Jets-Bears Game Preview (10/26)

not a coincidence. Okay, I'm just kidding it in quick all right, Jets Bears this Sunday we gate the midway point of the NFL regular season, are just about fair. We spoke to Jeff Dickerson of ESPN. He covers the Bears for ESPN Chicago. I guess it would be that's correct. Well, just like which some men, he is ESPN New York, he's ESPN New York, or he's ESPN New York dot com. Now I don't know what there's some technicality, Well we better figure that out. Whatever. Just been covering the team

for a long time, Always great to talk with. He was on the podcast. Last year, he was not on the podcast. We we almost had him for the mock draft back in April, but we we had to we had to call an audible there because he was busy in Bristol actually at ESPN. So it's finally nice to have Jeff aud He had some good insight about the status of Khalil Mack, who was a little bit banged up with an ankle. He's big time banged up. I would say, we don't know, we're not inside the trainer's room,

but he played on it. It's not like he's been out. Yeah, there's but there's a lot of guys out there played every Sunday or hobbled a little bit, just like I would say Isaiah krol elsbund battling that foot ankle issue, and it's probably impacted them a little bit. I would definitely agree with that, especially when you look at mac stats. He had a sack in his first four games, and then he's telling and that hasn't had in the past

two Well, what I thought was fascinating last weekend. I didn't see the game, but I did read Jeff Dickerson, and I did read a lot of people in Chicago is they deployed Mac and Leonard Floyd in coverage situations a lot against Tom Brady. Now you're damn if you do. You're damned if you don't against the Patriots, and they're very unique offense. But I don't know if you got a thoroughbred and let him run man. Yeah, that seems

a little interesting to me too. Caught me by surprise, because if you have someone that's debatedly the best pass rusher in the NFL, you would want him to rush the passer. Yeah, so we're gonna have to monitor his injury. Stead it's throughout the week, but you know, the Jets hit the midway point. What do you think about the

Green and White three seven games right now? I think that similar to last season, some up, some down, but I would say that overall things are a little bit better and last year that I think there's a little bit of a different vibe that made That could be mainly because of the fact that the Jets have their quarterback of the future and Sam Donald, and coming into the season, everyone said with a rookie QB, you're gonna

ride your eyes, You're gonna ride your lows. They're both gonna exist last week against the Viking was a rather low point the week before against the Colts, or rather high point. Jabal Adams talked about this time last year. The Jets were three and three last year, then went to three and four and then went to three and five, and he was talking about how he doesn't want to let that happen again and that this team is a little feel a little bit different. This team is a

great team. We have three man roster full of a lot of talent. Let's just put it like that. And there's there's no we're waiting for for next year rebuild. There's there's none of it. Um. At the end of the day, I think this team right here, can can you know, be special? A calendar year later, here we are and the Jets are the same exact record as they did a year ago. The roster is completely different. You're not playing with the thirty eight thirty nine year

old quarterback in Josh McCown. This year has a different field because you do have a twenty one year old signal caller who's leading the show now and not only now, but the foreseeable future and it could be for a decade to come. That's what you hope. So are you agree with me and that you feel like things are better than may were last year? Well, I think we're gonna find out, right. I don't think you can say it. I think the belief is there within the locker room.

And you certainly mentioned what Jamal Adams said. Jermaine Curse, who had nine receptions against the Colts but had zero receptions against the Vikings, he said, what are you gonna do when adversity strikes? And we say we are a gritty team, Well, we have to be a gritty team. And the Jets over the last a year and a

half or so have struggled on the road. We know that they opened up the season with the win over the Detroit Lions, but uh, it would be really something to go to Chicago, who is and I think a very similar outfit to the Jets, not in terms of personnel, but where they are in terms of their built They have a young quarterback that they're trying to get to

