M M M from Better Built Sports and Spirits inside the Wyndham Hamilton's Park Hotel. It's Inside the Jets, brought to you by e Y Building a Better Working World and by M and T Bank, the official community bank of your New York Jets. No, here's Eric Allen and Eric Coleman. Welcome to Inside the Jets. We're broadcasting live for Bandabilt Sports and Spirits and the Windham Hamilton's Park Hotel.
Eric Allen alongside Eric Coleman, our player guest segments, presented by Evan t Back, the official Community bank of your New York Jets. Yeah, you heard that right, because Jordan Jenkins got in here. He was so anxious to get on the show. He's bent and lead off. Jordan's guys are undefeated in the season. That half a little two game winning streak must feel nice. Uh, it definitely does. And uh we just can't forget about all the work
we put in and get those wins. And it's sort of like you got to keep the same twenty four hour roll after a game. It's like after a lodge you got twenty four hours to get rid of it, and after win you want to get it out your head so you can get focused on the next week. So you know after obviously after a win, it's a lot easier to get through the lumps and and get through the film sessions. How was the film session, you know,
going through what you did at Washington? Oh, I mean it was went pretty good, except you know, defensively, we should have been more consistent, should have put him away without allowing those uh last few points. But I mean we saw what we did good, and we just have to look at the We looked at the details about some of the things that we um that were one person might not have been doing the job, but everyone knows made up for it, and just look at the smaller details of what we have to do to uh
get better for the rest of the season. How frustrating was it? You know, as outside linebacker, you're taking on double teams, You're you're taking on the offensive lineman, you know, throughout the game, being physical and you see a little dude, Jamal Adams come through and get three sacks. How tough was that? Got him going out? It's even worse for me because there's a play I thunning inside the one, beat the tackle, beat the guard, and I go to
reach out. Will it happened? I thought I just missed. I looked back on the film, A p it pushed me in the side, and as I'm going to tag Haskets when he's when he's on the ground, I just see three three come out of nowhere, and I'm like, man, I can't believe. Literally, I lost out on a sack by four inches. I was off in the press box and I was wondering if they were gonna give both of you guys a half there but no credit. Jamal Adams has six sacks five sacks over the course of
the last two games. Already, those six sacks the most by any Jets defensive back in franchise history, and the three sacks in a single game the most by any Jets defensive back in franchise history. Yeah, that's so, that's amazing. Uh And honestly, if he keeps playing like that in the next two weeks, he should most definitely get AFC Defenso Player of the Month because I mean, he's playing lights out football right now. How do you feel about that, Eric,
you played the safety position. I love seeing I love seeing the safety you know come up in blitz is you know being run supportant, being involved in the defense. But you know, it really speaks to what Greg Williams is doing. And yesterday, I don't know if it was just me, but it seemed like you guys were doing a lot more disguising. You know, you blitz a lot, you know, from from a blitz front, but you also dropped back into coverage quite a bit. It was at
the cage yesterday. Were you trying to confuse the young quarterback. Yeah. We showed him at a lot of different looks were it would be the same personnel, same groupings, but have a different guy drop out. There's times we're me and throw a Basha. We're lined up in the A gaps so and uh acting like we're gonna run a twist game because we ran out the previous week and we both end up dropping like three or four times, and they just did. They didn't know where the pressure was
coming from. Because of all the different looks we've showed throughout this season. Yeah, I mean, because a few times it was a bunch of guys lined up you know, you're, like you mentioned, you and Bashta would drop out and you would end up rushing for and have seven back in coverage that was that was pretty interesting to watch from AFAR. Yeah, I mean it's it definitely was a well well thought out game plan that it was executed.
