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joined by Jets cornerback Arthur Millette. Hey listen to Jets left for Dead. A couple of weeks ago at one in seven, e have now suddenly won three games in a row. And perhaps most impressive effort of this season came Sunday at MetLife Stadium. People were wondering how they were gonna respawn to his step up in class against the Oakland Raiders, who came the MetLife with a six and four record. Well, they probably started the early, the visitors because at thirty four to three, trouncing in front

of the home faithful. I mean, it was a great performance all around by the Jets, and it was so awesome to see not only did they have their first drive as a touchdown for the fifth straight game, but they kept the pressure on. Well they actually got the field goal, they got taken off the board, but but points. They got points on their opening possession for a fifth consecutive game. Yeah, I mean, and it's been fair to see the game plan and to see all what the

coaches put in play. You see him, the players go out there and executed, and they're doing a great job of playing disciplined football. You look at offense there starting to open up the playbook because the offensive line is protecting better and it's uh, it's been beautiful to see the creativity of Adam Gaze. Was this easily the most

complete effort of the two thousand nineteen season. You mentioned the offense before the touchdown streak did come to an end the Marius Thomas touchdown taken off the board due to a pass interference penalty. What in all, the offense scored on five of their first six possessions, and even though Jamal Adams said the defense wanted to shut out, they came just a little bit short of that, giving up a field goal on the Raiders opening possession. They

shut the door after that. And Derek Carr, who came into this game completing his passes with fifteen touchdown passes and five interceptions. He was held to a hundred and twenty seven yards passing and John Gruden said, late in that ballgame, white flag, Derek Carr come to the bench. Yeah, he pulled out the starters pretty quick, you know, and gave it up. The Jets were applying pressure. They did a great job in the back end of coverage and not giving up big plays, and you know, offensively, it

was it was great to see as well. So it was a well rounded game. Special teams had great contributions. So it was it's definitely their most complete game and it was their most imprempressive victory by far. Speaking of the impress of how about the coaching staff, the job

that Adam Gates has done. He caught a lot of flat earliest season, and this team did not play well in spurts, and a lot of that had to do with the movement in and out of the lineup, deal with injuries, losing your starting quarterback for three games, and then Greg Williams. We've been talking for weeks. The Jets rushed defense one of the best in football. I think we just got to throw that away now and say the Jets defense is one of the best in football. Yeah.

I mean, I can't say enough about Greg Williams in the job that he's done as the coordinator. I mean, you talk about all the players that he's been missing, you know, C. J. Mosley, Avery Williamson on the back end, Tremaine Johnson, uh, Darryl Roberts, Roberts, I mean, they and they're playing, still continuing to play great football. They trade away Leonard Williams, you know, they're one of their star players, and it seems like the defensive line that started playing better.

You know, they're playing more inspired football up front and just playing complete games and it's great to see. And Greg Williams is doing one heck of the job. Where have you seen the most significant growth from Sam Donald? Let's go back to the offense. We talked about it last week on Inside the Jets. Following that game in Jackson Fell, Sam Donald walked into Adam Gates's offense and said, this is what I like about the offense, maybe this is what I don't like. Little back and forth, a

heart to heart per se and then after that. Over the course of the last four games, specifically during this three game win streak, his play has been off the chart, it really has. And I think the biggest improvement is on his confidence. I mean, you can see his his body presence, you can see the confidence he's making those throws.

He's making some tough throws yesterday, and you know he's getting down in the pocket, he's scanning the field, he's taking his time because the offensive line is doing a great job of protecting him. But you know he's taking some shots down the field as well. But I think his confidence is at all time high and it's great to see him playing at a level like the way he's playing right now. You played safety in the National

Football League. Let's talk about gays for a second, and the way he's attacking defenses right now, because I think he's doing a great job of breaking tendencies. Because teams on film watch the Jets and said, okay, maybe this is a screen here at the beginning of the second half. Oh no, it's Braxton baryoffs for six. Yeah. I mean

that was a great tendency breaker. And then the other one in the red zone when you when when Crowder motions across and runs that out like he ran last week and scored a touchdown on and then they throw the screen on the backside. I mean, that was amazing that they literally watched that on film. I'm sure they are preparing for it all week. And then Adam Gates did a great job of having something to cater off that. You know that that was That's something that you have

to do as an offensive coordinator. You have to break your tendencies. You have to mix things up because teams will get lazy, they start to look they start to look at your plays. Okay, this is what they're gonna do. And they stopped their own business. As you saw on that point. One of the safeties, who was Guarden Griffin, his eyes, his eyes were bad. He started to go in the backfield. I'm gonna go get a sack, and then Ryan Griffin catches the ball and walks into the

end zone. You know what I loved about the against the Raiders was they had a thirteen to three lead at half time time point lead, but they came out in the second half and did what good football teams do. They put the foot on the gas and they took care of business. At twenty one point flurry in the third quarter where you were havn't you were watching complimentary football at its best. Absolutely, and and that you know that that attributes a lot to the leadership and the

