Ryan, you touched on this briefly yesterday, But what what would this means? You're going back to Buffalo for this game of it would be the first time that I've I've been back there and uh, in a different jersey, you know, playing in front of those fans. So um, I mean it's got some extra meeting to me just because I was there for four years and the fans were so great to me and my family. So um,
there's a little bit of extra meeting there. But I don't think they're there needs to be with just a significance and importance of this game, you know, in terms of what's at stake for us. Right when you look back at those four years, what was the highlight with it? Was the biggest game you played in? Their most memorable game you played in with the Bills? Um, I mean the most I think the most fun was the the start of the twenty eleventh season, and you know, just
how we got off to a fast start. We we were kind of wrote when we had some comeback wins early and UM, unfortunately we didn't we didn't win enough games while we were there, and especially you know in December, UM didn't really play well enough to have meaningful games, and so it was probably the beginning of the year and in can you have you had a chance to dive into something those tape yet and if so, you know what thoughts and you know how they look different
maybe than what you saw in November. I mean some of the personnel is a little bit different, just with injuries and different guys having to step in and play. But um, you know, it's it's just obviously Rex Ryan defense. They're going to be aggressive. Um, there's a lot of different things we'll have to prepare for and um, so it'll be a big challenge for us offensively. You know, it always is going up against his type of defenses and the way that they're coached up and the way
that they play. So, um, you know, we'll just kind of continue to try to get better with what we do and how we're doing it, and you know, hopefully we can come out with the wind. If it's what's your best explanation for your elevated play during the chapel on their stuff? Uh, I mean, I just think we've been coming together as an offense, uh and really as
a as a whole team. Um. I think just confidence and not just not just confidence for me personally, but I think, uh, you know, as a team, our confidence level is higher. And um, you know, I'm just the guy. The guys around me had been playing great, you know, Brandon and Deck and you know even you know, kimbrell and and Quincy and you now, our three running backs. The guys have really just been stepping up. And um, so we've we've just made more plays. And I think
that stems from being more confident as a team. So much does that first Buffalo game kind of sticking your fraud just given you know, you had that opportunity with the ball in the Reginald towards the end and couldn't get it done. It's tough, you know, I watched the game earlier today, just you know, it's tough watching that film because some of the I didn't play well in that game, and um, you know, some of the missed
opportunities and things that that we had. Uh, but you can't dwell on it, you know, you try to move on from it and get better and learned from it. I think we have. But um, you know, obviously they got us in the first one, and and we've got to play a better, better game. You know, I've got to play a much better game this time around. Ryan. After the Dallas game, Brandon talked about kind of how his perceptions were the Jets organization from the outside and
how different that was since he got here. Just curious. You know, you went against the Jets for a lot of years in Buffalo. What were you what was your thoughts on the team, you know, before you got here, and what's been different than than what you expected? Um, I mean it was always you know, when we were in Buffalo, we didn't have a very good record against him, and so the Jets were always, you know, a team we knew when we faced them, they'd have, you know,
a great defense. They were tough, they were physical, and I think that's kind of the perception around the league. Um, you know, And I was to see things change. Um when you when you make changes in the front office and changes with the coaching staff and then you know, shuffled around players. But um, you know, I've been I've been real happy just in being here. The organization is top notch. You know. I don't know that I had an opinion one way or the other before I got here,
but the way that the trade players are treated. Uh, you know, just as Brandon said in his little quote, everybody in the building just worked so hard and and does a great job and so, uh, it's definitely a first class organization. Can you take us back to the touchdowns? Was he your primary option? Did you notice the single
coverage coming out of the huddle? Um? Yeah, I mean it was it was just man covers a deal over on brandonside doubling him, um, you know, which left deck one on one, and he just you know, it's a great job being patient and running his route and uh, you know, I think credit to just to the the
coaching staff. That was a play that we had run in practice a couple of times versus at exact look, and so I had a lot of confidence in and where he was headed and the way I needed to throw the ball and uh, and so it was nice to to get that look in the game and to get that completion. Ryan, how much do you regard those four years in Buffalo as the time when you kind of showed people and I don't know, maybe showed yourself too, that you could start to exceed consistently as a starter
in the NFL. Huh yeah, I mean with with Buffalo. That was the first time, you know, I had been a a day one starter. I guess, um chance first year I didn't start first two games, and then uh from then on, you know, for that year, in the next two I was the starter of that franchise. And so um, that was a big step for me, you know, to be able to be in that role and and to have some success. And uh, you know a lot of that just them from Jan and his confidence in me,
and you know, the way that we worked together. But I look, I look back on those four years, um as a great I mean it's a great learning experience for me. You know, there's a lot of things that I think I've learned since then. But um, you know, I loved I love living there, love the city, of the fans, the organization, the players, I mean every everything there was top notch. And um, so I looked back on those four years very very fondly. You feel Ryan,
why did you feel he worked so well with Dan Gailey? Uh, I just think he We've just got a great feel for each other. I mean, he knows me so well.