Dar Native infection inside the Jets are supported by M and T Bank, Official Community bank of your New York Jets. Eric ill On alongside Eric Coleman and Jordan Jenkins. Like Eric just mentioned some of those blitz they weren't blitzes you're rushing for, but the disguises were so well executed. Are you gonna get Greg Williams here this week and say, hey, that was nice? He gave Jamal Adams a chance to get after the quarterback, He gave Brian Pool a chance
to get after the quarterback. Gotta gotta uh eat now to look. You know, in the back of my mind, I'm trying to get those uh those next five sacks that finally break um the double digit barrier. But I mean, as long as we keep stacking Douvius, I'm happy with it. Well, you keep dropping back and coverage, you want to start getting some I T that's right. Uh, you guys are
climbing up the statistical charts right now. Number thirteen overall on defense, but number one in the National Football League against the run in terms of yards per game seventy nine point one and then tops and yards per carry. How much pride you take in that because you are an outside linebacker who sometimes has his hand in the
dirt and you are turning everything back inside. I mean, it's something we definitely take a lot of pride in because at the end of the day, it comes down to who's gonna be the bigger man, who's got the uh, who's got more willpower in it? Because it's it's literally just man on man, like you gonna stop me or might go to run through you. And that's sort of the mentality we take when we um we're thinking about
stopping the run. Sixteen sacks the past three weeks, it's not just Jamal, it is is every buddy who's contributing that number equals the most in the three game span for the New York Jets since nine when they were calling those guys up front the New York Sack Exchange. Yeah, I mean that's something that I've always been telling people, like, like, we don't we don't stress about not getting home. I mean,
you know, we wish we could. You know, there's times where they're getting teams against us getting the ball out a lot quicker than the NFL averages. And uh we knew that, uh sacks coming budget, So we just couldn't let that get in our heads and just make the play when you're turning to get and going to this week, you help se Kwan Barkley the one yard rushing. This week you have Adrian Peterson, one one of the greats
to play the game. Uh what was that? What were the challenges that Adrian Peterson had for you guys that you were looking at film and saying, we have to do this against He flashed some explosion out there. Uh yeah, what a p He's just uh his first ballot Hall of Fame here. I mean, he's still got all the He's got just about everything but the top end speed
that he had back in the day. And I mean he's just running angry, like he's running out there with passion, and he's running out there trying to prove, uh that he still conte the rock and then he definitely can and y'all can he He knows where the hole is gonna be in h off of the game, but like he he'll set up a run for himself, like he's fully committed that he's not gonna missed or take a see a lane there that he thinks he is open, that's not actually gonna be there, But by the time
he gets there, it's not. He's gonna take the correct lane and hit it. Ard what happens to you out in the football field. For those who have not seen the miking of Jordan Jenkins against the New York Giants, go to New York Jets dot Com or any of the Jets digital platforms, and you'll see a man, a human being became become transition into a beast, a full out savage out there. Yeah. Me off the field and me on the field is honestly two different people. Like
I'm really relaxed off the field. Takes a lot to get me mad, But on the field, I got a quick switch and I'm just trying to destroy and run through whoever's lined up against me. It's something else. It is a pleasure to watch because is there something that happens for you after the national anthem or is it even before that where you say, okay, warrior mode. I mean it's it's son as soon as we get outside the tunnel as soon as uh they start the Nazal anthem.
I mean it just it gets the energy going. I mean it gets the blood curling and uh you get the little chill bumps going. And I mean it's just locked in. They locked the gates. It's just ready to roll after that. Now, Jordan, what has it been like playing for Greg Williams? You know, obviously changing coordinators from last year. What does Greg Williams bring the practice? What does he bring the game? What kind of mentality does
he instill as a decordinator? Uh? Greg is just uh he's allowed energetic, Like he's just always in your face about things and he's not gonna let you skate by like. Greg Williams doesn't settle for mediocripy like if if you're doing something wrong or he's not gonna be like, all right, you'll do it right in the game. Now, he's gonna get onto you in front of everybody. I let you know that this is what you need to do and that's what you don't do. Um. He's a high energy.
He's high energy guy and has very select few words uh that are very colorful for everyone to hear. What does it say about the character in the locker room the way that you guys have responded to the last couple of weeks. Left for dead. They're one and seven, lose to a winless team in Miami, come back grab a victory at home over the Giants seesaw game. But against Washington, I thought you really showed your maturation as
a group because it was a convincing win. Warrior to War, Yeah, I mean that that that was one game where we actually finally put together uh special teams wise offensively and defensively, and I mean you just go like we just didn't really when we get putting special situations, I think Sam through the pick or uh I forgot somebody might have fund when we go out there and Sam had to pick and it just back to back and then Vincent
Smith and still we kick off. You guys are I believe it was the twenty six and seventeen yard line and Jordan, you held them to three points. I those two possessions, Yeah, I mean one on we get to stop fourth and they wouldn't go for it. On fourth down we get the bad at pass, and I mean it just goes to show the resiliency of the defense
and offense. Like we when somebody scores and not just like all right, offense goes down their drives and field scores and it's just sort of the mentality gotta have, Like so what now, what go out there, do a job and make place. What about bless Austin, the rookie from Rutgers. He comes in makes his first professional start against the Washington Redskins. The week Priory came in to the game and he flashed against the New York Giants. It does not look like the lights are too bright
for him. No, I mean, Blesses Uh, he's a good kid. I mean, you all, he puts the work and he's been working every day. I mean I see him in the training room since camp, like he's been putting in the work, just waiting for his turn, waiting for his turn. And I mean he goes hard in practice. Gotten to a little scuffle with Brian Winners and practice. There you go. That's a huge, huge size difference. But I mean, Blesses Uh, he's a good kid that's ready to uh leave his
mark in the league. Now, Jordan's you know, going into this offseason, I know there were some things that you wanted to work on as a player and and they're they're showing out in the field. I mean, you're doing great job in your pass rush, You've always been very good against the run. What are some of the things that you wouldn't worked on, some of the things that you focused on in the off season. I really they
just wanted to work on one, getting the body right. Uh. Got lost about maybe five percent body fat uh this offseason, And I really just sorted up. Wanted to work on my hand usage and really just reacting better versus sets and just finishing to the quarter once I got a guy beat, just working another move and finishing like stacking moves on top of each other and speeding up. When you got a guy beat, you are in a selfish player.
