Laces In Podcast: Episode 2

World War Two forever. I'm the rookie fresh out of syracusing May Alex Jaimo, The Lovely Alex Shaimo covered the Iowa Hawkeyes last season. Another Syracuse graduate, she holds Jet Life Saturday's CBS eleven thirty five pm on the East Coast. She used to play sports with the boys that stopped at age thirteen ish wanted to be a reporter. A very talented violin player as well. Bio bless this this is this is simply a recap last week. Write her book. We didn't well, well we we could. We could touch

on your two truths and a Lie as well. You alright, alright before before we dive in here again. You can listen to us on your computer, on iTunes, on your phone, were mobile, on New York Jets dot com. Please subscribe to the Jets Podcast Network. It's simple, It's one button, and we take you through the season. Seventeen episodes, seventeen weeks. What more could you ask for? Now? Last week we made some predictions. Let's circle back. Let's see how he did.

First up, we picked. We had suicide picks, meaning we all picked a game. I'm gonna start off, I'm really not happy about this. I'm listening to you again. You convinced me that I had the wrong pick, and then you made me change my mind, and I'm not happy. And of course I think it was strategy. I think he did it on purpose. Did it on purpose? Do you convey so you know what? You have conviction and you did not? You? Yeah? Hold time out of time

out for the record. Going back here, Alex originally picked the Philadelphia Eagles over the Cleveland Browns, which was correct, and then she changed her mind, maybe in part of the because Eric Allen said, wow, that's a gutsy peck. Okay, hold on, I wanted Jason Levine to play some of my show is back because I wanted your selection to actually be part of this podcast, and I don't think I used to work gutsy. Nonetheless, nonetheless, Alex ended up

picking the Indianapolis Colts over the Detroit Lions. To be fair, the Colts almost squeaked out with a win. The Lions kicked the last second field goal in the final minute of play and it was a fail. However, we still have to two people in the room that are winners from week once, only three one here, well, but the majority, the majority here sixty. Yeah, you picked a thank you, Thank you, mathematicians of Florida. What are you trying to say?

What are you trying to say? Alright, alright, we haven't seen your degrees yet. Let's talk about the journalism program at over there at s New House. Yeah, we're gonna talk let's talk about let's let's not talk about it. Let's talk about the fact that he picked the Texans over the Bears. I chose the Seahawks over the Dolphins, thankfully squeaked by. We're gonna touch on our suicid suicide picks later on in the show, but then we moved on to the Jets, Week one Cincinnati Bengals. Unfortunately at

one point loss. We started with the first sack of the season. Yeah, you said Mohammed Wilkerson. Alex and I both said Leo Williams. Both players had very good games against the Bengals. However, the correct answer was Lorenzo mauld and first sack of the year against But if it was who had the most sacks, I would have won because Leo. But that's right, and if the Colts scored

on the game, you'd still be in the suicide whatever. Anyway, Anyway, I will say that malden sack was the only sack of the seven I was about to touch by an outside linebacker, by any linebacker. The defensive line. The defensive line had a tremendous performance against the Bengals Week one. I wrote about it on New York jet dot com. It's been everywhere that it tied the most sacks in

any franchise season opener, which is a tremendous statistic. And you know you've talked about this too, is that Leonard Williams had two and a half sacks against the Bengals. He had three last season. So is this a good Obviously it's a good sign. But what is you know, the defense. Get Sheldon Richardson back this week against the Bills on Thursday. Watch out? What what is the ceiling for this defense? Is there almost too much firepower? What

is the ceiling for the Jets podcast network? Because I talked to Chad Pennington about this on the e A podcast and he said this could be the best defensive line in the National Football League period. So the ceiling. I don't know. If you're talking about sack numbers, you can debate that, but you know, bottom line to me is the Jets defensive line is one of the best units in football, not just defensive line, any unit out there in the National Football League, one of the most

talented units out there. Alex, how impressed were I mean? You picked Leo Williams We wrote about him. How impressed were you? I was watching the game and it was almost as if you expected them to sack the quarterback. I mean Andy Dalton was down left and right, and when they didn't, when Andy finally got away from you know this the skirmish? Does that any say it from the pressure? No? I don't know what the word I'm looking for. But when he got away from all, I

guess the pressure or whatever. You were like what are they doing? But like you know, it was just normal. So it was like crazy, They just there's too much firepower. That line is lit. It's literally lit. I give it. And he done a lot of credit. Unfortunately, you know, he stood in there. He took a beating and he stood in there and he made plays. One accounted and the Jets did a lot of good things in Week one.

