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Speaker 2: It's so great, Senia.
Speaker 3: Oh, it's great to be great to be out of
Speaker 3: practice and to see all the excitement, and you know,
Speaker 3: it's palpable. You feel the excitement out there in practice,
Speaker 3: from the fans, from the team, you know, from everybody
Speaker 3: on the sidelines, you know, everybody who has anything to
Speaker 3: do with the Jets. You can feel the excitement.
Speaker 2: So your thoughts.
Speaker 1: When the Rogers trade became imminent March fifteenth, it goes
Speaker 1: on the Pat McAfee show, says, my intention is to
Speaker 1: play in the National Football League. My attention is to
Speaker 1: play for the New York Jets. And then the strait
Speaker 1: is finally consummated a couple of days prior to the draft.
Speaker 3: Well, I thought for the Jets it was a home
Speaker 3: run in every way. I mean, you look back to
Speaker 3: last year and I said often, I thought this was
Speaker 3: a very talented roster. Obviously they had injuries and then
Speaker 3: they had the issues at the quarterback position. And I
Speaker 3: think what Aaron does first and foremost is he brings leadership.
Speaker 3: He brings stability and a confidence from all those players
Speaker 3: and coaches, and it changes the whole direction of your franchise.
Speaker 3: And you know, to be able to then go get
Speaker 3: other guys and they want to play with a guy
Speaker 3: like Aaron Rodgers. You know, it's going to be really
Speaker 3: exciting to see what happens with this team. You know,
Speaker 3: if the offensive line can stay healthy and you know,
Speaker 3: figure out where everybody's going to be. You look at
Speaker 3: the defensive line. I compare that defensive line maybe to
Speaker 3: that Eagles defensive line because of the depth and the
Speaker 3: talent that they have on that defensive line, the ability
Speaker 3: to bring guys in and out, sub guys in and
Speaker 3: out keep them fresh, which is what the Eagles were
Speaker 3: able to do last year. You know, they basically had
Speaker 3: eight starters, you know, and to be able to get
Speaker 3: after the quarterback like they were able to do. You
Speaker 3: know that Robert Sala wants to do. That's what he
Speaker 3: was able to do in San Francisco, and I think
Speaker 3: he's now got that defensive line all right.
Speaker 1: So you've watched Rogers for years you played across from
Speaker 1: him when you were in the National Football League. Just
Speaker 1: watching him at practice, what are you trying to take
Speaker 1: out of it?
Speaker 2: Just in an hour and a half two hour session.
Speaker 3: I wanted to see one how comfortable he was and
Speaker 3: two did I feel like and I do, is he
Speaker 3: really engaged and excited to be here? And it definitely
Speaker 3: seems like that. He made two or three throws, you know,
Speaker 3: one throw and I was talking to Whatdy Johnson about
Speaker 3: it was a very simple throw to a back, but
Speaker 3: you know there's pressure. He kind of hops back and
Speaker 3: turns and throws it right away and knows exactly where
Speaker 3: to go. It's perfect ball, perfect location in the back
Speaker 3: and get up And I'm just like, that's what he's
Speaker 3: that's the ability that he brings, you know, to understand
Speaker 3: where everybody is, to understand where the pressure is coming
Speaker 3: from and make those you know, different angle throws and
Speaker 3: do it so smooth. And then he throws one down
Speaker 3: the sidelines and I'm sure you know we'll on hard knocks.
Speaker 3: Oh yeah, and it was such a beautiful ball. Again
Speaker 3: pressure again, but just flicks it, you know, almost looks
Speaker 3: like he's thrown it away and it's perfect ball location,
Speaker 3: receiver goes up, catches it for the touchdown, and you're
Speaker 3: just like, that's what he brings, and that's what's so exciting.
Speaker 1: He's been a magician in the red zone here this summer,
Speaker 1: I mean throughout his career, but just being able to
Speaker 1: watch that every day, it was funny. I was joking
Speaker 1: about it and saying that in the red zone it
Speaker 1: seems like he's playing in the Canadian Football League because
Speaker 1: it's supposed to be a condensed space, but every time
Speaker 1: he gets down there, he's lighting up the scoreboard.
