LISTEN | Jets Free Agency Update - Ep. 3 (3/19)

it's a very interesting time in the NFL landscape. No team is allowed to technically tweet anything out, so it's it's a lot of reported lys and the Jets reportedly resigned Brian Pool and the Jets also didn't tender a couple of players. Will talk about that, and then we'll just kind of look at day one of free agency. This was the first day of the new league year,

and we'll break down some moves across the league. Olivia Landis talked to ESPN pre and postgame o Stan Graza about the moves in terms of the Jets, and then to wrap up the show, we'll take a look at the a f C East landscape and what teams have done, some new faces, some old faces departing. And with that e A, let's just start things off by how are you doing in Florham Park and enjoying the quarantine? What

are you doing to keep yourself busy? These greens? How of an introduction and we hope everybody is safe out there.

Please follow all the guidelines um right now. But unfortunately for me and you, we can talk a little bit about football every night here, and it seems like free agency has been going on for seven days, but this is actually the beginning of the league year and it's about eight forty Wednesday night, so the league yere began, which means the free agency and training period is actually officially commenced at four pm. But I would put the

disclaimer out there. I know a lot of fans are asking throughout the league why aren't teams acknowledging certain quote unquote signings while a lot of these guys have not been signed, Because we're living in a world where NFL clubs aren't bringing any free agent players to their facilities.

Greens and club personnel, including members of medical staff, are not traveling to locations to meet or conduct physicals, and the physicals are very important pieces when you are citing a new player and even in some cases when you're trying to get a look at a player just finished up with you in January. So unfamiliar terrain for all

of us right now. But I'm doing wild greens. Like I said, um, I'm happy to talk Jets football with you every night, and you know, we do have a lot of news that continues to sprinkle in and as Joe Douglas continues to reshape and build this roster. Yeah, I'm very thankful that at the end of my day I can talk about some football because honestly, staying inside

all day is not my forte. I think you and I are similar in that like to get out the active and you know, even when we're at the office, I like to walk around, as you say, make make my rounds. I can't make my rounds head anymore. My rounds are consistent of phone calls and you know, finding things to do around my apartment. So but without further ado, let's dive into some Jets football like you alluded to.

And Tremaine Johnson was officially released by the New York Jets earlier today, and I don't think this was surprising in the eyes of the external media. I think it was something that a lot of people expected. And this really leaves the Jets corners in an interesting spot just by a numericles adpoint. And I know that it's free agencies, So Joe Douglas and his staff are gonna continuously add all these players. But right now the Jets are pretty

thin at the position on their roster. They only have one, two, three, four corners officially under contract heading into Yeah, that's right. Uh. Dremaine Johnson, Uh, disappointing time here. I think he would probably tell you the last two years were tough for him and the Jets. I think under the previous regime thought they would be getting more production out of that spot. As it is, two years, seventeen games, five interceptions, four of them were in that first year with the Green

and White, and seven past defenses. He wasn't able to stay healthy last year either, only seven games. But I don't think there was any surprise out there. I think a lot of people when looking at the financial ramifications at Johnson deal Greens, when you say that this was a deal that was most expected, yeah, I agree with that. And just where do you think, well, where do you

think this leads the Jets though? Moving forward? Because it was reported earlier today that the Jets had resigned Brian Poole, who had a great year starting in the nickel for Greg Williams and the defense. But it's even let's say in this, in this uh situation that we're talking about, Brian pool is on the roster. I mean, the Jets still need to add a couple of bodies to this team, whether that be through free agency, through trade, through the draft.

But right now, like I said, only four guys under contract heading into bless Austin, Nate Harriston, Kymon Brown, and Darryl Roberts. Now, Roberts is a guy that brings versatility because over the last couple of seasons, we know he's come in and stepped in for you at the cornerback position, but also he's got the ability in a inch to go back and play safety. Now, Joe Douglas and company have to decide is Darryl Roberts two. I hate to get into the numbers game, but uh or is he

a four? Because typically you're talking about one. Is you your shutdown guy who's gonna mark the opposition's top perceiver outside the boundary, right, then two would be as complimentary piece across the other way in your three, which I always consider a starter in the National Football League because you play base packages so much, the way teams implement through offensive personnel is one of your most important positions. That's why. And we'll get into this here in a second.

The Pool resigning was a monster um resigning for Joe Douglas because that's a guy who's got the physicality of a safety. He could cover like a cornerback. Uh. I don't want to steal your thunder on Pool because a lot of folks reply that believe Adam Schafter was the first to report today agreement in principle to stay here with the Green and White for a second consecutive season.

