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your number two. Yeah, I'm excited about it. Larry, Hey, listen, a lot of positive things to come out of yesterday, a couple of let's run down a couple of them before we bring our guests who will join the stuy Quincy and Nona and also Darrenly will join this time. We'll take your phone calls a little bit later in the show. We one nine, one, nine, three, seven and seven six. For me, obviously, what jumps out at you to performance of the defensive line seven sacks five in

the first half. I mean, you guys were throwing numbers that you gotta go back to nineteen six. You gotta go back to years ago to have that type of dominance, especially early. Yeah, it was amazing that Jets new they had to get pressure on Andy Dalton, and they sure did. Uh. Steve McClendon, how about his debut with the Green and White? Two sacks? He's so happy. I talked to Leonard Williams about it in the locker room and Leonard said, Hey, I think this guy is happy that he's not in.

He's not too gapping just as much as he did in Pittsburgh. It's more shoot those gaps, get up field and get after the quarterback. Leonard Williams, who we talked about in the off season when you came out to training camp, Larry, Uh, the guy is primed for a monster season. He had two and a half sacks yesterday. He was around the quarterback all game. I think he had five quarterback hits. Mohammed Wilkerson. He's thoroughly back from suffering that broken leg in Buffalo in weeks six weeks

seventeen last year. He had a second and a half. So the Jets seven sex and all six of them came from the defensive line. And oh yeah, they're getting back Sheldon Richardson this week as they go to Buffalo for a key divisional matchup. But yeah, it's all started up front with the defensive line. They played very well. On the other side of the ball. Laer, what do you think about Matt Forte? You look good, look real good.

And that was interesting because all the talk, as you know, has been about what's going on with this Jet offensive line, especially at the right tackle. Todd Bowles saying, listen, neither quality or a Gillanna had won it outright, So I'm going to play them both and eventually this will sort itself out. Offensive line played well yesterday. They played very well. You know, fourte ninety six rushing yards and all I believe he told a hundred and fifty five yards. We

saw what he can do as a receiver. But is that Sincinnati front. That's a tremendous front there, and you're dealing on with guys like Gino Atkins, Carlos Dunlap and Ryan Fitzpatrick had the time to throw. He was sacked once, but the Jets got it moving on the ground as well, and there were three new opening day starters Sunday as compared to the two thousand and fifteen season opener. Brian Winners playing at right guard right tackle. The Jets alternated

alternated series between Quality and Eigilana. Eigilana actually got to start, and then at left tackle, four time Pro bowler Ryan Claydy came in and he takes over for de Berkashaw Ferguson who retired after that great career with the Jets. Uh. He played very well that that whole offensive line. I think you gotta be very happy what they gave you early and Forte showed you what he can do, not just rushing to football in between tackles. What a patient runner.

I love watching him. He's a smooth performer, great cutback ability, tremendous vision and Blao Paul got in there as well. Just like last year. I think the Jets are gonna have a very good want to punch at running back. You mentioned Quincy and noon while before. He is in the house tonight. Yesterday against the Bengals, we saw him stop up in the receiving game seven receptions that was a career high. He also got nine zone for the

first time in his career. And what you like as a Jet fan is the potential of what you can do offensively to to confront and confound defensive coordinators. You can spread the guys out, you can do some things where you can bring Forte and put them in the slot, so you can do some different things that where Ryan Fitzpatrick can spread the football around here, and that's gonna be good because then then it opens up your ground

game even more. Yeah, I'm excited to talk to you about it tonight because during the summer I had a chance to talk to him. He said that I want to get better as a receiver, and we saw that during training camp and now if he could take that next step, this offense becomes even more diversified. Forte, you kind of know what he's gonna bring to the table, and Shane Gailey was so excited to get him into the mix as well. Now, yesterday was a day that you know, we didn't see a lot of last season,

Brandon Marshall, Eric Decker helped to just five catches. Now Deck got in the end zone again. It seems like every game you expect eighty seven and get in the end zone. But it was Quincy a guy like him stepping up. And the more guys who step up for this team and the more versatile this attack becomes, the harder it's gonna be for teams to defund the Jets. Well, the bottom line is he is that if you double

Brandon Marshall, you're gonna pay elsewhere. If you if you double or you have safety help over Eric Decker, you're going to pay elsewhere. If you bring the safe with the safety, you know furthern in coverage, then you can have Matt Forte or black Power in the intermediate area. So the versatility that is going to give Chan Gailey and Ryan Fitzpatrick is going to be the thing, especially when you start to get into the red zone and

the area gets constricted. Now, Brandon Marshall said it throughout training camp, and he's right. You can't double everybody. So if you're gonna double him, you're gonna double Decker. You're gonna have couple cover zero, which means man to man coverage on a lot of these guys, and a lot of these Jets can beat third offenders. Now, one thing that we can discuss right now that the Jets players aren't gonna talk about today is the Cincinnati Bengals. Because