maturity of this team. Uh, they're taking those next steps and becoming a better team. Because listen, a young football team, when they're having success, they get comfortable. This team didn't get comfortable. They said, listen, we gotta keep our foot in the gas, you know, and the leaders stepped up and continue to make big plays. Adam Gates didn't didn't pull any punches. Even at the end of the game. He was taking shots down the field. Because this team

has to get better. There's some things that they have to work on. Just because they had to lead in the game doesn't mean you can't still get better as a team. Inside the Jets is supported by selective Insurance Eric Allen and Eric Coleman here or in selective Insurances about being uniquely insured. What can you say about the Jets offensive line, how they've responded of late? We talked about the injuries. Chumadonga the latest he's got mcl could

be out. He's week the week right now, could be out on Sunday when the Jets faced the Cincinnati Bengals. But Calvin Beachum is a returned to that left tackle spot. You're getting good play up front of the center position from Jonathan Harrison. How about the guards, Tom Compton at right guard, Alex Lewis at left guard, and then Brandon Shell had to come in yesterday when Adoga went down and he fills in at right tackle. I thought, overall the last two weeks has been the best football from

the Jets offensive line. I agree with you, And it seems like having Calvin Beacham at that left tackle position puts everyone at ease, understanding that Sam Donald's back is protected. He's the anchor back there. He does his job, he shuts down that defensive end and it makes everyone else

relaxed and just play ball. And you're seeing Compton, You're seeing Uh, You're seeing the rest of the players starting to double team down on the nose, are double team down on players get to that second level and create running lanes. And you know, the communication has been great. I think Johnson Harrison has done a great job of communicating. At that center position. You're not seeing the free runners anymore. You know, so everyone's on the same page, and it's

great to see. What does it do for Donald's confidence that he's back there, he has times the time to throw. Now one sack against the Raiders, and I think you could look at the film and say, hey, maybe that was a coverage sack. With that being said, you think about some of those games in the past. He took a beating in Jacksonville. He was sacked eight times. These guys are not superman. We think they are. We think you, as a former National Football League player, is a robot.

But that impacts you if you're going back there and you don't have time to throw, and you're getting thrown down to the ground and you repeatedly have to get yourself up. Now he's getting clean pockets, and he's showing that athletic ability, maneuver in a little bit to his laugh, maneuvering a little bit to his right, keeping his eyes down the field. And the Jets are making explosive place and they really are. And I mean I challenge anyone to step back there and get drilled about ten times

by three pounder coming full speed. It's not fun and it's gonna make you uncomfortable in the pocket. But having that having that comfort, having that security of of being protected, it opens up a whole different thing for the quarterback. He can keep his eyes down the field. He can worry about what's going on with the coverages as opposed to who's pressure and who's getting beat? Where do I

have to run to? And you're starting to see it because because Sam isn't worried about the rush, you know, and when when the rush does come, he's able to get out of the pocket, make a great decision to throw a ball away. He'll make a great throw to Robby Anderson. You know, he's really in his in his

zone right now. Underrated move by Joe Douglas trading for demerious time and sequiring him from the New England Patriots, because here's a guy who's been so productive throughout his NFL career, also very successful in Adam Gaine's system, and I think the guys have really fed off of him on the field, inside the locker room. And it's no surprise when ron Toz Miles went on into reserve, the Jets gave him one of the seas. He is a captain absolutely, I mean, and it's great having a guy

like da Marius Thomas in your room. You know, I remember playing for the Jets and they brought Ty Law into the room. And it's a different field when you have a champion, a guy who's won Super Bowls, a guy who's you know, been at the peak of his career. To have him in the room and to see how he prepares, to see how serious he takes practice, how serious he takes he takes notes, all the other players

are gonna follow suit. And when you have a guy like Robby Anderson in the room, when you have young players in the room, they see that and it makes him step up their production and you're seeing it. As a result, they're playing great football at the wide receiver position. I mean, they'd already have a great coach in Sean Jefferson, but they're playing inspired ball. And we're gonna get to a defense here with Arthur Milette in our next segment

after the break. But I just want to ask you real quick about what do you think about gaze the flee flicker so reverse flee flick. I mean he handoff to Bilal Paul pitches to Jameson Crowder, who pitches it back to Sam Donald, who throws today four mentioned Robby Anderson talk about how this guy is getting creative and his comfort zone now is this offense continues to progress.