But when you think about these names, Bless Austin, Nate Harrison, Kyron Brown, and they four mentioned Darryl Roberts Austin as a guy who came in. He showed some flashes at times, a really young guy out of Rutgers who missed that final year there. But uh yeah, you're gonna have to add pieces on the outside, no doubt about that. And it's gonna be fascinating to see where this goes. Right now, Green's yeah, and I just want to touch on a

couple of these guys. Let's start with Darryl Roberts. This year, he played in thirteen games, he started ten of them.

He had a career high sixty three tackles, six pass defenses, and one interception, and he was somebody to your point, he was the Jets number two corner opening day against Buffalo i Met Life Adium, and moving forward, I think one of the things that's interesting, and I don't know how the coronavirus or COVID is affecting any of this, but Darryl Roberts was one of those guys where a lot of the salary cap websites and external media thought that he could be a potential salary cut just for

Joe Douglas to save money and increase the cap so he could spend money elsewhere. And right now, the only release that Joe Douglas has made has been Truemaine Johnson, and just looking at the rest of the guys on the roster, I wanted to touch on Pool because when you look at his stats, he started in a career high ten games for the Jets this season, but his numbers weren't career numbers. But I think it's safe to say that he had the best year of his career.

I mean, do you feel like I didn't watch every Falcons game when he was there, but I would say it's safe to say that he was the best he's ever been since signing with the Falcons as an undrafted free agent out of Florida. When you said he was an arguably the Jets top cornerback last year, you can't make any other argument than that, um any you know, again, at times he'd come up there and he'd set the edge. It was almost like he had an extra linebacker in there.

And when you paired him up, I know they played different positions, but when you have a nickel like that and then as safety like Jamal Adams, this becomes a really tough unit to run against, because not only are those big uglies up front taking care of business and winning their battles at the line of scrimmage, but the Jets, uh their defensive backs will come up and hit you.

And right now, if you're a fan, you're looking at it here on March eighteenth, and you're saying I'm really comfortable where I am secondary wise, three fits of the secondary right now, because I have perhaps the best safety in the National Football League, Jamal Adams. I have safety in Marcus May, who has tremendous range, who played all sixteen games last season, who I thought was playing his best ball, perhaps of his career towards the end of

his sophomore campaign. And now you took care of the nickel position by bringing Pool back. The questions remain at outside cornerback. Yeah, and Brian Pool was the seventh rated or c graded out seventh in the NFL of cornerbacks all corners, not just slot players that have played at least of the team's defensive snaps by Pro Football Focus. So clearly he had a good year for the Jets.

End to your point, I think my favorite Brian Pool play from this past year wasn't the pick six, but it was the safety in Week one where he absolutely flattened Frank Gore at the goal line. I'm pretty sure Marcus May came in and cleaned up. But regardless, this has been reported that he's been or that he resigned with the Jets, and I think we're both in agreement

that Douless. Yeah, I agreed to terms. And and the money we don't we don't talk about the money here on Official Jets podcast, but the money being thrown around right now, uh for pool and considering the contributions you got from him last year, you gotta love this deal. Um. Good for Joe Douglas, good for Greg Williams, and good

overall for the Jets defense. That remember they finished number seven in the National Football League overall defensively last year and so and there were also number two against the run. And really quickly before we uh here from Olivia Landis who caught up with Dan Broso, like I said earlier, I wanted to talk about some guys that this this really didn't go on the radar, but today I'm pretty sure.

Was the deadline to tender any restricted free agents, and the Jets restricted free agents where James Burgess, Arthur Mallette and Bennett Jackson. And basically what teams can do is tender a player. So in theory, if you slap a like last year, the Jets placed a second round tender on Robby Anderson, meaning if a team signed Robby Anderson to a contractor they had to sign it on a sheet the Jets could one match or two they get

a second round pick and return. Well, the Jets did not tender any of those players, being James Burgess, Arthur Milette Bennett Jackson, making those three guys unrestricted free agents. And would you consider this a surprising movie a considering James Burgess and Arthur Millette were really two staples of this defense moving forward or at the end of the season last year, and they were also starters at the

end of last year for a handful of games. I would say, uh, no on Burgess, you know why the c. J. Mosley didn't play last year? He get what he got, gave you two plus quarters of fabulous ball against the Buffalo Bills, and then he wasn't himself when he tried to make a valiant return against the New England Patriots. You're gonna get a knock on wood a hundred percent c J. Moseley back next season. He is one of the top inside linebackers in football. Uh maybe he will