Todd Bowles was clear about it today. The New York Jets are on to the Buffalo Bills. He made that clear in his news conference. I'm sure he told the fellows that too. This is a Thursday night game in week two. You can't look back. They went on the field today, they go over their mistakes and then they move on. Uh, because yesterday against Cincinnati, a couple of things that hurt the team were red zona inefficient inefficiency

two or five in the red zone. This is a team that last year finished number three overall inside the twenty, so they had some struggles inside the red zone. We saw some miscommunications in the defensive backfield. Uh. You know, defensively, when you look at what the Jets did up front, they had some miscommunications in the back and there was some big place that they were victimized by. But they went on the field today that took care of business and this team is focused on the Buffalo Bills. Both

teams lost in Week one. This is a key early season divisional matchup the Jets last year three and three inside the division. The Bills won both games against the Jets last year. And you know, but going into tonight's double heather for Monday Night football, yeah, it's just amazing. Only one team won by double digits. So this we talk about parody in the National Football League. After Week one, there's a lot of parody. I mean, you have to

turn overs the football. Is any premium handling the football not turning it over. It's a key thing. Every game is going to come down to two or three key plays in the game. If it goes your where you win. If it doesn't, you looking at the law school, you know what, you're right, and you know what. I like what the Jets did yesterday. Came racing out of the gates.

First possession, Fitzpatrick connects with four different people touched the ball in that first possession and then finished with a noon on in the end zone and the Jets take a seven nothing lead. The crowds into the game, the place was crazy in electric Marcus Williams comes up with the interception. Offensive was right down the field again, and they're right there at the four yard line, firsting goal. You gotta finish with points there. Unfortunately the offense couldn't

do it. Nick Folk came on block field goal, and then the tenor of the game changes there. Sincinnati moves the ball down the field, they get a big play fifty plus yards in the receiving game, and then before you know it, instead of fourteen nothing or tend to nothing, it's seven to three. And then we see a miscommunication and the defensive backfield A J Green is in the end zone. It's ten to seven. And then it was a see saw affair from there. And you knew that

since Nanny Bengals weren't gonna go away. Yeah, you know, I mean they are. They're there are very good teams. They may have their issues in the postseason, but during the regular season they're very good. They're very efficient, and as you mentioned, their defense doesn't get a lot of

doesn't get a lot of notoriety. Their offenses what everybody talks about with their defense with Atkins and company, they are very very tough, especially pressuring you and from the passing game and stopping the run right and and that's why I was so impressed, Like you mentioned, Laria, what you got out of that offensive line in Week one winners, Uh, specifically, Todd Bowl said in the summer he was one of the most improved players on the Jets, and he came

in handled his business again yesterday. The Jets are alternating quality and Gilanna at right tackle, but they performed well. And then of course Ryan Claydy, I mean, you're really fortunate. You gotta give Mike mccagnan a lot of credit to britishaw Ferguson missed one play I think in his career, and Mike mccagnan comes back, uh, and he works the phones, and he picks up a four time Pro bowler and Ryan Clady, who's one of the most athletic tackles in

the National Football League. So you know, that was a good start for the offensive line, no doubt about it, both lines, and in the National Football League, you win in the trenches, you still win in the trenches. The Jets lost yesterday because of missed opportunities, but they were right there, and I think Bulls took the proper mindset this week that it's Thursday night. This is a team that has twelve rookies on it. Twelve rookies an opening day roster of a fifty three man roster. So this

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sports rich. Now here's Jets Inside. Eric Gallant and your host Larry Hardesty, Welcome back to Colondra's Italian village in Bloomfield, New Jersey. Ladies and gentlemen in Collandri say hello to the man who was just in the big highlight. Hedn't even smile enough. He's just used to being in the end zone. Now here's Quincy and with ladies and gentlemen. Yeah, thank you guys for having me Quincy. Congratulations on your

first touchdown reception. I'm not gonna talk about the Cincinnati Bengals because I've moved on to Buffalo, but I will ask you this, uh career high seven receptions and you did get in the end zone for your first time as a professional. So this is what I want to know, Larry Q, what did you do with the football? Your parents are intended in a tendance tonight right now? Did

