And it is a hand off the Chris Ivey right up the middle as room runs right to the twenty five, gets to the thirty. There he goes to the forty right side line fifty every down the sideline of the forty at the thirty inside all the way down to about the bill twenty three before he's run out by Corey Graham, live from Callandral's Italian village and called well, New Jersey. It's Inside the Jets on ninety eight point seven ESPN. Here's Larry Hardisty and Eric Allen. Happy New Year, everybody.
It's our unfortunately last edition of Inside the Jets. Here on nine seven ESPN. He live at Callandra's Italian village at the O Becky O Cafe. Here in car World, New Jersey. Larry Hardisty and Eric Allen will take your phone calls. A little later in the show one a hundred nine one nine three, seven seven six will be joined by Tommy Bohanan and Eric Decker. Tonight and partner, Happy new You're good to see you, Happy New Year.
I was really thinking we will be preparing talking about the Jets wild Card game this week and and unfortunately it wasn't in the cards for the New York Jets. It was a hall of a season. This team won four games last year, and eventually I think fans are gonna be able to take a step back and say, hey, what did this team accomplish in two thousand and fifteen
and won ten games? They go ten and six, but they put themselves in position to get to the postseason a win in their in scenario going up to Buffalo, the team felt very confident, had a healthy amount of respect larity for the Buffalo Bills before they went there for the return matchup. But they could not get it done. And Uh, it's a tough one. It's a bitter pill to swallow for everybody inside that locker room. Uh, Todd
Bowle said it today. Hey, bottom line is our goal is to get to the playoffs and compete for the Super Bowl. And he wasn't willing to give himself a grade. He said, I can do a lot of things better. This team can do a lot of things is better. But ultimately, uh, a lot of disappointment for the New
York Jets today. But when we take a step back at the end of the season, we can say, hey, this was the start of something a first year GM, a first year head coach, a lot of new players, new systems across the board, and the Jets took a step forward this year. They did. And it's listen, it's a bit of pill to swallow. It's tough for the players, is tough for the fans, it is tough for the
coaching steps, tough for everybody that follows the Jets. And we go back to it, Eric, and you look at it and it's it's that word that we talk about all year long. It's about the execution. It was about and you look at the stats. Stats don't lie. It was about execution on third down. Defensively, there were issues. They could not get off the field on third down. They couldn't advance drives on third down. Offensively. I mean when you I mean think about this, the time of
possession was almost two to one. That's that's a situation where it's about execution. And you get buffalo credit. They made plays. And you look back and you go and you say, you know what, you you learn from this, You look at the film, you come back next year and you say, you know what, we were that close. We put ourselves in position. You take the positives from it, and you move ahead self inflicted wounds. I mean, you look at the Bills. They converted nine a twenty on
third down. You talk about time of possession. The Bills were on the field, it felt like all afternoon, thirty nine minutes and all Conversely, the Jets offense, especially early in that ball game, failed to find a rhythm and they were just three of twelve on third down. So the Bills kept on getting off the field. And then there were some tough breaks to on special teams. A short punts set up the bills first touchdown, a miss
field goal in there as well. You think about some penalties early in that ball game, a fourth down call where we knew the Bills were gonna do everything. They're gonna pull out all the stops and it looked like they're gonna go for it, but you know, EJ. Manuel draws the Jets off with his cadence. There were just too many mistakes and with all that being said, you thought the magic was gonna be there once again. Ryan Fitzpatrick hits Eric Decker decks back in the end zone.
It's a two point game, the Jets are driving. It's nineteen to seventeen, and you're thinking, here's the moment, because we've seen it so many times before the late season magic magic against the New York Giants, against the Dallas Cowboys, against the New England Patriots. You thought it was there one more time and the Jets weren't scoring territory. Fits
tries to hit Decker one more time. Unfortunately Leotis McLevin intercepted the football and what happened at that point there were still ten minutes left in the fourth quarter, but the Bills sustained to drive. They not only turned the Jets over, they went down the field, they held the ball once again and they converted with point and then the Jets and desperation mode, tried to get that final touchdown.