Speaker 3: Well, he's so creative, right, and he can do so
Speaker 3: many different things and throw from so many different angles,
Speaker 3: and he has the ability to move the pocket and
Speaker 3: get outside and use his feet to create time. I
Speaker 3: think that's what makes him so dangerous in the red zone.
Speaker 1: What do you think about him at thirty nine and
Speaker 1: is forty the new thirty?
Speaker 3: I mean I watched Tom Brady and he amazed me
Speaker 3: every single year that he kept playing. I still think
Speaker 3: Tom could play, you know, right now if he wanted to,
Speaker 3: you know, so, I don't think you know you're going
Speaker 3: to see an old Aaron Rodgers. I think you're going
Speaker 3: to see a rejuvenated Aaron Rodgers, somebody who's excited to
Speaker 3: be out there. The last couple of years in Green Bay,
Speaker 3: you know, it was almost just with everything that happened,
Speaker 3: I think it was probably hard on him, you know,
Speaker 3: and you could see it where on him. And I
Speaker 3: know personally when I change teams and you go to
Speaker 3: somewhere new and it makes you want to go out
Speaker 3: there and prove yourself again. I think that's what he's
Speaker 3: going to do here.
Speaker 2: It's someone who played here.
Speaker 1: What do you think about where the fans are at
Speaker 1: as far as their hunger is concerned, and you talk
Speaker 1: about that excitement level. This is a team, this is
Speaker 1: a franchise that hasn't been to the postseason, says twenty ten. Now,
Speaker 1: the expectations are a little bit different.
Speaker 3: Honestly, Jets fans probably caustiously optimistic, right because they're always
Speaker 3: waiting for the shoot to drop and something to happen
Speaker 3: or you know, but I'm sure they're just elated and
Speaker 3: just so excited because think about the quarterback position with
Speaker 3: this franchise, and when have you had a quarterback of
Speaker 3: his caliber? You know, we had Brett for that year
Speaker 3: he was he played awesome until he got injured, you know,
Speaker 3: and that was a super talented team and I always
Speaker 3: talk about if if Brett didn't get hurt that year,
Speaker 3: what we could have done. You know, it would have
Speaker 3: been exciting. But you know, they haven't had a lot
Speaker 3: of great quarterbacks in this franchise, and so to have
Speaker 3: a guy like Aaron Rodgers, you know, is spectacular and
Speaker 3: hopefully I'd love to see him bring him to another
Speaker 3: super Bowl and get a championship, and get another championship
Speaker 3: here with the New York Jets.
Speaker 1: What do you think this place would be like if
Speaker 1: it's January, in late January and the Jets are end
Speaker 1: of the playoffs, what do you think New York would
Speaker 1: be like as a guy.
Speaker 3: Well, I mean, you know, the fans are so passionate,
Speaker 3: you know, both negatively and positively. You know, so if
Speaker 3: things are going really well, they're going to be just rocking.
Speaker 3: You know, that place is going to be packed and
Speaker 3: so excited, and the fans are going to be into it.
Speaker 3: And you know, I think your Jets fans are starved
Speaker 3: for success and star for really good quarterback play. You know,
Speaker 3: it's a tough schedule to begin with. Yeah, the first
Speaker 3: month of the season is going to be really hard,
Speaker 3: and so you know, you got to be ready. The
Speaker 3: coaches have to know, like, we have to be ready
Speaker 3: to go September tenth, and you know, come out there
Speaker 3: and and try to be at our best. Ret Week
Speaker 3: one you can't have. You can't afford to be like,
Speaker 3: all right, well, we'll get used to each other and
Speaker 3: you know, we'll work our way into the season. You
Speaker 3: have to be ready to go week one.
Speaker 1: How challenging will that be? Because Rogers Center's here and
Speaker 1: he's got a system he's familiar with and he's really
Speaker 1: comfortable with Nathaniel Hacket and that's a great first step.
Speaker 1: And Alan Lazard is here, and Billy Turner is here,
Speaker 1: and Randall Cobb is here. But it's like they have
Speaker 1: to teach that entire system to all the all the
Speaker 1: pieces that haven't been here at one.