you give it to one of them? What do you do? So, honestly, I was a little too excited and I was kind of like in the moment, so when it happened, I just kind of gave the ball to the ref and walked back to the sideline. And once I got to the time, I realized I didn't grab the ball, So I told him, you know, can you ring with the ball back? And They're gonna get it done for me and I'll give it to my parents. Very nice. That's a nice That's a nice deal, all right. Now preparation

for Buffalo. It's a divisional oppoment. If you have to place somebody in the short week, I guess it would be advantageous to play somebody that you're kind of familiar with. Yeah, definitely, you know, so you can kind of build off of what you kind of did last year. You know, obviously we didn't play them well last year, but we kind of have an idea of what they like to do, so going to this short week or just kind of building on that and uh, focusing on the little things

that we kind of messed up on last week. Quincy, how does your body feel after going through a physical game like you did yesterday? And take me through the mental preparation too, of you gotta get your body ready for Thursday, when typically on a Wednesday you're probably just getting back and feeling good. Yeah, So, I mean the whole thing is mental at this point. Yeah. We don't get much time to really recover, you know, so the

whole every practice is kind of a mental practice. You know, we're not going out there and beating ourselves up, hitting with pads, any of that kind of stuff. We're just kind of focusing on the mental game, uh, really going out there and just knowing when our opponent. So Quincy, obviously we've talked talking about Buffalo. You're moving ahead to them. But for you in preparation, this offseason has been good for you. The O t A s, the training camp.

Second year in this offense, you seem more and more comfortable in it and enable to You're almost to the point where I think you're looking at Fitzpatrick and making some adjustments as to you know, some different plays off what you may may that may have been called. Uh, yeah, it's it's great when you can kind of know what's going to happen, you know, when you when you know the offense and you have an idea of defense, that kind of helps you play so much faster. You know,

last year I was playing so slow. I watched the film and I was like, I don't even know if I should have really played you know. Uh, but this year, I just I feel so much more comfortable, you know, I feel faster. Um, I'm recognizing things faster and just help me to play so much fashion and it really allowing me to use my talents. How much do you enjoy your role? Because I go back to the summer and and Todd bowls. He doesn't fool around with words. We know that. And he said Quincy is our jack

of all trades. He is the New York Jets Dennis Rodman. Yeah, like I said before, I appreciate it a lot. You know. It was really just kind of motivation for me, you know, for him to say that, and you really don't really really don't hear him say that about anybody, So for him to give me a compliment, it really kind of drove me. And uh, you know, I'm using that as a force, as a fuel to my force. What do

you like the best? I mean, yesterday, you're out there playing h back, out there in the slot, you're playing outside. I know you want to be there for your team when called upon, But do you do you love anything the most? Honestly, I'm not even gonna lie. I love it all. I think, you know, any any opportunity I have to kind of be on the field is great for me. Every spot, you know, I try to take advantage of, uh, whatever is given to me. That's the

right answer. Course, personatility is to keep the success my friends able to do more than one thing. More you can do that length is that football career a little bit? How much fun is it now you're a young player in the year, but now you've got three rookie ride receivers on this team. How much fun is that for you to kind of mentor these young guys. Yeah, I think, uh, you know, it's it's it's so much fun. I think every time I'm out there, I'm just kind of amazed

by what they're able to do. And it's fun to just kind of, you know, have somebody look up to me and say, hey, you know, what do you think about this? You know, because last I was a young guy, so basically, you know, you know, kind of using the things that I learned and how hopefully, you know, I can pass that on to them. Quincy, your parents are in the house tonight, a girlfriend and your girlfriend. Of course, you grew up in California. Well, what kind of sports

did you play as a young queue growing up? Uh? Soccer. I did a lot of soccer. Yeah, that was the biggest thing. In basketball. I really didn't play football until after those things. It was soccer and basketball. I dominated there first. And what got you in soccer? And what position did you play that? Soccer? My my dad, he got me into soccer. Uh, positions, I don't. I mean I was all over the place. I kind of was

just kind of a wild player. I just you know, put me out there and just let me go play, you know, center, half, forward, everything. Yeah, he's told the two because his dad's over there shaking his head. Yeah, he was all over the place. There's no question about that. Quincy Nome was our guest. Quincy. Uh, offensively, what has Brandon Marshall and Eric Decker just being in the film room with them learning from them, soaking up their their wisdom, and I was, what has that been like to help

you check your next step so far? Oh yeah, it's huge. And that's also a part of the growing process that I've had, you know, just learning more and more from them is help help me become more comfortable. Um. You know, when you have those two out there and you can just kind of look to your left, looks here right, and they can how to help you and give you tips or say hey, you know, watch this, it helps

