Jets-Colts Recap with Special Guest

the Indie five hundred. The Colts roll up five hundred and thirty two total yards on the Jets defense that looked both overmatched and unprepared the finals, but that is some garbage time scoring by the Jets. In reality, this is one of the biggest blowouts you'll see all year in the NFL and one of the great rushing performances you will see all year in the NFL. The Colts, who give the Cults this, they are resilient. They've had

some really bad losses this year. They're coming off a brutal one, the loss of the Titans, where Wentz has has meltdown. They had that brutal Monday night loss to the Ravens last month. They bounced back from this game.

And I'm not saying bouncing back against the New York Jets is anything to uh, you know, pound your chest about, but there is something to be said about the way the Colts came out in this game on short rest and just took it to the Jets some of the most dominating offensive line play that I can ever remember. I mean, this was a game that was six minutes to play in the third quarter. The Colts that are already amassed two d and sixty one rushing yards and

twenty seven attempts and three touchdowns. Uh, they were averaging at that point nine point seven yards per carry. I mean, I mean, I mean, whoa, here's another crazy stat because this is one of those games where what's happening is so dominant that you want to just kind of get a historical idea of what was happening in this game. The Colts rushed for a hundred and thirty four yards in the first half, with a hundred and four of

those yards gained before first contact. That is an average of six point yards per rush before content before contact, which means the domination up front was so out of control with Quentin Nelson and the rest of that offensive line on the Jets front four, which is supposed to be the strength of that defense. By the way that Jonathan Taylor and the hem Hines, we're getting deep into the secondary before they were even touched. That's what we're

talking about here. And Carson Wentz, who came off, as we said, a miserable ending to the game against the Titans with the left handed shovel pick six that put him in the deep hole in overtime, they tie the game up, and then he throws the pick that sets up the loss that a lot of people say put the end to the a f C South Chase, or

at least that that's what we thought until Derrick Henry's injury. Well, went stepped up and played a really good game today thirty two seventy two, three touchdowns, averaging over nine yards per attempt, and Wentz did his job. But again, if you want to see who is the real hero in this game, you can say Jonathan Taylor, who is an absolute superstar who is shredding teams on a weekly basis.

Nineteen car carries for a hundred and seventy two yard ards and two touchdowns in this game, including that seventy eight yard or uh that just was the exclamation point uh in the third quarter, uh Himes, as they said, who had the first touchdown? But I think the real star of this game was that Indie front five. The blocking was so dominant that it just took complete control of the game from the jump. And so give it up to the Colts. They're resilient. There's still a team

that has work to do. They are four and five, um, but they are a team that has a chance here, not just in the division with Derrick Henry Hurt, and I understand that they're still uh they are still three games behind the Titans in the lost column, and the Titans have the tiebreaker. I get all of that, but but they have the Jaguars next week. So there you go,

five and five. The schedule tightens up after that. But all I'm saying is, let's see where this division is after next week, because the Colts are a team that hangs around and asked for the other side of the ball. Ricky I called this one. I mean I said it, and I was not going to get sucked in. I knew what happened on Sunday at the Metal Lands with special for the Jets and their fans, a beleaguered fan base that has had nothing but misery for about a

decade now. And what Mike White did in that game was so fun that it all felt like it's just a set up. The fact that four days later, okay, prime time game, Hey Jets fan, primetime game, get into it, get excited. Mike White? Is he the new insanity of the NFL? But it always felt like it was the lucy holding the football situation, uh and pulling it away on Charlie Brown, which is exactly what happened. I think, Uh, Ricky,

what did I say? I said that I thought that Mike White would be injured in the first on the first drive or would throw for five picks. It was the second drive, so you were close. So it's gotta it's you know, that first touchdown that he threw on that blown coverage like looks beautiful. He was slinging it down the field. I do think the last I saw that, um, it was just a he couldn't grip the ball because of a bad bruise at or contusion and should be back for next week. Maybe you do sit Zach Wilson

another week. I mean what Johnson threw whateen yards like this is discouraging almost if you're a Jets fan, right or how how are you feeling? It's obviously discouraging Ricky. I mean that that was one of the worst defensive performances. No, I guess QB H. Well, that's that's a separate situation. He's hurt right now, and Mike White, this was You saw the frustration he had on the sideline. You know what, if I'm going to continue talking about the Jets, I

think I think I'm gonna need company. I think I need somebody to talk to. And I think I know it is and I'm so excited. You're gonna have to wait until after this break. Ricky, his name is Keith. His dad Dad still doubt about it. He's a big Jets fan. What is he going to say game to say? What does he go to game? Yes, for the first time, my dad joins us live on the Around the NFL podcast. Dad,