Speaker 2: Jet's driving the past.
Speaker 3: Yeah, and you have to assimilate everybody together, and you
Speaker 3: have to figure out what everybody does well. And the
Speaker 3: key for Aaron ros is knowing where his receivers are
Speaker 3: going to be and them understanding what their quarterback wants
Speaker 3: to wants them to do, and if they can get
Speaker 3: to that point. You know, by September, then they're going
Speaker 3: to be excellent, you know, And because that's what Aaron
Speaker 3: likes to do. He wants to know where the receiver
Speaker 3: is going to be and what he's going to do
Speaker 3: and what route and the anticipation and throw that ball
Speaker 3: on time and get it out. So you have to
Speaker 3: understand each other from the quarterback position in the receiver position.
Speaker 1: I'm disappointed you get the opportunity to watch Garrett Wilson today,
Speaker 1: Offensive rookie of the Year. He's having a fabulous start
Speaker 1: to camp. I think it's a minor this week with
Speaker 1: the ankle, but he's developed an instant chemistry of the Rogers.
Speaker 1: And when Rogers talks about Devonte Adams, you know how much.
Speaker 2: He thinks of Wilson.
Speaker 1: Are ready and he says, hey, this guy could be
Speaker 1: the top receiver in the National Football League, and he
Speaker 1: anticipates he's going to put on five ten pounds of
Speaker 1: muscle in due time. But what are your expectations for
Speaker 1: Wilson now that he has a guy like Rogers throwing
Speaker 1: full Well.
Speaker 3: I watched him last year and I was blown away
Speaker 3: at just how mature he was as a football player
Speaker 3: already as a route runner, as a receiver, the ability
Speaker 3: to do everything like he was better than I thought
Speaker 3: he would be. And I had high expectations watching him
Speaker 3: at Ohio State, you know, and how well he played there,
Speaker 3: So you know, I just think that, you know, he
Speaker 3: could become, like you said, one of the best receivers
Speaker 3: in the entire league. And when you talk to people
Speaker 3: about him off the field, you know, there's so many
Speaker 3: good things that people say about how positive he is
Speaker 3: and the energy he brings and how hard he works
Speaker 3: and what kind of person he is, and so when
Speaker 3: you when you bring those two things together, you know
Speaker 3: you could have a really special player.
Speaker 1: You see the similarities and parallels with saus Gardner because
Speaker 1: the way he just talked about his approach and mindset.
Speaker 1: I'm always arguing or stating the fact that these two
Speaker 1: just have special physical skill sets, but where they are
Speaker 1: mentally as far is where they want to go.
Speaker 2: It's just on an other level.
Speaker 3: Yeah, I think the Jets could have one of the
Speaker 3: best secondaries in football this year, you know. And I
Speaker 3: looked at Sauce today. Obviously covered him last year, but
Speaker 3: standing next to him, he was taller than I thought
Speaker 3: he was, you know, and as well as he can move,
Speaker 3: and you know his ability to play that corner position,
Speaker 3: but to have the length that he has is I
Speaker 3: think what really makes him special.
Speaker 1: He should have more opportunities interceptions. Because you were talking
Speaker 1: about the defensive line and the combination with Rogers, you
Speaker 1: would anticipate the Jets having more late leads, right mm hm.
Speaker 3: And you know that defensive line they work together, right,
Speaker 3: you get pressure, gives the opportunity for the corners and
Speaker 3: the safeties to make plays, that secondary to make plays.
Speaker 3: And you know, as you get better collectively on defense,
Speaker 3: it's it's harder for an offense to go away from
Speaker 3: a guy like Sauce Gardner because you know, you can't
Speaker 3: just say, okay, we're not going to throw there, you know,
Speaker 3: because the whole defense is better, and I think with
Speaker 3: that strength in that secondary, it'll allow him to have opportunities.
Speaker 1: What did you make of Sean Payton's comments the other day,
Speaker 1: and what did you make of the way Robert Salah
Speaker 1: handled it, Because obviously Nathaniel Hackett, to a man, everybody
Speaker 1: in this building, you know, they loved the way he teaches.