rise to the throne overall because there's no Luke Kickley anymore. Um, we'll have to see what happens there. Avery Williamson still under contract. And remember Blake Cashman, who played for you last season before he went out, he showed some things and I think he especially can help and coverage situations. So that top three inside linebacker, UM, if those are

indeed the trifecta, I think that's a solid group. I would give a lot of props to Burgess for not only the way he played last year, but Greg Williams, because Burgess is not a big inside line linebacker by any means, Greens. I don't know what he played at last year and what he was listed at, but that is not a monster guy, and he became a tackling machine for the Jets. So good job by Greg Williams last year, and good luck to James Burgess. UM did

some very nice things here for the Jets. The one guy that did catch my eye out of all of them you did mention was Arthur Mollott, interesting played with the New Orleans Saints came over. I thought he did some decent things. But again, you gotta make decisions that are best for your ball club ultimately, and Joe Douglas is doing that right now. So that doesn't mean Um Molett, you couldn't circle back at him way down the line or down the line, and after you see what happens

in free ancy. But that was the only guy that Yeah, I don't think I raised my eyebrows about. I would say I didn't have any no true surprises there. But there's some guys that gave us contributions last year and they're gonna be players in the National Football League, and you're talking about guys who ultimately are gonna be playing reserve roles or somewhere greens. Yeah, I agree with that.

I mean, I think that the Jets were so injury bitten last season that guys like James Burgess and Arthur Malett, like that's how they found their way onto the field. And I think they played well at the end of last season. But I do think that it's one of those circumstances where had the Jets been healthy all year, you can't I can't say. I can't sit here and say that those two guys would have found their way into the starting lineup just because of the way they played.

I mean, both those guys were practice squad players at the beginning of the year, and you know that. I think that's really all the news right now in Jets Land and um now, I think it's a good time. Olivia land Is caught up with Dan where Asa and they talked all things Jets too. So let's take a listen to what they had to say about the New York Jets and free agency. Thanks Ethan any A, Let's dive right into some Jets free agency news. There have been some reports out there that the Jets did agree

to terms with guard Alex Lewis. How important was it to resign a player who already has familiarity with Adam Gaze and this system and honestly had a very good outing in a year he wasn't even expected to be a starter, right, and then has familiarity with Joe Douglas most importantly, right from their Baltimore days together there, and um, you know, Alex Lewis is a is a valuable piece here and and maybe league wide, maybe they look at this news and say, well, Alex Lewis, But anybody who

follows the team like you and I do, Olivia, and we watch every game and we're in the locker room, we're talking to these guys. Alex Lewis was not only a very very solid contributor for them on the field last year, but also in that locker room as well, and that reflected well on the coaches. They realized how valuable his presence was in that room. I mean just getting the opportunity to get to know him on a one on one basis. Last year you could probably say

the same thing. He's a very good guy in that room, very team oriented, really brings a good positive vibe. And he's a heck of a football player too. When you think about you're right. He came in late during the summer last year and a trade was thought to be really nothing more than a depth piece, but then all the injury started on the offensive line and he got

pressed into duty. And when he's slipped into that left guard position, you can make the case that the offensive line, at least on that left side, played a little bit better. And I think he was very, very solid. So the fact that he comes back here, that's a position now out of those five on the offensive line. If you're the Jets, you say, Okay, we feel good about what we have at left guard. We feel comfortable about sending Alex Lewis out there. Yeah, and I would agree with

you too. How he has a presence inside that locker room He's a great guy. Every time I've interacted with him, he's been phenomenal. So, like you said, I think it was a good, smart signing on Joe Douglas's part, especially providing so much emphasis on the offensive line. And we'll circle back to the offensive line, but I want to now move on to another move that the team officially announced,

and that was releasing cornerback Truemayne Johnson. There had been some rumors floating around for a while that this was going to happen, but the Jets made it official today. What were your initial thoughts when you saw that. I gotta be honest with Olivia, I'm not really that surprise. You know, we kind of heard rumblings that this was the direction the franchise was gonna go, which remain because you know, everybody talks about the large contract he was

given in free agency a couple of years ago. That's all well and good, but you know, the production just didn't match up with it. And I know that you can say it's only two years, but you know, there's an old saying that the best ability for a player is availability, and Truemaine Johnson wasn't even on the field as much as you would want somebody on the field that's playing in all in iportant position like cornerback and what they entrusted him with when they brought him in