You know, It's funny, ever since Chris Johnson gave him that that confirmation that he was gonna be here, it was almost like everyone stopped playing to lose, playing not to lose, and they started playing to win, and they started taking chances down the field. And it's great to see those things because that's what everyone expects about of Gaze. You know, in training camp you see all the great the great packages and everything, and you're starting to see

it right now. All right, we'll come right back. Which that's cornerback Arthur Roulette. You're listening to Inside the Jets on ESP in New York. Off actually looks right. Yeah, Broxton burials all the way down at the one yard live like a lightning. He shut up the right scene and Sam Donald found him with a side on pro. Welcome back to Inside the Jets were presented by e Y Building a Better Working World, Eric Ellen alongside Eric Coleman. Our player guest segment is presented by m Int Bank,

the official community bank of your new York Jets. Without further ado, let's welcome in Jets cornerback Arthur Mallett, arthur Son, thanks for coming by seven tackles against the Oakland Raiders in a thirty four to three trouncing. What does Greg Williams expect from his cornerbacks, his defensive backs in terms of physicality, force cap, running hit. That's his model, man, force cap, running hit. Don't let anything get outside of you. And uh, that's our job. You play a lot of

cover too, so the corner has gotta be able to tackle. Yeah, and you've been doing a great job of it. Three tackles for lost yesterday, you know, flying around hitting running backs. You know, it's rare that you see corners that are willing to throw it in there. I gets the running back, but you know, you've been doing a heck of a job. What has it been like, you know, once you've been thrown into that starting role. I mean, is the pressure different?

How do you feel? I mean, I wouldn't say the pressure different because Gray does a good job at practice of putting pressure on us to be great. So when I get in the game, I feel like it's easy. You know what I'm saying, already know my job and I know what I need to do, so I'll have to do it's execute. So I mean there's no pressure. I mean I just do my job and have fun with the guys on the field. Man, what did you guys do in the back end to contain Derek Carr?

There's not many games throughout his career where you're gonna see a stat line where he has a hundred twenty seven yards passing. And the other thing that you guys keyed upon all we I know, was getting off the field on third down. That was one of the best teams in the National Football League, converting more than forty seven percent at a time. You look at those numbers, five or fifteen, thirty three percent. So what were you guys doing in the back end? Oh man, we just

try to hold out of disguise. You know. We looked at that shot clock. Once it hits two, then we can get to our coverage and whatever, and and Marcus made it a good job of a great job of quarterback and us to tell us where to move and when to get down to our coverage and went to dis guys and what the show. So we're gonna continue doing that, and I think it's gonna help us very well. Did you guys play more zone than maybe in the past. You don't want you know, you don't want to get

Arthur doesn't want to give away too many secrets. But it seemed like you had Derek off his game where he was going back and he didn't know what he was looking at. Yeah, for sure, that's that's that's what we're supposed to do. Um we as a secondary you gotta work on the strength. All four of us have to be on the strength, and even five when it's then the go package and we have to be on the string. We can't show one thing and then guy

showing something else. Now even know where we're in. So we try to work together and be be as a team and directly to the I love that how you talked about holding your disguise until the shot clock gets down, because I remember playing against Peyton Manning and he'll audible and he'll sit there and call called checks and he needs one guy and he's one guy to move. They called the snitch, and then he knows that's the covery. But if you can hold it and make the quarterback

make his decision while he's dropping back. It makes it much more difficult. But how much do you guys know that? How much you guys enjoy that is defensive backs? That cat and mouse game where you might know you're probably thinking yesterday, are through a couple of times that we got him? Yeah, yeah, we got him right now? Right. Yeah. It's a great feeling, man, because you might just fall into one. You never know. So I mean it's a wonderful feeling. Like I said, we just got to continue

doing that. So how much communication goes on back there? I don't think fans know. Say it's third down in five and you know, you and Marcus May and everyone's talking. How much community cation is there? When you see it look like oh this is it? This is it? Oh man, we might be like this is it? Like you might give him a tap, or we might just look at each other, but we know, like when when we get that stare like you got my back? You know what

I'm saying. So it's just one of those things where communication is key, especially on the down or a certain formation. What we studied all week. What does you just mentioned Marcus and he's kind of the guy flies under the radar obviously, he's the quarterback of the secondary. Yeah, and Jamal is a splash player and he's making a lot of play yeah right the go. He you can make the aregeument right now. He's the best safety in the National Football safety and the best safety international pat But

I got you, period. But Marcus, what you said he is he's a command center. So what does that mean? What what is he doing for you guys in terms of getting you all just great communication, you know, being being it's precise with it though, not being not second guest in itself. I'm not saying if I want to do this, you do what I say. Period. And then we fall into plays and like we're supposed to, and

