Jets-Vikings Game Preview (10/18)

he is he he is a Minnesota legend or an icon. Listen, you cover a team for a long time, people start associating you as he should be with the Minnesota and you too with the New York. You can't imagine going to Vikings dot com without seeing what the e and I spoke to Wabby about a lot of different things. Obviously spoke about Kirk Cousins, who spoke about Sheldon richardson making his met life returned this Sunday. We talked about the Minnesota defense that has been underperforming well a a

little while and now they're back on track. Can we start this program off with an apology? My mother said I was being too hard on you last week when when Ethan Greenberg stated this is the Jets most important game of this season, and she said, you went a little hard at Greens. That's okay, I said, Mom, he went to new house over at Syracuse. He's been doing this for a few years now. Yeah. Yeah, But I

appreciate it. I appreciate. But I publicly apologized because well, I guess I was coming too hard at my colleague over here the Green What what. I don't think it was too hard to Now you're making me seem like a soft The public apology is backfire me. But I appreciate. I appreciate this. Well. So my follow up to both you and my mother, who we will have on the podcast at some point, is if last week was the biggest game of the year for the Jets, what is

this week Greens game? Really that's interesting because I think last game against the Colts, a banged up Colts team, was a game the Jets should have one, and they did. Now this is where they're going to another level. They're stepping up in weight class. Because beating the Broncos was one thing. Beating the Colts was one thing. This is a different deal, Greens. This is a team that won thirteen games a year ago, and you'll look at the

Vikings roster they got dudes all over the place. I agree with you and that this is a different weight class. I think this weekend is a litmus test. Litmus Yeah, you like that. But the reason going back to I said last week and bringing it back to this week is something that Coach Bowl said after the game is this was a game that last year, speaking about the Colts game, the Jets winning that game was a game

last year that the Jets probably would have lost. So when I said it was the biggest game, I meant I meant it in a way where you could really see the character and the resiliency of this team, and I think that it shine. And now going up in weight class, to use your analogy, I think that this is a different kind of test. Now. It's fascinating to me though, when you look back at two thousand seventeen, which we don't live in the past, but sometimes we're

reminded of it. The Jets after six games last year, you know what the record was. It was three and three. It was three and three. There it is, there were three and three and um over the weekend, Terence Crawford went up in weight class and in boxing and he took down pose Bena vite is Okay. Why I bring the crowd Daddie up here is that what do They'm very interesting to see where you're going with my analogy

is what do the Jets have? Did they have that knockout power as they're gonna be facing one of the teams a lot of people think are still amongst the leads. I think it goes back to screens his Minnesota in the playoffs this year. I would say We've seen a couple of teams, and I've seen North so far. I would say Minnesota got the best talent on the roster of all the team's obvious North. Yes, I agree with

I agree with that. I think that what you're saying goes hand in hand with what I'm saying is do the Jets have the power the firepower to one go toe to toe with a team like the Vikings that have dudes all over their roster? And then, to use my analogy, it's it's kind of a litmus test to see if what the Jets will do and what they can can do against his Viking sa. I'm very excited. I'm very excited for Sunday. The Jets have more dudes than last year, I will say that, so not all

three and three's are the same. The Jets have more players this year than they did in two thousand seventeen. The other thing that you look from early trends, Yes, they scuffled there and that three game losing streak, but you look at these numbers, you gotta go back a while to see the last Jets team over the first six games who had two forty point efforts in a thirty four point performance. As well, you gotta go back far the offense. Yes, I'm excited to see what they do.

I'm very excited to see what this defense does because if Trumaine Johnson is down and busters down again, it's gonna make for an interesting day. Stefon Diggs and Adam Feeland are two I think the probably the best wide receiver duo. I think you would be hard to argue against that. Even though this Tyreek hell guys out of this world. Cheeta is a freak, but Codator Kansas City, it's like dial it up, run down the field. We'll hit you because you're four too, and everybody else is

for something you're four to. Mahomes can throw, can throw a mile and a half, so just run down the sideline and I mean Sunday Nights game was crazy. You are right, there are a great wide receiver pair. And we will talk to Wabi about Kirk Cousins and we will discuss Sam Donald. But Cousins, you know, when you look at the splits, when you look at the stats game by game, he's off to a fantastic start here.