me think even less. And then when fits back there, you know, he's also you know, another guy that helps me out a lot. So yeah, I mean I'm in a great position right now. What kind of challenges are there? Additionally, when a team gets in the red zone, in the field shrinks. Oh man, you know, like you said, the field shrinks. So you know a lot of your players that you have that are a little bit deeper than what you a little bit deeper deeper than the feel

that you're giving. You know, you have to kind of cut those out. Um. You know, it's hard for us, but it's also hard for the defense. You know, they got to cover the goal line as well as behind the goal line. Because you know, we all we have to do the trust the ball over the goal line and we score. So you know you kind of play that mind game with the defense there and that and

that's the challenge because of the constricted area. So you also in part of your role as part of blocking on the offensive line was to the phenomenal job yesterday. Talk a little bit about that blocking, especially in the red zone where it's it's gonna be tricky at that constricted area. Yeah, you know, the blocking over there is even tougher because those guys are going even harder. You know, they their backs against the wall, so you know they

have is that fight or flight? You know, we we we have to make sure that we keep these guys out of the end zone. So you really got to kind of buck up and and and and uh you know, bring it, bring your bring your hard hat. What goes through your mind when you think about going back to Buffalo, because you guys, the last time you were in Western New York, we're riding a five game winning streak with the playoffs on the line, and work goes through your head?

Now is you think to this game? I know things have changed, but just going back there, Yeah, you know, I think the biggest thing is we're glad that we're not playing that in January. Uh, you know, the weather was terrible. But um, in all seriousness, I think, uh uh it's we just gotta focus. You know. We we we we let them have too many players last time, and uh, just watching the film, you know, we we know we could have one right, and we really got to make sure we come into this game with focus.

You know, we're getting we're getting off our legs a little bit, so you know, we're gonna be able to kind of be physically ready as long as we take care of ourselves. You said, you know, you know what to expect from a Buffalo Bills defense, So explain it to everybody. What are you gonna face when you see these guys? Yeah, well, you know, like I said, we know what to expect. But when I say that, it's

we know that they can throw anything at us. You know Rex's defense that he has so many different possibilities. He's he's he's uh, really versatile with his defense. You know, he runs a lot of blitz, is runs a lot of different coverages and it gives you a lot of different looks. So you know, we really got to make sure that we're focused and uh really just make sure

that we're really in tune to the game plan. And then I guess if you're going to play them to a short turnaround, we choose the best time to do a short term You don't want to do short term round a week thirteen? Yeah, yeah, yeah, de from what kind of team is uh Nebraska, I'm gonna have this year? You're in Nebraska. A. Um, yeah, they've they're looking kind of good. Um, the receivers are playing well, and so I'm happy about that. The defense is playing well, and

they have a lot of stars back there. Um, so I think we're gonna have a pretty successful season as long as we kind of, you know, keep playing the way we are. You get a chance to watch them at all on Saturdays. It's tough now, yeah it is, but you know, every once in a while, try to try to turn to tune in. Nice unch, listen, thanks for a couple of minutes. Good seeing your family, and you have somebody happy birthday? Yeah, my girlfriend happy? Right?

They all right, very nice? Nice good job out of you. Alright, alright man, good look on Thursday. Thank you. All right, that's Quincy a noon law trying to New York Jets this October nine for the Green and White Jets five k at the Atlantic Jets Health Training Center registered nowur then y C runs dot com slash Jets. When we return, we'll turn our attention to the defensive side of the football. We've got the number one draft truster the New York

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That of course, is Darren Lee. Darren, thank you so much for joining us tonight on Inside the Jets. Not a bad start. I know the team uh didn't get the result you guys want it, but you know you were out there. You're flashing on the field. Six combined tackles Defensively. I'm not gonna talk too much about Cincinnati, but I just want to ask you about the atmosphere in the stadium for your first professional game. Uh, the atmosphere was it was amazing. Um, you know, seeing the

crowd there. Everybody was loud and having a great time, and everybody's excited for a game. And we had a really had a great opponent coming in. Um. And it was a big game for US opening Day and obviously the day of being nine eleven. So um, it was huge. I mean for me, I had a lot of fun and it was a challenge to soak at all in. But it was a great atmosphere. That was a great

point about nine eleven. The Jets, of course, playing on the fifti year anniversary of the attacks, Heather Headley tremendous national anthem when it was nice to see Tuesday's children out there holding a flag. Very powerful, powerful, powerful Uh ceremony out there Sunday, all right, So what if the veterans told you about getting ready for a game on