Fortunately they weren't able to take down the Bengals. But you know, I love what Todd Bowls did this week. He kind of set the tone for this whole program by saying we've moved on to Buffalo. I think that one thing that should be brought up is that the defensive line with Sheldon Moe, Leonard and even Steve McClendon, who had two sacks in his first game as as a member of the New York Jets, if they can create pressure up front, and then you add in blitz packages,

that's a scary thought. If you don't need as much blitzing as possible as you know out you can play numbers in the back. Yeah, let's give Lawrence Thomason credit too. He had a great special teams hit as well well, but he also played in the bass. You're right about the special teams hit, but undrafted free agent out there on the first series, So what do you have to say about that? I mean, any hostility there? He crushed

my hawk eyes and championship game. I interviewed him last week actually, and I told him he broke my heart. And Jarvis Jenkins also a veteran as part of that rotation as well. So uh, you know, the guys like to say this guy's the limit and that's a cliche, but this unit pretty damn good. All right, let's move on to the offensive side of the ball here again, we predicted first touchdown of the season e A. You went with Brandon Marshall, Alex went with Alex, Alex went

with Eric Decker. Myself, I went with Matt Forte, Quincy and Quincy and noon Will was the man that we should have we should have said, and he had his first career touchdown and seven catches right let catches a career high. Hopefully this could be a real foreshadow of things to come here if because the Jets we all know what they got on the outside, if the new book can step up he should be receiving a lot of one on one targets. You're right about that, Ethan,

There's no doubt about it. The Jets um I think if Quincy continues to develop, this offense is gonna be tougher and tougher for defensive coordinators get prepared for. And you mentioned a noon, Well, but how about math fourte d fifty five total yards. I think our own Randy Lang, the statistician genius here in the building, is gonna be writing about forte that's the highest mark of any player in a Jets debut ever, as far as coming in in their first game hundred fifty five total yards. So

that's impressive. I know, I know. Eric Decker did have a touchdown. You your step in place. You are consistently so far second place, but the first runner up, I guess because the thing well, yeah, but you guys didn't get it either. We didn't get it either. You're right, you're right. But but Decker again, he had a touchdown. Help my fantasy team out. And I know you guys don't play Fantasy Classic deck or touchdown where he like

catches it and then falls to the ground. He falls on his butt every time, Alex, I know that again Quincy and Noon again career high seven catches, really really starting to show things. I know that he was someone in throughout training camp that you kept saying to me at least, oh, he's gonna have a breakout year. He's gonna have a break you know. Do you what do you expect from him moving forward? I mean, I talking to him. He's so and I listened to eight, actually

talked to him last night on ESPN radio. He is such a determined and motivated young guy out of Nebraska. He has a great football degree, he has a great head on his shoulders, and he worked hard. And honestly, this guy is the limit for this kid. I really think so and he well, he he was like all training camp. He was very impressive. He looked extremely impressive. He had the most catches Sunday against the Mangals. Um. You know, when Marshall and Deck are getting double teamed,

he will be there. He's gonna need to be that target that the Jets are going to have that chan Gailey's going to have to throw to someone that usually brought up his Brandon. Marshall actually said about Quincy and Noon that he reminds him of Marteliz Bennett when he's with the wall when he has the ball in his hands.

Bennett and Marshall, of course, teammates in Chicago. He described Quincy as violent with the ball and you could see that, especially last season when he had that forty eight yard catch run to set the Jets up to beat the Patriots and overtime. And he's explosive, he's fast. We'll see what happens throughout the year, but he is that third guy.