You have to give him a lot of credit because even though there's talent around him, he's made it look easy. The one stat that I will say before we head into this Bobby interview is Kirk Cousins after Week one has completed over of his passes, one of which was in each game. Well, he's ridiculous. Over the past couple of years, he's top two three in the NFL and

completions and completion percent alright. So on the other side, while you're throwing out the stats here, I want to ask you if Kirk Cousins is an elite quarterback, is the one of the top five quarterbacks in the NFL? You think about that, I'll think about that and I'll tell you the answer after this Wabby interview. So without further ado, here is the one and only Wabby. Alrighty a, let's go out to Minnesota here and speak to Vikings dot COM's way no other than the Wabby himself. Thanks

for coming on the Official Jets Podcast today. Hey, my pleasure, guys, thanks for having me on the Official Jets podcast. This is My This is My Jets podcast debuts super excited. All right, we're gonna make it a good one. Well, yeah, exactly, so, while let's just kick things off here is uh. Before the season, a lot of experts had the Vikings as a potential Super Bowl contender, and I'd say through about six weeks I think a lot of people around the league are are kind of say, oh, well, what's up

with the Vikings defense after last year? From your point of view, what's the biggest difference on the defensive side of the ball from last year to this year. Well, I think in the first four games, guys, it was big plays. Um, that was just something the Vikings did not surrender last season much at all. And and a lot of times in games it was like zero or

one explosive games allowed. And then in the first month of the season, especially in that Rams game in Week four, you know, we we just gave up too many explosive plays and chunk yardage and UM. And so I think that was sort of the biggest you know, outside of just the end result of the games, I think that was the biggest differ prints was teams were able to explode on our defense. Now, the good news is we

called that down a little bit. We had a Thursday night game against the Rams and then we had ten days off before we went out to Philadelphia and play the Eagles. UM. You know, I think you know, we all kind of call that the mini buy in the business.

And I think I think there were some adjustments that were made, um, you know during that time by Zimmer and the and the defensive coaching staff, and we've we've seen much much better play from the defense in these last two games, both victories against the Eagles and the Cardinals. And a big thing that has happened is we've seen

a reduction in the number of explosive plays allowed. UM. I think that's sort of been the biggest UM internal talking point has been explosive plays, and that's going to be a point of emphasis going forward, especially playing a Jets team that's been exploding, um, you know, on offense quite a bit. Lately. All right, well, Green's elected to bury the lead in this scenario. I was singu atter for you yet, So what's the deal. Did the Vikings all along think they were going to get Kirk Cousins

in free agency and his he exceeded expectations. So far, we haven't seen much of the Vikings obviously since we're covering the Jets, but you look at his statistics, it's like, wow, they jump off the page. Touchdown, three interceptions. Yeah, the guy is unbelievable. I mean, he's you know, he's the best quarterback that that we've had here, you know, in a while. And like, if you look at how case Keenom played last year, I mean, Case Keendom played outstanding

and he was able to improvise. He was able to deal with um some past protection problems, and he was able a case king, was able to get the ball into the playmaker's hands. And he did a great job here and he helped us go thirteen and three and we went to the NFC title game. You know, Kirk Cousins is also doing a great job, but he just does it in a little bit different way. Um, And what we've seen from Cousins is a quarterback who can

do anything you ask him to do. He can drop back seven steps and throw the ball down the field. He can use the quick game. There are some zone read concepts you can use with him. He can bootleg, he can change protections and change the play at the line of scrimmage. I mean, he's He's worth every penny the Vikings have paid him so far, and he's off to the best or second best start in team history, depending on how you look at it. Dante Culpepper had

a really fast start in two thousand and four. Um, and Kirk Cousins is having a comparable start to Dante Culpepper, and he's doing some things we've never seen Vikings quarterbacks do. So um. You know, I think the marriage between John D. Philippo and Kirk Cousins has been really good. Um so far here um through six weeks, and our offense has been explosive, especially through the air. Of course, Adam Theland has been on fire. No one can stop him. We

hope that continues. But yeah, Kirk Cousins has been everything people expected and more through the first six weeks and hopefully he can keep it going. Prior to him signing in metas soda. We're Vikings fans worried about the Jets or did they feel pretty solid that they were going to get their man. Oh that's a good question. Thinking

back to when that was happening. Um, you know, I think there was some, um, some uncertainty, you know, I mean, Kirk Cousins was the best quarterback on the market, and you know he there were a lot of teams that weren't interested in them. And you know, the interesting twist to that whole story for the Vikings was, if you'll remember, the Vikings had three pretty good quarterbacks to consider. I mean, you know, they had Teddy Bridgewater, Sam Bradford and case

