Live from vetter Bill Sports and Spirits inside the Windham Hamilton's Park Hotel. It's Inside the Jets brought to you by e Y Building a Better Working World and by M and T Bank, the official community bank of your New York Jets. No, here's Eric Allen and Eric Coleman. Welcome to Inside the Jets. We are broadcasting live from Vanderbilt Sports and Spirits inside the Windham Hamilton's Park Hotel.
Eric Allen alongside Eric Coleman. We will be joined later on in the show by Jets offensive lineman Jonathan Harrison. E the Jets after by they come out, they play off against the New England Patriots for a couple of quarters, but when the place had to be made in the second half, the Patriots took care of business and they take home a twenty seven to thirteen victory. It is the jets fifth consecutive loss. Yeah, that that hurts say
in that, you know, five straight losses. Uh, you know, I thought the Jets played well in the first half. You know, they had a great game plan, they were competitive, they were taking it to the Patriots. Um, you know, and that's a great team they played just played against you know, they played against the probably the greatest quarterback of all time, and and he made some plays down down the stretch of the game that made the Jets pay, you know, but ultimately it was a tough fought game.
I thought that, you know, the Jets played well. They executed well, especially in the first half. You know, they were handed going back and forth, and they responding, and they struck early in that game, and that's what you wanted to see. They had so many first quarters struggles. They hadn't scored a first quarter point since Week seven against the Minnesota Vikings. And Josh McCown led him into the end zone early. They took that seven nothing lead
on a sixteen yard scoring pass to Jermain Chris. Yeah, it was great to see Jermaine Curse getting too the end zone. You know, that was Josh McCown's favorite target last year and to see them connect again, you know it really Uh, you know got weyone excited. You know that that it's a lot of hard work that goes into those plays. The offensive line did a great job of protecting Josh McCown during the game, and uh, and he was able to find those open receivers inside the
Jets is supported by selective insurance. Response is everything. I'm looking at my play by play right now. The Jets tie the game on a thirty eight yard Jason Meyers field goal on the third quarter to make it thirteen and thirteen. Here's the response from the Patriots, four place seventy five yards, culminating on a touchdown from Tom Brady to Julian Edelman. That's what championship teams do when they are pushed, they come right back and they took control. Yeah,
you know, they did a great job of counterpunching. Uh, you know, everyone knows. You know, when you play the Patriots, the game plan is gonna change a week to week. They're gonna have some different wrinkles in their in their offense, and they're gonna move the ball. You just have to try to limit them to field goals, try to keep them out of the end zone. They are gonna get chunk plays. They are gonna move the ball on you. You listen, Tom Brady isn't Tom Brady for no reason.
You know, he does a great job of finding the open receivers, and it doesn't seem to matter who is playing receiver. He's gonna find the open man. Okay, bottom line though, what is happening with the Jets rushed defense. That is the second consecutive opponent who has come into MA Life Stadium, because we saw this from the Buffalo Bills in Week ten and the Patriots did just the same thing where they amass more the two yards on the ground. Yeah, you know, and that that's the pride
of your defense. Every week. You go in wanting to stop the run, you know, because if you if you allow a team to run on you, then you open up the floodgates for everything, the play action passes, the deep shots. Uh, and you really leave yourself vulnerable as a defense, you know. Todd both said it after the game. Listen, there were some guys trying to make too many plays. They got a little undisciplined with their gap integrity, and that leads to big plays, you know, I know several plays.
The first run by Sony Michelle, the thirty one yard run. You know, Nathan she the defensive end, Yes, Nathan Shepard, he was he was he was kind of turkey neck and he was supposed to be inside in his gap. Jamal Adams kind of went inside to cover for him, and then both of them got washed. It was a huge cutback lane for Sony Michelle to run through, and that can't happen. You know, you everyone has to do
their job. You have to be able to trust the man next to you that he's gonna be in his gap and that everything you know can be limited that way. Why are those communication issues happening at this point in the season. Every Williamson talked to the media about that today said, sometimes maybe I got us in the wrong call, or maybe sometimes guys didn't hear me. But to your point,
I think of what a lot is happening. A lot what's transpiring out there on the football field is guys are so eager to make a play that they're not following their own individual role in responsibility. Yeah, you know, when talking in regards to the communication, you know that that was my job and in the secondaries to communicate to everybody. And when you're playing at home, it can get tough. You know, that crowd is so loud that I could be standing next to you right now and
you can't hear what I'm saying. So you have to come up with hands signals. You have to be demonstrative and signaling you know, the different changes in the coverages and and what you're playing. And one thing about you know, Avery, I'm saying he's making the wrong call. If you make the wrong call and everyone's on the same page, you can be all wrong, but you'll be all right. You know, everyone's on the same page. You can get through the down.