here as a free agent from the Rams. Now, um the problem with that is is that they still have a need that they have to fill. It's not so much, well, you know, the savings that you get from releasing Truemaine Johnson, what it does for your salary cap and that sort of thing. Yeah, that's all well and good, but also, now, who are you going to get to fill that void? You know, they are thin at cornerback and that was something that they were going into this process here during

the off season. Now, I know that there's still some players out there to be had, and I know that the draft is still you know, a month away, and they can fill some needs there. But that would be my overall level of concern right now, not so much that Trumaine Johnson didn't live up to the expectations that the organization had for him, is that who were they now going to get to step in and lock down

some of those cornerback positions. You know, Bless Austin was, you know, showed some glimpses last year when he was finally activated off of the publist there and he flashed some ability and you have some some hopes for him and other guys like that, but somebody's gonna have to step up because you know that in the NFL, the past happy league that has become, you need guys that can cover Dan. You mentioned some holes that the Jets

need to fill. I now want to quickly jump into some reports, some rumors that have been reported by analysts around the league. We already mentioned cornerback position. It's been reported that the Jets have come to agreement in principle with cornerback Brian Pool. They've also come to it has been reported that they have come to agreement in principle

with offensive aligneman's both George Fan and Connor McGovern. When you look at those three overall free agent signings, what are some of your initial thoughts on, first the offensive line additions and how that can help what Joe Douglas is trying to build, and then Brian Pool coming back

possibly into the mix. Yeah, all very good signings. I like them a lot here, and you know, starting the offensive line, you knew that if you had to pick one particular area on this football team Olivia going into the off season that the Jets had to address. It was the offensive line. We know that Joe Douglass, being an old offensive lineman himself, he knows and he said as much that games are one and lost in the trenches, and that was something the Jets had to address. You

look at a guy like George Fan. Maybe the average Jet fan doesn't know too much about him because he was a guy who played for the Seattle Seahawks all the way out on the other side of the country in another conference. He was a basketball player at Western Kentucky. But he had all the intangibles. He has great athletic ability, and he got himself uh into being a starting caliber offensive lineman for the Seattle Seahawks, you know. So he has the experience there. And the thing that I like

about it is that he has upside. And I think that Joe Douglass and the Jets coaching staff also can see that there's upside with this guy. Now, gotta mc governed. Guy they picked up from the Denver Broncos here. Uh. He's a guy who again has been durable. He's played virtually almost every he snapped the last couple of years.

The thing you like about him, with all the experience that he's garnered the last few seasons, is that he has been very, very rarely penalized, which is never what you want to have happened for any of your offensive lineman. So he plays a clean game, he plays an effective game, and he's a guy that you know what, there's your center and Connor mcgoverned. Guests, he has flexibility, can also play some guard as well, but it seems as if the Jets have eyes on him being their starting center

and Olivia. When you look back at this franchise for the last couple of decades, the center position was almost an embarrassment of riches for them. They were spoiled because for the better part of almost twenty years, the center position was held down by two guys, Kevin Mai who became a Hall of Famer and Nick Mangold, who became

an all time Jet great. Here and certainly in the conversation maybe from the Hall of Fame, Yeah, they've had some change at that all important position, but hopefully now they've got it right here with Connor McGovern Yeah, you made some really good points there. We'll have to see in the coming days of free agency if the Jets are going to make anything official. Till again, those were just some rumors that have been announced by some of

the analysts around the league. But again, happy NFL League, New Year. It's been super awesome to have you. Thank you so much for coming on and answering a couple of questions. But before you go, I can't let you leave without asking you about how you are reacting to this. Tom Brady not only not being in the the East anymore, so the Jets don't have to face him twice a year anymore, but he might possibly be going to the

Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Yeah, that seems to be the word on the street, Olivia, and I think that a lot of Jet fans are probably throwing a party because for the better part of the last twenty years he's tortured them, along with all other teams in the National Football League on a pretty regular basis. But of course being a division rival, I mean the Patriots body of work. Tom Brady's body of work speaks for itself for what he's accomplished.