Keena coming off their own roster. So they had to they had to navigate those waters and see what the possibilities were with those guys, in addition to deciding whether or not they wanted Cousins and then deciding how they were going to pursue Cousins. So it was really, um an interesting offseason. Um just looking at the quarterback position here, and I know you guys had Teddy Bridgewater for a little while, so you can see, um, you know, why the Vikings were were so enamored with Teddy for as

long as they were. You guys saw it firsthand. So um, it was a really interesting offseason. I think it shook out really well for the Vikings. Um, with the way Sam Donald was playing, I think you can argue it shook out really well for the Jets. So um, but you no Cousins three year deal and whatever the money was.

And I think the hope, you know, at least for the Vikings, is that that's just the first deal they do with Kirk Cousins, because what he's done so far has been has been above and beyond what anyone could have expected. Listen, I think it's a best case scenario for both sides. And the Jets went into free agency and then the draft with plans A, B, C, and D. Let's just play hypotheticals here looking back. If the Vikings don't get Kirk Cousins, what was their plan? B Um?

I guess without talking to Zim and Rick and uh, you know, being in their meeting room, it's it's hard to say. I would have to imagine, you know, one of the one of the three quarterbacks who was coming off the roster maybe was a plan. B Um. I have to imagine there was Um, you know, there was a decision made to go after Cousins and to just do whatever it took to get up. And I think probably once they made that decision um there there probably

was no looking back. What was I don't know, but I mean the Vikings had some pretty good options to consider, um, you know, including keeping case Keenum Um who who is Um? Obviously a guy who can win at a high level. He did it for the Vikings last year. So UM, you know, I I I'm glad we didn't have to see what Plan B was because I think Kirk Cousins was Plan A. And it's always good to see your

team achieve what its objective is. Lobby through six weeks of the NFL season here, I know you've said on on the pod that Kirk Cousins has gone above and beyond expectations. Well, what's the most impressive thing about Kirk cousins performance this year through your eyes? Well, you know, I think if you look at what has happened with the Vikings offensive line from a lost standpoint, I mean all offseason it was how can the Vikings add and

improve the offensive line? Add two and improve the offensive line? And they did some things. They drafted a tackle in the second round. UM, they added a um a solid piece and free agency in Tom Compton. Last year, they drafted a center in the third round, and they signed to offensive tackles Riley Reef and Mike Reremers. So there's been a lot of addition to this offensive line to

try and make it better. But if you look at what happened in August to this team, UM and late July the passing of Tony Sperano, and you lose Nick Easton to an injury. Right now they're dealing with Riley Reef and an injury to him. Uh. Pat alf Line did not make it back until the regular season started. So and I think the fact that Kirk Cousins is able to move this offense up and down the field the way he's been able to do it with an offensive line that is still being put together, you know,

I think is really impressive. And um, you know, he's been able to do it on schedule in the pocket, he's been able to do it off schedule out of the pocket. He's done it against the blitz. He's done it, um, you know, with only three rushers in his face and teams dropping eight. He's been able to do it every which way, so that that's been the most impressive thing to me is is to be able to do it with an offensive line that is still being put together.

