You know, you had to 0:14:37.320 --> 0:14:38.960 make sure to shut him down, not allow him to 0:14:39.040 --> 0:14:41.880 hit those big runs, and because that's the fastest way 0:14:41.920 --> 0:14:44.560 to get beat. And then obviously justin Jefferson as well, 0:14:44.600 --> 0:14:47.800 but the priority was started with Dalvin Cook because they 0:14:47.840 --> 0:14:49.000 knew how dangerous he was. 0:14:49.120 --> 0:14:51.440 The Jets got a home run hitter of their own 0:14:51.640 --> 0:14:54.120 in that offensive backfield and priest All coming off the 0:14:54.240 --> 0:14:56.880 ACL they're very excited about where. 0:14:56.680 --> 0:14:58.240 He is in his rehab. 0:15:00.000 --> 0:15:02.000 It looks so good too before he got hurt. 0:15:02.040 --> 0:15:03.760 So what will be the challenge for him? 0:15:03.840 --> 0:15:06.840 Because even if you are ahead of schedule as far 0:15:06.840 --> 0:15:09.800 as the rehab is concern, you don't want to go 0:15:09.960 --> 0:15:13.280 too fast. It's like that balance of you don't want 0:15:13.320 --> 0:15:15.040 to hold him back, but you don't want to. 0:15:15.160 --> 0:15:15.840 Do too much. 0:15:16.040 --> 0:15:18.400 Well, I just want to make sure he's healthy and ready. 0:15:18.760 --> 0:15:21.360 And then you know, when you're healthy and ready and 0:15:21.400 --> 0:15:23.440 the doctors say you're good, you got to go and 0:15:23.480 --> 0:15:25.320 you got to trust it. And if you try to 0:15:25.400 --> 0:15:27.840 go and play football and try not to get hurt, 0:15:27.840 --> 0:15:30.200 that's how you're gonna get hurt, you know. So when 0:15:30.240 --> 0:15:32.720 they say you're ready and you've passed all the tests, 0:15:32.800 --> 0:15:35.080 and you know you've progressed along. You just got to 0:15:35.080 --> 0:15:36.400 go out there and let let it rip. 0:15:37.320 --> 0:15:43.160 The people you think nationally understand you're a guy that 0:15:43.240 --> 0:15:44.880 covers it inside and out and you talk to the 0:15:44.880 --> 0:15:49.360 coaches and management. But I'm saying, like, as far as 0:15:49.360 --> 0:15:51.840 elite talent, Aaron Rodgers is an elite player, one of 0:15:51.880 --> 0:15:54.040 the best ers ever played the game. But when you 0:15:54.040 --> 0:15:55.800 look at the Jets and you say Quinn and Williams, 0:15:55.920 --> 0:15:56.680 and you say CJ. 0:15:56.840 --> 0:15:58.920 Moseley and Sauce Cardner and. 0:15:58.920 --> 0:16:04.880 DJ Reid, Elijah vera Taker, Breese Hall, Garrett Wilson, do 0:16:04.960 --> 0:16:09.600 you think people know how good this roster is other 0:16:09.640 --> 0:16:10.240 than Rogers. 0:16:10.320 --> 0:16:13.640 No, I don't think they do, you know, because you haven't. 0:16:13.680 --> 0:16:15.040 You know, you haven't won a lot of games. Like 0:16:15.080 --> 0:16:17.120 you said, you haven't been to the playoffs, and and 0:16:17.160 --> 0:16:20.000 so they've been building though, and they have depth and 0:16:20.040 --> 0:16:22.520 they have talent, and now you just need to bring 0:16:22.560 --> 0:16:24.040 it to fruition. You got to go out there and 0:16:24.080 --> 0:16:25.840 win games. And at the end of the day, that's 0:16:25.840 --> 0:16:28.640 all that matters is however you do it. You gotta 0:16:28.680 --> 0:16:31.040 find ways to win games, and you know, try to 0:16:31.040 --> 0:16:33.320 get in the playoffs and do something special. 0:16:33.440 --> 0:16:35.760 Who's not going to be good in AFC because if 0:16:35.800 --> 0:16:40.600 you look up and down each division, I mean there's 0:16:40.640 --> 0:16:46.480 only what eight teams are going to make the playoffs? Well, 0:16:47.320 --> 0:16:50.280 not eight teams, sevent teams. Excuse me, because you got 0:16:50.280 --> 0:16:51.880 the division winners and the wild cards. 