He is the winning his quarterback in the history of the National Football League So yeah, on paper, you look at the new England Patriots and say they might not be as formidable as they were with Tom Brady. But the thing you got to remember is that Bill Belichick is still there and he's arguably the greatest coach we've ever seen in this game, and he's gonna go out there and he's still gonna put together a very good

football team. And remember two thousand and eight, Tom Brady went down with an injury and Week number one, Patriots still won eleven and five that year without Tom Brady, So they're gonna have something in place, and you know that Belichick is gonna have a plan in place to

where they're gonna be a very good football team. But yeah, if you're a Jet fan, if you're a Bill fan, if you're a Dolphin fan, just those teams that you go head to head with the Pats within that division year in a year out, you probably do see at least a glimmer of opportunity for you. But still you gotta go out there and win the games on Sundays.

Al Right, So that was Live and Dan Graze up breaking down things all things Jet should I say, and I think everyone's in agreement, meaning the two of them and the two of us e A at the Briant Pool signing and every other reported handing out there, including the official Trumaine John's release, seemed like Joe Douglass approached so far, adding reportedly adding three offensive lineman has really one kept to his word and to the calculated approach

is something that I really appreciate. And I think if you follow Joe Douglas's past, learning from somebody like Ozzy Newsom in the Baltimore Ravens, they rarely make a big splash in the first wave, and I think that that's what you're beginning to see here as the Jets trust their general manager and his first free agency in green and White, and somebody that we have yet to talk about really as free agency officially kicked off at four o'clock earlier today by the way, at eight fifty pm,

just to uh let the people know in case something breaks here and we didn't talk about it. But Robbie Anderson still a free agent. He's still on the on the market. And I wonder if Robbie Anderson and Joe Douglas are talking right now and not actual Robbie meaning Robbie's agent, because I know that Robbie had said earlier and previous interviews, even after the season, that he would he felt like there's unfinished business with the Jets and

that he want to return. And I think that the Jets would want him, and I think it's obviously a question of is it the right price, that's right and Joe Douglas calculating approach, he is not going to be

forced into anything. They're gonna sit there, him and his guys assistant GM rex Hogan, director of player Personnel UM Chad Alexander and you can throw Phil Savage into that mix and Greg Nasma, but they are going to come up with the plan for everyone and he is not going to But she's gonna set a market what he thinks the value is and he's not going to be forced into a situation. Joe is going to build this the right way you mentioned, as he knew some before.

He's got tremendous mentors along the way during his NFL career. He's got three championship rings. Truly believe the New York Jets are in good hands. Again. We're five hours into day one of free agency. Mena like it's been I just feel like it's been. Free agency started like a

month ago, you know what I mean. These past forty eight hours have gone by so quickly, and I know a lot of people are gonna say, oh, millennials are glued to their screen, while I have been glued to Twitter for the past forty eight hours and I'm not ashamed of it. So you mentioned Robby Anderson before the sun got now six three pounds. The guy can fly, wake up tomorrow, and he's the fastest guy on any track in any neighborhood, on any football field UM average

fifteen yards or reception last year twenty touchdowns. Over the course of his career UM over three thousand yards receiving. We talked about his accomplishments becoming what the fourth or was it the fifth undrafted free agent undrafted? Correct? Yeah, the fifth undrafted free agent UM to start his career with over three thousand yards in his first four seasons. So listen, Robby Anderson is playing the patient game, and Joe Douglas is gonna be patient as well. We'll have

to see what the market is. The two guys, the too name guys. I guess at the top you would say, Marii Cooper. We know he's with the Dallas Cowboys, signed that long term contract. AJ Green got the franchise tag slapt on him. What is out there for Robbie. I'm sure teams are calling his agents. He all, he's gonna have to weigh Okay, our team is gonna offer me a dollar more too, dollars more than the Jets. I'm being kind of facetious there, I'm saying. At the end

of the day, Robbie likes it here. I think he's developed a really good rapport with the young quarterback and Sam Donald, who oh, by the way, Greens, he is the longest tenured starter starting quarterback in the a f C. East Donald two years old. He's six months younger than Joe Burrow, who's supposedly gonna go number one overall to Cincinnati and a couple of months here. That's c Yeah. And of everything he can do physically, and one of his best traits I think is he's an accurate long

ball thrower. And Robbie developed his game this year. There's no doubt about that. He's a guy who can take this slant to the house. He's doing a lot of deep ends going across the middle, but he can take the top of the defunct defense off as well anybody in the National Football League. And I think he knows he's got a good here with Sam Donald. He is loved by the fan base. Um Man, it's gonna be something watching this playout because they're going team is definitely