Speaker 1: He's had success with different quarterbacks other than Aaron Rodgers
Speaker 1: being an offensive signal caller. And I'm sure Peyton had
Speaker 1: he probably had a couple things in mind in who
Speaker 1: he was addressing as far as those comments were concerned.
Speaker 2: But how did you take him?
Speaker 3: Well, I did read that Sean Payton apologized and said
Speaker 3: he probably shouldn't have said that. And you know what,
Speaker 3: I don't think anybody in this building really cares what,
Speaker 3: you know, what somebody else says. And they they know
Speaker 3: when you when you go out and become a head
Speaker 3: coach and you don't succeed, you know there's gonna be
Speaker 3: there's gonna be negative naysayers and people that you know
Speaker 3: that you have to go prove yourself against, kind of
Speaker 3: like a player, you know, when when as a player,
Speaker 3: you know you you have a bad year, you have
Speaker 3: to go back out there and you have to prove
Speaker 3: yourself again. And coaching is the same way, you know,
Speaker 3: and this is a league that you have to win,
Speaker 3: and if you don't win, you're gonna get replaced, you know,
Speaker 3: as a player, as a coach management, And that's just
Speaker 3: the way it is. And so it's a great opportunity
Speaker 3: for Nathaniel Hackett to get back together with Aaron Rodgers
Speaker 3: and to put together an offense and to put together
Speaker 3: a really good offense. And you know, for Robert solid
Speaker 3: to be able to have an OC and a quarterback
Speaker 3: like that, and then to get his defense playing the
Speaker 3: way he wants them to play as aggressive as he
Speaker 3: wants them. You know, it should make Jets fans really excited.
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Speaker 1: What do you like most about Salah? He's entering that
Speaker 1: third year. They embrace the youth movement in year one,
Speaker 1: then you year two, you take off seven and four.
Speaker 1: We know what happened down the stretch, and now here
Speaker 1: we are people are talking about the Jets is potential contenders.
Speaker 3: What I like most about him is just the person,
Speaker 3: Like I think he is an outstanding person, obviously knows
Speaker 3: football really well, handles himself well. I think he's steady.
Speaker 3: You know, it doesn't get too high and too low.
Speaker 3: You know. I think as a head coach, you want that,
Speaker 3: you know, you want that coach that's going to be
Speaker 3: able to stay the same and weather the storm. And
Speaker 3: he has had to weather the storm. Hasn't been easy
Speaker 3: for him, and it's been a long process for them.
Speaker 3: So I'm excited for him just as much as I
Speaker 3: am for Jets fans because you know, hopefully this year
Speaker 3: goes really well for them and you know he can
Speaker 3: solidify himself moving forward.
Speaker 1: We're taping this on a Sunday afternoon. People might be
Speaker 1: listening to this on Monday, Tuesday or beyond. Dalvin Cook
Speaker 1: was at practice today. What do you think about the
Speaker 1: potential fit?
Speaker 3: Oh, I think it'd be spectacular. Again, Liking Aaron Rodgers,
Speaker 3: you're gonna get a guy who was so has been
Speaker 3: so good the last you know, four years, who now
Speaker 3: is motivated again, right, because when a team lets you
Speaker 3: go and releases you and now you move on, it
Speaker 3: rejuvenates you and makes you like, I'm gonna go out
Speaker 3: there and improve myself. And for a guy that's accomplished
Speaker 3: as much as he did, you know, I think when
Speaker 3: you get those kind of players, you know that that
Speaker 3: could lead to something really special.
Speaker 1: It's hard to get inside his mind, but he said
Speaker 1: very complimentary things about the Jets the Dolphins as well,
Speaker 1: or people will say New England is involved in this.
Speaker 1: For a guy who used to compete inside the AFC East,
Speaker 1: this is very interesting in the way that his suitors
Speaker 1: are lining up.