You see a lot of guys from that edge position, they're gonna go up field, they're gonna try to go wide and no matter what, they might even try to circle back at the quarterback. But you are you maintain that discipline rush lane where you're taking that angle to make sure that quarterback does not have an escape route. Right. That's something we've really been harping on these last three
or four weeks. UM. Early on, we had some really mobile quarterbacks, really shifty guys, and uh we came together and I was like, all right, let's if we want to get sack we all need to play off of each other. And in order to do that, we have to maintain our rush lanes and uh that that's that's
when the sacks are coming. Uh we really have to do that when we uh end up playing against um Lamar Jackson watching his highlights today, I think it was just on the TV a little bit ago, Like that man, he's just he's playing like he's he's he's honestly the best quarterback in the league right now, Like, uh, you can't with going against the guy like that at caliberre you can't get out of your rush lanes or he'll
scar you up like he has all season long. How quickly do you turn your attention to the Oakland Raiders. This is a team that has playoff aspirations. Now. A lot of people before the season guys thought, oh Oakland. You know they traded Khalil Mackaway, they traded Cooper Away. What's going on there? The whole Antonio Brown saga. But John Gruen has got those fellows playing well six and four right now? Yeah, I mean they're playing um lights
out football. I know. Uh. I got a old teammate of mind, um, Jonathan Abrams back there at safety that was hurt and he's he uh embodies what that defense is about. Like they're all high, um high, strong discipline guys that are eager to show that they can play. So I mean, I saw Max Crossby walk away with four sacks on the train ride back as soon as we got on the train and had the game on and we were watching that, and um, I mean it's gonna be a good game. Like those guys are, um
really a really tight Ennit unit. Derek Carr is leading the way like he's uh he goes to bat for his boys, and U I mean, they's just a really tight Ennit bunch that are trying to make make a run for this thing. And listen to the Jets defense Number one in rushing rushing defense. When you go out and play an opponent, how important is it for you to stop the run initially? You know, there's a lot of talk about how this is the passing league now, but you still have to stop the run if you
want to have success. Correct, Yeah, no, it's a hundred percent right, And in order for you to for a defense linement and in order for an outer linebacker defensive then the three technique d tackle. I mean it's like if in order for you to have the fun you want to have to get to the quarterback on third down and in fast situations, you gotta stop the running.
If teams don't need to pass the ball, what the hell They're gonna pass the ball and keep running down your throat and uh and just keep running until you like it. How about the Raiders do you see them as an old school opponent short passing game? Derek car is completing like sevent of his passes, having a great season. But the rookie Josh Jacobs out of Alabama averaging about four and a half four point eight yards to carry,
close to five yards to carry. He's got seven touchdowns, and it seems like they play a lot of big packages. They'll come in there with twelve personnel, thirteen personnel and try to run a touch your throat. Yeah, I mean that's old school. I mean, honestly, when you look at him, it's like, as youc offense, I mean, they've got uh, They're gonna try and out out physically. You try and be more aggressive. And I mean that Josh Jacobs is what and as he running back is I mean, he's
a hard hitting guy. I gotta show that as a he love but I mean he's a guy that you gotta hit, you gotta wrap up against because I mean he's he's playing pretty well this year. I mean he's just doing this. And listen, going into this last stretch actually in the second half of the season, what what what are your goals? What are the what are the team's goes? Obviously you want to win every game as they come, but but what makes this a success for the New York Jets. I mean success for us is
just uh we we want to go all that. We want to get to the playoffs, and we want to keep fighting. We don't want to know when our last game is. We want to just like after weeks extay, we don't want it. It's sort of the thing like you don't want to know when your last game is in the season. You want to just keep going and keep battling and let let the gim fallward they may
at the end of the season. I mean that's how the approach we've had these last couple of weeks is uh focused on the point we got this week and then you know, at the end of the year, count of all them wins and lodges and then see what can happen. What do you think about this line the Oakland Raiders from left to right, Colton Miller, Richie in canto, former Buffalo Thll Yeah, Rodney Hudson still one of the better centers in football. I would say Gabe Jackson and
Trent Brown at right tackle. I mean, I know they got a hell of a guy at uh left tackle. I was actually talking to Alex Lewis uh today about their offensive lineman. He was like, yeah, I mean, uh, that left tackle, he's uh, he's he's playing probably a Pro Bowl season this year. He's actually playing something the best football has ever had sincely been in the league. And uh, you know what you're gonna get with Richie And I mean the tight end Darren Waller is also
having a hell of a season as well. So I mean they've got a lot of talent in that offensive line and uh in the tight introduce it's Richie, a guy that you will exchange pleasantries with on Sunday a few times. You know, I might see him every now and then stuff the packages and uh, I'm just not gonna I'm not gonna get the flag. I'm gonna try and keep balling and uh, let my play do the talking.