But the problem comes when one guy's playing one coverage the other guys playing a different coverage. That's when you start to see the blown coverages, the big plays, and that just can't happen. Are you surprised by it? Right now? This defense, who was relatively sound against the run early on in the season is springing so many leaks because Tom Brady is gonna get his yards in the air
against whoever he plays. Eric. Yeah, you know, you know what, it's difficult, you know, especially against the team like the Patriots. You know, they have so many weapons throwing the football that you know, you may look at the last four games they played and maybe they threw the ball ton you know today are this last game on Sunday? You know, especially in the second half, it seemed like they came out determined to run the football. It happened to us
back in. I want to say it was two thousand seven. Uh. The Patriots played the Minnesota Vikings a week before us. Tom Brady back then through fifties fifty two passes. They were in spread formation every play and that was unheard of back then, fifty two passes. We prepared, We had dime packages, we brought up extra dB s, we activated guys, we had all kinds of packages ready. When we played them on Monday night. They ran it down our throat with three tight ends, two running backs for the first
two series. And it's just they They're just one of those offenses that changes every single week, so it makes it tough. Offensively, the Jets got it moving in terms of yards, had about just under three hundred forty yards of total offense. Uh, Josh McCown through that scoring pass. Jermaine Curse, I thought they were a little bit better on third down. He also completed balls to eight different targets.
But the points aren't there. Yeah, you know, executing in the red zone, you know, getting those points on the board, getting touchdowns, you know, when you play again. He's high powered offenses, and especially nowadays in the NFL, you need touchdowns when you get into the red zone. You you can't settle for too many field goals. You know, you look around the league and teams are putting up for points. You gotta find a way to get in there. Somebody has to make a play and break through for for
a touchdown. All right, So a few lineup changes Sunday, Um and our next guest Jonathan Harrison, Actually he came in and started at center and Spencer Long took the place a big carp James Carpenter out of the lineup with the shoulder injury. What did you think about how the line played overall up front? Because I know the media was focusing a lot today on the past to run ratio. I think Josh McCown had forty five pass
at tempts, not many rush attempts for the Jets on Sunday. Yeah, you know, I thought the offensive line did a great job of protecting McCown when they did run the ball. Listen, you know, I saw a couple of plays where where Spencer Long was playing guard, he pulled, he laid out a couple of the guys, you know, and it was it was great to see that chemistry. Uh, you know, them stay bonded as offensive line. Although there's a couple of shuffles in the end the lineup, you know, you
move a different position. They have that chemistry, they have that trust for one another. And it was seen yesterday or excuse me, yeah, yesterday in the game that they had that chemistry. The player that one of the young players that I'm most encouraged about is Chris Herndon. He leads all rookie tight ends in the National Football League in terms of receptions and he is second in yards.
Against the Patriots, he had seven receptions. He is going to be a core piece for this team in two thousand nine team and beyond absolutely, you know, and Chris has done a great job of of working on his weaknesses. You know, he's a speedy tight end. He can he can win on those one on one matchups, and he's found a great rapport with the quarterbacks. And that's so important to have a tight end who can who can be be your security blanket, who can stretch the field
down the middle. It makes it tough on the safety, you know, because you're playing safety, you're playing covered too. You may be going and looking at that number one receiver, but you're thinking about that tight end running up the seam and a guy like Chris Herndon can help you stretch the field and open things up for a quarterback.
All right, and about the forty five seconds we have before we get to a commercial break, what do you think about if you're a fan right now, are you chomping at the bit for the next time Sam Donald returns to action. Now it's two consecutive games that he's missed with the strain foot. Josh McCown did some nice things out there, but the future of this team, this franchise is number four team. Yeah, you know you want to see your star player go out there and work
and mature and get better week to week. You know, he's a rookie. He needs as many reps as possible. But at the same time, you can't risk a long term injury and just rushing back on the field. But that's who the fans come to see. They come to see Sam Donald. They come to see his improvement week to week and see if you can continue to get better. We will have to monitor his progress throughout the week
Top Bowl, so it's too early. We'll see where he's at later on in the week, but we'll come right back here on Inside the Jets with Jets offensive lineman Jonathan Harrison. Bunch set right, pre receiver, shotgun from account, quick snap, takes the snap, drops back under pressure, crows up in the middle. He's got curs at the pot. He touchs left, preaches the ball out at the call on. That's a Jet touchdown. Jemmy Curse dragging across the middle
on third down and McCown finds him. Welcome back to Inside the Jets Are Player guest segment is presented by M and T Bank, the official community bank of your New York Jets. Eric Gallen here alongside Eric Coleman, and now we welcome in Jets offensive lineman Jonathan Harrison. Thanks so much for joining the program. Thanks for having me than Jonathan, So when did you know early? At what point in the week did you know, Hey, big carp is gonna be out, Because typically Carpenter is a fixture