Thursday after you just play something. I mean, I know you, you know you could go right out there and everything, but I know they pulled you aside and said, come here, young man, this is what you do to get prepared. What did they tell you? Uh, well, they get prepared for safe for such a short turnaround. Um, you know, study up, um and you know turn the page. What happened yesterday happened? Uh, you know it's over with. You know,

we got a big game. This is all if I've heard, because I've never played Buffalo before, so um, all of I've heard so far as that you know, rivals, uh, and you know it's always a tough game and playing those guys, and I believe they beat this twice last year. So you know, do you use that as extra motivation path and the ice path if? Yeah, yeah, take care of you about the usual uh recovery. But you know they don't. I usually do that myself. I've seen it. So I have to really tell me all right, the

nickname the Manimal? Where did that come from? And what are your teammates calling you right now? In Flora Park? Okay? So the Manimal came from Taylor Decker who got drafted by the lines. Um. He gave it to me after my first year I started out Ohio State. Um, it was towards the ladder end of the season. Um, so everybody, that's the thing I gave myself that nickname, but that

wasn't the case. Like he gave it to me, and um, it was after the Team Up North game, which Michigan for those who don't know, I can't say it, but you know, Um, so it was after that he gave it to me, and it just kind of stuck with me, and it stuck with me up until here. But everybody yet in the facility, you know, they called me Deeley or pup or you know, I don't have that name yet because I play one actual NFL game, So uh, no big nicknames yet for me. That's working on. We'll

get there. We'll get there. So you're not alone how with this the Ohio state change, Ohio state you know, Pat got with you with your folks. Huh oh yeah, everywhere you know, seeing uh, that was another great thing. You know. I seeing Jayalen out there, it was huge. You know. Um he came in, he worked really hard training camp and it's good to see out there, you know, the usual turn he had and um him out there and just make a place. It was just a great feeling,

you know. Um, and I just can't wait till we get Devon back to know you have a good relationship already with David the hitman Harris, but it's also some fun give and take. He's a Michigan guy, you're obviously an Ohio State guy. Also, you guys talk a little bit about hoops to right a little bit and who's your guy in hoops and who's David's and uh, you know there's a little trash on going inside that linebackers from Oh yeah, you know, Dave likes um Michael Jordan's

and I love Michael Jordan too. You know, we always go back and forth about it. But I gotta go with my god. Lebron man, you know, he got you gotta go to Ohio, right, He's Ohiol through and through. Now. For me, I'm an old guy, so I say, I'm Jay, this is the is the greatest athlete I've ever seen. Yeah, I'm with you. Lero does not saying Lebron is not good. Let's say he's the great. But that's what I'm saying. He brought the title back to the land. I say that.

This is what I say. Michael jordans to go period. I'm not saying Lebron is I'm just saying Lebron might be you know, how do you how do you celebrate the Cavaliers title? Oh, I mean I didn't get to go to the parade. I was here, but it was great just to see them come back, and especially come back from down three one and just to pull that against that team. It's just amazing. It was good for that city, you know, for being in Columbus and being

in you know, going on how the state. He had a lot of Cleveland guys and it means a lot to that city. It generally does. So, Um, that was good. That was good for the city, you know as a whole for them to win that. Darren, let's talk about film study. Let's talk about the adjustment you had to make now from the collegiate level to the pro level. And it's funny you're talking to you during training camp. You know, you're so much the usual. The athletes are faster,

the playbook is bigger. But now I would think as you got to the regular season, it's even the that fasion the bil To preseason was yeah, absolutely. Um, you know, it's it's like a game of chess out there, you know, it really is. And I gotta get my chess game up. If that makes any sense, um, but you know it's you know, we were prepared and um, you know we went into the game, you know, without great game plan

and um defense. You know ifel Good played with Joe Solid had a couple of big plays here and there. But we'll get that fixed. And um, you know, just seeing it definitely in college, you know they'll just go one read and okay, yeah, thought the ball. How about this week? I gotta ask you about Thursday night. I know you're just starting preparation, but you really got to get into your homework this week. I was just talking to Steve McLennan about He said, you want to study

so much by Wednesday you can just sleep. It's so you're gonna be so exhausted Monday Tuesday. Now, tell me what you know about La Shawn and Shady McCoy and Charles Clay because those are two guys you're gonna have to deal with Thursday. Uh. Well, you know for uh twenty five, Sean McCoy, Um shifty guy, Um makes pig plays.