I love it has things. I mean when you joined the Jets where things kind of turned up and not from other secondaries you may have played in because of Greg Williams, because of Jamal Adams and the demand for greatness that they that you know, Listen, Jamal Adams the best player in the league at his position. When he goes out there and he works hard, I'm sure it makes it to where everyone else works hard. It was there a different level of intensity when you got here

to the Jets, it's crazy. Um, Greg knows me from New Orleans, so Dennis Allen learned under Greg Williams, so it's kind of the same intensity. I felt like I was at home, man, um, and I had Aaron Glenn as a coach. He's actually a farmer jet um, so everybody to know about him. So, uh, the intensity didn't change much. I just felt like I was at home, like I said, man, and I loved it. What's been

the mentality for you throughout your career? You mentioned New Orleans, You went to Memphis and signed there is an undrafted free agent in two thousand seven of the team, you were in the practice squad and the roster. Last season you were with the Colts, went back to the Saints

practice squad. This year active roster, practice squad. Now you're starting. Yeah, it's been a roller coaster, man, But you gotta you know, you gotta keep your mind on one thing, one thing only, and that's getting on the field, making plays and winning. And I'm gonna keep continuing doing that my whole career. And you know, adversity doesn't set me back. It just

makes me stronger and I love it. Yeah, I mean, and that's uh, it's really showing them, you know, the the way that you approached the game, all the things that you've been through, and it's like you're one of those players that you can see in the way you play that you're enjoying the moment and then that is not gonna get too big for you. So coming up, listen, you got five games left. It's a big stretch. Uh, what's the mentality coming in there? Is it like a

must win? I mean, obviously every game you want to win. Just do your job with your job. You already know how it is you play the ball man, Do your job, Stay focused on what we can be where your feet are, That's what Gay says. A lot be where your feet are. You know what I'm saying, give it a hundred percent. I think will do well. What do you like most about rookie bless Austin. He's a fun guy to be around, and he can tackle, and he's aggressive and he plays

with swag. And that's that's one thing we're trying to you know, that's one thing that I think we found out that we found with our secondary that we we can play with swag and we can play with confidence, and we're gonna all pump each other up and you know, do what we have to do to win. Did you have high expectations for him as soon as he got in the lineup, because here's a guy who the last time he had played two years ago, Yeah, at Rutgers.

But we had who do we have on last week talking about how he was mixing it up on scout team with even Brian Winners? What what what was your memory of that practice and that and you you said, he just he has that he has that man, he has that ump to him. He has you know what I'm saying, He's not scared to compete and that's what I love about him. And now he's gonna he's learning on the fly and he he's been he's getting better every day. He's he's you know, and he's doing us

to do to be successful. Was that Marcus May's best game in two thousand nineteen. I know you have a lot of appreciation, a lot of respect for him because he but he seemed to be all over the place, including comfortable. Yeah, he's getting comfortable, and I can see it in him. I can see the confidence the way he walks on and off the field. So I'm excited to see what you can do from here. You listen, since any Bengals. Sunday, the Fellas were asked about them, saying, hey,

it's only eleven teams. They're a good team though, Yeah, and is that how you guys have to approach it? Do you even look at the record when you're watching film? Yeah? I look at what they do. I look at their scheme. I mean, I play every team the same, I give every team the same respect. Um, they're a good team and we have to go in their handle business. So has this team done a very good job this season, no matter what the circumstances of coming in on Wednesday, resetting, refocusing,

and treating it as a one game season? Have you have you played against a J? Green before? So? Do you go back and watch film with the chance that he could play? You go back and watch Yeah, I'm looking at him already, seeing his press releases. Do we'll see what he does in his own high sisters roused down. So you know what I'm saying, I'm studying him like he's gonna play. So you're looking at him, are already? So that study him like he's gonna play? So you

want no surprises. Okay, when you heard that, I know you study system and you have to study the receivers. But today's news, you're probably thinking when you woke up this morning, we're facing another rookie quarterback, Ryan Finley. But since and he announced this afternoon that indeed they will go back to Andy Dalton, the redheaded rifle man. And so, uh, what did you think about that when you heard the news? Study on Yeah, studying him? Does he does he change

the look of their offense? Of course? I mean he's a great quarterback. You can make all the throws. You know what I'm saying. He has he has something to him that's special. So he wasn't in a franchise quarterback for a long time for no reason. So we gotta we gotta, we gotta boy him. What can you tell me? You talked about a j Green a little bit? How about Tyler Boyd? He can struct to feel a little bit. Yeah,

starts to feel a little bit. I feel like we'll do a good job against Okay, okay, and then it all starts for them. I think with the run game, Joe mixing, we got to stop. Okay, And you guys have been doing a good job. What's uh, everybody talks about it this year, the run defense, And the thing that I think that makes you guys special is what you guys do in the back end because they are

dominating the trenches. But when you guys have like somebody like a b pool, when you have somebody like hey, Jamal Adams, when you guys even pop in there, Arthur Mollots playing on the outside, bless Austin. You guys all get your notice dirty. Oh yeah, we can't be as good and put your face in the man, Yeah you got. You gotta be able to face gain somebody. You gotta be able to look amend in his eye and and be able to tackle him. You know what I'm saying.