The most impressive thing he did on Sunday, you know, not to discredit the touchdown or any of his other catches, but there was a catch in the first half where fits fire one over the middle and he knew he was going to take the hit and he held on and he showed sure hands and good concentration skills. And that's something he said he was focused on in the

off season. That showed me something that catch. He takes a bunch of reps from the jugs machine after practice every day, so just speaking to his determination what you said, Alex, you can clearly see that day in and day out, and it so far it has produced on game day. Again, this is laces in Ethan Greenberg joined alongside Eric Allen and Alex Jaimo. You can catch us on New York Jets dot com, on your computer, on iTunes, on your cell phone in the podcast app. Again, please subscribe to

the Jets Podcast Network. It is very simple. It is one button and you get seventeen episodes of Jets football and fantasy football and college football and everything that's going on within the world. So again, it's a world little bit different. But we're gonna table the Bengals talk just as we did, or just as Coach Bowls did yesterday to buff We're onto Buffalo. Short week for the New York Jets again Thursday from New Era Field up in Buffalo,

New York. And it is the Western New York ewhere, Western New Yorkity in this room knows a little bit about Hey, don't don't play, don't tip my hands. We're going to play those cards later. Okay, that's great, but I can playing too many cards. I do like black Chack, black jack player. Yeah, I like black Chack. I like who I forgot We're in second grade? Oh my god, the best. I'm the kind of guy it was stick on stay at sixteen. I'm really not supposed to you.

You live life on the edgy A yeah, I'll do. Someone wants. I believe when I'm at a table, a dealer is gonna someone. Someone once told me, if you're living, if you're not living life on the edge, you're taking up too much space. And I think you took that on the card table. Yeah, well, Las Vegas. We should all go sometime and have a podcast from there. I would be bad Vegas. Tell me where to sign I'm

so I'm about that. But nonetheless, the Jets will be in Buffalo this there's a new era field Thursday in football, the first game to be streamed on Twitter. Also, the color rush a bit different. Last year Jets, all green, Bills, all readroversy. This year. This year a white out. The face masks are white. It is honestly super cool. The face mask. I think it is amazing. I think we have to make that a permanent change. National Football League. I love you all, everybody over there park even Let's

let's make that a change. The white face masks should be changed. It should be the staple of the New York Jets. It is a clean look, it is fresh. Nonetheless, the Jets will be in them debuting the white face masks, no stripes in the socks, no stripes on the socks, white socks. It is a white out. It is simply put a white out. And again the Bills this week, if you didn't know, felt to the Ravens seven from M m T. Bank Stadium, and now we're going to

dive in with a little game called over under. Obviously the rules are pretty self explanatory here. Yeah, your first up, Okay, great, Brandon Marshall over under seven catches against the Buffalo Bills. Push seven catches against the Bills. About that, you weren't prepared for it? What does that mean? Put like he's and and what what? What? Why? Why? What makes you think that? I think that the Bills they're going to

be focused on both him and Eric Ducker. But I think that Marshall, prime time, one of the top receivers in the National Football League, loves this kind of challenge. He knows that folks are gonna be watching throughout the league. This is the kind of game where even the players in the league know that their peers are gonna be watching.

You said it's gonna be streamed on Twitter. Everybody's gonna be watching Jets and the Bills, and uh, you know he'll be facing a lot of man press coverage out there, whether it's Gilmore or Derby the Rex. Ryan at times will leave his guys alone, and I think Brandon Marshall is going to come through with them catches. Can I piggyback off that? I mean the same thing. Are you pushing? Are you going over? I'll go over. That's a monster game. I live on the edge. Um. You know, look, this

is a really motivated and tremendous football player. I mean, just based off of you know, last week's game and the results in that game, I think this guy is just going to go off. I hope he goes off. You know, I think screams Brandon Marshall. It does. It does scream Brandon Marshall. And again, well you mention last week. Last week had three catches for thirty two yards. It wasn't heart was targeted a lot. But that's what Eric Decker said yesterday, and the media availabilities that it just

comes down to execution. Marshall again will be motivated. I'm going under. And the reason so is because Brandon Marshall himself yesterday said the offense runs through the running backs, and I think that again, will Matt Forte had a great game against the Cincinnati Bengals. I think he's gonna have another great game against the Buffalo Bills. And I think that Marshall will have a great game. I just

don't think it will be seven catches. I'm going five or six, but not that that matters because those are all encompassed and under which leads me to my next point, and because I touched on it, I'll go first over under Matt Forte a hundred yards. I'm going over because of what I said. The offense runs through the running backs, and my thing is that the Bills have two very talented, physical corners on the outside. They got Derby, they got