And he's delivering great pregame speeches. I'm sure are helping your numbers there at Vikings dot com. Now, I don't know about his touchdown celebration, so let's get off cause it's just for a second and talk about the guys he's thrown too. Are Adam Talen, who's got six consecutive hunry our games, which is just absolutely staggerant. And Stefan Jags, the top wide receiver pair in the National Football League. Yeah,

you know, it's been fun to watch. Um, you know, these two receivers all of their careers, really, but this season, UM, you know, they're they're performing at at the best level they've performed at individually and as a tandem. So you know it's Um, I don't I don't think it really matters. Um, you know, his zone coverage, man coverage, whatever. I you know, I think they've found a way to have an answer for all of that. And and look, I mean you're

gonna cut you. You're playing good defenses every single week, and there are wins and losses within every game. Um, so you know, Kirk Cousins is not throwing a perfect game here to Digs and Celand, but more times than not, they're finding ways to be coverage and win. And um, you know, I'm sure that if you look back at our game against the Arizona Cardinals, Stefan Diggs did not um have the production that maybe we're used to sing,

but he also went up against Patrick Peterson. The good news is most teams don't have more than one Patrick Peterson type of corner. They've got one of those, and we've got two receivers, um Diggs and DeLand who can who can match up well with anyone. So it's been a luxury for the Vikings to have both of those guys. And some games they're both going at a m at a high level. Some games one of them is getting there's while the other one is is taking up a

bunch of coverage. So um, you know, it's it's been Um, it's been fun to watch and feeling is just you know, he's Mr reliable and Mr consistent. Now, the one thing that both of these guys um do really well that does not always get talked about is their route running. I mean, they're their their route running is really really good. And I think that's going to serve them well, um, later in their career. And I think it's gonna you know, it serves them well later in the season when guys

get banged up and maybe they lose a step. Um, you know, they're still able to create separation because of their route running. And that that's one thing maybe, you know, for Jets fans or for you guys to watch, you know what what makes these guys so good? How are they able to produce? Just pay attention to their route running. It's really fun to watch. Looking at this Jets Vikings matchup Wibby, is what's a matchup that you think that Jets fans should think that's a favorable matchup or if

you're Vikings fans say, okay, I'm a little concerned about that. Well, um, you're talking about on either side of the ball. You know. I was I was watching, Um, I was watching you guys and and the game against the Colts, and I just I saw a lot of attention paid to Leonard Williams, you know, and I think you guys have probably really enjoyed watching him play. UM. So I think he's a concern really for any team. UM when when you're going up against the Jets, is um is watching that guy play.

I think Darren Lee's um sideline to sideline speed is really impressive. UM. So I think, you know, those maybe are our two matchups to watch for Jets fans to see, Hey, how are the Vikings gonna handle this? Um? You know, because these two guys can create some problems. Now, Pat elf Line, our center who's back in the lineup, has made a really big difference for the Vikings. So I think that's gonna help us handle a guy like Leonard Williams. UM. But I would really watch number ninety two for your

defense see how the Vikings handle him. And then, like I said, I think Darren Lee is really really good and really fast too. I think offensively, you know, UM, I thought, you know the numbers for Donald or they can be gaudy. Um, they look really good. But what's interesting to me is, UM, it's not that it's not sophisticated. I think the offensive design has sophistication to it. But I think Donald is doing such a good job of

executing and it's not um, it's not rocket science. They're using a little bit of that RPO or play action, reading a linebacker and safety and and and finding ways to create big windows for Donald and Donald is throwing the ball um accurately and on time. So I'm looking at some of these um slant and uh and flat concepts that Donald and the offensive staff are using to to create um, you know, wide open receivers. I really

um enjoyed watching that against the Colts. So I think the Vikings, you know, they feel good about the improvements they've made on defense the last couple of weeks, but I think that's really here this week against the Jets, because I think the Jets can challenge you in a lot of different ways. Though, what are you encouraged by what you saw from the run game last week? I think about a D nine yards against the Cardinals, Ottavius Murray went off from one fifty five and where, oh

where is Dalvin Cook? Is it a possibility that he could be on the field come Sunday? Because I think for the Vikings to take that next step down the line in January, is they gotta have that balance offensively? Yeah? I UM, I do feel good about the running game. Now, um, you know, it's a hundred and ninety five yards for the team, which was which was a good number, and