Speaker 3: Well, it'd be great if he does sign with the
Speaker 3: Jets and you keep him away from Miami or New England, right,
Speaker 3: you know. I mean that's just an added bonus when
Speaker 3: you're able to sign somebody and not allow that one
Speaker 3: of your division rivals to sign them as well. And
Speaker 3: you know he's a home run hitter. You know, he's
Speaker 3: a guy that when when you talk to defensive coordinators
Speaker 3: getting ready to play the Vikings, the first guy they
Speaker 3: talked about was Dalvin Coon. You know, you had to
Speaker 3: make sure to shut him down, not allow him to
Speaker 3: hit those big runs, and because that's the fastest way
Speaker 3: to get beat. And then obviously justin Jefferson as well,
Speaker 3: but the priority was started with Dalvin Cook because they
Speaker 3: knew how dangerous he was.
Speaker 1: The Jets got a home run hitter of their own
Speaker 1: in that offensive backfield and priest All coming off the
Speaker 1: ACL they're very excited about where.
Speaker 2: He is in his rehab.
Speaker 3: It looks so good too before he got hurt.
Speaker 2: So what will be the challenge for him?
Speaker 1: Because even if you are ahead of schedule as far
Speaker 1: as the rehab is concern, you don't want to go
Speaker 1: too fast. It's like that balance of you don't want
Speaker 1: to hold him back, but you don't want to.
Speaker 2: Do too much.
Speaker 3: Well, I just want to make sure he's healthy and ready.
Speaker 3: And then you know, when you're healthy and ready and
Speaker 3: the doctors say you're good, you got to go and
Speaker 3: you got to trust it. And if you try to
Speaker 3: go and play football and try not to get hurt,
Speaker 3: that's how you're gonna get hurt, you know. So when
Speaker 3: they say you're ready and you've passed all the tests,
Speaker 3: and you know you've progressed along. You just got to
Speaker 3: go out there and let let it rip.
Speaker 1: The people you think nationally understand you're a guy that
Speaker 1: covers it inside and out and you talk to the
Speaker 1: coaches and management. But I'm saying, like, as far as
Speaker 1: elite talent, Aaron Rodgers is an elite player, one of
Speaker 1: the best ers ever played the game. But when you
Speaker 1: look at the Jets and you say Quinn and Williams,
Speaker 1: and you say CJ.
Speaker 2: Moseley and Sauce Cardner and.
Speaker 1: DJ Reid, Elijah vera Taker, Breese Hall, Garrett Wilson, do
Speaker 1: you think people know how good this roster is other
Speaker 1: than Rogers.
Speaker 3: No, I don't think they do, you know, because you haven't.
Speaker 3: You know, you haven't won a lot of games. Like
Speaker 3: you said, you haven't been to the playoffs, and and
Speaker 3: so they've been building though, and they have depth and
Speaker 3: they have talent, and now you just need to bring
Speaker 3: it to fruition. You got to go out there and
Speaker 3: win games. And at the end of the day, that's
Speaker 3: all that matters is however you do it. You gotta
Speaker 3: find ways to win games, and you know, try to
Speaker 3: get in the playoffs and do something special.
Speaker 1: Who's not going to be good in AFC because if
Speaker 1: you look up and down each division, I mean there's
Speaker 1: only what eight teams are going to make the playoffs? Well,
Speaker 1: not eight teams, sevent teams. Excuse me, because you got
Speaker 1: the division winners and the wild cards.
Speaker 2: Who's not going to be part of this?
Speaker 3: Yeah? I mean it's look at the AFC West and
Speaker 3: how talented they are. And then you look at this
Speaker 3: division and how talented all four teams are, you know,
Speaker 3: with with the Dolphins and the Patriots and the Bills
Speaker 3: and the Jets, and you're you're like, okay, they all
Speaker 3: could be really good. And and then you sit there
Speaker 3: and you say, okay, Pittsburgh is probably gonna be better.
Speaker 3: And you look at the Baltimore and Cincinnati obviously and
Speaker 3: that that division is gonna be really good. And so
Speaker 3: you know, obviously when you look at the Texans, I
Speaker 3: don't think the Texans are going to be very good
Speaker 3: this year. And and then you know that division with
Speaker 3: the Colts and the Titans, you just don't know Jacksonville.