You can't shot away from contact. And that's one thing we brought ourselves on. We don't shot away from contact. What's the confidence? Is a group over all? Is a team? I know you guys carry yourself with swagging the defensive side of the ball, but it seems like the team is really coming into someone right now. No, we're mentioning together, man, and we're playing. We're finally playing complimentary football. All three phases on special teams, offense and defense and I think

if we continue to do that, we'll be successful. And that's how main focus, man, coming in on Wednesday and getting better one day at a time. Be way your feet are. How is how exciting is it as a player when you're on defense knowing that you guys have had had success three games in a row and you're running back still hasn't had a hundred yard It's fun, man,

it's fun. But we gotta keep that street going. We can't get complacent or get comfortable, you know, because as soon as you get comfortable, that's when it happens a hundred yard game right there. So you know what I'm saying. We gotta put our hard head on and keep working. Why I mean, are you still waiting for Levian to get busy? Oh? Yeah, because he's bound. I mean, listen, yeah, it's going to happen. He stiffed on me a couple of times in practice. I was like, okay, okay, I'll

see why they call you Levi on Bill. Well, Arthur, you guys have not been letting opposing offenses get comfortable. You've got a chance to complete a perfect third quarter

of this season Sunday in Cincinnati. Keep on doing good things out there, and thank you so much for stopping blank, you for having me man, We will be right back you here listening to the Inside the Jets out in ESPN New York, Donald in the Shotgun takes the staffer and Donald don a keepers in a Jet touchdown Sam Donal a little sunry quarterback keeper and he runs it

in from before his second runsing touchdown. This season, welcome back to Inside the Jets, whereas Banderbolt Sports expirits Inside and Windham Hamilton Park Hotel Jets Reward members don't forget to enter the code football and your Jets Rewards portal during the show to earn a hundred points again. That code is football, Eric Coleman, thirty four is the magic number for the Jets the last three games. Thirty four

even number. That's a beautiful number. You know. It's funny because you know when I got into the NFL, her Maderage used to preach, all we need to do is score twenty four points because the average that I think is like one. If we scored twenty four points a game, then we'll win a bunch of games. And thirty four you're bound to win if you're putting up that many points. You have a defensive solid as the Jets half right now, and it's great to see him putting up those numbers.

I believe this is the first time in franchise history where the Jets had a thirty point lead in consecutive games. How about that. That's impressive. I mean that doesn't happen often in the National Football And I don't care who you're going against. That's a that's a tough task, you know, to go out there and win. I don't care what the records say. These are all NFL players, are all the best players in the world, and the line between a great team and a and a bad team is

very thin. So on the injury front, Darryl Roberts might return to practice this week. He could be available, most believe, for the Jets against the Cincinnati Bengals. But this is a good problem to have. You always want to have depth. But if you've watched all Arthur Millette and rookie bless austin the last couple of weeks, you might want to be in that defensive room saying, hey, we're gonna stand

tight right now. Yeah, I mean it is, We're gonna hold the problem to have because now Darryl Roberts doesn't have to rush back. You know, you're getting good play out of your corners, out of your young guys. Uh And And really what it does is, as you mentioned, it adds death, adds versatility to what you can do on defense. You can add a package with some extra corners and and everyone's getting this playing experience. It just

makes your team better. What do you think about the news when you heard the Bengals were indeed starting Andy Dalton on Sunday, Because I was thinking, for a second, Wow, Greg Williams is getting his hands on a rookie quarterback for the third time in four weeks. Yeah, that that would have been nice to have a rookie quarterback because there's so many different things you can do with the

rookie because they haven't seen at all. But Andy Dalton is a guy who although he's not having a great year, if they don't have a good team around him, he still has the tools. He's still been an elite quarterback in this league. He understands defenses and it's gonna be a little more difficult on the defensive side of the things as far as confusing and what disguises mixing up coverages because he's really seen it all. Yeah, we're gonna get into that matchup in a little bit. But I

talked to you about it last week. Is if you looked at the schedule, you had to say, if you're a Jets fan, we got a chance these next three we can get to six and seven. I'll tell you what I'll tell you right now, Eric, this team should be six and seven before they go to Baltimore on Thursday night, and that would be beautiful. And they can't do that. But yes, we can sit here and do that. Radio.

I mean, looking at the schedule on who's coming up, Listen, this is a great opportunity for the Jets to make a nice run. And you know, I don't know if that ends up with them being, you know, in the playoffs or anything like that, but all I know is they're progressing. They're getting better every week, and that's all that counts. Right now. You're just trying to get better,

improve your program. This is a new you know, general manager, new head coach, you know, so many new new pieces to this puzzle that you take that momentum in to the offseason. The guys and limit. I love the attitude of the guys. Because Henry Anderson was asked about it, Hey, you had the windless benggles, they're all on eleven. He said, It's not like where anything special. We are four and seven. You start one in seven, you dig yourself quite a hole.