A pair of turnovers late, and that's something that this team hasn't been doing over that five game win streak. Was Hey, they were not turning the football over and they were getting off the field on third down. Sammy Watkins had a tremendous day, but the Jets even in defeat. Brandon Marshall fourteen touchdown pat touchdown reception of the year. Fits throws for two touchdown passes. He sets a franchise
record with thirty one touchdowns in a season. Marshall set the career UH franchise receiving market in terms of the season, where he finishes with fourteen thirty four deck his first a thousand yard receiving season as in New York Jet Chris Ivory's first a thousand yard rushing season as a Jet. Darrell Reeves comes up with his ninth. Takeaway. A lot of individual accolades, but the bottom line was this team was shooting for the postseason, and you know that was
a tough locker room last night. The finality of the NFL season is so cruel, Larry. This team thought they were on a special run. And today when you were inside the locker room, we're gonna be talking with both Tommy Bohanan and Eric Ducker here later on the show. You know you felt it in the locker room. Brandon Marshall said it today. This was a special group and every season you start a new so these guys know they started to build something here. But now things are
gonna change an offseason. What's gonna happen in free agency? Who you're keeping, who maybe is gonna depart in free agency? So changes on the way. No team is this and is the same in the National Football League, No year is the same. But for year one of what Todd Bowles was trying hard to do here and uh GM,
Mike mccagnan, they did a really nice job. I think judge fans again, when they have a chance to soak it all in and take a step back, they'll realize, you know, there are a a lot of good things happened here in two thousand and fifteen. Absolutely, and and and that's once you get over that bitter pill. Eric, that's what you focus on, and you look at what was accomplished. As you mentioned, offensively, you've got an offensive tandem here.
Uh You look at so many years when this was a ground and pound offense and people you're like, you look, I look at other quarterbacks have done at three thousand yards of a a year and whatnot, and we're just running the ball. Now you have an offensive tandem where you can get the ball down the field. And you look and you say, okay, we've got we've got the start of something. We've got the nucleus here. Now we just
add some pieces and everybody goes through it. There. Your lockingroom changes every year because of free agency, because of various things and that that go on with personnel. So you know, you you look at the sity situation, say, hey, we were in there, we had an opportunity. We more than doubled our wind total from last year. Now we move forward, and now our challenge is to be even better next year because everybody's gunning for you. Now everybody
knows what you're gonna do. Everybody knows how dangerous you are. You may have stuck up on some people. You heard the predictions six months they're going to score all this other stuff. So now everybody knows how you're going to score. Now the challenge for Todd Bowles and Mike mccagnean is to take that next step moving towards where you want
to have, which is sustainable success every season. You know what was fascinating to me that today Todd Bowles was asked during his news conference, Hey, do you think this team has to become younger in the future. He said, I don't know if we have to become younger, but what we do have to do is we have to become faster. Todd bowls. He He's not going to give you a ton as fire as He's not gonna be expansive with his an there's very direct. He'll tell you
exactly how he feels. And moving forward, looking at this football team, he wants to increase the speed. Uh. You mentioned what this team did offensively this season. Uh, total yards. No Jets team produced the monitotal yards that this team did. They had a balanced offense at times. What we saw down the stretch was when the run game wasn't there, the Jets were able to figure it out with their
past game. You mentioned dec Key's here today tonight Brandon Marshall was just incredible and then other guys stepped up as well. What hurt the Jets? And I know a lot of people were talking to me about it. You talked to folks about it last night. Was Hey, what's the deal with Chris Ivory? Well? Why did Stephen rid Why was Steven rely so much in the backfield? Well, Ivory was on the injury port all last week with
the knee injury. Blah Paul who gave this team a tremendous joel late in the season and did not play. So people were asking me this all night and even into today. Larry was, Hey, what was going on with Ivory while he was on injury port last week and limited in practice, so chan Gaily In preparation for this game against the Buffalo Bills, the Jets got Stephen Ridley ready and he was involved in a lot of packages. I will say this though Ivory did have more reps
in the backfield then Ridley. Now you look forward, the Jets have a number of big name free agents. Chris Ivory first a thousand yards season, he potentially could hit free agency. Blah, Paul. We think about the defense alignement, uh Mohammad Wilkerson, who unfortunately suffered a tough brake, broke his leg last night, fibula. He's gonna have surgery over the course of the next week. He's scheduled to be free agent. Damon Snacks, Harrison, and of course the quarterback