Speaker 3: You expect them to continue to get better and take
Speaker 3: a step forward. And they got Calvin Ridley now and
Speaker 3: to pair with who they had last year, and Trevor
Speaker 3: Lawrence probably takes another step forward. So the AFC is
Speaker 3: just so loaded with quarterbacks. That's what makes it so
Speaker 3: difficult to play in the AFC.
Speaker 1: Yeah, because it's interesting because we're talking about the teams
Speaker 1: at the front, but then you if you include Cleveland
Speaker 1: and Deshaun Watson, he bounces back and the Chargers just
Speaker 1: gave Herbert the monster.
Speaker 4: Come.
Speaker 3: Yeah. I expect the Chargers to take a big step
Speaker 3: forward this year.
Speaker 2: But everybody's gonna make it, you know.
Speaker 3: I know.
Speaker 1: So when you look at top to bottom, do you
Speaker 1: still see at the start the onset of twenty twenty
Speaker 1: three and say, okay, you got to start with Kansas City.
Speaker 2: I mean that's a team that's defending.
Speaker 1: Champions and Patrick Mahomes and Patrick Mahomes Joe Burrow, Cincinnati,
Speaker 1: Buffalo Josh Allen. Do you still have those three teams?
Speaker 2: Yeah?
Speaker 3: They play together, sure, yeah, until somebody beats him, you know.
Speaker 3: And you know Buffalo is trying to figure out a
Speaker 3: way to take the next step themselves. You know, they
Speaker 3: they've struggled and lost in the playoffs, even though they
Speaker 3: played so well the last two years throughout the season,
Speaker 3: you know, and they have to find a way to
Speaker 3: take that next step and to get to a championship
Speaker 3: game and try and get to a Super Bowl. And
Speaker 3: you know, Patrick Mahomes is the best player in football,
Speaker 3: and so when he's there with Andy Reid, as long
Speaker 3: as he's healthy, like they're going to be one of
Speaker 3: the best teams in the league. And you know, obviously
Speaker 3: the Bengals went to the Super Bowl and they've played
Speaker 3: Kansas City as well as anybody, right, you know, so
Speaker 3: those three teams are your front runners, and everyone else
Speaker 3: is trying to go out there and prove that that
Speaker 3: we're one of the best teams. And you know, it's
Speaker 3: it's so fascinating to me. And I love the AFC
Speaker 3: because of the strength at the quarterback position.
Speaker 1: How about the division We mentioned the Bills, They've won
Speaker 1: the last three ACS. People have high hopes with Dolphins.
Speaker 1: I know, jay Lee Rams just got hurt, but Vic
Speaker 1: Fangio comes over in New.
Speaker 3: Defense, a huge pickup for the Dolphins. Vic Fangio and.
Speaker 2: New England's always a tough out.
Speaker 1: I mean New England's beat the Jets in fourteen consecutive
Speaker 1: regular season games, so there is I don't think these
Speaker 1: guys carry it with them what's happened in the past.
Speaker 2: But no, they feel like they owe them something.
Speaker 3: Right sure. I mean, if you've been here for a
Speaker 3: few years and you have beat them, you know that's
Speaker 3: going to stay with you. You know. I'm curious to see
Speaker 3: what happens with New England and how they you know,
Speaker 3: they got a new offensive coordinator. They had issues last year.
Speaker 3: You know, with that role, I think Bill o'brown will
Speaker 3: be a lot better. They'll have some more stability. He
Speaker 3: knows exactly what Bill Belichick wants him to do offensively.
Speaker 3: And can you get Mac Jones to become, you know,
Speaker 3: a very good quarterback in this league because you can't
Speaker 3: win without quarterback playing right.
Speaker 1: So what do you think is going to happen down
Speaker 1: the line? Like we're in January? Where do you think
Speaker 1: do you think this Jets team is poised?
Speaker 3: I think they're a playoff team if they can stay healthy.
Speaker 3: I do. There's there's nothing about this team that that
Speaker 3: I think if there's if they're able to stay healthy,
Speaker 3: keep that offensive line helping keep Aaron Rodgers healthy. Uh,
Speaker 3: you know, the health is always that That's the big factor,
Speaker 3: you know, and you just don't know what's going to happen.