And the Jets did that. But with that being said, it's been very impressive that the way this entire group has responded and listen, they couldn't make it interesting down the stretch. I know Adam Gay said back in the spring they would be playing meaningful football and November and December, well, if they get the six and seven, that's a meaningful

football game against the Baltimore Raving. Absolutely, I mean, and they can do a lot of do a lot of damage going out there playing the way they're playing, and it makes for a dangerous team. You know, you give someone confidence, you give them some some some success, and they can beat anyone. You know that this league is not is not one where you know you match up. He's not playing on paper. You go out there and

played on the field. And when you got Jamal Adams fly around, when you got Sam Donald throwing the ball with confidence, Robby Anderson making great plays. It doesn't matter who's covering them. You know, they can score points. They can put up thirty four points, they can stop teams and hold them to a hundred and twenty seven yards passing. Who's to say they can't win them all. So there's a couple of things that you'd love to see areas of improvement here down the stretch, the run game, you're

getting the volume. I know Adam Gates wants to see some more chunk plays there, some more seven eight nine yard games. But I thought Levan Bell looked awfully fresh against the Raiders, and he started the game off making a statement a twenty three yard reception down the visiting sideline, one hander that beautiful. Few backs in the National Football

League can make that catch. Yeah, I mean, this guy has a tremendous amount of talent, and although he's not been able to hit that hundred yard mark running the football, he's trying to contribute in other ways. He's doing blitz pick ups, he's catching the ball out of the backfield, he's being a leader, he's having a great attitude and

really brings a lot to this team. Do you think about Sam Donald again calling his own number by the goal line there the the read option and everybody's thinking, oh, it's gonna probably be the back here. And then he gets a little help from Ryan Griffin. But I'll tell you what. He put his head down and he took went right over defensive back, carried him in an enz. Yeah, he ran right through him and it was great to see. You know, Sam is an athletic guy, and he's a

competitor just like anyone else. He chooses to slide, but when it's on that goal line, please believe he's gonna run through you and score that touchdown. It was great to see. I love Arthur m Allott before playing a little koy you didn't want to talk about coveragees too much. It sure seems to me that the Jets were playing some more zone in the back end. Yeah. You know, when you play a lot of zone, you mix up the looks up front. It's hard to it's hard to

find those spaces for some quarterbacks. You know. When you have the athletic players at the Jets do who cover a lot of ground, they can bait you into making some plays, you know, throwing it, throwing some interceptions. So I think it's smart, you know, Greg Williams is known for his blitz packages, and everyone all week prepares for blitz blitz, and then you drop back into his own You're like, hold on a second, and that just gives your pass rush that extra second to get to the quarter.

And then we talked a little bit about it last week. Is everybody's saying seeing a defensive back comes sometimes and they're saying, well, they're definitely sending numbers. Well, Greg Williams continues to baffle opponents, I think by rushing four a lot of times, but you don't know who those four

are coming. Yeah, I mean making those making those offensive linement is the same as a quarterback when you make them when they get to make a decision why the play is going on, that just gives an opportunity for a mistake. And when you when you're anticipating these guys with their hand in the dirt to rush and they drop back in coverage and then someone else comes, that's a that's an opportunity for miscommunication, which they've been doing. And the Jets have a group of defensive backs who

are tough, physical and nasty. Not every group of defensive that you've been in defensive back fields before and not every cornerback is going to come up and play the run or is going to be willing to take on a block. It seems like a lot of these guys that Greg has do that and they don't mind doing it. Yeah. I mean they're they're playing with they're tough, they're physical, and the most important thing is they're communicating. You know,

they're doing a great job of communicating. That's why you're not seeing a lot of big plays giving up. They're on the same page, they're studying together. You can tell that this group of defensive backs is a true unit, Like they probably go have dinner together and you know, it's just the same as offensive line. You have to

be on the same page. And when you talk about a guy like Marcus May quarterback and leading the way, uh, making that communication so everyone's on the same page, it puts those cornerbacks at ease to pull the trigger and listen. The bottom line, some of those breaks the Jets weren't getting early in the season, they're getting them now. Early in that ball game, we might have had a different bit of tone to that. Because the Raiders move the ball in that first possess I should hunter run for

all with an early drop. Then you think about that second drive. Tyrrell Williams is open over the middle of the field. He drops the ball. So now the Jets are finally starting to get a couple of bounces in their directions. Yeah, that's what happens when you play good ball. You know, stuff starts to work out for you. You know, you play you play honest football, you play hard football. The ball starts to bounce your away sometimes. What do

you think about Braxton Burrios. We talked about the play call a little bit before, but not only did he have that sixty nine yard or but he also had the long punt return. The Jets were unable to capitalize prior to the end of the first half because there was a holding penalty there because they almost got in at the time Montgomery pitch and catch. But that's gotta do.