0:16:52.160 --> 0:16:53.600 Who's not going to be part of this? 0:16:53.880 --> 0:16:56.720 Yeah? I mean it's look at the AFC West and 0:16:56.720 --> 0:16:58.680 how talented they are. And then you look at this 0:16:58.720 --> 0:17:01.920 division and how talented all four teams are, you know, 0:17:02.320 --> 0:17:04.720 with with the Dolphins and the Patriots and the Bills 0:17:04.720 --> 0:17:06.639 and the Jets, and you're you're like, okay, they all 0:17:06.640 --> 0:17:09.479 could be really good. And and then you sit there 0:17:09.480 --> 0:17:11.200 and you say, okay, Pittsburgh is probably gonna be better. 0:17:11.240 --> 0:17:14.000 And you look at the Baltimore and Cincinnati obviously and 0:17:14.520 --> 0:17:16.560 that that division is gonna be really good. And so 0:17:17.040 --> 0:17:19.760 you know, obviously when you look at the Texans, I 0:17:19.800 --> 0:17:21.680 don't think the Texans are going to be very good 0:17:21.680 --> 0:17:24.879 this year. And and then you know that division with 0:17:24.920 --> 0:17:28.920 the Colts and the Titans, you just don't know Jacksonville. 0:17:29.160 --> 0:17:31.920 You expect them to continue to get better and take 0:17:31.920 --> 0:17:34.600 a step forward. And they got Calvin Ridley now and 0:17:34.640 --> 0:17:37.200 to pair with who they had last year, and Trevor 0:17:37.280 --> 0:17:40.159 Lawrence probably takes another step forward. So the AFC is 0:17:40.200 --> 0:17:42.679 just so loaded with quarterbacks. That's what makes it so 0:17:42.760 --> 0:17:44.240 difficult to play in the AFC. 0:17:44.440 --> 0:17:48.879 Yeah, because it's interesting because we're talking about the teams 0:17:48.920 --> 0:17:51.440 at the front, but then you if you include Cleveland 0:17:51.480 --> 0:17:54.760 and Deshaun Watson, he bounces back and the Chargers just 0:17:54.800 --> 0:17:56.280 gave Herbert the monster. 0:17:56.359 --> 0:17:56.520 Come. 0:17:56.640 --> 0:17:58.280 Yeah. I expect the Chargers to take a big step 0:17:58.320 --> 0:17:59.280 forward this year. 0:17:59.600 --> 0:18:01.359 But everybody's gonna make it, you know. 0:18:01.840 --> 0:18:02.200 I know. 0:18:02.320 --> 0:18:06.359 So when you look at top to bottom, do you 0:18:06.440 --> 0:18:09.960 still see at the start the onset of twenty twenty 0:18:09.960 --> 0:18:12.200 three and say, okay, you got to start with Kansas City. 0:18:12.240 --> 0:18:14.360 I mean that's a team that's defending. 0:18:14.119 --> 0:18:19.120 Champions and Patrick Mahomes and Patrick Mahomes Joe Burrow, Cincinnati, 0:18:20.240 --> 0:18:24.000 Buffalo Josh Allen. Do you still have those three teams? 0:18:24.760 --> 0:18:24.960 Yeah? 0:18:25.000 --> 0:18:28.359 They play together, sure, yeah, until somebody beats him, you know. 0:18:28.359 --> 0:18:30.119 And you know Buffalo is trying to figure out a 0:18:30.119 --> 0:18:32.760 way to take the next step themselves. You know, they 0:18:32.880 --> 0:18:35.119 they've struggled and lost in the playoffs, even though they 0:18:35.200 --> 0:18:37.639 played so well the last two years throughout the season, 0:18:38.200 --> 0:18:39.680 you know, and they have to find a way to 0:18:39.960 --> 0:18:41.840 take that next step and to get to a championship 0:18:41.880 --> 0:18:43.439 game and try and get to a Super Bowl. And 0:18:43.800 --> 0:18:46.360 you know, Patrick Mahomes is the best player in football, 0:18:46.480 --> 0:18:49.480 and so when he's there with Andy Reid, as long 0:18:49.520 --> 0:18:51.119