in that lineup. He hadn't missed the game throughout his Jets tenure. It was like fifty eight ecutive starts. So then you had to do some shuffling and that Matt Spencer Long moves over to lifeguard and you're inserted at the center position. UM. Yeah, so just during the weeks sometime, you know, coaches mentioned that you know that might that might be a possibility for the week. So you know, they just uh told me to prepare as if you know,
I'm gonna start the game. And you know, that's what That's why I tried to do the best job I could. And you know, I feel like we had a great chemistry out there on the line on Sunday. And you know, despite the results of the game, you know, I think there was a growth in certain areas. Now, now can you talk about you know, everyone talks about the center position. Now, there's a lot of communication. You're like the head of the offensive line. What goes on before a snap at
the center position? What do you have to identify? What communication do you have to make? Um? So, yeah, so we we look at the defensive front. You know, we tell whether you know, three down, four down defense, Uh, identify the middle linebacker who are gonna be working too, and then we make the calls across the line, you know, accordingly, and um the calls get sent all the way out to the tight end, sometimes the back of the running backs depending on the play. How easy does Josh McCown,
make it for you. Here's a guy who is in his sixteenth NFL season now, he's thirty nine years old. I probably I'm thinking that he hasn't seen too many defenses. They're gonna throw him off. Yeah, yeah, he has. You can tell he has a lot of experience, a lot of confidence, very comfortable um in the huddle and just his comfort. Not saying, you know, Sam, they have any comfort. Anything sounds very comfortable, but his comfort just you know what's just always a reassuring team, you know that for
a huddle and just going out there. The swagger he plays with the competitor and it's really great to work with. What did you think about that ten yard run in the third quarter? Was the third and ten you guys are trailing I believe thirteen to tenant at the time, and McCown put his body on the line. He didn't have to do that. A lot of quarterbacks might get down and say, okay, I'll take the eight yards, put Jason Meyers on the field, will take the three. But
he extended and he really took. He did, he did, and we're like, man, there he goes, Josh again, there he goes he's such a competitor he doesn't even think to slide. Like once he's out there running in the field, he's no longer a quarterback, like he's a ball carrier at that point. So, so is it different, uh, you know, protecting different types of quarterbacks? I know you you blocked for Andrew Luck in the past. Um, Josh mccalm more of a pocket passer, but he can't show his athleticism.
Is it difficult playing, you know, blocking four different types of quarterbacks? Um, not too difficult, Not too difficult, as long as, like the chemistry is there. No, as long as a chemistry you know, you know what, um, they're gonna do. And as long as you're doing your job, you don't have to worry about what's going on back there at the end of the day. And then speaking of that chemistry, spenter Long was next to you during
this game? What was that like? Where you guys communicating you know, more than often more than the regular with both of you play in the same position. Um, yeah, you know, just basically having two centers out there on the offensive line, you know, so you know, we we
we understand everything that's going on, makes communication very very easy. Um, were sitting next to each other in the meeting room, so we're always chatting, going back and forth about what we're watching on film, So communicating with him was was quite simple. You know that we really just give a beat. Jets Reward members, don't forget to enter the code post in your Jets Rewards portal during the show to earn a hundred points. That is post you're listening to Inside
the Jets, you might be watching Inside the Jets. Eric Allen and Eric Coleman, joined now by Jonathan Harrison. What can you say about the athleticism of Day four or a four? Mentioned Spencer Long because he was talking about in the opening segment, Jonathan, he really got out on one pole, yes, to destroy somebody. Man. He was he was licking his chops for that place. He was waiting on that play to get called. And I missed, you know,
I missed what actually happened. I looked up on the Jumbo try I'm like, dang, Spen, like, yeah, he really laid into that dude. But that's what gets an offense going, that's what brings the energy into the hotel. As a defensive back, that hurt my feelings to see the big center running around. I think it was mccordy who he hit. And I don't know if he looked like he was a blind deer in the headlights. He just got rolled over.
That was That's awesome. That has to motivate your Definitely, Definitely, any time the defensive bat gets near the line of scrimmage, we're trying to take them out, like, don't don't come in here, to stay out there, don't don't come in here? What about the challenge for an offensive line meant an offensive lineman and an offensive line is a unit when you guys are retreating. Because when I say retreating, you're in past par a lot. Yesterday, I think there was
maybe fifty call pass plays and just fifteen maybe runs. Yeah, you know, we we did pass the ball a lot and um, you know times that can't be difficult, you know, passing the ball. But at the end of the day, that's our job. You know, that's what we trained to do, that's what we're supposed to do. And you know, hats off to all offensive lineman for being phenomenal athletes. You know, the ability to back up and stop a three hundred pound man for running straight through you know, it's impressive.