as Ryan Fitzpatrick. Todd Bowles was clear about it today. Larry said, we want to have Ryan Fitzpatrick back, and if he is back, he is the starter. But again in the financial unfortunately in the National Football League, you can't keep everybody, and that's what Bulls said today. Bottom line is you're gonna have to make tough decisions. That's as part of the business. We live in a salary cap era and we'll have to see what the Jets
off season plan is this year. But I have a lot of trust in faith and Mike mccagnan, considering and all the guys he hit on in his first year as GM. While the Jets did a great job in free agency m via the trade route last off season. The short day then, and the tricky thing is to make the changes increase your talent, but not messed with the chemistry. And you have but so much so it's going to be interesting balance and that's what Mike mccagnan
this challenge with Van Duel. Try one week Fantasy football league on FanDuel today. They're home to more winners than any other site. Go to FanDuel dot com for your free account. Now time for our first time out of this edition of Inside the Jets. Here at Colandra's Italian village at the oveki O Cafe. Whenn't we return, We'll be joined by Eric Decker. That's next ESPN Thanks the dot Gun. Snap drops back rows the bomb down the
left sideline looking for Martha. He's got it, bustles his way inside the twenty down of the eighteen yard line. Now back to inside the Jets. On ninety eight point seven ESPN, Here's Larry Hardisty and Eric Gallant joined the New York Jets and the Institute of Culinary Education or February six for the final class at the Jets Cooking School presented by Chase. For more information in the purchase Chickens visits I ce E dot E d U slash
Jets start partner. Let's bring in Eric Decker, Jets wide receiver who's played to rundous football for the Jets and signing as a free agent. Uh, A couple of springs to go. You guys had a phenomenal season when you look at what you were able to accomplish. Take us through and we've talked about, but take us through that whole ride of learning, uh, learning to work with Fitzpatrick Long, how to balance it with Marshal in just that whole
right to get you to where you are. When you have a moment when you get over this and you look back, can you appreciate what you guys came from. Well, it was an exciting year and I think, um, you know, it's it's frustrating, and it's it's tough because we are in the situation to go up. It's go to the playoffs to win, to get in. I mean, that's all
you can ask for at that point. Um. You know, looking back, I think, you know, all of a sudden fits Pastier comes week three preseason, and you know we're trying to catch up and build some chemistry as an offense, and you know that that takes time, and we kind of evolved over the season. We started out very fast and defensive, playing tremendous give us a chance to win. And then we you know, stumbled a little bit, had a rough pass there for a while. I played some good,
good teams. But I think that was, uh the realization for us that you know, it made us come together and figure out what our identity was, what kind of football team wanted to be. And we've got in that five game winning streak, and you know, confidence was an
all time high. I thought we were playing really good comparing football, um, and we and we had really the belief, you know, from the coaching staff, the locker room, everyone was all in and and uh, you know, then you come to a game like yesterday, it's just the weather was tough, But I mean you just didn't make enough plays. You didn't do enough as a team um to put ourselves in a winning situation. So it's just it's a
hard one to swallow. And as you know, I was obviously gonna be tough throughout the offseason and hopefully a lot of guys can use as motivation to come back next to your bigger and stronger. A lot of guys talk about what the locker room was like this year, and folks watch you guys on Sunday, But to a man, it felt like to me, for somebody who's in there each and every day, that you guys really liked being around each other, and then there was some special chemistry
going on. Can you talk about that and what can you point to and say why that happened, why that developed? Yeah, it was, it was. It was so much fun this year coming to work every day, and especially when you're winning football games, it comes that much more fun. And I always look back, you know, to my experience in
Denver and we went to the Super Bowl. You know, I felt like we had that the same vibe, that same feeling in the locker room that you know, there was no big egos, everyone respected one another, everyone kind of knew what their role was. We believed and trusted in one another, and uh, and that's what it was this year. And I think, you know, from the start
of the season, we slowly figured each other out. And I think when you go through some hard times, it really, you know, it brings up the character the best of you. And and guys leaned down one another and we came together and may I tell you what, um it's five games we want to row. It was something most fun
I've had playing football. Eric. It's it's interesting to watch you guys grow and and and get closer together and see that on the field where the quarterback just looks you have eye signals and hand signals and you guys are just going on one accord like that. How much fun is that for? You know, that's a lot of fun. You know, it's kind of like backyard football. You just you're out there playing, you know, and obviously we have our philosophy and and uh what coach Gailey you know, calls.