Latavius was one which was a caleer high. Now, it was the rs on the Cardinals who came into the game having surrendered the most rushing touchdowns in the NFL, and I think they were the third worst rushing defense in the NFL, So you should be able to run it against those guys. I think the Jets run defense is better, so this will be a stiffer test for the Vikings running game. With all that being said, what I like the most about the rushing performance was the

ability to explode um. It wasn't just a volume day for for the running game. The Vikings were able to do it with explosion. The touchdown run for Murray was twenty one yards um. I think he also had a twenty eight yard or and a thirty one or thirty

four yard or so. We were able to explode and move the ball down the field in chunks and and and it wasn't always the passing game that was doing And I think that's you know, that alleviates a lot of pressure from the past protection Um and from the passing game in general, when you can explode on the ground, so more than just twenty carriers with two hund yards. What I'm looking for is every now and then a twelve yard run and then an eighteen yard run and

then a thirty four yard run. And if you end up with a hundred and twenty instead of a hundred and ninety five, but you had four or five explosives in there, I think that's just as good. Last one for that secondary you talk about, they've given up big plays and sharing that up in the defensive backfield and they've played better of late. The loss of Mike Hughes. How does that impact them? And do you see this

defensive backfield just getting better and better as the weeks progress. Yeah, the secondary has gotten better and better as the weeks have gone on, and especially the last two weeks UM with the with you know, the the injury to Mike Hughes. The reason that stinks, guys is because and maybe you've you've you guys have gone through this um this season

or a different season with a rookie. But when you have a really good defense, which the Vikings have, and it's toll of guys who have who have been on the team for a long time. When you look at wind Vall and h Daniel Hunter, Kendricks, Barr, Harrison Smith, Davier Rhodes, Trey Wins, these guys have played together for

a long time. So the structure is really sound. When you have a rookie and you are able to play him within that structure, it is an ideal learning environment because you are more able to tolerate and survive mistakes that that rookie is going to make because he's so well insulated by good and experienced players around him. So it was a perfect learning environment for Mike Hughes, and learning environment is important for a corner. It's a really

hard position to play and you're gonna make mistakes. But Mike Hughes was, you know, he he had his back covered by a lot of really good players. So that's the part that really stinks about this is you're taking a rookie corner out of what was a really good situation for him to learn. Um, Now, how do you handle this going forward? The good news is Mike Hughes wasn't handling anything on his own. He was splitting time

with Mackenzie, Alexander at the nickel corner spot. And then those two were also splitting time with our third safety, Jron Curse, who we use as a big nickel from time to time. So I think you're gonna see Mackenzie Alexander and j Ron Curse continue to split those nickel reps. Where I think the depth would really get tested is now, is something happens to Rhodes, Trey, Wayne's or Mackenzie Alexander. Now it's undrafted rookie Holton Hill or veteran Marcus Sheryls

who would have to step in. That's where I think the Mike Hughes injury could really hurt when it comes to the starters and the the guys who play most of the downs. Because of our depth right now at corner, I think we're gonna be able to survive the Hughes injury, but we will really miss Myke Cues and uh and and that development that would have occurred on the field for him was just going to be delayed by about

three quarters of a season. All right, Green's I Live and I Live Sheldon Richardson, He's coming back to that life stadium. What have you thought of Sheldon so far? Early on here with the Vikings after coming over from Seattle signing in the off season, and no, and Sheldon, like we do. I gotta imagine he is really itching to get out there on the field. Yeah, I'm sure he is. You know, she's been Um, you know, we've We've only had him here for a little bit, right,

I mean it's been a half a year. Um, But so far he's been a treat to have around. And I think I think he's funny. I think he's really bought into the team concept here with coach Zimmer in this defense. And you know, look, I mean Sheldon has been around the block. He knows when he comes into a new atmosphere. I'm sure he experiences in Seattle and

he he's experiencing it here in Minnesota. I mean, he's stepping into a locker room with a core group of guys that have been together for a long time one thirteen games last year, and have super high expectations. Sheldon has stepped in here and he's been all about his business the whole time. I've been impressed with him, and I think he's only going to get better the more games he plays in this system. That is wabby of Vikings dot com. You can follow him on Twitter at

wabbi w O B b Y Wabby. Thanks so much for coming on your debut here on the Official Jets pot. Hey my pleasure, guys, thanks for having me. Let's do it again. That was Wabby great having him on for his debut on the Official Jets Pod. So he asked me before the interview, is is Kirk Cousin elite? And are we just talking about this season or are we talking about career wise? He said, an elite start this year, But I'm talking totally okay that I probably say no,