I think our philosophies line up just in terms of the way to attack a defense and um, I think, you know, he plays to my strength as a player, and um, you know, oftentimes now I can kind of anticipate what's coming in or what's going to be called, and um, you know he'll he'll last my opinion and see if I like a player, don't like a play, And so I just think, um, you know, we work well together because we think alike and we've been in these situations a lot together and so um, we've got
a really good feel for each other. Ryan how I is by how how it can simplify things after the text MOS game. You know, he's kind of alluded to that act. But I guess you know, it's just mostly just wrapped combinations. What's the most of things you do? Uh, I mean it's it's been a lot of different things, but uh, you know, I think just getting bad. It's not necessarily that we're that we were trying to run different route combinations, but I think we were just trying
to we're trying to reinvent the wheel. We're putting people in a bunch of different positions and in situations, and I think that was hurting me more than helping me, just in terms of my decision making. And so I think, you know, we're still moving guys around and doing things, but more to what I'm comfortable with and so simplifying some of that stuff, even though a lot of the route combinations are the same and a lot of the
the plays are the same. Um, you know, just just with me in the way that I think about the game. I guess pre snap um, getting guys in certain positions that I'm comfortable with maybe the best way to put it. Ryan, A lot of teams talk about muck twins or the playoffs starting early, but not every team responds well to
those situations. Why do you think the Jets have responded well week after week after week here down the stretch when you guys have they made no bones about the fact that you felt like you had to win out and you've called these playoffs games. Um, I just think we've got a lot of veteran guys on our team. We've got a lot of experience. We've got plenty of guys that have you know, been to sorry about that. We've got plenty of guys that have you know, been
in big time games in the playoffs. We've got some guys that have been to and won the super Bowl, and then we've got old Cremunctional, the guys that haven't been to the playoffs at all. So it's just a mixture of of guys that have a ton of experience, and everybody still has that dribe and passion to get there.
And so I think we've um you know, coming at it from all different angles, guys that have been there and guys that haven't, the guys that have experienced in this league, and you know, know that it just doesn't happen every year, and we think we've got a special team and and so I just think we've been able to kind of push through some adversity and and just
continue to keep our focus one game at a time. Well, and I know athletes always talk about, you know that you guys, you always believe in yourself, But when is the moment for you this year that you felt like, because you guys have had such you know, at this point, had such a sort of magical ride, when the point when when you felt like it really was real that you guys could get yourself into the spot that they're
in now. I honestly, I think it's been like that all year, even you know, even when we lost we went through that stretch in the middle of the season where we lost some games, uh, you know, lost some close games, and whatever it was, there was still a ton of belief. I just think, you know, and being in the league, um, and having the experience that a lot of us do have, you can recognize when you
have a good team. And and so I think the belief has always been there, just because we see the way that everybody works, you know, week in and week out, and we see the talent level on this team. And so I think that the belief has been there from day one and hasn't wavered. Brian, how how in particular are you a different or better quarterbacks than the guy
who who left Buffalo after that twin twelve season. I think I think I'm a much smarter player, uh, just again from experience and being on the field, being in a couple of different systems, uh, you know, gaining a new perspective on things offensively and defensively. I think, I you know, I think I understand my game a little bit better. I think I'm a much more patient quarterback. Um.
So there's just been a tremendous amount of growth for me. Um, you know, And and It hasn't all been peaches and roses. I mean, there's there's been there's been a lot of ups and downs, even since if I left Buffalo. But through all those experiences, I've tried to try to learn from them, and I just I think they've all helped me along the way. We'll take one more question for Ryan. Ryan, you guys have talked about the one game and a time mentality, you know, all season, but now just one
game have a lot of meats. Will you think about, you know, what the implications of the game are. Will you try to get that out of your head and just read it like it's a week three or week five. I mean that it really is what it's been the last five weeks. You know, just when we were sitting there at five and five, we knew that we had no margin for error. And so that's what it's been the last five weeks. And we just got to continue to take that mindset and that mentality and roll at
into this week. And um, that's that's been working for us, you know, the one week at a time mentality, It really has and um, you know, so hopefully we'll get a great game plan in great practice week and we'll go out there and we'll show up on Sunday.