What do you think about your quarterback? Is Sam Donald against the Washington Redskins a career high four touchdown passes in the last two weeks. You're seen as sending ballplayer right now? Man, Sam, Uh, He's he's pretty hot right now. I mean he's making all the right checks. I mean he didn't let after you threw the pig, got the offense together. It was like, hey, look, we need to get this thing right. Like, um, I can't remember what
he said. I remember looking over. He got everybody together and we just he got control of the huddle and it was one of the first few times like saw him like look I looked at him and he's just like, oh wow, like keeps taking control of this thing and he's um being a true quarterback and I mean he just was on it. Like it was a great thing to see. Yeah, how much stress does a guy like that?
You talked about Lamar Jackson, not comparing Stamdon Lamar Jackson, of course, but what he can do outside the pocket, because there are a couple of times against Washington where the pockets started to break a little bit and he just shuffled a couple of and you saw defenders drawn up or they froze, and you saw a couple of your tight end is take off. Ryan Griffin hit a huge day receiving. Yeah. I mean, Sam's just he's realizing
what he could do on his legs. I mean, if you look back to the Giants game, even like he made a lot of plays while people were taking him to the ground on like, he's not making some of the mistakes he made before, like throwing an errand pass here and there, when guys around him like he's gotten he's gotten used to it. It's like okay, I know I'm about to go down read one's not there, look at two, all right, throw it there, boom. And I mean he's just he's just getting more comfortable in that
backfield and getting downside the pocket making place. You mentioned double digit sacks before. You missed a couple of games earlier this season. You're back to full health. What would that mean? Do you? You're always about team and talking about what you guys can do collectively, but just that figure yourself, what what what would that mean? I mean, that's definitely something I've always wanted to uh achieve, and this is uh. I'm set up pretty nicely right now.
I mean missed three games, but I mean six games left. I've got five sacks now, Jamal stole one, so it should be six. But you don't let that one arrive. But I mean he's six games left. Sack a game, leave me out pretty good, pretty great number. Well, Jordan, You've got things going on, and that whole entire Jets defense is playing at an awfully high level right now. We thank you so much for stopping by. As always, you are listening to Inside the Jets on ESPN New
York Bunch set left. Now, there's two tight ends in front of Robby Anderson and Lady on Belbat the right of Sam Donald and the shotgun Donald back the throne hoops left as come Spernald left out of the pocket. He's gonna flip on towards the endzon He's got the tight end, Daniel Brown, and he's got it for a Jet touchdown. Welcome back to Insaide Jets, where broadcasting live from Annable Sports Expirits it's out of Windham Hamilton Park Hotel. Since uh, that was a little sprint right for Sam
Donald and the touchdown pass to Robbie Anderson. Bobwa SHOs on the call Jets Reward members, don't forget to enter the code sprint. Yes, that sprint in your Jets Rewards portal during this show to earn a hundred points. We talked to Jordan Jenkins about it. Eric in the first segment, Sam Donald is maturing before our our eyes. He's developing, not just in terms of his play on the field, but he's taking command in terms of being a leader. Absolutely.
I mean you hear about him going into two coach Case's office and taking command of the offense, talking about what he kind of plays, he wants to run, what what do we need to be doing, what are my strengths And you're seeing it, You're seeing the results of it out in the field. You're seeing a confident player who's taking leadership, more of a leadership role on the team. He's dominating on the field and he really does seem
more comfortable throwing the football. Jordan Jenkins said after the interception, that was the one play you're gonna look at in film review. If you're Jets offensive coach, if you're Sam Donald said, I want that one back because they're trying to set up a screen for time. Montgomery kept on retreating pressure in his face, throws high, interception goes the other way. But the defense did a nice job there, sudden change of picking the offense up. And that's something
we didn't see from this team early this season. They're playing better complimentary football. Yeah, that was awesome to see, you know, obviously it was very disappointing, you know, for that interception, you know, the one that Sam probably should have thrown in the dirt and live to see another down. But the defense had took that challenge upon their shoulders and said, listen, let's get a stop. Let's keep these guys off the board. They went out there, they stopped
the Red Skins, and they did it twice. You know, you talked about on the kick return. There was a fumble sudden change as well, and you really take pride as a defense. You get together and say, listen, we gotta get out of this however way we can do not allow them to score a touchdown. And what that does for your defense, for your team, it takes all the energy away from the opposing team. They have this big play, a momentum swing, and they end up with nothing.