It is so so when you get to the sideline, I e like, coach, come on now, I want to tee off on this guy. I need to. I need to get some get back these bull rush is that I'm getting? You know, we definitely only we definitely requested and um, you know, but we have to trust whatever the coach is calling in and and we're willing to do whatever he has. Well, of course it's always fun teeing off on someone in the run game. Okay, we have to solve a riddle over at one Jets Drive.
Henry Anderson used to be a teammate of yours in Indianapolis. Jonathan started his career with the Colts. The nickname of Goose came over from Indianapolis to the Jets. But nobody knows why Henry Anderson has that nickname? Can you tell us or no? You know, Oh man, I don't know if I could do that to Henry, I don't know. You're gonna have to ask Henry on that one. Okay, you know it's it's it's not it's really not that bad. But you're gonna have to ask Henry on that one.
So that secret is going to stay in Indiana. I guess, I guess. So the teammates. Um, what's the system change been like for you this year? As far as Rick Dennison up front being in a run game coordinator and also or your offensive line coach, can you talk about
the zone blocking system? Um, you know, I love the zone you know I love the zone scheme, and he does a great job of coaching the zone scheme, making sure everyone understands, you know, the signment, so not only just us, you know the tight ends, you know the path of the back where this play is supposed to hit, and and him, um, you know him really emphasizing, you know, the learning of the run game in the zone game.
I think it's just helped build us as an offensive line, just make you know, being able to plug and play different players that much easier but transitions, and you are an athletic center. So did did you think that plays into your talents? Very well? Yes, yes it does. You know I do enjoy especially on loutside zones and using speed instead of just power all the time. So yeah, like mixing it up. So, so what are some of
the differences between man and zone blocking? Is it in zone you're just getting a hat for a hat and you just get the running back just runs to your butt. Is that kind of what the scheme is? Um, yeah, yes and no. Yes, And though you know, I want to create some double teams one possible, want to create
some double teams. But you know, the idea is to get the defensive flowing to open up, you know, cutback lanes or whatever lanes for the running back and you know whichever, you know M directions or you know, backside blocking by the tight ends, whatever it is. We're just trying to cut the defense and give the running back lane to get there. If you're wondering why Jonathan Harrison is so well spoken, Well, he's a University of Florida law I'm just like myself, so go Gators. I'm so
happy that he's up here tonight. Jonathan, Uh, you're a fascinating guy. You're very involved in the community with the Jets and ANTII bowling efforts. You're all over the place. You go to school's left and right. But first off, I want to ask you about your aspirations to be a homicide detective. What is that all about? Just something I kind of stumbled across. Um, yeah, you stumbled across it. Yeah,
I kind of stumbled across. And you know, I started out a psych major in college, and um, I was having troupe using an online course, so I switched on my major and uh, and my academic advisor told me, he's like, hey, you know, criminology and anthropology. You can you can get both of these majors with what you've already started with with psych. So I'm like, all right,
let me go that route. You know, after a couple of homicide classes, a couple of criminology classes, I realized, I'm like, you know, like comicide detective work is really fascinating to me. It sounds kind of strange, but I'm a big puzzle guy, so like solving things like I love like escape rooms and stuff like that, like solving things like really I don't know, playing to my strength.
So so like the courses I had, when you know, like you're out of crimes and they're investigating not just like what happened, but why it happened, how it happened, all that really sparked my interest. So sometimes I like to pursue after foo you will though, yes, yes, now let me ask you this. So you're into homicide you're as far as from a detective uh the detective focus. Do you watch certain shows that you might binge on and say, well you put yourself in buddy shoes? Yeah, yeah,
for sure. I've I've been down a lot of you know, murder mystery shows. Home side shows are like the Dexters. Yeah, of course, like the TV shows like the first forty eight, the c S. I s um, I'm trying to think, I like mine Hunter, like just how to get away with murder and making the murder like whatever shows you can you can think. I've tried them, at least tried them. So so you go have a certain outfit you're gonna wear the trench coat and the whole top hat thing.