But at the same time, you know, us as players, we see on the field and we can adjust and and make those things. And once you get on that level where you know it is the hand signals. It is just kind of the look, uh you can, you can, you know, go as far as you want, and um, I think that experience we had this year carried over uh into next year, is going to help us tremendously. But at the same time, it's still difficult thinking about
we're thinking about next year. Brandon Marshall spoke in the locker room today said mentally, I'm burned out just from the season ending right now. And he had such a tremendous season as you did it, as fits did in a number of guys in that locker room, what's the next step for you? Do you have to get away from it? Because Brandon was like, physically I feel great, I feel like you can play for twenty years. But I have to get away just for a little bit
to give my mind to rest. Yeah, I mean I think over the course of four months that were there, I mean, you get burnt out physically, emotionally, mentally everything, and and when you lose a heart record like that, when your expectations are, Okay, we're gonna win this one and we're gonna give ourselves a chance to be in a dance and you know, it doesn't happen that way. Uh, yeah, you gotta get away from it. You gotta kind of
remove yourself from football. Obviously I'm still a fan of I'm sure I'll watched playoff games, but you know, reading every day on my score mobile app or you know, looking at War Center. I'll probably get away from that, start watching cartoons with the kids. Um. But yeah, you just kind of gotta gotta get away, remove yourself, you know, kind of flush it out and then you know when you're ready again mentally, emotionally, get back into working out
and get back into you know, swinger things. You've been on the team that's going to the Super Bowl, so you have that understanding, that feeling, that that knowledge of what it takes to get there. Uh do you sense the beginnings of that here? You know, to be honest, getting the Super Bowl it's a fine line. You know, every team is so good in this league. I think the talent wise, we are definitely there. I think the foundation has been set this year, Uh, with the attitude,
with kind of the mentality that Coach Bowls has brought in. Um. Now, really it comes down to execution. So that's that's on us. Players of kind of know what our roles are and doing our jobs the best of our billion throughout this year. There's times when we did a good job, a great job with it. There's times where you know, we stumbled and we couldn't you know, move the ball or defense could stop UH in offense, and you know, just those
things are gonna happen. But if we want to get to a Super Bowl UH contending team, you've got to be consistent in execution. And I would say, yes, this team is is so close to potential, very very much there. It's just a matter now of you know, obviously doing it on Sundays and being consistent with it. You know, when you're on there Monday and when you're on their Sundays, just every day, you gotta you gotta be consistent. Speaking about being consistent, your head coach has been that way
ever since he took over. First year, leads you guys to ten wins. What was he like today, Deck when you guys came in after such a painful loss and matt for one final time as a unit, Because you know, change is so constant in the National Football League that locker room will never be completely the same. Well, one thing I'll tell you about him, and he's a realist. He's gonna he's gonna shoot you straight. He's gonna tell
you you know how it is. And I respect that so much because you know, as a man, that's all you can ask for is someone to tell you, you know, how they perceive you or uh what you know, how it's gonna be. And uh, he stepped in there obviously very frustrated, probably you know, disappointed, and just said, you know, we made some strides. Uh this isn't good enough. You know, don't be comfortable with ten and six or don't be
comfortable with just being better than last year. You know, we we got uh some places to go and that's being a super Bowl team and you know we kind of set our mark here, but you know the expectations are gonna be so much greater going into next year. Um, obviously this room isn't gonna be the same. We're gonna we're gonna make some changes. Free agency happens, um, and just gotta be ready to roll when you know we
we meet up in April again. Eric, I'm gonna take you off the field for a minute because we heard they add before you came on. What you're doing with bullying. You're up for a Man of the Year representing the Jets. Just just take us through that whole thing and how important that is for you to bring the well rounded part. You do a great job, you represent yourself, you represent the Jets well on the field, but something something that you do off the field, just posted this building is
really really something important to you and your wife. Definitely, I ain't Giving back in general is just so important, especially you know when you have an opportunity to be a professional athlete in the community, and you know, the sport uh touches a lot of people. It affects a lot of people. And if you can, you know, be a role modet for a lot of the kids, even you know, just someone that the parents can be like,
all right, this is a good guy. I want my kids to look up to him, um and to makes some impact, you know, like I said, on the community or just on people in general. And you know, we have our foundation where we rescue dogs and train them for returning veterans um and also you know, uh partying
up with with with the bullying stuff. It's just incredible how prevalent it is in our culture, you know, with social media now when I was growing up, Unfortunately, I was involved in school shooting when I was in high school, and you know that that was because of someone bullying someone else. And my wife was the same way. A military kid always bullied because you know, everyone had clicks in high school and she can never fit in with
any of them. So it was important to us and a hit home because you know, we have kids now and we want to make sure that it's an environment where your kids can be successful, they can have confidence, they can go and and make a difference, you know, in school and and just in their community. So anyway we can make a difference, Uh, you know, we want to be there. But the Jets Walter Payton Man of
the Year. Uh, and I'll tell you what. I really love what you're doing for the servicemen and service women with Decker's Dogs, And you touched upon that a little bit, but uh, can you talk about that program and why that has meant so much? Do you? It's it's something you know, when we were in Denmo, we're trying to figure out what we wanted to get involved with because
you know, we've been very fortunate. Our lives do not have anything major happened to our families or to ourselves or anyone close and her being a military kid, I'm you know, have military in my family as well. Uh, that was something we wanted to hit. And you know we we love dogs. We got two Golden Retrievers and
this program. We went to the organization to visit what they did because we're trying to you know, figure out what we want to do and uh, to hear the stories from these veterans of how much it impact their lives. I mean some we're about to take their lives because you know, of the stress of the experiences they've had, or others that have had physical ailments that you know, no legs, no arms, and these dogs come in and and just create some kind of normalcy and uh it's emotional.