gonna be interested in Green's. Yeah, I totally agree with that, And I think I think Robbie Anderson one of his best traits that it's kind of sneaky for him given his stature, is the way that he goes up in and gets the ball and brings it down. And this past year, I think you saw it when Sam Donald threw the opening touchdown to Robbie against the Steelers in Week sixteen and the end zone like he was blanketed by two people. And similarly two years ago in seen

when Josh McCown was on their center. Really when Robbie had his breakout season with the Jets. Again, I don't know if you remember this play, but it was against the Carolina Panthers and Josh McCown rolled out, he put on a this was a different one in the same game. He had two touchdowns that game. Josh McCown launched a deep ball into the back of the end zone with two panthers draped all over him, and Robbie somehow went up all all one pounds of him, brought down the

ball in bounced touchdown. And I think, Robbie, that's something that's under overlooked, I'll say about his game because obviously you think about the speed, and you think about how much he's grown this past year and Adam Gates's system with Shawn Jefferson as his receiver's coach, and we'll see what happens with him, and I just want to see and I would add that he tracks the long ball better than anybody. Yeah, and here right, he's gotten better

it contested catches throughout his career. And you mentioned the infrastructure in place, Sehn Jefferson, Hines Ward. You know that Robbie Anderson feels awfully high about both those two guys as well. So, um, if it's close, let's just say there are two three four teams in the running. If it's close, Uh, you know, I think you know he's gonna take a long consideration, a long look at the New York Jets. And staying right here with Sam Donald,

no doubt about that. The other receivers on the market right for Shard, Perryman, Philip Dorset, Emmanuel Sanders who played for Adam Gates before um, the Marcus Robinson aus Thomas, the restricted free agent of the Jets. So yeah, but but Robbie's kind of the guy that you're watching at the top of the list. Now, yeah, yeah, after everybody that's been signed, I would you know, after Mariy signed, I definitely say that Robbie's the top of the list.

And you know, shifting gears now just to day one of free agency overall, and you think about the positions of need that a lot of people think the Jets will add in free agency. Well, one name that was very popular among fans, or two names should I say, you're gonna let's start with the edge guys, Dante Fowler signed with the Falcons, and then at corner Us Harris

signed with the Chargers. And then the big quarterback news from today was Nick Foles being traded from Jacksonville to Chicago, And I wanted to hit on that for a second because well, well, a couple of people have asked me just talking about the Jaguars and you know, spit ball in here. It seems like the rolling with Gardner Minshew. But the Jaguars have two first round picks this year

and they sit at number nine overall. So do you think it's out of the cards that they would, in theory potentially draft a signal caller or make a move to go and I gotta I know where you're going here, I know where're you going? And here is that that would give another option for the Jets sitting there at eleven? So no, I I don't think that is often you think they're rolling with the with Gardner, know I know, I agree with you. I don't think it's off the table.

They can say, okay, I see I said. I think what you've seen from the Chargers to today speaking about quarterbacks is that, uh, you know, obviously with Tom Brady's going to Tampa. But the Chargers are talent folks that they are comfortable with Rocking and Rome with the Rod Tell or a former Buffalo Bill's quarterback. But I think even if they do that, the charges are gonna be taken a quarterback. Yeah, and the charges right now six overall.

I saw this tweet today. It was it was projecting should I say, after trading for Trade Turner, the right guard of the formerly the Carolina Panthers, and then signing Brian Balaga, the right tackle formerly of the Green Bay Packers. Somebody said, I wonder if they're loading up the right side of the line for a certain South Paul coming out of Alabama and potentially could be there at number six, or maybe they'd have to move up to get them

that being too attacked by Loa. But back to nick Foles, what do you think about the Nick Foles move for the Chicago Bears getting him and do you think it's officially an open competition for the starting job. No, I don't know. We'd have to hear from those guys here in the weeks and months ahead, but nick Fole's experienced quarterback. It didn't work out in Jacksonville. And you just mentioned

about what the Jaguars are doing right now. I know NFL teams don't like to use the term purse rebuild, but it sure feels like that's in fact what the Jaguars are doing right now. So I wasn't surprised, and I also wasn't surprised that, hey, they get a veteran in there. And Rabinsky probably gonna be in a situation where he's gonna have to win the job, right Green's yeah, I would imagine so, And yeah, I think so. I'm just gonna leave it at that and we'll see how