the next level. They've added some pieces around him. Defensively, They've been stout at times this year, and they traded for a superstar in Khalil mac But the Jets could catch a break this week with Mac being less than all right, I have a good question for you after we roll into Jeff Dickerson interview. So without further ado, here's our chat with Jeff Dickerson. I think it's time to go out to the Windy City to speak to Jeff Dickerson of ESPN. Jeff, thanks so much for coming

on the Official Jets podcast. Oh guys, it's my pleasure. Great to be with you. We almost had you on for the mock draft, but times in the ligne, so now we get you on during the season. So let's talk a little Jets Bears this Sunday, of course, is the Bears are very I think are very interesting team so far throughout the regular season. And obviously the big splash move here is Khalil Mack in the beginning of

the year. And you see the stats, and you know, you watch the primetime games and you see Khalil Mac really be in a force. But what really has Khalil Mac meant to the Chicago Bears defense. Oh, I would say everything, And I think you can look at when he first injured his ankle against Miami two games ago in the first quarter. The Bears defense really hasn't been the same since that point. Uh. He is the heart and stall of that defense because he is such an

impact player. I mean, he cannot only treasure the quarterback, but he can play the run. I saw him have a pick six in that first game against Green Bay. He's just a tremendous player who I still cannot believe the Raiders traded away to the Bears, but I guess that is what it is. But the problem with clil Mac, though, guys, is, you know, the ankle was not right against the Patriots last Sunday. He was only credited with one tackle in

that game. He spent most of that game dropping back in the past coverage, which we found so strange and so bizarre. Um, the Bears haven't really given much indication as to what his status is gonna be this weekend. But you can rush assured that if that ankle is hurting him and bothering him the same way against the Jet that it did against the Patriots, even though it's you know, not Tom Brady back there at quarterback, Um, that's gonna be a problem for the Bears defense when

he's not right. Just a defense this isn't right. Yeah, that's what I'm wondering, and I've read you here getting my preparation and for the Jets and the Bears this weekend is that he dropped a lot along with Leonard Floyd against the Patriots and Tom Brady. And this is a different animal with the Jets, and we know the

Jets aren't the caliber offense that the Patriots have. But with that being said, and you said that Khalil Mack has not been right the last couple of weeks, is there any possibility you think the team would shut him down for a week or two in order, uh, for look into the long term. It really is a great question. It's a great debate to have as well, because the Bear already had their bye week, so there's not a lot of time for kobil Mac to getting an ankle right.

I guess is you know, look, he's likely not going to practice much all of them get to the end of the week. In his ankle, is it feeling any better than it did last week? They might have to have that hard conversation about possibly deactivating him for one game just to make sure that he's good to go

for the stretch run. Kobel Mack has never missed a game I can't imagine he wants to start doing that now, but he is so important to this defense in the grand scheme of things that maybe you could sacrifice a week if he's shown no improvement, maybe another week of rest and recovery and treatment gets him to the point where he feels good enough like he can actually go out there and make more of an impact they did against the Patriots. We'll see, We'll see what his status

is this week, if he talks. We couldn't get him in the locker room after the Patriots game. He he pulled the old veteran move or he pulled the stuff out of the locker and said he was going to treatment and just never came back. That's the old veteran moved there for the postgame locker room. So we haven't spoken to him yet, but obviously he was not happy

with his performance. And yeah, I mean that ankle was he wasn't even eight percent he was he was se this did not look healthy playing out there against New England. You know, outside of Khalil mac though, this Bears defense is highly regarded as one of the best in the league, even last year. So outside of Khalil Mack is what is the strength and the identity of this Bears defense? Well, really everything. I can't overstate just how much Mac sets

the table for everyone else. Because when he's not applying that pressure, um a secondary is it nearly as effective. They're really instantly that identity after Phil Mac. So when he's not able to do the things that he normally does, the entire defense suffers. And again, I just think you've seen how they've played the last two weeks without him