They end up maybe with field goal. It kind of breaks their heart. What did you think about Donald's extension of plays. We saw it in the first touchdown pass to Daniel Brown buys a little bit more time shuffling left defenders. Take a look at him landing Collins. Let's Daniel Brown, who was running a short out. He turns up the field. It was not not and out and up, but there are scramble drill rules and the Jets receivers
are in sync with their quarterback right now. Yeah, it's great to see him him, you know, create plays with his legs. You know everyone obviously when you talk about an athletic quarterback, a mobile quarterback, everyone looks to Lamar Jackson. But there's more than one way you can be a mobile quarterback. You can extend plays by staying within the pocket.
You can extend it by staying behind the line of scrimmage, keeping your eyes down the field and being in sync with your receivers, as you see with Sam Donald and his crew. I mean, it's great, it's great to see him throwing the ball in the run. I mean, how happy does he look when he's running to the right or running to the left. He sees someone, he gets his shoulders across and delivers an absolute dime. It's amazing to see. How about the drive at the end of
the first half. Now, there's so many things to get to that are going right now for the Jets, And I know a lot of people will say, what a hold on of second there, three and seven. Yeah they are, and they did beat a bad football team who is scuffling right now. The Washington Redskins are one of the worst teams in the league. But they went in there in convincing fashion and took care of business. But I thought that drive at the end of the half was
awfully impressive. Three plays right down the field, he throws a strike to Levan Bell. The next completion, the second completion on that was again buying time going to the left Ryan Griffins all alone touched past to him. And then the third place the third completion on that drive is Sam thrown a strike just so decisive in the pocket, sees Griffin knows he's going there, Boom, touchdown. Yeah, it
was great. It was an amazing drive and it's great to see the confidence, you know, going into ending half finishing. That's what you want to see from this team is in finishing, finishing out quarters, finishing out drives, finishing out halves, and and those things add up and that they add to your confidence. And you know, the play on Griffin it was funny because you know, I'm a safety and I'm looking at Landing Collins and he's playing the curl flat and there's a wide receiver that was in the
flat right in front of him. You see Griffin behind him. He takes the cheese, comes up front, wide open Griffin. It was a touchdown. So it was it was great eyes by Sam Donald, recognizing the coverage, understanding where the defender was and where he's supposed to be, and finding
the open man. What about the design movement calls for Madam Gaze that might have meant part of that conversation when those guys got in the meeting where Sam might have said, Hey, get me on the move, get me some boots, let's do some play action and move me around. And we saw that in the first drive, the strike
to Jamison Crowder. Then later in the game we saw him hit Griffin, who had a lot of real estate after that play action, and you see the offensive line blocking one way and that's taking everybody that way, and then Sam's coming around. Yeah, you know. But it's important to establish that run game. That's why it's important the teams have to honor that. But I love the movement that that the offense had yesterday. Uh you know, whether it be the Robby Anderson touchdown in the red zone
where jameis and Crowder motions across. He runs to the flat right at Josh Norman. Yeah, and you see Josh Norman Paul is like, wait, am I don't cover too, and then you see him make the decision, No, I'm covering this guy, and it's too late. Sam's on the movie. He's in the corner, throws the ball right to the sideline where only Robby Anderson could catch it, and it's a touchdown. But changing the change up a pace, moving moving around, moving guys around on offense really does can
cause the defense to talk. And when they have to talk, the more they have to talk, the more opportunity there is for error. And that's what you saw yesterday. Four hundred total yards for the new York Jets against the Washington Redskins in that d C dismantline, and they score a touchdown in their opening possession for a fourth consecutive game. That has only happened one other time in franchise history.
Eric did just mention the approved run game, and I want to talk about that and the offensive line who continues to work multiple combinations. But they played awfully while money by their best game overall, and how they can build on that. On the other side, you are listening to Inside the Jets on ESPN New York asking the Jet Gun guys to right dropped the club contorn over the metals, intercepted by Nevill two it at the fifteen yard line. He's up to his right and returns it
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the Jets App, presented by M and T back. Go to the App Store or Google Play Now and search official New York Jets Eric before the break, we're talking about the run game. It's stuck to it. The numbers were there, not in terms of that gaudy average per carry, but thirty three attempts in all four season high hundred fifteen rush yards. What did you see from the guys up front? And also the way Adam Gaze used his stable of backs. It wasn't just lady On Bell. Yeah,
I thought it was great. You know, the offensive line probably had one of the best performances of the season. You know, they were getting to the second level. They were double team and the three technique and get into those linebackers and give it in opening holes for I mean, you think about Bala Pa, He's just consistent. You know, as soon as he gets the all, he's trying to score. It seems like every time he gets the ball, he's trying to make someone miss and get to that end zone.