it plays out. But I wanted to look ahead at one. Well, it's a couple of things here. We're talking about corners and edge rushers and a touch a little bit about those guys before well, still, I just wanted to say some names on the market here before we look at the an FC East landscape. One Logan Ryan still on the market, former Patriot and Titan. You'll think about somebody like Ronald Darby who played for the Philadelphia Eagles. Maybe Joe Douglas wants to bring in a guy like that

that he's familiar with. Jimmy Smith another one um that's kind of in mill out there, isn't he to Mills resigned and he reportedly resigned as a safety after playing corner, So we'll see. And that's another guy, Malcolm Jenkins on the move to the New Orleans Saints, going back to New Orleans, the team that drafted him. And one when did the Mills signed it take place or the agreement

and principle was that this afternoon, I believe yesterday. So and then one guy that the Vikings released that could be an interesting option not only for the Jet but any team wanting to bolster the interior of the offensive line. That's Josh Klein. And Josh Klein originally played for the Patriots for three years, then three years after that for the Titans, before one year with the Minnesota Vikings, and potentially that could be another guy at that Joe Douglas

would want to bring in for depth purposes. Right now, Brian Winters is the slated starting right guard and Josh Klein's thirty years old eighth season also a Kent State guy, so he probably is actually is the same year as Brian Winters and probably played on the same old line there. So that's another guy if the Jets want to bring in some guys for depth. But I know you wanted to talk about the a f C East landscape. You want to hit the hit the teams? Now, Yeah, why not?

Where do you want to start? Should we start in New England or Miami? I feel like we should start in Miami just because they've been the most active and you think about Byron Jones now paired with Xavier Howard, and then they've really just been like signing everybody. Kyle van Noy reuniting with Brian Flores, Jack Lawson going staying in the a f C East, but going from the Bills to the Dolphins, Eric Flowers going back home to

Miami where he went to college. And then they signed Jordan Howard, who played for the Eagles this past year. I mean, they've been all over the place, and you know they had money to spend, but they're really going after a lot of guys that I forgot about, Emanuel came Hill. I mean the list goes on and on for their offense. You know, the Jones signing very interesting because on paper, you like what they're doing on the outside because your parents them up with one of the

better young corners in football. I would say, a n Xavian Howard, right, and Howards How's a guy who takes the football away. This pair, though, Greens, this is the NFL's two highest paid cornerbacks, and now you're talking about the pair, uh, And I'm gonna be interested to see how it goes because Jones is a guy who had two interceptions in three Force bumbles in five seasons with the Cowboys. Uh, so he's not really a ball hawk, but people think awfully high of him. Howard is the

ball hawk. Uh what's gonna happen with those guys? Um? But that cornerback duo? Yeah, yeah, right up there. Yeah, I totally agree with you and the way that I mean. Joe Douglas said this in Indianapolis at the scouting combine. He said any he said, the way the game is going. I'm paraphrasing here, the way the game is going. A passing league, you need explosive playmakers on offense, and you need guys on defense that can affect the pass, and

that being edge rushers and corners. And the Dolphins have a pair of very good corners, and those guys they're gonna be tested a lot. Considering the new wide receiver in the a f C East for the Buffalo Bills, reportedly that would be Stefon Diggs. And Stefon Diggs we talked about him a couple of days ago, but the Bills, other than Stefen Diggs have been loading up on defense and their defensive line. They reportedly signed Vernon Butler, Mario

Addison Quentin Jefferson defensive tackle. And then really before any of this, Uh, they signed Josh Norman, who used to play under Sean McDermott in Carolina, where he had a career year under McDermott. Well, what you always look at right now if the Bills are signing somebody is did they have any Carolina background? Because the system familiarity is coming into place here. Uh Norman. I think that's an

interesting flyer. Um, he's a guy's thirty two. I wouldn't say he's on the upside of his career, but Green's your parent. On what Trey Davious White, you can make the argument in trade dubvious White is a top two, top three cornerback in the National Football LEA. You got a shutdown guy on one side. Also the Jet the Bills like to play a lot of his own. Uh. Enter Josh Norman. So I think they know what they're getting there, and he's not gonna be asked to be

the number one guy. I don't think the money was crazy there. The other thing is defensively, you mentioned a couple of a couple of those guys they added, um here this week, Well, yeah, Jack Lawson goes away, So then you're bringing a guy like Jefferson Um from the Seattle Seahawks. But they have a lot of good pieces defensively. I talked about White before, Jeremaine Adman's the young, awfully talented uh inside linebacker. Um, their stoutest interior, they're good after,