I have to kind of figure my swag out. When I got I'll figure it out. We got about thirty seconds. What about Can you talk about what you're doing in the community with the Jets. I talked about the anti bowling before it. Why that is near and dear to your heart and what has that experience been like for you? Um? Yeah, So you know this year I've been trying to get involved with Stomp. I'll buling more and know when I
was younger, I was bullied. You know, I was bullied here and there, bullying um in elementary school, middle school. You know, I was a lot bigger than my classmates. I've been over two dred pounds in fifth grade, so you know there was times I get picked on, you know, get called chubby whatever, and so it really just hits
home with me that I understand that. You know, there's a lot of bullying going on schools today, in society today, especially with the access of social media, just gives another platform me a bullied and you know, I just, um, I wish somebody would have reached out to me, you know, when I was going outside and you know, talking to my parents, and I just feel like, if I can you know, talk to you know, a kid, you know, once a week, whatever it may be, that that may
be going through a hard time, letting them know it's gonna be okay and that they can't take what's going on personally, like that's just for whatever reason that person is picking on them, they have to learn, you know, to help that grow their strength or inner strength and get through that. And if I'm able to do that, touch one person a week or so you know them until being you know to how much you enjoy that. I do, I really do, I really do? You know,
love seeing the smile interface. You know, they feel special for once instead of feeling, you know, like a miniscule person in their school like they feel special, they feel important and it gives them like this confidence to the kind of you know, stand up to these bullies and stand up to whoever and making them feel inferior. You're gonna be watching the town to see Titans one in night football. Definitely rushing home to watch after the advanced
Advanced Scouting report for Jonathan Harrison. Thanks so much for joining us tonight. Eric Coleman and I will be back on it said the Jets down the middle, this is a cupball and it's gonna be intercepted. Terrible throw by Josh McCown because he just threw one up for grabs and it is picked off by Stefan Gilmore at the Patriot two yard line. Welcome back to Inside the Jets. We are broadcasting live from Vanderbilt Sports in Spirits inside
the Windham Hamilton Park Hotel. Inside the Jets is presented by e Y Building a Better Working World. Eric Allen and Eric Coleman here I'll tell you who's building a better working world. That's Jonathan Harrison. He's got a lot of things going on, man, I mean, that's that's great to hear. You know. First of all, it's great to hear him being in the community helping out kids going through the same things that he went through in life.
You know, when you're when you're a big football player, people tend to listen to you, you know, and to be able to go help those kids, man, and be a shining light to their day, that that's big time by him. Growing up, I would have never thought of looking at the guy it's two hundred pounds in fifth grade and think people were bullying him. I always looked
at the big guys and said, I'm staying away from that. Yeah, you know that that's the main people that they bully, you know, because they're insecure about themselves, so they try to pick on the big guy. But I'm sure once he got in high school all that change once he started getting in the weight room and everything. But it's really good to hear him, uh, you know, step out of his comfort zone and go out there and help those others. It is a monstrous problem today on social media,
especially for young kids. So I love that he's going in and trying to make a difference. It has to resonate when they hear, maybe from a professional athlete compared to a teacher, because sometimes maybe you're not gonna listen to a teacher growing up, but you look up to a professional athlete in a different kind of way and maybe will resonate with you. Yeah, that's why you gotta give him a lot of credit spending his his time, his time off the field, spending time with those kids
and making that impression. You know, you you said it. You know you may not listen to your coach, you know, mom, eat your vegetables whatever, but if a big Jet player comes through, I'm gonna eat my vegetables. Now. Criminology, Yeah, I taking criminology of courses at the University of Florida. And then now after his playing career is over, which he's doing a nice job right now as a versatile alignment for the Jets, he's potentially talking about being a
how a side. That's awesome. I love that. I love that, you know, and it's great to hear that he's working towards his post football goals because you know, that's that's the big thing. So did you like the athleticism you saw from the offensive line yesterday against the Patriots Because Jonathan up there planning center, he's got very good feet, and that Spencer Long looked a lot more comfortable, I thought at the guard position because he's been struggling at
center because he's dealing with the finger in trade. Yeah. You know, well, first of all, you obviously want big Carpenter in there. Yeah, he's one of these one of the best cards in the game. But anytime that you can lose a guy and be able to to keep that same consistency with Spencer Long, it's a great sign. And how about a credit to Spencer's athleticism. You know, he was a guard at first when he was the Redskins. They moved him to the center being able to be
that that versatile player. You know, the more you can do, you know, the more ways you can help that team. The Jets have not had a defensive takeaway in five games, and they were living off the takeaways early in the season. You played safety in the National Football that you made it easy, and you made it look easy your rookie year. You started getting takeaways left and right as soon as you came out of Washington State. But kind a serious noe.
What is going on? Why can't they get the ball with? Well, you know a couple of things you play into that. You know, it's easier to get takeaways when you're putting points on the board, you know, because that team that you're playing has to throw the ball there in situations where they can't really manipulate the defense. But if you get down, you allow a team to run the football on you. Now you start, you start playing reactive instead of you know, being the enforcers on defense. Instead of
jumping routes, you're reacting too routes. You know, if there's a play action play, you have to honor that play action because they've been running the ball so well. So I think stopping the run will be a great way to to to start back to that turnover battle, uh, getting getting pressure on the quarterback. But offensive, you gotta put some points on the board. Play with the lead really does help your defense. So what would you do
if you're a coaching staff right now? When Avery Williamson, who we've had him on the show, very intelligent guy and he cares about it and there's a lot of
guys inside that locker room who care about it. They want to win it, but right now it's not working in terms of what's happening those mistakes, especially on the defensive side of the ball, in terms of stop in the run and guys not being on the same page or maybe not staying maintaining their gap integrity, or just maybe one guy out of eleven is not doing the thing. What are you doing inside the locker room right now?