I probably say top ten, okay, but I don't. I don't say top five, especially because you gotta consider before anyone. You gotta consider the oldies, but goodies, Tom Brady, Phil Rivers, Drew Brees, Ben Roethlisberger. That's four right there, and then well we'll Ben over the course of his career. Right now, it take Cousins over Roethlisberger. Well, but I agree with that, That's why I asked the question. So I put Cousins

top ten, I don't put him top five, okay? Well, and did you want the Jets to sign him an off season? Because they went an off season with various plans, and the first part of that off season plan was they made a run after Cousins. Of course he signed with Minnesota. Well you know this is this is a great debate, and what is this Chris Cuomo. Well, I think hindsight you'd lean no even after a start. Even after a start, I would say you'd probably say no,

But mostly because your your quarterback. This is a more macro level. What I'm about to say is you get a young quarterback twenty one years old, you mold them into your system, however you want to do it. You still have the most cap space in the league heading into two thousand nine, you now have something to build around. And then, not to mention, a recipe for success of recent has been you try to make a push with the rookie quarterback before you have to pay him, assuming

he paid for But the first exception or Indianapolis. And that's interesting, and we discussed this last night with Eric Coleman on Inside the Jets. He made a good point. It's that Indianapolis has put a lot of resources behind Andrew lock. When you put that many, that amount of rees sources behind one player, it's going to impact you

down the line other spots. I agree with that. And then just on the other side of the coin, here is in March, if I told you, okay, the Jets signed Kirk Cousins and then have the number six overall pick or number three, that then you're thinking you could get a premier position like a Bradley Child. If the Jet drafted three, they would have had options of Bradley Child, Denzel Award, Quinton Nelson, who likes your pick of the litter. At that point, you probably don't make the move up

to go to three. So at six, you're probably going best player available. Well, yeah, you're definitely getting two starters, and you would definitely think that they're two elite players, correct because or close to elite, and Cousins is a very very good quarter. But then, not to mention, by the way, you have two second round picks, so so you you're supporting cast might have looked a little different.

But I think hindsight you would do what the Jets did, trade up from six to three, draft Donald whatever, and then the rest is history, I think. And this is not running away from any side, but wab he said, all right, and I think that's what you're articulating as well, is that there are times, just like what we saw with the Colts last week, there are times when moves

can work out for both teams and players. And this might have worked out best for Cousins, and this might have definitely worked out the best for the Jets because Sam Donald, to me, has an unbelievable upside. And I'm not saying he's to the level of anybody right now. I don't even think that's fair to say that about him six games into his NFL career. But what we've witnessed is he's getting better each in every week. He's seeing things cleaner, he's recognizing and using his feet better.

He is holding himself in that pocket and not escaping the pocket, which a lot of these young quarterbacks are doing nowadays because you get a little bit Antsie back there. He's getting better every week, and Jeremy basically gotta credit him a lot, and Michel Lombardi and on and on and on. But I really like what the Jets have set up for themselves, not only two thousand and eighteen,

but beyond. I agree with that, and I think that's also where you kind of have to value Sam Donald is what the Jets done do with the money that they did not spend free agency this year Moving forward, I think it's part of a what I said before, it's part of a larger plan here and it's on the macro level. And I'm I know it's week six of the regular season and there's a long way to go. And like you said before, we don't live in the past, we don't live ahead. We live kind of in the

moment during the season. But I think if you're a Jets fan, if you take a second to think about the off season, it's gonna be uh an exciting one. Again, well, you have financial flexible and that doesn't mean you go in and you spend crazy. You don't, you pick your spots, but it gives you the ability to do add pieces along the way. And again, Mike mcagnan had a fantastic offseason. I don't know how you can't look at the Jets after six games and say mccagnan did not have a

fantastic offseason. You got Trumine Johnson, who has played well when he's been in the lineup. Unfortunately's missed the last couple of games, and you mentioned before he's still got the quad injury with the monitor his status throughout the week. Avery Williamson has been fantastic. He's been very good. Sure he got beaten a couple of times in coverage against the Jacksonville Jaguars, but again he was in another takeaway

last week. Uh the offensive side of the ball. I was talking to Brian Winners about this last night or on insaide the Jetson Winner said, he's so smart. Spencer Long the guys lining up next to each and every Sunday or Monday Thursday. He's so smart and he brings a lot to the table. Isaiah Crowell is one of the league leaders in rushing. You got Terrell Prior who has touchdowns in consecutive weeks now, and then the list can go on and on. We talked about the draft picks.