They're good against the run, their safeties are good. Yeah, just give you an extension. I believe or reworked the deal with Jordan porter Um. Yeah. And we talked about digs uh last night. I think, Uh, they've given Josh Allen everything he needs. So you might say on paper right now, if you're looking at it fairly, you know, you could say that the Bills might have the most with the rosser in the division as as a March eighteenth. Yeah, I agree with that. And honestly, we we talked about

Tom Brady and the Patriots and the Buccaneers yesterday. They really had not made a lot of moves. A lot of their players actually have been signing with a Dolphense and reuniting with Brian Flores, or going to the Detroit Lions and reuniting with Matt Patricia, who was the defensive coordinator before Brian Flores. So a lot of Patriots ties really heading elsewhere around the league, if not the AFC East end. The miamis well green. So I wanted to get your thoughts here. Um, we talked a little bit

about Brady last night. Um, were you surprised the Patriots went and gave Joe Tuney the franchise tag because a lot of people thought he was going to hit the market and in fact, a lot of Jets fans were targeting in Tony and it would have been that would have been interesting to see if Joe Douglas, I wanted to make one splash, would have been a guy like Tony who has started what sixty four games since being drafted in two thousand sixteen and has been one of

the most consistent interior players in the National Football League. Yeah, I feel like I feel like I was surprised one because you didn't really hear anything about that, and nobody expected it, I feel like in the external media. And the second part of this is I think the reason why a lot of the external media didn't expect it was because the Patriots historically don't really pay a lot of guys and they don't extend a lot of their guys.

I feel like Bill Belichick is the king of um either getting rid of guys before and getting value or they just let him walk. I feel like he's the king of if you want to go go ahead, you know, have fun. And I think it's no more evident than what happened with Tom Brady. But if you look at the list of guys you think about, uh, Chandler Jones

got traded, Jamie Collins left and came back. I mean, Richard Seymour, even to go back a long time ago, Ty Law, you go back then, I think there's a long list of guys that Bill Belichick has historically let walk.

And to franchise tag a guy like Joe Tuney, I think it speaks a lot of volume to the player that Tuney is and you know, the trust and the that Phil Belichick hasn't him, And I think I think it's uh, it's probably it's a good move for those for the Patriots considering they just lost their center to to the Miami Dolphins Ted Carriss and they're gonna need bodies,

and Joe Tuney has been a rock. It's I feel like it's it's unheard of for somebody to start sixty four games in a row and be drafted and be a Day one starter. The other part of this, as he committed zero penalties last year, he was one of two players to do so. The other one, uh was Connor mccoverned whovering call him full ster coal here to close, Yeah, just a couple of other additions or resignings. The Patriots

taking care of business. Matthew Slayter, one of the top special teams performers in the National Football League, will be back. Devin mccordy, one of the anchors back there in that solid secondary. He's back. And you know we talked about the offensive line allocation resource allocation was that they have also paid check Mason a lot of money too. So, but they're gonna be dealing with the loss of Dante Scarnekia,

a legendary offensive line coach who is not returning. So not only is Brady not returning, but one of the finest assistant coaches in the history of the National Football Dante Scarnakia, who put that thing together up front for so long in New England, won't be back. But that to come full circle, we're talking offensive line that's been the storyline for the Jets here early in free agency.

Remember eleven different offensive line combinations last year, nine different starters, Joe Douglas addressing the old line um agreement with Alex Lewis. And then reports are Connor mcgarford coming here from Denver, George Ban coming here from the Seattle Seahawks. Yeah, I think I like your you're coming full circle moment there, And I think the Patriots, I mean, as long as Bill Belichick's there, I think there's gonna be some kind of stigma around the NFL, like he's got something up

his sleeve. The Patriots are gonna be good because even when and Dan Grozzer talked about this in his interview with Olivia that even when the Patriots lost Brady that one year to a torn a c L Matt Castle led them to one in eleven and five season ten and six, I mean, they were still very good. So we'll see what happens there. But that should be a

discussion for another podcast, perhaps tomorrow's podcast. E A the Official Jets podcast, And again many thanks to Live and Dan Grazza for hopping on and joining us in in the middle of our podcast and E a I. Maybe hopefully we'll have some more reported things to talk about in terms of the green and white and not really uh, not really the NFL landscape tomorrow, but as of now, time will tell. And keep keep doing your quarantine and

hope all as well in Floring Park. Thanks buddy, be good in Hoboken Jetsination, We'll see you tomorrow night