If you're a player, well, you know, I think that you know, at this point in the season when when you have you know, single players not doing their job or trying to do too much, I think you have to put it out on blast in front of the team, show them listen. We can't have you doing your own thing. If we want to be successful as a team, everyone has to know and do their job and execute it if you want, you know, if you want to win, you want to be successful. I'm counting on you to
be right here. You're counting on me to do my job. I can't play well if you don't do your job. That's the that's the the message that has to be resonated to that defense in front of the whole team, because maybe at that point, maybe you'll start thinking, you know, if the offensive guys are seeing me, uh, seeing it called out that I'm making mistakes, maybe that'll make me
make me change my ways and play within that defense pressure. Yeah. Absolutely, you know, the leadership has to you know, the leaders of the team, whether offense, defense, you have to emphasize everybody, do your job. You know, you can't do too much. Don't try to do my job and your job. Do your job. That's the that's the first way we're gonna start making plays. If you you know, once you carry out your assignment, let it loose. Go ahead and make a play. Go strip the ball, go, you know, get
after the quarterback, do whatever it takes. But we cannot be you not have integrity as a defense. We can't have success as a defense if one guy is doing whatever he wants. I know, fans, a lot of fans are looking forward to December thirty one, because that's not of the season. And you can turn the page at three and eight on a five game losing streak. Tell fans right now, what you as a player has to play for over these five and five games. Well, you know,
during these last five games. You play for the man next to you. You know, you play for the name on the front of your jersey and the back. You have to play with pride. Go out there and you know it's an honor and a privilege to be a part of this NFL. Any opportunity you get the step on that field, you play like it's your last play, you know, And you have to think as a player. The whole league is watching, and the best time to
evaluate a player is when things aren't going well. You know, you want to make sure that that player still works hard, he cares about his teammates, he's not selfish, he's gonna bust his But when things aren't going well, that's when you really need to dig deep, find that extra gear
and find that motivation for your brothers in that locker room. Yeah, and then, frankly, they're gonna be some veterans who are not wearing green and white next year and they have to put good things on film because they want to be employed by another team in two thousand nineteen. Correct. Yeah, you're playing for jobs right now. You know, when things aren't going well, you start seeing different people in your meeting rooms. You know, they start bringing guys up the street,
they start activating players. You know, when when the playoff picture looks bleak, they're gonna start trying. You know, why not give a guy a shot who's been busting his butt on practice squad. Give him a chance to go out there and prove what he's got to show that he can maybe playing this league and make a career for him. So if you're taking it for granted as a player, shame on you. You're gonna get up out
of here. Uh, Speaking of that opportunities for guys, I thought Darryl Roberts played very well at cornerback early in the season. Yesterday he was thrust into the starting lineup with Marcus May being out at this safety position. You played safety during your career. What did you think about how he played overall, because again, this is a guy who's probably not taking a lot of snaps even on the practice field safety. I thought he did a great job.
You know, playing corner and playing safety are two completely different positions. One you're isolated on the island, you're on the track by yourself. The other one you see the entire field. You have to look at certain keys, you have to be at certain landmarks. You can't let the quarterback manipulate you. And you played against the master manipulator and Tom Brady yesterday. I thought he did a solid job of keeping everything in front of him, breaking down
on plays and making good open field tackles. Alright, one guy, we know he's gonna be back here in two thousand nineteen. You can put that in Penn. He's gonna be here in He's gonna be here in one. Jamal Adams, what
did you think about his performance against the Patriots. I think he takes a lot of pride and nat match up against Robin Rakowski because he talked a lot after the game thirty three Jamal Adams, he talked about respect because I think a lot of people held it over has had What happened the first time Rob Gronkowski came thembat Life Stadium, he had a pair of touchdowns and Jamal was maybe a little bit late on a couple of plays. Last year's final game this season was at
Gillette Stadium, Rob Gronkowski had zero catches. Yesterday, Gronkowski got into the end zone, but when Jamal Adams was matched up with him, he did a good job and he had three past defenses. He did a great job. You know, he limited Gronkowski to three catches. As you mentioned, that touchdown was in his own cover. Jamal had nothing to do with it. Every every Williamson said today in the conference call that we were in cover two, the Jets wearing covered two and Gronk was my guy. Yeah, it
was a tough cover though. It's a tough play. Claiborne was down at the corner position, he had to rotate to the half. That just that's just a tough call for that situation and a tough position to be in with a speedy tight end like Rob Gronkowski. But going back to Jamal Adams, you have to take it personal.