I wish it was under better circumstances. There was a scenario here where you're joining the show today to talk Mike White's second big time performance in a row, and you know we have a situation here in New York with a out of nowhere star developing a for the team, but instead, isn't it the most Jets thing ever dead that not only does he get injured almost immediately, he gets hurt on a touchdown pass and then you just never see him again. Why did this always happen to

the Jets? Why did you do this to me? Dad? Why did you bring me into this world of paint? Well, I didn't intend to do it, then, you know, that's for sure. You know that was as disappointing to me as you. When I see the touchdown past being thrown, and you know, they it looks like they're back into the same plays as last week where he was looking so good white and then all of a sudden we see him with some sort of an injury to the

hand or the forearm with the fingers. It was so ridiculous that nothing was even being stated except that he was doubtful, which, come on, I thought that was a winner. I agree. I thought that was weird because you had and Troy Aikman's dying, because Aikman's like not just Jets fans, but everyone that tuned into the game. That didn't have a you know, didn't have a real team to root for,

a true rooting interest beyond maybe their fantasy teams. Like you wanted to see Mike White his encore performance and you're looking and they're cutting over to him, and he looks disappointed. But I'm thinking myself, he should either be in the game, he should be in the locker room, or he should have a medical team around him, and instead he was just kind of standing there, which I mean, it doesn't you know, we don't know what what the injury is at this time, but like that was frustrating

too because it just felt so kind of strange. But the truth is that your hero, if you're hero Joe Namath the nineteen six nine version replaced Mike White today wouldn't have mattered because the defense doesn't show up on like a biblical level of failure. Like what was the watching what was like watching for you tonight? Well, when I saw that, for example, the first touchdown, the way they the offensive line of the Cults blew away the Jets and it was a thirty four yard run where

the guy was not even touched. I mean, it was so ridiculous the way that that they were blown out the holes and the Jet defensive line uh and air total defense was just totally being uh thrown away. All Right. I just cannot believe that. I don't know whether they weren't ready to play again. And this is the problem that we've seen with the Jets, right what what did they not come out of the locker room ready to play? And this is the way it appears again to me,

you know that, right? Yeah, the Robert Salo thing is troubling here because he I know, he's inheriting a terrible team. Uh, but it's not completely devoid of talent. In fact that you know, they have some players on the front four. You have C. J. Mosley who has been good this year, and yet there was no excuses like the Patriots game. You could say, well it's just Belichick owns them and Moseley was out and they were, you know, in New England,

a place that's been a house of horrors. So you kind of just chalk it up to one of those days for the Jets. But that shouldn't have happened against the Colts today. It's that that that tells me, and this is a really bad stat that they are in four of the last five games. Um and I called this the D five hundred this game, but four of the four of the last five games their defenses averaging four yards allowed. Well, it's it's been arguably the worst

defense in the league for over a month now. And when Robert Salo is a guy that got the job because of his defensive acumen, you start to get nervous. Absolutely. I mean you don't even see hardly any reaction with him on the sideline, unlike last week when they had that one reaction. He had that one reaction when they had the goal line stand where you saw some sort of like excitement but there and now you see him just sitting there, standing there at the sideline, is looking

it's almost like gritting his teeth. And you said, what did he say to those guys at halftime? Even right then comes out half the halftime and then they blow down the field. So you say, boy, that didn't work right. I think Aikman said at one point, when you know Salo was just a statue in the side mine, Oh, these Jets players, it is gonna be a long trip home and Monday is gonna be really unpleasant. Was like, I don't even know if he's uh coherent. I don't

know if he's conscious right now. I assume he's gonna be very mad at the players. And I'm not, you know, bailing on Robert Sala the Robert Sale era. But I I think it's safe to say that that we're disappointed where the defense is, uh eight games into the season, because that was the one thing you thought they would kind of hold together even after you lost Carl Lawson in August, that he would be able to build something that was at least average. And that's the way it

was for three weeks. But now it's absolutely a disaster, and the offense is not good enough to make up for it, not even close, not even close. And you're right, even if White came back in the game, but probably wouldn't have made any difference, even though Johnson played pretty good. Surprisingly he came pretty good, and and you know, I just it was just another total disappointment as a Jet fan to just see the team blown out again at half. By half time, the game's over. You know, they've lost

seventh straight now in prime time. And if you told me that all of those games are decided by at least two touch ends, I believe you. I know, they actually had that close game against New England last year with the Flacco game, and they lost in the field goal of the gun. But I feel like a lot of these games have not even been competitive, and it all builds into a general vibe that the Jets are in embarrassment, that they are a team that when you turn them on and they have a national game, they