Speaker 3: But I think they have the caliber to be a
Speaker 3: playoff team and make a real push. And you know,
Speaker 3: with Aaron Rodgers, the only expectation you have with an
Speaker 3: Aaron Rodgers here is to win a championship. You know,
Speaker 3: he's not coming here to get into the playoffs. He's
Speaker 3: done that his entire career. He's coming here to win
Speaker 3: a super Bowl. And everyone in that locker room and
Speaker 3: every coach has to have that same mentality.
Speaker 1: What would it do for his career, bio to win
Speaker 1: one more win a second championship, but to do it here, yeah.
Speaker 3: Well, I mean he'd be legendary as a jet you know,
Speaker 3: if he goes and he's able to win it and
Speaker 3: get him another super Bowl. And you think about Tom
Speaker 3: Brady and what it did for him to leave New
Speaker 3: England to go to Tampa and to be able to
Speaker 3: win another super Bowl and really just legitimize everything he
Speaker 3: had done, you know, and his position as the best
Speaker 3: of all time, you know, and Aaron is considered, you know,
Speaker 3: one of the most talented quarterbacks in NFL history. To
Speaker 3: be able to go and to take a franchise like
Speaker 3: this that had so many issues last year and raise
Speaker 3: them up and win something would be unbelievable.
Speaker 1: Okay, a couple of quick ones. What's it like for
Speaker 1: you coming back here?
Speaker 3: I love coming back here. I love my time with
Speaker 3: the Jets. You know, people always ask me what's your
Speaker 3: favorite team, And one of the things I'll say is
Speaker 3: when I played for Res, I never had more fun. Yeah,
Speaker 3: you know, especially those first two years and going to
Speaker 3: the championships, and you know, it was fun. It was
Speaker 3: a great locker room here, and I think that's what
Speaker 3: made it so successful at the beginning with Rex, you know,
Speaker 3: because you did have a great life, locker room and
Speaker 3: a lot of really good leaders and good people here,
Speaker 3: and it was just a blast to play for him.
Speaker 3: And so I always come back with great memories. I
Speaker 3: love doing the games, doing the Jet games. And you know,
Speaker 3: I probably won't get get him this year because Jim
Speaker 3: and Tony will probably get them, you know, might be
Speaker 3: living in the last five years. You know, hopefully I
Speaker 3: can get one, but no, it's it's it's great to
Speaker 3: be able to see the Johnson's and say hi to
Speaker 3: them and and and catch up with everybody. This is
Speaker 3: a special place and I just want to see him
Speaker 3: start winning.
Speaker 1: I know it's not sexy when we talk about kickers,
Speaker 1: but the Jets got a pretty good one in Greg' zerline.
Speaker 2: Huh.
Speaker 3: Well, they have a great nucleus, their whole special team's nucleus,
Speaker 3: you know, with their long snapper and their punter and
Speaker 3: the kicker. Obviously veteran guys that that are excellent, that
Speaker 3: have done at the highest level. And you know, Thomas
Speaker 3: more said, I think really highly of him. You know,
Speaker 3: I watched him punt today and it was just so
Speaker 3: easy and so consistent. And you know, Greg is an
Speaker 3: excellent kicker, has been for all twelve years that he's played,
Speaker 3: and with such a big leg, and you know, they're talented,
Speaker 3: and that's what you know, you're gonna after rely on
Speaker 3: your specialists as well, you know at certain times, and
Speaker 3: they got some excellent ones.
Speaker 1: Yeah, that's kind of under the radar here as you
Speaker 1: would anticipate. But brand Boyer he reminds me of Westuff,
Speaker 1: not in personality ways, but he's.
Speaker 3: But like respect the way that people think of it.
Speaker 1: Yeah, sir, I mean, how many other guys are going
Speaker 1: to be here where the coaching staff changes multiple times?
Speaker 3: And he stays, Yeah, it's because of the way that
Speaker 3: people respect him, because he's an excellent SPSH teams coach.