It's just incredible, you know, as a man's best friend. Um, they're capable of doing so much and they can really change and impact someone's live that much. Well, Eric, listen, you had a fabulous cities. I know it an end the way you wanted to, but you got some more incentive and and attitude to bring your guys together next year to have another run first a thousand yards season and twelve touchdown receptions and uh, you and Brandon have formed one of, if not the top tandem in the
National Football League. I know everybody in Jets Nation is excited to watch you guys in action again in Thanks for coming by Sarah Decker laz and gentlemen, here's the word from Selective Insurance. There your solution for auto home business and flood insurance business. Selective dot com today and find an agent near you. Selective Response is everything. After our second time out, we'll be joined by Tommy bohanon.
Remember a little later in the show, we'll take your phone calls and one nine one nine three seven seven six. You're listening to Inside the Jets Life from Colladras, Italian Village in Corworld, New Jersey on ESPN. Thanks the snap drops back looks over the middle of folks. It ends, Oh, Marcel's got it. That's a jet that's down, friend, and Marshall runs the boast time for Patrick Linds and just
like that, but Jets are back in the game. Now back to Winside the Jets on Nutty eight point seven ESPN. Here's Larry Hardisty and Eric Gallant and we are live at Colanto's Italian village and Coldwell, New Jersey. Larry Harst to Eric Allen and Eric, we have our next special guest. All right, we're now joined by Jets fullback Tommy Bohannan t Bowl. Thanks for having me, Hey, thanks for being here tonight. Tommy, when you look back at the two thousand fifteen season, now it's only been a day, what
stands out to you about this ball club? You know, coming from the offensive perspective, I really think that we came together as a group just starting in O T A S. We really didn't know what to think of what Shan Gailey and all that was all his offense was gonna be. We didn't know if we were gonna be a power, a running team, a spread team. All the reports where that he was a spread guy, but he kind of mixed everything together with us. Uh, like you were saying earlier, we had gino to start and
then it kind of became fits at the end. And uh, he really he really helped us out with the signals and he knew the offense already and it kind of just blended together. And I think, uh, we got better every week as an offense, and we were able to put things together, and even on our our not even our best day, I think we were able to come out and do some things against some good defenses and be able to move the ball and do make plays when we needed to, and ultimately we were able to
get to tenants six. Tommy, you have to be proud of your colleagues in the running back room. You guys helped Luck for one thousand yard rushier this season and Chris Pobrey, that's gonna bring some satisfaction. Take us inside that runday back room. What's it like in there? What do you guys talk about, what what's going on in there? You know, as a running back room, we always want to have the best running game in the league. We
want to be the best group in the league. So for us, it's just have no emmies, do all your assignments, make your run reads, and then once you make your run read, make a play. Don't ever let the first guy make the tackle. You're never gonna get tackled by an arm tackle anything like that. So that's kind of our big emphasis. And then take care of the ball. That's another big emphasis for us is we have to take care of the ball. When the ball is the team and we carry it the most, and that's the
big thing. We have to make sure that we take care of that, we make big plays and help out the offense as much as we can. So, I mean, how did your role change over the course of the last few months, maybe from entering training camp two where you were in December or January? Here is the season closed.
Because the big thing the coaching staff always talked about was we gotta learn the players, and this was an evolution throughout the season, and Jane Gailey had to learn not only what you did well, but everybody else on offense and what he did mid season, and he did a masterful job at this was you guys scale back a little bit because he thought he was throwing too much out there. Yeah, I think, uh, what he did very well was being able to put all the players
in the best position to make plays. I mean, I think, uh, like you said, Chris had his first thousand yards season, we had two receivers go over a thousand yards, and I think Bile had his career high end receptions and everything. So I think it was just a great job of being able to put players in position to make plays. And for us, that's all we can ask for is if you get put in a position to make a play, do it or not. That's your job. That's on the players.