will be the butt of the joke. And they were again in this one, Papa, any other thoughts on the game before? Yeah, one other thought is, you know, why did they get Flacco? I mean, tell me that he can't figure it out. I mean, this guy, how many years has been in the league, all right, he has no idea of what's going on. So he's still on the sidelines sitting there. I mean, I mean, Johnson played well,

but I mean it was garbage time mainly. Right, Well, you gotta figure I guess we're gonna find out how weird this is gonna get now because if Zach Wilson, who they think will return to practice next week, but if he doesn't return to practice, if he's not ready to come back, they have basically have a mini by because of the Thursday night game um before Buffalo. Uh, then you're gonna want to put in White. But if Mike White has a serious injury, then I guess you're

gonna put in Flacco. But Josh Johnson did play well. But why did they even trade for Flacco if they're not gonna put him in the lineup. I guess when they traded for him, we hadn't seen Mike White yet, and we hadn't seen Josh Johnson. I just think Joe Flacco might be cursed this year where no matter where he goes, nobody wants to play him. But he's not even dressing, which is kind of weird. No, he that as even dressing. You know, he just keeps growing that beard.

You know, that's all he keeps going. I mean, next time we see it, he'll probably have the beard down to his chest. You know, what do you think of my beard? Dead? Well? You know I like it? Then? You know, now you could be honest you you don't like it? Well? I always think you look sharp when a bit, when you're clean shaven, you know, but the beard is a good touch too. You know what his mom What his mom think when you guys watcher, I think because she likes you to clean shaven as well,

you know, okay and black. What do you think I like? I like a little scruff Mr hands as. I think it adds to his you know, sex appeal on on television, all right. You know I think he looks yeah, you know what. I'm not knocking it, you know, I'm just saying I see different different sides, you know. I see when he's got the clean shaven look. I see when he's got the beard and look. So yeah, I think it looks it looks cool. Dan. I was like, thanks, Dad,

but I don't really remember you've grown a beard. I know you've grown a mustle. I'm not like flack O. You know, I can't grow a bend like him. There's a hands this curse where we were unable to grow in the middle part of the mustache. So the only way to combat it is just to grow the hair a little longer to cover that up. That's right, It's it's kind of a tough situation. We don't it doesn't hands. This beard doesn't grow in big and bushy. It's just

the way it is. Anyway that you keep it up, then that's okay, all right, And I and I wish again, and this happens too often for the past, you know, thirty plus years. I wish we were speaking under better circumstances, but this is what happened. But you you did get to watch Joe Nameth win Super Bowl three. That is a memory you have. I do not have it, but you do. Yeah, that's you know name. It was my was my hero. And you know what, if he was playing today, he would have been back in the game,

not like White sitting on a sideline. I'm sorry, put something on his forearm or something. If he's really hurt, he's sitting there doing nothing. To me, he should have been out there if he unless there's some sort of something to it. But that's that's just a feeling. Maybe I'm wrong. Now that's a guy that's a dad. Take. I like that that you came out with it, because it did strike me as odd that he didn't get back in the game. But obviously he was frustrated. He

could tell. He was running his fingers through his hair. He almost couldn't believe that this would happen to it was. It was kind of a freak injury on the follow through, But that's the Jets. That's how it is they suck us in, and then I know it was. It was terrible to see him go out, and we knew that, you know, it was only going to be bad things. So all right, thank you, Papa, have a good night. Thank you for joining us. All right, take care, all right,

there he goes my dad. Um. I like that he I like that he got after Mike White at the end. There I was hoping he was gonna because I wanted what he was texting me to come through too. That he was mad that he wasn't in. That was good. Yeah. Um. But that's just the frustration of Jets fans. We we want to have happiness, We want things to go the way they go for other teams. It just doesn't happen. But that's that's the way it is. So again, the

Colts back to the team that matters here. The Colts are four and five with a chance they get to five hundred against the Jaguars, who are maybe worse than the Jets if you think about that. Uh, and that division is open in The Cults are in the a f C playoff race. Mark Sessler said, the Cults are boring.

I don't think the Cults are boring. I think the culture an imperfect but interesting team in this a f C landscape, not a super Bowl team, but a team to keep an eye on, with Whence being a roller coaster but being much better than I think a lot of people expected, and with Jonathan Taylor than a Michael Pitton Pittman emerging as a star, along with that defense um Darius Leonard and Deforres Buckner leading in the way. There there's some players here. Okay, that's a lot of them. Yeah,

did we you found your keys right your car? Yes? I did? Did found my keys? Did we talk about it on the Thursday preview show? I don't think we did? All right, So this doesn't really mean anything to the audience, but at one point, Erica I tweeted about it and it was quite quite a stressful day, but I found them, got the keys. Were good, good, good, good. Well, at least one good thing came out of this Thursday. All right. You know where to find us next the Saturday around

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