Um you know, just seeing him, even seeing him as I've been growing up, you know, I just I know he's about He's a big play kind of guy and Uh, Clay, I haven't really seen, you know, too much on him, but you know through film study, I'll get more, um in depth on him throughout the week. Um, but I do know Leshancoy gotta be bring my a game for that? Is it really Darren? Going back to basics and fundamentals, remembering your leverage, remember remembering how to tackle, make sure

you wrap up. Is is that a large part of it? After making sure that you're in the right place and no one when you're supposed to be be just to finish the play, bring the guy down no more yards, that's it done. Oh, I mean, you know, you go over what you gotta do, what you gotta line up. It just comes a bit true and it's like breathing. Um. And and once you're able to get lined up and you're able to read keys and see where you know, you can get a hint or a tip of where

something the play might be going. Um, and then all goes back to film and just communication more importantly, Um. The communication aspect is a lot different on this level than it was back in college. We communicated back in college, but it's just it's a lot more here. Um. And it definitely you know, gives your leg up to go make place. Um, so I definitely you know, credit the film study. But the communication amongst the guys. Now you said the communication is a lot more here. Does that

mean pre snap? What's going on out there? Actually, I'd say pre snap and then as a play is going on, Um, if you can you know, if you can hear it, you know, so you guys we're actually talking one of the players going on. I mean, yeah, just hopefully if you can hear. I mean, you still gotta know what to do. Something happens. But um, a while the play is going on, absolutely were communicating one back and forth to each other. What's David Harris huddle? Like, uh, you

know Dave's Dave commands that huddle. Um, you know, he gets a call out to is, gets everybody lined up, um, checks and adjustments. You know, I'll go through him, and you know, playing with him is like it's really cool. I'm just seeing it. I'm experiencing it firsthand. And but you know I'm also learning from aspect, you know, to also be able to be at that level where you know, we could just rattle off adjustments and all that, um, just to be able to get to that one day,

so I'm shot. Before the adjustment Sunday, you played kind of a stationary quarterback. Now you're gonna go against a guy who can move a little bit, Like what what's the key to making sure that you keep him where he needs to be? Because if he runs outside containment, you can be running forever. Somebody's band just playing. You're

not gonna be up to the year. By that, I mean, I think it's just as a defense if you know, everybody does a job, um, you know, just keeping leverage and everything, and everybody wrapping up and tackle and getting to the ball. Uh. I don't think we can handle anything, um, you know, but that's just gonna become as a collective as a team effort. Uh. You know they have their playmakers. You know we have ours on defense. So you know, just if we go out there next get our game playing,

I think will be just fun. You're no stranger for big games, do you do you like this though, in your second professional game, that you will be the game in the National Football League Thursday night, and everybody all year, peers throughout the league, they're gonna have their eyes on you, just like playing in a national championship. Game had the last day. Yeah, I mean that's as as you chee. You know, I'm just talking to all my guys. You know, you're go out with school with and it's like, oh,

how do you play? How do you play? And you're just going back and forth about it. Um, it's a great feeling and um, you know, just I don't think there'd be any pressure. You know, it's got there, you know, play my game. Um, you know, I know everybody will be watching and guys have already been talking about like, hey, yea, how you're going to do Thursday then blah blah blah.

And I'm just like you'll see. So it was just going out there, I'm excited and uh I'm signed to go out there and trying to try and get a win. That was the point where you just have to shut these guys down, like look, look, okay, that's it. This is I gotta get ready now, just shut them down. Or do you kind of like does that relax you

there back and forth with your guys. Did you talking about situations of it because they know I'm a competitive type of person and uh, that's just kind of like you know, our banter and you know that's what we

joke about. Um, and it was crazy because you know if you see if one of us get knocked over and be like, oh that's all you get knocked over something crazy and it's like, uh, it's just like it does loosen you up actually, just you know, because other people who who care about you don't care about your successor watching YouTube and the supporting me. Um. So it is a comfort and feeling. How have things gone for you on special teams? Oh, special teams are a lot better. Um,

you know what I'm doing. And as Sam's coach, boy er, great coach, um, always talking to him every single week. Uh, now that I'm more a little more used to it now. Uh. And the conditioning aspect, like I said my first game, yeah, so I was talking about his breath a little bit. Yeah, Well that's he's the feel all the time. Of course. But see but and that's the interesting thing for me with you is that on the defensive side of the ball, you're more controlled. You have to monitor you know, skill,

nobody you're supposed to be there. Thing especial teams get that guy just go, just just go like your hair's on fire. So how are you able to make those two adjustments. I think you can you can combine both. Honestly, you know, uh, you can go play with your hair on fire. On defense, he is playing under control if you know what you're doing. If you know what you're doing, it allows you to play fast, so it kind of goes,

you know, hand to hand. So I love it on both sides of love defense, I love special times ship and this guy is very comfortable in front of the camera. Of course, his mother was a television anchor in Ohio. Now has she moved here to New Jersey? No, she's not moved here. I don't think she's going to know. She didn't like the traffic, okay, but she's still gonna be helping you manage to manage things here? Is you