So I think that he did a great job of being able to do that, and for the most part, our guys made the plays when we needed to. What about your role, because a lot of times your motion, there's sometimes you're just being that's straight ahead, traditional fullback, and then other times they see you motion and out and you be part of an empty package. Yeah, I think that's something that was definitely able to go on as the season's progress, was being able to put me
in more routes and things like that. Once he learned that I was able to do that, I mean I did that in college, and uh it really was able to help out the offense in that way and be able to open up the box a little bit more and help the running game that way, as well as being able to go out and make some plays in the past game and be able to whenever I did get the ball, to be able to make a few
explosive plays. How great is that for you to have a coaching staff recognize what you can do and growth in your game of things that you work on and practicing off to the side, and then incorporate that as part of a game plan. It's definitely good to see. I mean for them to notice that, hey, I can go out and line up out wide and be able to run some stuff out wide as well as in the slot, and then still be able to do my
normal fullback role. I think that that's something that is very big and it helps me and it helps the offense because a lot of times when you see a twenty one personnel with two backs at a tight end, they're thinking it's gonna be a run. But with me, they were able to split me out some and be able to run routes and I always just have to
load the box and run the ball out of that personnel. Temmy, what was the feeling like when you left the field yesterday when the game it ended and another comeback attempt fell short Because the thought process all along, I'm thinking, being there in the press boxes, they got them, they got him the coming back. This is another Jets to come back, got him right there, and you guys had all the confidence in the world going to that ball game.
With that being said, like I mentioned before, is that you had a healthy amount of respect for the Bills. So when you're leaving the field and the finality is right there, what's going through a month? You know, at the end of the game, with the with the time running out, we had no no doubt that, hey, somebody's
gonna make a play, We're gonna win this game. And that was the belief for the last five weeks as well as yesterday when we were out on the field, was hey, there's two minutes left, we have the ball, we can do this. So that was the big thing. And then that final interception was kind of the the big blow and we kind of felt it then and just going off the sideline like I was, I was telling everybody, I mean, I wasn't expecting today to be the off season. We were expecting to be in the playoffs,
and that was the big thing. Like it's kind of it is a crushing defeat, but we do have to build on it. We can't wallow and defeat. We have to rise above it. And we have to be able to come out and do everything this offseason and come out next year on fire and get Hey, ten wins didn't get it this year. We gotta get more than ten. What does your ability to come back, your ability to drive down the field late in games, what does that do for your confidence as you piggyback and bring that
into next season. You know, it gives us great confidence because it shows that, hey, we're never out of a game, and for us that that helps us out in any situation, be the second in the first half, when you're driving the last two minutes saying hey we can put it in before the before we have to go in for halftime, or when we're down in late in the game and we have two a minute left and we have the ball on the twenty yard line, Hey, we can still
win this game. We can get down there. We have we have big play receivers, we have big play running backs, and we have a quarterback that's able to make play. So that was something that definitely we had confidence in fits. We had confidence in our offense to be able to make the plays and do the things we needed to do win to win games late in the game. So it was never we we have the confidence now and that's just gonna be able to build us up until
uh we start playing in August again. Tom, you play a prominent role on special teams. I know that goes onto the radar sometimes, but uh, you know a lot of sundays you're snap count might be higher on special teams and actually on offense. You gotta you think you guys took some steps down the stretch. I know there were some uneven moments there midway through the season, But did you think it started coming together a little bit more towards the end of the season. No, I think
it definitely did. We We had the two big plays that went against us when we played the Giants and the Eagles, and that hurt us. But I think other than that, I think we took step forward every week to be able to be a better special teams unit. And uh, I think that coach April did a great job of getting us together and keeping us motivated all all year to be the best team that we could on each special team. So I think that, uh, like you said, we, I think we definitely did take steps
each week and I think we did progress. And I think that that's just gonna help us out through the season to uh to the offseason to have all those players together for one more year and be able to have that those special teams even be better next year. All right, So described to to Tommy Bohanden this one we described the Tommy Bohanden. That's the guy coming out of the backfield handling the ball, and the main the act that's running down on teams. So it is two
different mindsets. I mean, special teams, you're running full speed and you have to just put your head down and hit somebody. Whereas out of the backfield those types of things, you have to be a more finesse guy, whether it be blocking or catching the ball. It's definitely a little bit more finesse. Now. A lot of times I'm up on dbs and linebackers that just want to make you miss and make the tackles. So for me, I have to really keep my feet and keep my head about me.