Wonders for his confidence as well. Absolutely, when you can come into the game and contribute, I mean, and on that that play, that fake screen that he ran, I mean, it looked like he was shot out of a rocket and it was great to see that breakaway speed. But that just builds his confidence. So now when he gets thrown into the lineup and he's lined up against the corner. You know that you're gonna beat him, and that confidence will will help you create a lot of big plays.

So Jamal Adams picks up at half a sack yesterday. Now he's up the six and a half. Adrian Wilson NFL record for defensive back is eight. Will he break that record? I think so. You know there's plenty of time left. You know you're playing against a couple of

young guys coming up in the schedule. I mean, Jamal when he gets lined up one on one against the running back, he's gonna win that matchup and he's gonna beat the running back, whether he has to run through him, run around him, he finds his way to the quarterback. So I do think he finds a way to get to that record. All right. So we're gonna come back in our final segment and you jump into the Jets of Bangles as the Jets look to extend their wind

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Official New York Jets. Eric Allen and Eric Coleman. Here at Vanderbilt Sports and Spirits inside the Windham Hamilton's Park Hotel. Kyrie is taking care of us back in New York City, justin on the controls. Here in Florida Park, New Jersey. It's Thanksgiving week? What best weeks of the year. Did you ever have a game Thanksgiving? Yeah? I had a

multiple games play. We played at the Cowboys a few times, and I played in Detroit for two years, so we always had Thanksgiving then, so it was always a special game to play. What was your record overall? I don't know. Come on, I wish I remembered, but I know that I know that I had a lot of good Thanksgivings. What did it mean to you as a player to be part of that game where you knew everybody in

the nation was watching. It was always fun, you know because you I mean, like you said, everyone in the nations watching, you know, whether they're sitting down, eating on the couch talking, you know, the game you're you know, you're being watched at some point in time. But it was honored to be able to play in that game,

to to be at the level in the NFL. It's like you just you're thankful, you know, you really are thankful for the opportunity to play in the NFL, Thankful for the people around you, for your teammates, and uh, it's it's really a special kind of game. I will impact your schedule. I'm not asking specifically about the Jets and you're telling me about the hours, but just what typically over the years during your playing career did your coaches do on a Thursday with a cut meetings a

little bit? Would you have a regular practice? I know there will be no Bida vailability here, uh, for the people are covered the Jets here on Thursday. Well, when you have a Sunday game after Thanksgiving, typically you're out

of the office a little early. You know, you you'll leave the office after after practice, probably around one o'clock to be with their family, and there's always a group of players that don't have family here, so they'll put together nice Thanksgiving dinner for the players to get together, or some of the veterans will have you over their house. So it's a it's a really still a special day. Although you sometimes you're not with your family, they still

make it great. Next up on ESPN New York tonight is Larry Hardisty and that's on ESPN New York ninety point seven. Of course, Hey, what I wanted to ask you was John Gruden said after the game, Raider's head coach. I think the big thing they do is a great job with Adams in their disguise package. They have a good nucleus of players. There are a lot better than people think. On defense, let me tell you now, that guy is a very good offensive play caller and game planner.

And that just speaks to what Greg Williams and that defense is doing disguise wise. What are they doing so effectively pre snap well? And they mix things up. You know, they may show once a single safety high, markets may be high and uh and Jamal Adams maybe in the box and everyone knows when Jamal is in the box he's getting everyone's attention, so on the snap of the ball, he might run out and play cover two. So now that changes that quarterback's mindset to I have to get

the ball out quick too. Now there's seven people back in coverage. Now where do I go? And that's a lot of the times you're seeing them hold the ball. He's trying to trying to figure out, you know what what is the angle? What is the angle here? But disguises can can make quarterbacks make decisions during that three seconds that they have to throw the ball. Uh makes it tough a lot of times. What they're doing now with the Jets is they're bringing seven guys to the

line of scrimmage and acting like they're gonna blitz. Sometimes they may bring them all, sometimes they drop them back into coverage and it really makes it difficult on your protection, your quarterback, and the offensive coordinator on his play calling. What are you expecting from Cincinnati if you're a player. I loved what Arthur said, they're a good team, but

the record says they're not a good team. What you expect from the Bengals a team that is going back to its veteran quarterback Andy Dalton is is in his ninth season. But that's got to be a tough situation going to work every day and not getting those results and wondering what's gonna happen in the future. Yeah, you know, it's tough when you're having a losing year. You know,

you're you're fighting for your job. You know, in this instance, when you're in Cincinnati, you can tell they're still fighting. They just took uh Steelers down the very winnable game against the Steelers, forced them to bench their quarterback. And you know, the first game of the year, they lost the Seattle in Seattle by one point. So this is

a team that has the talent. It's just about confidence, is about everyone doing their job and understanding their role, and it's only a matter of time before they put it together. Do you think this is a golden opportunity for the Jets to get that run game going, because statistically you look at the Bengals and they are last in the NFL in yards allowed per game, last against the rush. Yeah, I mean, I think this is a great opportunity to establish that run and you're gonna have