being at full strength. It is concerning um. Even with the Jets coming up, but then Buffalo the week after, the Bears one of those teams guys that could either win these next two games or lose these next two games. I mean, there's no predicting how the Bears are gonna bear. It's gonna be probably a close game and exciting game. But without that pressure and those sacks from Mac, just a different defense. Again, what have your impressions been first

year head coach Matteggie. Yeah, I like him a lot, I really do. I think he is innovative. I mean, he's young, he's got the offensive background. I think a lot of teams are looking for now. I feel like people are buying into what he's selling. You know, the offense works. It really does. If the receivers are open. The quarterback Mitchell Robinski is sometimes not finding or seeing the open guy, which is another issue the Bears are facing at the moment. But everything I've seen for Matt

Naggie is positive. He's likable, he's a good spokesperson for the organization, which John Fox was not. There's just a whole different vibe and feel with the Bears through six games under Matt Naggie than they were under those three horrific years under John Fox. Schematically, what can the Jets defense expect? Like you mentioned, Naggi comes from the and you read coaching trade. He likes to take deep shots

down the field. Now again, the hold up has been that those routes appear to be open often during games, but the quarterback just isn't seen the play. That's an issue, and I think that's why you look at Travisky and you see some really good moments and some not so good moments. He's kind of all over the map, but they like to flood the zone. It's a very West Coast style of offense. Um. I think Tarik Cone is really sort of a guy that that sets it all off.

I think the offense can flow through him more so than Jordan Howard because Tarik con can attack the edges, he can run between the tackles that he has to. He's an effective weapon in the flat out of the backfield. He can run up the field. So you're gonna see a lot of different looks. Um, you've seen personnel groupings this year where Chase Daniels is on the field. They

almost through a pig last week. The Bradley Soul. You've never heard of Bradley Soul and for good reason, he's a backup offensive lineman that report as an eligible receiver. And for some reason, Tropisky throwing the ball who knows right? But um, I mean Neggie tries to keep you off balance. He tried to keep you guessing. So I would look for a lot of innovative and creative looks. Do not work, but the Bears do get a lot of points for creativity. I think it's a good offense again, I think you'll

see on Sunday. Um. I think the players are gonna be there to be had for the Bears. The question is will the quarterback make it happen and not leave big players on the field. So you mentioned Mitchell Drubinsky and some of his problems. Well, one is, can you just talk about some of the other problems that you think that Mitchell Troubinsky has been facing this year? And secondly, is on the other side of the spectrumers, What are the some of the things that he's done well so far? Yeah, well,

I mean, listen, he is a very good athlete. You'll see that this weekend. Um, And if you've seen him run the ball out of the pocket and eighty one rushing yards against the Patriots, that was the second most rushing yards ever by a quarterback against the Bill Belichick New England team. We saw that crazy Legs Hirst touchdown against the Patriots and that was great. Covered yards on that one, and then he had a big thirty nine yard scramble on third down that was huge for the

Bears in the second half. He's a great athlete and the arm is good enough where he can get at the ball where it needs to go. Um. He has had moments this year when he's been really locked in. He had six touchdowns against the Buccaneers back in Week three. I thought he played really well in the second half against the Dolphins, and in the overtime they lost that game because they turned the ball over multiple times inside

the red zone. But again, I think the dilemma is you've got this good that Trabinsky does, but there's also the times where he's not accurate. He missed on twenty four pass attempts against the Patriots. That's a lot of misses. We have the Statar ESPN we used called tight window throws, and at one point on Sunday Trabinsky was over ten with two picks on what we call tight window throws. That's not good. Um, guys will be open, he'll airmail

the ball over their head. So I think it's just a product of a byproduct of a guy that did not play a lot in college, played in this archaic offense last year, is learning this new system. There's a lot coming at him, and he's just not where he needs to be right now. I think with the mental stuff to consistently be an above average player, he has way above average talent, but the great ones typically played pretty well week after week. He's not at that point yet.