Stefon Gilmore. They're missing their big man in the middle, Marcel Darius Now. They're still very stout. But I think that the Jets are going to stick true to their offensive scheme because everyone in the locker room said fine with the scheme. Just comes down to the execution. So I think Matt Forte gets his first yard rush rushing game as a New York Jet, and we'll get a first touchdown as a New York jet through the ground, as both myself and e A predicted, And I'm fired up.

Can I go because I just want to go? Of course, I'm gonna go Forte no Way because that rhymes and no way, no way Forte lots there's lots of targets for Chan, Gailey and Todd Bowls to go around in this game. Below. Powell is also let's not forget about him, and extremely talented running back. He's a bruiser. There were some plays, Um, he didn't get the ball that much against the angle. He had six carres. Did I anticipate him getting more carries this week? So I'm going Forte

no way. Wow, I'll take the under Listen, he had total yards last week. Uh. The Bills, they're gonna try to take away your run game. They're gonna they're gonna try. They're gonna play in the box, they're gonna play Man President outside and they're gonna switch some things up on you. I do think Matt Forte is going to be effective. I think will be effective throughout the year. Um, I

do think he probably will go over a hundred total yards. Um. But the way the Bills stacked the box, I think there's gonna be some opportunities to make some plays with the passing game and that will set up the run. And Alex made the great point, this is not any wake, any kind of knock on Matt Forte, is that you do have a lot of pole in the backfield as well,

and it's a dynamic one to paunch. And we really saw that late, especially on a drive eventually, uh eventually led to a field goal from Nick Folk, but he saw fort believe five carries thirty two yards and then blow Paul had three carries thirty nine yards um and then talking that specific, that was really really impressive drive. And I just think that it's gonna be a nice combination here. I think, just piggybacking off of what you said. You turned to me when Powell came in and said,

oh wow, that he has fresh legs. I think that moving forward through the season, I think he will get a bit of more work and did not Ethan let me interrupted there. He did not play in Week seventeen when the Jets needed that ball game against some Buffalo and he was the five weeks prior to that week's

seventeen he was. Alex would say he was lit He actually led the NFL weeks eleven through sixteen in catches or the amount of catches her game per running for a running for running back, so he became the third He became the Jets third receiving and uh and I think that ball Powell should and will have a great role on this team and a dynamic one to punch. As you said. Now shifting to the defensive side of the ball. Here we talked about it's seven sacks for

the defense. Can they replicate not going with seven? Will the defense over under five sacks? Over over over over over over over. He almost got ton time there over over. Childer Richardson is coming back. The ridiculous talent their beasts out there. Leo had two and a half sacks, mol had one and a half sacks. Who am I forgotten? Steve mcclennon, good old nun nine had two and a half sacks. And I think they'll be all over Teller. I'm not gonna say five sacks. So he's a tremendously

mobile player. I think they're gonna make his life live in heck out there Thursday night. With that being said, um, there haven't been a number of occasions so far in his young career as a starting quarterback where ty Rod he's felt the heat and he takes some big hits sometimes, but to go for five sacks, that's tough to keep up that kind of pace. Andy Dalton's more of a guy's gonna stand back there. I'm not saying Andy stationary, but you know, and he's gonna try to go up top.

Last week, Baltimore kept ty Rod in the pocket and what he ended up doing was taking a lot of short stuff. The Jets will take that. I want if you're the Jets, you want Tyrod Taylor in the pocket because he can create damage if he gets outside the pocket. I'm gonna I'm gonna go you're out with Brandon Marshall, I'm gonna go push. I'm put on pushing it exactly.

So I think that seven was, you know, obviously a great game, a bit ambitious, and to what you said, he a about Tyrod Taylor, he is I would say, more of a dual threat at than Andy Dalton. Not that Andy Dalton is stationary like you said, but I think that if you're Tyrod Taylor and the Buffalo Bills, your game plan should be to maybe move Tyrode out

of the pocket. Maybe a lot of rolling out just to kind of immobilize the men, the men up front for the New York Jets, just because they are so talented. And I think Sheldon Richardson is hungrier than ever. In the off season, he said he's more of a student of the game, listening to defensive line coach Pepper Johnson, and I think that will show on the field immediately.