And and that's a lot different than special teams, where you're going full speed, full out the whole time, no matter what. So that's just a completely different mindset and you have to differentiate that during the game. What's on your playlist before the game, what's getting you ready, uh to go out and have these collisions? Because you're in the midst of it, so I want to know what
you're listening to today, get you ready. So I listened to a lot of inspirational speakers like Eric Thomas and things like that before the game, and then I uh. The soundtrack I started listening to this year was the South Paul soundtrack because that has a lot of high energy music and it kind of got me in the mood to go out and want to hit somebody and
do those types of things. So it's definitely uh, I think, But most of the time, it's mostly the inspirational, motivational speakers and things like that that I listened to more than music. Did you see South Ball? I did? Great movie, was it? Yeah? I heard Creed. It's pretty good too. I haven't seen that yet. I've been wanting to see it, but it's I think it's out of theaters now, so I have to wait till it gets on DVD. Yeah, I want to see Creed. It's gonna be interesting. Hey Tommy,
thanks great season for you. I know you fell short, but you'll get over and get ready for the next year. Thanks for stopping by onto the next one. Thank you stop me behind the ladies and gentlemen jumping over to the perfect setting for fund with friends, find food and drink it's the Madison Hotel, us Rod Steakhouse and g K's Red Dog located on Madison Avenue in Morristown. All right, it's your turn. When we returned on Inside the Chats
here colonsos it Talan Village. We'll take your phone calls. Eric and I want to talk to you one eight not one nine, three seven seven six where we returned from the final segment up Inside the Jets. That's next on ESPN's t gonna shotgun gets the snap off. Here comes the blitz. He's under pressure, steps up, closing over the metal deckers. Got it, that's a Jets up. Sound right, fits clack flicks stepped up and beat the blitz. Marrick Decker scores and does a leap into the stands here
in Buffalo has he finds some Jet fans. Now back to Winside the Jets on ninety eight point seven ESPN, here's Larry Hardisty and Eric Allett. We're welcome you back to Collano's Italian Village here in Colworld, New Jersey. And Eric, I'm gonna tell you when that play was made, I was like, they're ready to come back and make that move. That's gonna be the one that's gonna take them. That's the momentum changer that's gonna just take them right in.
And then another come from behind win for this Jet team. Yeah, I don't want to watch it again because I think there's gonna be a different ending, you know, because I thought this team and was headed to the postseason. But like Tommy and Eric Decker said tonight, they gotta build
on this. Things are gonna be different and they'll start a new And you know, you don't take any of those ten wins with you, and you don't take any of these six losses with you, and you don't take the fact that the Bill swapped you this season into two thousand sixteen. It's all new, but you do have a court intact. You can build off of that. And uh, I think good things are ahead for Todd Bowles, Mike
mcagnet and company. Listen before we go to the calls, Eric, I want to make sure that we think go the folks who made it possible for us to be inside the Jets our first year. I loved having hanging out with you this year. I mean we've done stuff before, but every week to hang out with Eric Allen and follow you on and all the great stuff you do on the Jets website and Twitter and all that stuff. I had the ball. Well, you're a true professional. I
love working with you. We took the torch from Bob bas shoes and the voice of the Jets, and you know those are big shoes to fuss there are. But I've really enjoyed it this year, no doubt about it. Gerald's been with us from the get go. Yeah, it's been there a while now, huh uh. And over from the Jets, we've received a lot of support of course, Brian uh and Jack on hand each and every week. We got Tracy Uh. Charles is here uh every week
as well. Joscelyn congratulations. Uh she just got wreaths. Uh, Joscelyn Okay. And I do have to say, I do have to say, who else am I forgetting right now? Jorge Uh, each and every week has been here. He's actually helping out with Eric Duckers Yeah, yeah, of course, and all the staff at the Jets, and of course the staff here at Colanjo's who makes us feel welcome, and Mark who takes care of us, and all all the other folks who are around who who do a
fabulous job here at Colanjo's with us. So we just want to make sure we thank everybody because you know in radio you're still going to the phone star, come to the fans. Before you know what, Tom is gone, and then we move on. Let's speaking of the phones, Eric, let's do it. Let's Stanton. I'll understanding by he of course is online one. Eric here is you're up first here on inside the Jets. Happy new year, my friend,
very happy year to you guys. Uh and you by the way, you two did a great job and it was a pleasure listening to you guys a whole year. Unfortunately, Uh, it's a couple of weeks short, and I expected and uh, I was definitely preparing for another road trip next week, but it just looks like it wasn't in the cards, you know. Uh, it was a great five week run there, lare on. We got to break we needed last week. Eric, you're right, they they got a lot of pieces in
place to build on. But of course there's no guarantees. Everybody starts with a team slate. You gotta stay healthy, you gotta do good in the draft, you gotta do good in free agency. But getting into the game yesterday, and you know, I hate to be down to here before your boy. I mean, just so many missed opportunities yesterday and when it failed by Can when they got down to the fourteen yard line. But I'm not gonna second guess anything right now. But you know you had
a feel in your back pocket. I thought they should have went that way and uh unfortunately didn't. Uh. Once again, it just flows in the cards. They gave it their best effort and hopefully, uh, hopefully this time next year we will have something in place and we won't have to go until week A chevy team after the twin spot. Let's be good at that, all right, Alra, thanks for the call, my friend, and we'll talk to you soon. And and Eric, that's that's how the fans feel right now.