I think there again, there were times against New England that you look great. There are other times that it left you scratch in your head. So I think right now, trying to get him more consistent is that Bears the biggest objective. I have a two part question here. Part A would be the Bears rushing offense. Is that solid or is it more of um? You can point to the reason the stats are good is because Traubinsky is

using his legs so much. And the second part of this is how can this jet's defense exploit potential mismatches against the Bears. Yeah, well, I think the rushing offense is a concern because I just don't think Jordan Howard fits into what the Bears do anymore. On offense, He's had a really down Here's the guy that have back to back when bouts in the yard seasons. I mean,

I'm not putting police when I say this. Don't jump out at me, but like, statistically speaking, what he did over the first two years of his Bears career, only guys like Walter Payton have done better. I mean, he really from a statistical standpoint, has done very well, did very well. But I don't think he's fast enough for this offense. I don't think this offense is big on you know, the big plotting guy between the tackles with

this RPO style. So I just think that, you know, and then plus he had a bad fumble around the goal line against the Dolphins two weeks ago. That's not gonna endear him to Matt Naggie. So I don't think beyond this year he's got much of a future in Chicago. So I think the running a tag, I wouldn't say the status are misleading. I think it's been pretty disappointing this year, and it really starts with Jordan how Ward and the Bears relative um lack of usage with him.

So I think that's number one as far as exploring mismatches. I mean, I think really what the Jets have to do, honestly is if you take away to Ricon and you forced Trabisky to be accurate with his passes, and you forced the Bears to give the ball to Jordan Howard, I think that's playing in your favor because I don't think Rabinsky has shown except for that Tampa game, which was terrific, that's been kind of an outlier. I think Drabinsky has shown that he can be accurate with those

throws for four quarters. I just talked about the Bears reluctance to kind of buy in the Jordan Howard this season, so the Jets defense could absolutely cause the Bears some some problems. The Bears also, I should point out, gave a fourteen point on special teams last so if you throw those out the window, maybe it's a different story against the Patriots. So I don't think the Jets will completely stymy the Bears offense, but you can absolutely force

them into make a mistakes. And Drabinsky, his decision making at times this year has been suspect. When the Jets offense works, they're running the football. How have the Bears been against the rush this year? Not great? Last week, I'll tell you, um, Sony Michelle got hurt early in that game for the Patriots, and then they still managed to run the ball late in the game, and they've led about three and a half minutes off the clock when the Bears knew they were gonna run the ball.

So the run defense has not been that spectacular. Um, they aren't down getting up rushing many rushing touchdowns or anything. Um. But but yeah, I think that's something that is going to have to be watched closely. I think Day Trevisan is a very good inside linebacker. He's probably the best guy against the run. I'll tell you someone the Bears are waiting for to kind of have a big, you know, coming out party even versus the run, is ro Kuan Smith,

their top ten pick. Very quiet this year. A couple of players here there, but nothing like people were saying, well, here's your defensive rookie of the year, Bubba. He had a great career at Georgia, hasn't been that great memory, held out all the free season because of his contract, or almost almost all preseason. Then he got hurt and missed the tailor of the preseason, so he doesn't have a lot to draw upon here. Yet he's still kind of green. I think the Jets could probably take advantage

of that. But against the run, I would say the Bears are just kind of average. They're better when Khalil Max on the field playing against the run, but last week their run defense was nothing to get excited about. Just just going off of the question here. So if you're if you're Jeremy Bates and this Jets offense, I know it's earlier in the week, but how do opponents typically have success against his Bears defense. And what do you envision the Jets might do to exploit the Bears defense,

even if Khalil Mack is on the field. Not sure? Well, I mean, I think you got to get the ball quick. I think that's of course what Tom Brady does. Um even brock Oshwiler got the ball out relatively quickly against the Bears defense. It's just, you know, the first four games, I would have said, good luck, you know. I mean, because the first four games with the Bears, Dee was outstanding and you were going to do much against them.