He said, he's hungry, he's ready. He has to play catch up to Steve McClendon, who was who had two sacks and kind of giving him the business a little bit. You know, Sheldon like, come, come catch me. So I think that Sheldon's hungry. I think the Jets defense is hungry. I'm very excited to see what happens Thursday night again CBS tri Cast, CBS, NFL Network, and Twitter, the first

ever game that will be streamed on Twitter. Lastly, here wrapping things up for the Buffalo Bills combined points thirty eight and a half over or under. Eric Allen, Well, that's interesting to one. The Jets and the Bengals combined forty five. The Bills and the Ravens combined for twenty thirty eight and a half points. I will say right there, it's right about it, right there. I know cham Pennington said, the Jets play. Well, I'm going I'm going under. Go over,

You're going over. You're going under. I'm going under. It's a divisional game, go over. It's yeah, that's what everybody thinks to defense is too. I just think that the Jets defense will contain and I don't and I think that. You know, you're looking at like a one to ten games. The Bills only scored how many points? Seven points? I'm going under, I'm going under. I'm going under as well. Yeah, you're going over. So again, this is the New York Jets Week two at the Buffalo Bill's New Era Field

in Buffalo, New York, Western New York. Not Central New York. That's Syracuse where you used to that. It's a little more west. It's Western New York. So again, this is a big week for the New York Jets. Whoa, whoa, relax, stealing my thunder. I was setting it up here anyway, let me close out interrupt, Oh my god, this is blasphemy. Anyway, So again, the New York Jets looking to go one and one. The Bills also looking to go one on

one division rival big game Thursday night. But bigger than this game is the return of Eric Athlan to the Buffalo area. And that that is that was that is correct? And waits how many times the only times you've been back is for football games or family events something like that? Yeah, Alice asked the coming back to the seven one six, the seven one six? What is there to do in Buffalo? I love the New Yorkers. Do you like your Buffalo wings? How do you like? I like buffalo spice. I don't

enjoy spice like hunting barbecue. Oh no, it's Buffalo flavors. Yeah no, but there's different now if you're in Buffalo, I feel like you have to get the traditional Buffalo lang sauce sauce. You don't go to Buffalo and ask for buffalo sauce. But do you go blue cheese or ranch blue cheese. That's that's disgusting. That's disgusted. You're awful, that's disgusting them. No, not your pizza too, No no, no, okay, before before you call me a young and I'm a New Yorker at heart, I fold my pizza and I

don't eat it with ranch. I put parmesan cheese and red peppers the flakes and you're losing your pen. You're way too excited. I've been told practices over here. Can you give us some some last minute Buffalo tips? What if your vision ball? Here's the thing you don't do, which New Yorkers tend to do, like yourself, is you don't say what is they're they're doing Buffalo because you sound so like the West Coast ends after Manhattan or something. What is e A's hot spot in Buffalo? What do

you mean a hotspot? Like? Where should I go? And when I'm there? Like restaurant it's it's up to you. It's seven one six is the name of a new restaurant right down there. It's a big sports bar, very popular and the team is staying in the city. That's a nice spot to go to. It's called seven one. Actually read and heard that Buffalo is has is known for the best bar scene like Cha Street Chippawa for the past couple of decades has been Chipplewah three seven six.

Go check it out. We'll get Alex's and Eric's road review from Buffalo next week. That would be week three podcast again. This is laces In Ethan Greenberg here alongside Eric Allen and Alex Jaimo. Please please please subscribe on iTunes on your phone however you'd like to. It doesn't matter. It's one button. It's simple. Seventeen episodes, seventeen week the entire New York Jets season. We include the bye week here, we don't exclude the bye week. Again. That is all

we have for today, Thursday, shuffling off to Buffalo. All off to Buffalo. He is getting on the bus to Buffalo immediately to the seven one six. We'll see you next week. Have a lovely day.