And I mean, there's nothing else I can say about him. You know, he just has a great effort. Uh, you know, he's he's a great player, and he continued to do it year in and year out. So it was great to see the mix up. You know, Levian bail a little time, Montgomerys and Balal pal Um in there. It was nice to see the stable, you know, get an opportunity to run the football. Blal Paul doesn't waste any time hitting a hole, does he. Oh no, he's hitting
it right now. And he's trying to hit his head on the field goal post every time, no matter where he is. Yeah, and you almost did on that seventeen yard or he had so many moves he took himself to the ground there right. Um, what does that provide the defense in terms of different looks. You got a patient guy like Levian who is so big we can carry you, who can make you miss, and then you see twenty nine come at you. He's not as big and maybe he can hide behind lineman a little bit
and for you know it, he's through that hole. Well, you know, it's it's very difficult for a defense. You know, you get used to it's like a picture. It's like a picture, just throwing fastballs, fastballs, and then all of a sudden he hits you with a changeup and it catches you off guard. And that's what it's like when you change up the running backs. You know, as a safety, you get used to filling a hold a certain way. You kind of get a feel for how the running
back is seeing the field. And then you change it up and there's someone else in there. Now it changes everything. You know. The bla how is a guy who you know, first of all, leaby on, he's patient. You know, he's gonna set up his blocks, he's gonna cut back, he has great vision. And then you get bela where if there's a crease, he's gonna hit it, and you better
be there because if you're not, he's gonna still be running. Now, Cuba a DOGA had a couple of times where he had some difficulty with Ryan Carrigan, and that's gonna happen from time to time. Ryan Carrigan is a pro in the National Football League's there's some pass rushing success over the years, but by and large a lot of people were wondering how was this line going to respond? Because again and other different combinations sh Tom Compton taking over
for Brian Winters at right guard and Jonathan Harrison. He's been centered for a few games now. Ryan Khalil or Khalil though ultimately placed on injured reserve. You get Calvin Beecham back in the lineup the last couple of weeks. I think the line all in all, that might have been their bust performance two thousand nineteen. I agree. I agree.
And having beach him back is a big help. You know, you you have a security blanket over there on the left side, and Sam understands that when he drops back, he doesn't really have to worry about what's going on behind him, uh, you know, and having the rest of the players Jonathan Harrison, I thought he did a great job. He's a very athletic center. He can get out of the movie. He's he's physical at the point of attack. And I like the way that the offensive line is progressing. Listen,
they're a young group. You know, no one's gonna mistake them as as the Cowboys offensive line or or you know, the Coats offensive line. But they're working towards it and they're they're putting out better performances and they're only gonna get better. What do you make of Ryan Griffin? He goes over a hundred yards receiving for the first time in his career when the Jets picked him up a lot of people thinking, oh, that's a nice depth signing.
But they've had to depend on this guy in a big way this season because basically a lost year for Chris Herndon, who went on injury reserve only played one game. But Griffin is kind of a jack of all trades. He can do everything in a few Yeah, he can't. And you love to see guys like that have success. I mean, we had him on the show and just as cool as they come, you know, a hard worker, humble, uh you know, does it all. Does whatever the coaches ask of him. You know, if they want him to block,
he's gonna be out there blocking. They want him on the move, he's gonna be on the move. You're asked him to catch some balls, he's gonna do the most with it. And to see him get rewarded, to see him create those big plays, I love it and I wish him more success. Well let's go to the other side of the ball. Let's go to your side, Eric Coleman, the defense is side. Just how good has Greg Williams
been this year? You think about the injuries. I know the Jets have endured them on both sides of the football, but at the inside linebacker position, c J. Moles Y. We talk about his absence every week and what they've done there stopping the run. And now at the quarterback position. This is jumping out to me because Brian Pool has been one of the most underrated people on this roster.