get off the ground your professional career. I do have to ask you a question about your mom that I was reading about. Is this a true story that she called out the great Verne lun Quest for pronouncing your ne? True? Is that the Navy game? I believe, I guess so absolutely didn't find out about it until after the fact, after the game, and um, and then I heard how that got heard how he pronounced my name. I was like,

supposedly you know it is what it isn't me. But with her, oh my goodness, you better say all right, she can be duff great lady. Absolutely, Mr Lee, thank you very much with I guess good luck in the day Thursday. Follow the Jets on Instagram at at and why Jets. This is where Jeff fans like you get photos and videos of your favorite players and access you can't get anywhere else. Time to talk to you one nine one nine three seven seven six. We'll get your phone.

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I just do. I just do. Welcome back to Inside the Jets, presented by e Y Life from Colendra's Italian village here in Bloomfield, New Jersey. A bunch of phone calls before we get to them, I got to talk about special teams. It was so nice to watch this team on a couple of occasions yesterday start not at their ten but further up in their own in their own territory and also in Cincinnati territory, with a strong

return Jaylen Marshall has done a very nice job. Yeah, he did have the long return and his return actually was longer than any return the Jets head in two thousand and fifteen, and and that's set them up uh deep. Also, Lockland Edwards, the seventh round pick from Sam Houston State, the Australian and Boomer average more than fifty yards a kick, and he pinned the Bengals down there one time inside their ten yard line. Um. Unfortunately, there were a couple

of hiccups there with the kicking game. We saw a blocked extra extra point and then uh a couple uh there was a missfield goal as well for Nick Folks. So the Jets would like to get those things, uh taking care of squared away as they had to Buffalo. Because you never know what's gonna happen in these divisional matchups. Do you think that both defenses might have the opera edge at the edge and then the offenses will have a big day. So these divisional games, especially early in

the season, you don't know what to expect. So yes, I was really encouraged by everything that brand Lawyer has been doing here. Early we saw the special teams have a really nice preseason. Jayleen Marshall with the return yesterday, Um, and also lock outwards has been great, but hopefully those kicking games snap foods are done. Nick Folk, that was the first extra point he's ever missed. Yeah, it was. Onto the follows. Let's begin with Ira in Staten Island.

Are your first on inside the Jets? Hey, Eric, Larry, what's happening guys? Yeah? Nothing much? Yeah at rough day, yes, say, but I'm gonna be like Coach Bowls a short week. We'll talk about the bills. Um, I listened a couple of things to clean up. A lot of thing was lost today. Um, Jets are a real good team. I mean they went toe to toe with the Bengals. Should beat him. Um, it's time to move on to the bills. You mentioned ed was he didn't have a great game

special teams. I think the coverage and your return units were both excellent, much improved. And one thing one of the keys for me to getting a win Thursday night. They tasting a different type of quarterback now just as great as a defensive line was yesterday. Dalton pretty much you know he sits in the pocket. Kala is a different story. And to me, the key. You just had Darren Rean. You know, maybe he'll be the guy that's gonna be the spy on him. But they have to

contain Tailor in the pocket. He can't let him extend plays with his legs and then all of a sudden to receive his shakes loose downfield. So to me, the key is keeping contained, boxing men, put freshure on him, don't turn over the ball, come home with a win. Well, it's a good point all the way around. U. You know, we know what Tyrod Taylor can do. The Jets defending

him pretty well actually in two meetings last year. You don't want him to break contain because he can get down the field using his legs, picking up first downs, and he also likes to throw those deep balls Shady McCoy. When I look at the Bill's offense, it's all about Tyrod obviously, Sammy Watkins and outside want to see how his foot is. I know there's been a lot of different reports today. Sammy said that he'll be ready, be

ready to go Thursday night, and then Shady McCoy. The Bills are gonna try to get Shady McCoy the ball, not just running it, but out of the backfield and pass patterns, and you mentioned it, Ira. Um, you know that's one of the reasons why Darren Lye is here. More speed athleticism at the linebacker position. Um. The Jets did a nice job against the run yesterday, but uh, it's gonna be a different challenge Thursday night. No, of course about our Thanks for the call. There's always Let's

move on to Jack now. Jack is in Marlborough. Jack, you're up next. Thank you. How you guys doing good? Jack? What's happing? Good? Thank thank you. I was in the game yesterday, and the funny thing is, before I missed my main point, I quoted you last year at the last game of the season when I came from when I went to Buffalo for the game, and we complain you and I Larry about how poor the special teams was yesterday. How much better it is despite the fact