We at first. You start with Donald Chris Hernan getting into the end zone last week. You got Perry Nickerson playing a big amount right now with buster screens stilling concussion protocol. I know I'm missing guys, but you know Henry Anderson for the seventh round pick. We can go on and on. Mccagnan, I don't care if you're a fan of a Jet, the fan of the Jets, which most people are who are listening right now. Are you're just a follower of the National Football League. Mccagnan and company, had,

you know, really impressive all season. I echo those sentiments and we move on on the Official Jets Podcast, is right real quick before we wrap up for Oh yeah, the Shepherds starting every week for this team since day since day one, but a four days stay. So are are you sure anyone else here you want to throw

out like a touchdown Jackson? Okay, we'll go on and on here, but in uh in other news in greens Weekly, Syracuse Spot, Syracuse Basketball, they got they got their guy, Joe Girard, the third New York's all time leading score New York Cities, No, New York State's all time leading score, going staying home, Glens Falls, New York, going to the Queues. Have we have been had? Midnight manness? Yeah? The team is even allowed to practice yet and you're throwing me Syracuse. Yeah,

I got excited. I got Syracuse Football how to buy Syracuse basketball stepped up with the wind? Who did they have this week? Scuse unc do you guys get back to your winning way? It's gonna claim victory, I hope. So did you know that Dino Babs gonna take everybody to to Uh? That would be nice. I have to bring this up for to Carl Durell. But Dino Baber's was the associate head coach at U c l A and he worked under Carlton Route when he was head coached there. Oh that's a fun fact. Kelly finally got

his first win college. Uh. Well, back in college is the Bruins Sticktown, California upsets last weekend, So there could be a few upsets on the horizon this week in college. Just keep an eye on that. I wanted to bring up. The other orange and Blue here is your Gators almost almost let it slip away. It doesn't matter him did they wind they win. I'm not saying they didn't. I'm saying it was a little close. Fort got two weeks

to prepare for Georgia. You talk to Georgia. I'm sure they'd take an ugly win right now to get your team roll by l s Uh what's up? Tomal Okay, Well, one more thing the Blue and Orange here, okay the Knicks opened up this week, is that he gets the Hawks do you think Kevin Knox is a real deal? Uh? I already he's not gonna be in the starting lineup. I like Kevin. Yeah, And we should talk to Todd Bowles at some point about the Knicks because he's the Knicks guy. Yeah. And uh, I'm excited to see what

the next twe this year. Just I mean, it's it's new coach syndrome, Like you get excited, you know what I mean. I'm excited to see Fisdale the next picked up. Kevin Knox is gonna be a very good player. Nick don't have a lot of pieces right now. They don't. That's for that. That's again for for next offseason. That's all we have here on the official JEZZ podcast again Jets vikings. For the Jets to win this game, they're gonna need a big time productive day from the defensive line.

Cousins talked to multiple people this week. They've discussed his low arm angle delivering the football, so it's almost side arm at times. The Cardinals bat at seven passes down in the line of skirmish last week he went thirty four. So also when they lost the last time they lost, wait, they batted seven passes. Yeah, look that up. So he basically won seven without Yes, they okay, and when Buffalo went to town. And by the way, the Bills have

a very good defense. Their offense not, but their defense is very good. You have to win up front against their offensive line. Otherwise it's gonna be tough to stop them. It just is. Those guys are that explosive. And Darneld the company just gotta keep on doing what they're doing. I love to balance on offense, the clock, the Jet to score the clock very well. Red zone efficiency. Check us out practice today time fifteen on all Jets platforms.

Friday morning, we'll discuss the red zone. All right, that's all we have here on the Official Jets podcast again Jets Vikings Week seven. That Life Stadium. We'll see a Sunday