You know, you were brought here as one of those players that was that was here to stop Gronkowchier, here to stop those tight ends that have been dominating the a f C. You have to take it personal when when they put that challenge in front of you, and when you click on the tape, one thing you're gonna see is Jamal out of flying around, giving full effort, playing with his hair and fire. Yeah, he may make mistakes,
but he's doing it going full speed. And if I'm a coach and I'm watching that, I'm okay with that. He is so excited to play the game of football. He loves it so much. Eric Uh and that hit a Julian Edelman. I'm sure I don't want's feeling that today as well. Oh yeah, he's feeling that. He also had a nice shot on Gronkowski. And you love that, you know, as a fan of a former player, a fan of football, you can see. You can't hide it.
You can't just fake being passionate about this game. It shows when you click on the tape and the way Jamal is playing, you know, listen, I'm pumped up about him because I'm a former safety. The way he flies around, the way the enthusiasm he plays with with the game, it's infectious. The guy next to you, and you know that if you're not as good as Jamal, or maybe you are as good as Jamal, Listen, I have to play up to that level. I can't let my teammate down.
And that's kind of what Jamal brings to the Jets. I'll tell you what if I wasn't remember the Jets organization and I was just watching Jamal Adams on TV, I would say, I would think some of that is manufactured. It is not. That is his personality. He is NonStop. He never stops talking, he never stops moving. I mean, if it's a misfield goal, he's running a hundred yards down the field. He he's on the bench, he's ready to go. He's talking to the other team, he's talking
to his teammates. Man, he is a football player. Yeah, that kind of player is going to take to to change the course of of a season, take the change the course of a program. You need to get a bunch of Jamal Adams on your team. Get them all together, working hard, pushing one another, demanding that the best out of one another. That's one thing that Jamal does. He demands the best out of his teammates. You need a bunch of guys like that, holding each other account, will
given their best effort, doing their job, making plays. That's when you start to win, and that's when you start to make a big impact. Jamal addams message to the fan base after the Jets latest loss was stick with us, and I would say the same thing viaus Eric Coleman and I will be back for a final segment here on Inside the Jets. Rady with White sw his right directing traffic, takes the snaff, drops back, floats one over the middle, looking for Grontowski at the coal line. He
makes the catch end of the end zone. It's a Patriot touchdown. So the Jets take the penalty and set up declining and it burns them. Has Bronk stores on a floating pass right over the middle from Tom Brady. Welcome back to it, said the Jets. We are broadcasting live from Banderbilt Sports and spirits inside to Windham Hamilton's Park Hotel. Remember, Jets fans, you can stream inside the Jets live through the Jets app, presented by M and T Bank. Go to the app store or Google Play
now in search Official New York Jets. Eric Allen and Eric Coleman. Here we just heard. Bob was Shusan's call of the Patriots first touchdown, which was a third in twelve, A conversion to Rob Gronkowski. We talked about it a little bit before Avery Williamson took responsibility, said Gronk was my guy. Covered two. With that being said, I want to ask you about the decision because a lot of
fans came after me on social media yesterday. I thought it was the right call third and two offensive pass interference. Todd Bowles has a decision to make their Either you go fourth and two and the Patriots come out, do they kick a field goal? Belichick says today they would have. I don't know that. And the Patriots percentages over the last eighteen years since Tom Brady has been playing quarterback fourth in two or less, I bet you they're pretty good.