He's been fantastic all year at that nickel position. But Arthur Mullott is playing outside the numbers and a rookie Bless Austin, and those guys do acquitting themselves just fine. Well, I mean that just shows I love how Greg Williams coaches his team. It doesn't matter you know, what your role is, what your salary is, you gotta go out there and play your best. You gotta go out there and play hard every play and don't make mistakes, and
you're gonna get rewarded. You're gonna get opportunities. And these young guys have earned it. They've been doing it in the offseason, they've been doing it throughout the season in practice, and they're getting their time to shine and is showing and and you know, I don't think people give Greg Williams enough credit for what he's doing as far as a play caller. I mean, you're missing the strength of your defense. You're missing a lot of line packers. So
what do you do. You put Jamal Adams here, You put them there, You mix some coverages up, you mix some blitz looks up, and you still make plays. So you know, Greg Williams has done some amazing things as the defensive coordinator with his schemes and the way he's called this this defense. And I mean, I can't say enough for what they're doing. How difficult is it for a young quarterback to identify those pressure packages? We were talking to Jordan Jenkins about that before because he got
all these guys crowding the line. Brian Pool's coming, georgane Jay, not George Jenkins, Jamal Adams, excuse me, is coming. But the linebackers are showing pressure. At least That's what I'm thinking when I'm watching and they all bell at the final seconds and Dwayne Hassen has got to be thinking, what the hell is this? Yeah, you know, it muddies
everything up for the for the quarterback. You know, when a quarterback comes in the last scrimmage, you know you see him, you know, look going through the cane, is making calls, making fake you know, checks and he's trying to get the defense to show their hand so you can get an understanding of what covers they're in. You know, where's the pressure come from, where is the weakness of this defense. But what the Jets are doing, they're bringing
everybody to the line of scrimmage. They're moving guys around. And so when when he's doing that fake that fake hyke, no one's moving and then all of a sudden, the ball snaps and he has to figure it out while he's dropping back. And that's a lot to ask for a rookie quarterback to see two defensive lineman dropping back and he's like, wait, wait, is this a blitzer? Is it coverage? And then he makes a lot of mistakes that caused him to hold the ball for an extra second,
and that's when you see the sack star coming. If you're running back in the National Football League right now and you're blocking a Signmon's Jamal Adams man, you you better stay on him. Because there were a couple of instances now we were where we've seen the last couple of weeks where guys are getting in front of him. But either Jamal's motors just tremendous and off the charts, and he's just he keeps signing going and he never stops on a play and he's gonna get there. Or
he's just running through people. Yeah, I mean you saw him last week run through say quoah, you this this past yesterday. He's running around defenders. And you know it's interesting because when safety is blitz, they're usually like the free hitter, where nobody sees him coming. But Jamal is. Listen, everyone knows he's coming and he's still getting pressure and he is. It just speaks to his motor. You know,
he has a great motor. You talk about defensive ends that just keep going in and don't give up on a play. Jamal does that in his pass rush and his reward. He's being rewarded at the end of those plays. Okay, these guys in the locker room cannot afford to look ahead. They're not good enough to do that. It is the week, the week league, the National Football League, no doubt about that.
But if I'm a fan, I want this team to get the six and seven before they go to Baltimore, because if I'm a fan, I can look at that schedule and say we got the Raiders at home. Good team, no doubt about it. But we should be in this game and there's no reason why we can't win. Then you go to Cincinnati, a winless ball club that's really scuffling, similar to a team you just saw in Washington, and then you come home and they face the Miami Dolphins,
and you all the Dolphins a little something. Absolutely. I mean, there's there's a big opportunity for the Jets right now if they continue to play at this pace. You know, they're not beating themselves. They're not making a lot of mistakes, and anytime they do that, they they're not getting a lot of penalties. They're not no mental mistakes. Sam Donald's taking care of the football. They're making plays, they're being
aggressive in their play calls. Listen, they can beat anyone, you know, And I'm not saying, listen, they're gonna win the Super Bowl. I'm not trying to do that. Listen. They're playing some good football right now, and if they continue at that trend at that clip, then they're gonna end up six and seven at Baltimore and it's gonna make for a great game. So before we preview the Raiders in depth in our final segment, I will say a couple of things they won't be able to do
against Oakland and come away with the victory. Is Sam can't have that interception like you did in the first half. Vincent Smith can't come back. Can assume we kick off and turn the football over. You have back to back turnovers like that as sequence like that, that spells trouble. But this team is playing well. They overcame the adversity against the Washington Redskins. But coming up here on Inside the Jets, we will preview preview this weekend's matchup between
the New York Jets and the Oakland Raiders. You are listening to Inside the Jets on ESPN New York. M Donald lead in the shotgun. Telson was last. It's just drops back touchdown. Welcome back to Inside the Jets. We're presented by e Y Building a Better Working World, Eric Allen and Eric Coleman here at Vanderbilt Sports and Spirits inside the Windham Hamilton's Park Hotel. Come on by next week. The Jets are in a little bit, a little bit of a run here two games. Can they make it
three against the Oakland Raiders. What do you think about this matchup? I'm excited to see what Jon Gruden has in store here because the Raiders are back six and four and and this is a step up in weight class for the Jets, don't you think absolutely? I mean the the Raiders, as you mentioned, six and four, uh, their physical ball club. You know, they're playing inspired football right now. John Gruden has been playing lights out. You know,
they're they're overachieving. Some would say from from what would uh from the adversity that they faced throughout the off season, throughout the training camp, all the diversions they had going on in their locker room, they stayed together and they're playing a great brand of football right now, you know, led by Derek Carr, and you know he's doing an excellent job. He's completely of his passes. How would you describe the system that John Gruden is running there in Oakland?