Speaker 1: And I like that Morstead is reuniting with Justin Hardy
Speaker 1: because those guys did damage together in New Orleans. And
Speaker 1: one thing that Boyer said about about Morstead is he's
Speaker 1: one of the best, if not the top, directional punter
Speaker 1: in the National Football League.
Speaker 3: Yeah, and you watch him punt, he's going to directional
Speaker 3: hits great hang time. Punds hangs it up there. So
Speaker 3: I would think they would be one of the best
Speaker 3: in the league at having the least amount of return
Speaker 3: yards against them this.
Speaker 2: Year, you know, and in yards that's big.
Speaker 3: Yeah, that's huge. And you know that his offenses to go,
Speaker 3: you know, another first down and you can pin him
Speaker 3: back and you can look at the numbers when when
Speaker 3: you pin him inside the the ten and inside the five,
Speaker 3: you know how dramatically it drops the percentage of drives
Speaker 3: the score points and so you know, those those are
Speaker 3: all huge. And when you have an excellent defense and
Speaker 3: a really good defensive line, you want a punter who's
Speaker 3: gonna be able to limit them. Put him down there
Speaker 3: and pin him back deep.
Speaker 1: How many years for you at CBS now.
Speaker 3: It's my ninth year. Yeah, that's crazy.
Speaker 2: How much you enjoy it?
Speaker 1: And can you can you tell us about your schedule
Speaker 1: and what's on tap for you?
Speaker 3: Well, I only know my first three games. That's all
Speaker 3: they've they've given me, and it's all they've released. I'm
Speaker 3: at Denver week one, which will be fun. The Raiders
Speaker 3: play at Denver. My son Jay so be kicking for Colorado.
Speaker 3: So he plays on Saturday, the day before against Nebraska.
Speaker 3: So that'll be cool because I get to go run
Speaker 3: over and watch him play and then come over and
Speaker 3: do my game the next day. And then and then
Speaker 3: I met Tennessee. I get to see Justin Herbert and
Speaker 3: the Chargers go to Tennessee and take on the Titans
Speaker 3: and Vrabel and and then and then I get to
Speaker 3: go see Lamar Jackson. Week three at Baltimore. The Colts
Speaker 3: play Baltimore. So I'm really excited about my schedule. I'm
Speaker 3: fascinating to see what happens in Denver and how Sean
Speaker 3: Payton's able to go in there and try and turn
Speaker 3: out and turn around Russell Wilson and get him playing
Speaker 3: the way he has his entire career. And you know
Speaker 3: what Josh mcdannel is able to do with the Raiders,
Speaker 3: you know, and and if they can play better. I mean,
Speaker 3: that defensive line has so much talent and they probably
Speaker 3: didn't get the production that they expected out of them
Speaker 3: as well. So I just can't wait for the football
Speaker 3: seae to start, you know. I love it, love going
Speaker 3: and doing games, and my favorite thing is meeting with
Speaker 3: the coaches, sitting down and doing the production meetings and
Speaker 3: getting to pick their brains and you see so many
Speaker 3: different ways of getting it done and different philosophies. You know,
Speaker 3: not just you know what they're what their ex'es and
Speaker 3: o's are, but just the way they build a team,
Speaker 3: the way they go about it. That that's super fascinating
Speaker 3: to me.
Speaker 2: And we got to ask you how's the golf gain?
Speaker 3: Well, my son beat me the last three rounds. He
Speaker 3: hadn't beat me his entire life until a month ago,
Speaker 3: and now he's beat me three straight round So I'm
Speaker 3: not really happy with my golf game right now, although
Speaker 3: I will say like the one round, the one round
Speaker 3: he beat me his first time, I shot three under
Speaker 3: on the back night and I shot four under the
Speaker 3: back night he shot three under you guys are crazy
Speaker 3: and he beat me by one, so he had to
Speaker 3: earn it. He played and then he shot on Thursday.
Speaker 3: He beat me, but he was under par as well.
Speaker 3: So what can I do. He hits it like sixty
Speaker 3: yards by me every time, so I'm starting from way
Speaker 3: back behind him at.
Speaker 1: Yay.
Speaker 2: I really enjoyed it. Great seeing it.
Speaker 3: Oh, it's great to be Thanks for having me