I'm moving the back because what have I done well defensively throughout this season? Stand wise? Not a ton of things excellent, but third down defense number two in the National Football League. I understood the decision. I understood the decision as well. I mean, you're fourth and two in the red zone. You know, do you push them back? You don't. You're not expecting your defense to give up
a touchdown. If anything, if you're gonna give him flak, do it for the play call on defense, don't give him. Don't give him flak for declining the penalty and having them be in third Are taking the penalty and being in third and twelve? Um, you know, I thought the decision was was the correct one to make. And you know, it's easy to sit back and talk about a decision after it happened, after a touchdown was given up. If it's fourth and two and they running in for a touchdown,
everybody's complaining about him not taking the penalty. So it's a tough position to be in as a quarterback. I think people are being a little too critical on that call. I think they're just looking for something. But again, if you believe that you gotta shot at from the high, havevens as soon as happening. I sat there in the press box before Glenkowski was in the end zone, before the snap at third and twelve, and I said, you gotta move them back here because they're gonna go for
the fourth and two. And oh, by the way, fourth and two of the twenty four yard line is a forty two yard field goal attempt if you go for a field goal. If you don't go for a field goal and you stop on third down, it's a fifty two yard field goal. Times Yeah, you know. And that was Todd Bowls trusting his defense, trusting that they were gonna do enough to get them off the field on third down. Listen, as an offensive coordinator, there aren't too many calls that you have in your playbook that are
third and twelve conversions. It's a tough down in distance. Statistically wise, you look at the third down in in eight plus, it's a very low percentage of converse, even for the Patriots. Because if you talk to people in New England this year, what is Brady struggled with? He struggled with pressure. The blitz in the Jets brought the pressure, just got there a little bit late. But don't call us homers either, because we're sitting here on the inside
the Jets because you just said it. You don't have a problem with them accepting the penal problem. You have a problem with the play call, yeah, and I have a problem with it with the result. Are you giving a touchdown the end of the day. Well, you can't determine that as a coach. What what do you have liked to see in there? In terms of play call? Uh play called high red zone. You know, I'm a big man to man coverage in the high zone, you know, play man with the free safety down the middle. That's
my thing. But you know, as you get closer you have to go into zones. You have to go into red two coverage where you have seven across. But you know, to be in that position, everything can be through. All your deep shots can be thrown on a rope, so to being a cover to zone. That's a tough position to put your defense in. Okay, So what do you think about the schedule coming up? The Jets play the
Tennessee Titans Sunday and Nashville. We know they've struggled on the road over the course of the last two seasons, Tennessee. This is gonna be a tricky little spot for them. Yes, the Jets are struggling mightily, we know that. But Tennesseee in a few moments kicks off against the Houston Texas in a game they need in the f C self if they want to have any chance of winning the a f C self. That's gonna be a competitive, nasty ball game down in Texas. Then a short week to
prepare for the Jets a team frankly they might be overlooking. Yeah, you know, this is a great game for the Jet to watch. It's a division game. All the games matter, you know, every week is the most important game. But when you play within the division against your foes, you're gonna give it your best shot. You're gonna leave no no stone unturned. So the Jets are gonna see the real Tennessee Titans right now. It's gonna give him an
opportunity to to prepare for him. You know. See the personnel, see what they like to do with third, third and short when it really counts. You know. That's the things that I'm looking for as a player right now. This is a very big game. So if you were a player right now, you would literally go home and sit in front of the TV and watch this. Yeah, I would. I would casually watch this game, would and pay attention, you know, to some of the key players, just for
a personnel, just for a personnel standpoint. You know, they are not in your division. You don't typically play the Tennessee Titans, So personnel is something that you may not be aware of. You're gonna learn a lot about the players, and you gonna learn a lot of inside about the tendencies, what they like to do, what they excel at. That's
what I'm listening for Tomorrow. I go watch the All twenty two, the big the front and the side in the backfield, and that's when you start getting into your film study and uh, knowing that the key components of
the team and trying to find your advantage. Surprise at all that Tennessee has been inconsistent here in two thousand and eighteen, a new coach, Mike Rabol, a guy who actually used to be an assistant in Houston, and they've scored a lot of impressive victories, but they haven't been able to string together a lot of performances where you're like, Okay, this team has turned the corner. Just most recently, they pounded the Patriots at home, pounded them, got after Tom
Brady ran the Rock and won a big game. The following week, they went to Indianapolis and they had handed to them. Yeah, you know, it's a young team, you know, and sometimes you see that young coach, young team, you might see some inconsistencies, you know. But but I know one thing I know today, you know Rabel used to coach for the Texas Division game. You're gonna see Tennessee's best shot today. You see Marcus Mariota at his best.
You're gonna see Travis is Henriette his best. It's gonna be a good game, and I think it's a great one to watch it for the Jets. You're you got Buffalo Bills flash but flashbacks, I think you said, Travis, Henry, Derek, and they also have Dion Lewis there and Dean Lewis has become the number one back. But the Titans that said, we have to get Henry the ball more. Can the
Jets defense take anything out of plane? Mitch Rubinsky a couple of weeks ago in terms of those r p o s, because on Sunday in Nashville, you're facing a guy and Marcus Mariota who's still probably not all there is a passer, but he can beat you with his feet. Yeah, this this is a game where all weeks has got
to be emphasized. Everybody has to be disciplined, looking at your keys, carrying out your assignment, because if one player gets that is and pokes his head inside and lets Mariot the break contain, it's gonna make the team pay. So everyone has to be focused on the details this week, on on the defensive side of the ball, carry out your assignment. That has to be the emphasis for the rest of the year. No one do your job, and
that really gives us a chance to win. All right, we got about forty seconds last left or so offensively. You want to see more commitment to the run from this team, especially as they go to ten and see a Titans team who is excelled defensively. They're not giving up a lot of points. That's okay. You know, I have confidence in the offensive line. I mean, you go
back and look at what they did to Denver. This team can run the football when they commit to running the ball, and I think that's the key to the success of the offense. You know, running the football, making things easier for your quarterback. And that's gonna enable them to put some points on the board, because they're gonna to do that if they want to lit some games. Okay.
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