You you you you go back to each part of that game. You dissect it, you replay it. You look at the uh the off sides, You look at the unsportsmunlike conduct penalties. You look at uh, you know, the third down stats that we gave early in the game. You look at the drop passes. You when when you lose a game like that, you re examine every in particular thing to the drive. You're not yeah, listen, Yeah,
hate taking points off the board. And and that's one thing that the and Gaily and Ryan Fitzpatrick been talking about from the get the sacks and the turnovers, and uh, you never want to be in a position to, you know, where you have to give up something, And the Jets gave up something there on the interception, and Fits had three fourth quarter interceptions. But he had a tremendous season. Um. You know, when the interception did take place, it was
nineteen seventeen. They're still ten minutes left in the game. The Jets still could have got off the field. It still could have came back, got a field goal or a touchdown. Even after the field goal. You know, we can dissect each and every play. Uh, it's a tough one. But fitz had a Hall of the Season, um, and that's one he'd like to have back. Absolutely. Let's go to Stefanos and West Long Branch. You're next on nine
eight seven ESPNS inside the Jets. What's up Stefan Stefanos there he is those you're Uh, Eric, I just wanted to say, I've been watching News Mirror all all year. It's been great on the website. But I took a road trip up to Buffalo yesterday and I was at the game. Everything heartbreaker. UM yeah, I'll tell you those those fans really took on Rex's personality. Um, but yeah
it was. I wouldn't say the season was a failure, but I would say they really took on what top bowls would really preached to him and how ten and six isn't good enough. And I really appreciate that. I like when he's bringing to the organizations, UH done a lifetime Jets saying all my life and I'm looking forward to what they got doing stuff and all set Yep, that listen, that's a great call, and let's say thank you for coming. The Jets support UH in Buffalo was tremendous.
The Jets home game fan appreciation Day against the Patriots, that place was a madhouse. Met Life Stadium was great. I think the Green and White UH faithful have captured something. They like what Todd Bowles is doing here. And you said it, Stephano said it right there is Todd Bowles told this team today this isn't good enough. So Brandon Marshall said it yesterday in Buffalo. I was there in Western New York. No moral victory, so nobody's celebrating here.
We are telling you all there is a foundation in place, There is a core intact. Yeah, and and that's what you look, that's what you want. It's about sustainable success and you want to build on that so that you don't have the constant turnover. Eric. What you want to do is put people in place so that you can
continue to move and continue to grow. And with the draft choices you're gonna have and the free agents and the things you're gonna have to make additions and some subtractions to you know, hopefully you'll next time we talked to everybody will have a new team in place ready
to go. Yeah. I'm already looking forward to it. And I know, uh, you know, the players will get away for a little bit and then we'll be talking about uh spring workouts and O T A s. And then we'll get back to training camp and then before you know it, we'll have another season. But uh, some guys will watch the playoffs. You and me will watch the playoffs,
and some guys got to get away from it. But uh, a lot to build off this year looking forward, you know, to two thousand sixteen, the Jets were three and three inside the division this year. They did beat the Patriots once, but now UH taking that next step, we're gonna have to be better in the division. Moving conference, Absolutely, Partner, it was a pleasure, hey, Larry, I really enjoyed it.
Thanks for everything special thanks as you mentioned to Gerald, also to UH Brian and right back at the station Harry Kaide as well. Absolutely, you know better than that. You know she gonna get you later. Trevor Scales has what you need to know. This is today Rothamburg Show. Next ESPN