to be disciplined with it. You're gonna have to be patient, and stubborn with the run. But there's gonna be some opportunities in the run game, and that really sets up to to what Sam does, you know, taking shots down the field, getting outside of the pocket. I think this is a great game to get Levy on Bill going, get Below going and uh and control that line of scrimmage. How about what they have up front? I think of

those old reliables. Gino Atkins for a while we were talking about him, is one of the more dominant interior players of football. Carlos Dunlaps feels like he's been there thirty five years. Yeah, it does seem like they've been there for a long time. And Carlos Dunlap is a guy who I would train with in the off season along with John Abraham. And I thought John Abraham was a big guy. Carlos Dunlap is as a few inches

taller than a very good athlete. He's he's still you know, he can still be dominant in spurts getting after the quarterback. But Gino Atkins has been a presence in the middle. He's, Yeah, he's very active for defensive tackles. So he's definitely gonna be someone they're gonna have to get four hands on. And listen, you mentioned a J. Green before with Arthur. What kind of spark would that provide them if they

were able to get him back in the lineup. You're talking about one of the finest receivers just played this game in the last couple of decades. Yeah, you know it's uh. Then bringing back the Bengals bringing back Andy Dalton as their their quarterback kind of makes me feel like you might be in the mix, because if I'm a J. Green, I don't want to go out there and play with the rookie. I want to play with the guy who's got me to, you know, to the elite level that I'm at. He understands the way I

run routes. He understands where to throw the ball in the deep ball. So if I'm the Jets, you'd be smart to prepare for a J. Green and some big play opportunities. I've always been of the thinking it is hard to go winless in the National Football League. They're on eleven, they could go winless. You just don't want to be the one who where they get that first one. Yeah, and it and it starts tough when you're playing a team that that hasn't won a game or is having

a tough year. You want to jump on him early and often. You want to break their will to win in the in the first quarter. You want you want them to go in the halftime with their heads down, doubting each other, arguing and doing the same things that got them winless. So it's gonna be important for the Jet to get off to a great start and listen, this might be one of those games in Ohio where it kind of feels like a lot of green and white pockets it. I anticipate a lot of Jets fans there.

I know Jamal Adams took umbridge to the Raiders fans showing up in pregame warm ups and he used at his motivation. He said, after the game, Yeah, you know, I felt a little bit disrespected in our own house. Raiders fans there. Bengals, they hosted Pittsburgh in a game that they could have won. Yesterday. You talked about that e but for people who were there, they said it felt like a Pittsburgh home game. Yeah. I mean, when you're losing, and when you've had a culture of losing,

know your fans are reluctant to go. You know, it's gonna be cold and Cincinnati it's gonna be uncomfortable. So some of those fans are like, you know what, I'm just gonna watch it on TV. And it'd be great to have Jets fans there. I know the defense would be inspired, offense would be inspired by having them out there. Uh, it's always fun. When we used to play down in Miami and then we used to call it New York South.

You know we're doing the Jets chan and the crowd at the end of the game because our our fans traveled that Well yeah again, I'm just getting back to it. Is that think about Cincinnati very winnable game they come home, you oh, Miami one. These guys can't think about that. And I've been so impressed this year what Gayson Williams and brand Boy or an entire coaching staff have done with these guys because they've been focused on the task at hand. I don't want to anticipate to you, you've

been around these guys, you talk to them. I don't want to anticipate any kind of letdown. I anticipate to Jets go out there on Sunday and take care of business. I really do I do is what I do is well. You know, the leadership on this team, you know Jamal Sam Donald, Uh, you know every every a McClinton, they're not going to accept anything but great effort. You know, you watch the way they play. Look at leby On hasn't had a hundred yard game, but every time he

gets the ball, he's breaking three or four tackles. He's doing whatever it takes to get that extra yard to help his team. And that's the attitude of this team. That's the attitude that Adam Gates has, Greg Williams has, Brant Bowyer has. It's contagious. You know, although they have they start off the season on a rough patch, they're they're in their winning ways. They understand that they play hard, they play smart, Uh play they play physical. They're gonna

win a lot of games. Uh. Favorite Thanksgiving food, My favorite Thanksgiving food is the dressing. I love it. I love it the stuff and some people call it stuff and some people call it dressing. That's my that's my favorite. You help out in the kitchen on Thursday. I help out with dishes. I'm not a cook. What about yourself? I'm good like that. I'm a dishes guy. Myself too, not a good cook at all. We potato pie. I'm a sweet potato pie guy with a little whipped cream

on the top. But but my favorite part of Thanksgiving, I think is the leftover turkey sandwiches. Yeah, that's my favorite part. That's for Friday. Well, listen uh to everybody. We're so thankful for everybody comes out here to vavorable sports and spirits every week. We will been. We will be right back here next Monday night, hopefully after another Jets victory.