And they'll they'll run the football, they'll go heavy packages a lot of times. But people will say that that's just it's a system predominantly that's gonna rely on a short passing game. Correct. Yeah, you know, it's a it's a West Coast offense. But the run first, smash mouth football, they're gonna take you know they want their receivers to catch the ball to run. You don't want to give him opportunities to make big plays. But at the same time, they will use the play action to take shots down
the field. So, uh, you know, John Gruden does a great job of scouting defenses. Now he's a he's an offensive mastermind, so he understands, you know, who's your biggest threat on defense. So you know Jamal Adams. You know that they're gonna have something for Jamal. You know they're gonna try to probably run away from him, do something to scheme Jamal because he's the guy who's been making on the plays. So uh, you know, running the football is their bread and butter though. So I love this
matchup between Greg Williams and John Gruden. What did the Jets do to take away Derek Carr's favorite target? Darren Waller A kid who can I shouldn't call him a kid because of the NFL veteran, but six six came out of West Uh, he came out of Georgia Tech as a wide receiver and now he is the guy to tight end position and he's a he can be a mismatch nightmare for a posing defenses. Yeah, I mean he's tough, you know, as you mentioned as the receiver background,
so he knows how to run routes. He's an excellent route runner. I think, you know with with the receiving tight ends that I played against that we're successful. We always use a guy like Jordan Jenkins, you know, to to chip him to delay his his release, to throw off the timing of the quarterback. And then you'd have another guy, you know, more athletic guy. Probably not myself, you know, I was a shorter safety, so he's gonna
use his body to get away from me. A longer guy who can who can cover well, whether it be a corner, whether it be a big safety that's waiting for him after he gets jammed in the line of scrimp, if they move him off the line, if Waller's outside in the numbers, do you put a cornerback on him, Yeah, there's nothing wrong with that. You can put a cornerback on him. You know, he he's going to be uh, you know, physically, he's gonna try to use his body,
use his leverage and box you out. So you know, the cornerback that's what they do, you know, they do. They play in space they cover and I think that would be a good matchup. Now the problem is is once you get to the red zone, you know, who do you how do you match up? Because those jump balls, uh, those opportunities there, but you know it can definitely be handled. They do have some other weapons there. Tyrell Williams another
athletic receiver for the Oakland Raiders. And then of course Hunter Runfro, a guy was very productive at Clemson and he just catches the football. Yeah, I mean very unassuming. You know, he's a you know, a very good route runner, sure hands, you know, does the excellent job of of running, you know, of winning against that third cornerback in the slot. So you know, he can be a problem. He moves to change for him. He's their version of Jamison Crowder.
Right now, Now, do you buy into the difficulty for a West Coast team coming east? The Raiders just finished a three game homestand three and oh but they're not playing in the coliseum. They're coming to the East coast one in three on the road this year. Yeah, it's difficult, you know, coming from the West Coast going to the East Coast. I mean you lose three hours your timing is off is cold over here, you know, the weather is different, so uh, it is quite the adjustment obviously.
You know, a West Coast team can have success out east, but it's more difficult than the other way around, you know. I remember for for us, going to the West Coast was like, first of all, it's like a vacation because the weather is always nice. But you get that extra time, you know, you get that extra sleep, um, and you lose all that when you come from the West Coast.
So the Jets definitely have an advantage. With that being said, I think they have to jump out of the raiders early and try to score as many points as early as possible. What's that next step for the offense you just mentioned, jump on him early. Damn any problems out of the gate lately? Four games, like we talked about four touchdowns on the opening possession and you're you're talking about one other time in franchise history that this team
has done it. So that tells me Adam Gaze and say and Donald dur in sync and the offense is prepared as soon as they get out on the field. Yeah, I mean you you gotta give a lot of credit to to coach Gays, the scouting department's offensive coordinator for understanding how these defenses are trying to attack teams and and finding the weakness and exposing that through that first drive. You know, typically you script that first twenty players of the of the game and then you adjust off of that.
The Jets have done a great job with that script. Uh during the first fifteen and the last game they continued with that with that pressure, applying that pressure on defenses. You know, but I think this week when you talk about the Oakland Raiders, they're gonna have to stop Max Crosby four sacks against the Cincinnati Bengals. Yeah, he was, he was going off. You know, he's been struggling getting too the quarterback. Uh. You know, but he's a very
athletic defensive end. And there's some ball players over there. You know. Obviously they lost Khalil Mack in the trade and they'll be looking for a pass rusher and you know they're they're they're fine in a way to get it done. Yeah. What do you think is next for Sam Donald here? Trying to make it back to back to back strong performances here in year two as he
really looks to be taken that next step. Yeah, you know, I think for Sam to take that next step, it's gonna be about consistency, you know, doing it week in and week out, eliminating those mistakes, you know, the screen pass, the pass against the Giants are are you know the week before when he's rolling out of the pocket, you
know some of those passes. It's okay to throw the ball out of bounds, it's okay to throw it in the dirt sometimes, and I think Sam understands that, But when he gets in the heat of the moment, he's so competitive and he wants to make it happen so bad that it kind of overrules his better judgment. Yeah. Well, we'll see if the Jets can make it at three
in a row. And if folks, if you are in Florm Park, come down to a Vanderbilt Sports and Spirits next week because Eric Coleman and myself will be here Jets Raiders Sunday at Life Stadium. Thanks for everybody for coming out today tonight, and we'll see you next week on Inside the Jets.