that the block field goal. But it's such a difference between VETU and last year, at least with that main my main quote, yeah, thank you. My main concern was really, I don't know. I don't I'm not very confident with Todd Bowles being being a coach. I think he's totally out coaching these games. I saw last tie in Buffalo when Rex Ryan I coached him, and I see it yesterday. We play calling, we don't adjust. Well, okay, I mean if droughout Rebus, I want his game beat. He's losing

out on A J. Green. Why is he beating? Why you want the double team A J. Green? The other the other receiver was not doing anything so one and they switched it up to cover him a little better. Well, here's what happened in the game. He was you know, they knew he was doing a ball to him and nothing was done about it. All right, Jack here, I mean, thank you for the phone call. But here's what happened on on the first play, he was looking for safety help over the top and the safety wasn't there. You

could see Gil Chris pointing. I think to Marcus Williams Eric that you're supposed to be back here, and so he didn't have the safety help over the top. And on the other play, the great, Great May the Great cats down the sidelines. I mean, Rebus was right there. That cats on the sidelines was excellent. I totally disagree with you about Todd Bowls and Casey Rodgers, and you

can have your own opinion. That's fine. I saw a Jets team that was five and five last year, left for dead in Houston, go on a five game winning streak and then looting in that winning streak was a win over the New England Patriots. That was a team that went from four wins a year in two thousand and fourteen to ten wins. Uh against Cincinnati. Yeah, they'd had some good schemes. Uh. The wide receiver screen game UH was particularly effective, but there were some bus in coverage.

Let's see what happens this week against the Buffalo Bills. I don't agree with you about Todd Bowles at all. In fact, asked Bruce Arians what he thinks about Todd Bowles and how effective he was as a defensive play caller in Arizona. That's just not true when you're looking at Bulls as a play caller him and Casey Rodgers, I totally disagree with it. Sometimes you don't execute. There were times Sunday the Jets did not execute on defense. Let's go to building Needing town building up next on

inside the Jets. Hey Larry, Hey, Eric, how are you doing a saving and and Eric? I agree with you about five bals. You know, if you look at them a rookies yesterday that played Thomas h Lee, Jared Marshall, he should had a touchdown, by the way, Marshall for the holding penalty. Uh. They all did a great job. And of course our punter Edwards, um we I think we found our punter for the next few years. He has flipped. He flipped uh deal positions a number of times.

And our special teams was so much improved from last year. It's like night and day. And offensive blind did really well. And are right tackles, I mean, they're their confidence have to be building within themselves saying hey, you know I can play this game and I'm a good right tackle. And so let's take the positive that we got out of yesterday's game and go up to Buffalo and let's get a win. Yeah, and you're right, let's side built.

Thanks for the call. And then well, you know, and a lot of callers here in New York are gonna say, wow, you got that glass definitely half full, and you know a lot of folks would say, what are you drinking? But the bottom line is the Jets did show a lot of good things yesterday. They didn't finish inside the red zone. There were some bus in coverage. They lost to Cincinnati Bengals team by one point. They had a chance to win that ballgame. They can't sit there and say, hey, listen,

blow an opportunity and let them beat the Buffalo. Let them be defeated before they play the Buffalo Bills. I mean, bottom line is, you gotta get ready to play Buffalo. And uh I was encouraged by a lot of things uh I saw from the Jets on Sunday, Hey, Jeff fans, it's time to see Okay with the j E T. E S. Together with the Institute of Calling their Education, they Chase joined us for a series of theme cooking classes for this season's line up. Visit I see E

DOT E d U slash Jets. You know what. In the minute we have left, Derek, I wanna talk a little bit more about what you can expect from Buffalo and what we can expect from Buffalo's defense against the Jet offense. Well man pressing outside, you're gonna see You're gonna see Darby and Gilmore get after Brandon Marshall and

Eric Decker and the Jets. This is gonna be a fun matchup and it's worthy of prime time because for my money, I think this is the best wide receiver dual in football, and this is the best young cornerback pair in football. And then Rex, we know what he's gonna do. He's gonna mix it up overlaw Blitz sometimes sometimes play back in coverage. Like Quincey said when he joined us, Larry is that you're gonna see totally different looks from Rex all the time. And it's a it's

a cat and mouse game. This is a prideful guy who's defense and not played very well. Last year. They played very well against the Baltimore Ravens, gave their team a chance at victory. The reason why the Bills are all one is they got nothing out of their offense, but the defense played well. Partners, See you next week, alright, nst job As always up next, we have to day Rotham Birkshow on seven ESPN. This has been Inside the Jets presented by e Y Building a Better Working World

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