Mac was healthy, everyone's healthy. They were sacking the quarterback on average at four point five times per game. That was number one in the NFL. They were taking the ball away force and bubbles. But again, I think this version of the defense if Mac is not healthy, I think their defense that you can you can attack. I think you can run on them. I think you can hit those quick hitters, and you know, you gotta do make the Bears tackle you in space. They've missed a

lot of big open field tackles this year. Big I'm talking about big splash plays versus the Dolphins where they're safety that he Jackson, Adrian Amos just weren't making the play. So it's not this invincible defense that it was earlier this year. Unless you know, they tape up that ankle or do whatever they gotta do to get Mac right, and and he's out there just you know, dancing on Sam's Arnold on Sunday, then maybe it's a different story.

But but if he's not right, I do think Jeffkin games contraction that I certainly can't ask you if this is a must win for the Bears here as we reach week eight. But with that being said, there's three and three. They easily could be four and two, maybe five and one, when when you look at what has transpired for them over the season's first six games, how important is this do you think, Jeff, for them to

get this game? Because after this one, you got to think that the Bears have a good shot taken down the Buffalo Bills. Well, I mean, if you're thinking playoffs, which which, by the way, I have got grip the playoffs Bears this year. I thought they would be around and eight. Now standing by that, I just think it's I think it's too soon for this team that had been dead last in the NFC North fourth straight seasons

all of a sudden contend for a championship. I'm not buying that, but you know, it is a huge game because what's been lost in all of this really for the Bears is that they got after that three and one start. It was a surprised even one start. But what happened was the Packers, the Vikings, and the Lions all had these issues early in the year. But by losing these last two games, the Bears have allowed the rest of the NFC North they kind of find their footing.

And you look at the standings today and the Bears are back in last place because they're all and one in the in their division, and you know they're not having a bad year or anything, but that's that's how quick it can change in the NFL. So I think it's a big win for the big game for the Bears if they're really thinking about playoffs, and I think they will probably win. But again, with this team, how up and down they are, nothing but surprised me whatsoever.

On Sunday, Jeff, last question here for you is, uh, the Bears offensive line. How do you think that they've fared so far this season? And do you think that Leonard Williams can cause them some issues up front, no doubt. I don't think the offensive line has been all that great. I would say very average, very very average, especially against New England in Miami. Uh yes, I think Learn Williams is a is a tough guy to handle for them,

and we will be a tough guy to handle for them. Um. I think Trabinsky's scrambling ability that allowed him to get out of some sacks, but he's still going down quite a bit and they're not running the football. So definitely not the best that the Bears need to see from their offensive line at this point. That's that's saying it lightly. That is Jeff Dickerson of ESPN. Thank you so much, Jeff for coming on the Official Jets Podcast. You can

follow him on Twitter at Dickerson ESPN. Jeff, thanks again, Sunday guides, My pleasure will see a Sunday enjoy the game. All right. That was Jeff Dickerson of ESPN Chicago. Again. You can follow him on Twitter at Dickerson ESPN. ZO. Before we rolled into that, I said out a good question for you, So we're not gonna break down, Jeff, go ahead, No, we'll talk about him in a minute,

but we got time for that. I want to know is what do you think the Jets can prove this Sunday If they come out of chicag Go with nothing. What Jermaine Curse said, they could prove that they're a gritty team. I think right now they were feeling good about themselves. They take down the Broncos and the Colts, and I thought the effort was there against Minnesota. Execution execution wasn't We've seen so far what works the blueprint

for the Jets. They have to run the football. They can't let Donald throw more than thirty five times, not because he's not talented, just because the way this offense is constituted is you have to have balance, and the Jets did not have balance once again against Minnesota. They need big plays defensively. They played well against Minnesota for large portions of that game, especially early. That was a

tennis seven game at halftime. But when you have opportunities to make plays, and they got off the field on third down throughout, but when there's a ladder all there in the third quarter, you gotta grab the ball. They had a lot of p d s, but they need interceptions the Jets have to win, uh in the turnover battle, so they have to follow their blueprint. But to me, it would just be another step and a process because this is a young team who just got punched again.

Now what are you gonna do? It looks a lot different being five hundred at the midway point rather than being three and five. A lot different. And while I would agree with Jeff's assessment that I don't think the Bears are ready to be in the playoffs themselves just yet, this is a team who is in a similar predicament as you. So if you can go in and on the road, I think you're taking another step in the process.

I agree with that as just going off of Jeff's assessment is what did you take away from what Jeff said about the Bears of the Jets? Trabinsky, You know, I don't think the run game has necessarily been there. I think it. Naggi is a very talented coach, and he's gonna scheme some things up, and he's gonna get his players and positions to make plays. Uh. Trabinsky is a guy who he's looking to tuck it a lot. And while he can make plays and he's supremely athletic.

I think there will be plays to be made in the defensive backfield against him, and sometimes he is very inaccurate. So you have to see what happens out there on Sunday because they do have weapons. I like Naggie defensively. You know how we keep on talking about Mac, but how can you not because Jeff said this defense was excellent, and then the last two weeks it's gone away because

the guy is not healthy. I mean, he's I think it's rare that a team will trade a pretty decent amount of capital for someone like Mac, pay him, and then within the first four weeks that he's played in his new uniform have fans saying, Okay, this guy's worth every penny because the first four weeks he was a one man wrecking crew. I mean you saw it on

display on Sunday Night Football we were in Detroit. If you watched any part of that game, Khalil Mac almost took over that entire game for the Chicago Yeah, and I know, let's let's not hide the fact either that a lot of Jets fans wanted Khalil Mac, but the asking price was up there. Who knows what happened. As far as phone calls either way and things like that,

we don't know. We're not privy to those conversations, but uh, you know Oakland decided to trade them outside the conference to Chicago, and uh, the Raiders just in a little tangent here. Wow, they're really tearing that baby down. And they're he's got a tiny year contract crowding and he's saying, listen, to give me some more ones, give me some more ones. I got five first rounders over over the next two years, and I don't necessarily think they're done. No, that's Uh,

we could have a whole other podcast. I'm discussing what's going on the Silver and Black podcast. That would be for our man, Chris Gardano, the executive Jets three sixty. But uh, listen, he's a game changer and you can make an argument that he will be the best player in the field on Sunday. But again, when when you're hampered, uh, when you're dealing with an ankle, that explosiveness is not there, and uh, interesting game plans, see how they come out.

Because Jeff also said they've been average. That's what I take away from his answer when I asked him about the run defense or you did them an average, And so can the Jets get it going on the ground with whoever's healthy enough to play? Balapa's bettling in that Isaiah Rowaw has been gutting it out lately. And then I like what I saw how the Trenton Cannon. So there's a couple of young guys offensively that I've been

encouraged about lately. And and the number one is it has to be Chris Herndon had to be chriscerned it. You gotta be really happy about him. And then you had Trenton Cannon into the mix, who had a number of receptions, including on a long one on the wheel route. And we'll have to see how quickly the Jets can get Richard Matthews up to speak. Yeah, that'll be interesting to see what happens there and just to see what

number he chooses. Oh look at you. Yeah, I'm the numbers guy because we're Schard Matthews War eighteen and Tennessee. And on Sunday was Deante Burnett who got called up Saturday when the Jets released Terrell Prior because of growing issues. I'm very curious to see how the numbers game of shuffles. Speaking of numbers games or shard, Matthews was very productive in two thousand sixteen and two thousand seventeen for the Titans if you look at his numbers. Whatever happened this year,

we don't know. We weren't down in Nashville. He had a few receptions and asked to be uh asked the team to be traded or released, and the Titans released them, and he was on the block for a little bit. And the Jets are dealing with a lot of injuries right now, keep on talking about it. But once the anyone was still on the shelf, and they released Darrell Prior,

who was dealing with that grin issue. So your top two receivers Robby Anderson, who got targeted a lot against the Vikings, your main curse was only targeted a couple of times. They didn't have any receptions. But then you moved other guys into duties that we hadn't seen so far before. In two thousand and eighteen, Andre Roberts has been primarily used justice the return and then obviously toront Peak is a special team's ace what he was out

there as well. And then finally you mentioned Burnett. So those guys were three, four or five, whatever you order you want to put them in um. But Richard Matthews ads another guy who's put up some decent numbers in the National Football League. Well, one final thing here before we close out the Official Jets Podcast. So we're done, all right, all right, Well we can keep going. But

I definitely want to bring this up. Is that if you look at We've talked about this a little bit, but if you look at Chicago and you said they're similar to what's going on here in New York or I guess I should I say Flora Park, you can

say both. Is that the Bears last offseason surrounded Mitchell Trubisky with a number of weapons like Taylor Gabriel, who leads the team in receptions and yards best, Alan Robinson, who missed the entirety of two tho vertical threat and he's probably and Turbinsky has probably been missing him down the field because he even been getting a lot of targets lately. I know he's coming back from injury too. Go and Trey Burton, who is of course the Philly

special hero. Okay, he's one of over a hunter yards receiving last week. He has New England Patrick. He's been one of Mitchell Trubisky's favorite targets as well. So what are the Bears gonna do? Greens? After you listens listen to Jeff Dickerson, here's my question for you, is that Jordan Howard Dickerson doesn't think he's a good fit there and he got three Cohing. You think three Cohen possibly could get more run against the Jets? I would, I

would assume. So I think that. I mean, we're recording this Tuesday. The trade deadline is next Tuesday. Maybe he's a name on the block. If he if he if he doesn't fit in the system, why not trying to get rid of someone that's had back to back a thousand yards seasons and you don't really see him in the future plans for your offense. And the Jets have dealt with a lot on their back end, you know,

as far as injuries are concerned. But you U asked Jeff about the offensive line and it just seems like they're kind of middle of the road. So can the Jets get a big performance from their defensive line in

the outside linebackers? And yeah, I'm interested to see what happens, obviously, but something that just circling back is when the when we were talking about how the Bears have surrounding Mitchell Troubisky with with weapons that you take into account moving forward for the Jets is that they they're gonna have a lot of cap room, a lot of financial flexibility in the off season. Maybe they're gonna use some of

that money to try to beef up this offense. I mean, there's some free agents that the Jets are gonna have to deal with on the outside. And as correctly, if I'm wrong, is blow of free agent at the end of the year. I don't know that could be accurate, but regardless of Jets could add a couple of clams. You are right, You are right, and that that is definitely going to happen. I'm sure that is in the cards because you are going to build this team around

your quarterback and that's Sam Donald. And like you mentioned before, he's riding the ups and downs right now. And I didn't think he was awful against Minnesota. He just didn't. He didn't play that well. But there are a wide number of factors UH pointed to that and that weren't just all on Sam Donald, and that's all we have here on the Official Jets podcast, Together Jets Bears, Sunday,

one pm, Soldier Field. If you have questions that you want us to answer, tweet A E A E Aller Jets, you could creet at the Greenberg Jets will answer your questions. That gets week's pot or the next week's body. The more questions you gave it, more questions will answer. Do you have anything else any party words? No, But Donald to me has always been able to bounce back, and he's got that level head, level headedness about himself, and

I really like his temperament. So I'm very interested to see how he plays this weekend against the defense that has been up and down. But if Mac is rarer to go, that's a big time challenge. All Right, those are E's parting words here on the Official Jets Podcast. But that's all we have and we'll see you next week.