September 2, 2025 • 30 mins
Host Jeane Coakley is joined by Jets Legend Marty Lyons to discuss the Green & White's Week 1 matchup with the Pittsburgh Steelers.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
All right, we are back. Welcome to jet Stream. I'm
Jennay Kochley alongside the one, the only Jet Legend, Marty Lyon.
He's a guy in the Jet Ring of Honor. He's
a Walter Payton Man of the Year, literally my favorite guy, Marty.
Are you ready for some football?
Speaker 2 (00:19):
Oh, I'm ready to day. Forty six years I've been ready.
Speaker 1 (00:23):
Wow, this is your forty six year it.
Speaker 2 (00:25):
Is you know, either easy, you know as a player.
And then i did the Jet Journal TV show for
a while and twenty two years I've been the radio booth.
Second year being the ambassador. So I'm excited.
Speaker 1 (00:37):
This is awesome. Well, Marty, we got some fun stuff
for our second year of our show. Let's see, we
got some great guests on the show today. We actually
have a fan favorite, which we'll talk about later. We
got questions from the fans. We're just gonna have a
fun time talking of a little Jets football, talking to
some Jet legends, some other legends we'll get to, and
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answering fan questions. So first of all, I'm gonna ask
how are you doing? How's the Austine hasn't been for you?
Speaker 2 (01:02):
Oh? I'm doing well? Jenay the Foundation is doing well.
I'm getting to the finish line at a couple of
things that I'm doing. And every time you want to
cross that finish line into that world of retirement, you
get pulled right back in there. You know, I think
I'm gonna be around for a few more years.
Speaker 1 (01:19):
Oh, I think so. I think we got to hit fifty.
At least got to hit the center.
Speaker 2 (01:23):
You got to get fifty with the Jets. I mean,
I owe the Jets a lot, going all the way
back to nineteen eighty two when I started the foundation
and then retiring in nineteen ninety one and still being
a part of it. It's great to go down there
on the field and meet the sponsors and meet the fans,
and see the players that I built relationships with when
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I was doing the radio and just give them some advice.
You know, right now, you're in first place, we're tied
for first, and it's a big game. You're playing a
team that is going to come out and they're going
to try to smash in the mount. You know, that's
the one thing about playing the Pittsburgh Steelers. They've been
known about it for years. It's going to be a
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very physical game.
Speaker 1 (02:06):
And now again we got a new The Jets have
a new head coach and Aaron Glenn. They quarterback justin field.
What have you seen so far with this team? What
do you like what Aaron Glenn's doing? Who is a
former player like you? How much does that help?
Speaker 2 (02:18):
Well? I like? I like what Aaron Glenn's doing. He
came in and he created a new culture, a culture
that's old school. He's gonna he came in there. Number one,
very disciplined. Number two, he knows that to get ready
for a game, you have to go through a tough
training camp. It's one way, it's his way. And you've
got to remember who he learned from. Number one, Bill Parcells.
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Number two you go, it's Sean Payton. And number three
you had Dan Campbell out there in Detroit. And he's
been well schooled and he's been waiting for this job.
And he's one of us. He's a former New York Jets,
And that's what makes it exciting. He's one of us.
Speaker 1 (02:57):
I was gonna say, when you say he's one of us,
what does that mean?
Speaker 2 (03:00):
You came into the organization as a number one pick
and then you spent fifteen years in the league, and
then you knew you wanted to coach, but you knew
you had to start somewhere at the bottom. So he
started in scouting, moved his way up, moved his way up,
and he became a position coach, and he became a
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defense defensive coordinator, and then it was time for him
to look for a head coaching position, and it just
happened that the Jets were looking for one two. It's
a perfect match, all.
Speaker 1 (03:33):
Right, Martin's Week one? Do you remember your Week one game?
Speaker 2 (03:36):
Week one? I sure do, laughing. Yeah, we lost to
Cleveland at Shay Stadium, and I remember I was playing
in a defensive end. I was in like a skinny nine,
meaning I'm lining up on the tight end, and Cleveland
broke the huddle and Ozzie knew some Hall of famer
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now with the Baltimore leveland yeah, he was a tight
end with the Cleveland Browns. Yeah, he came out and
he looked up at me and he was, hey, hold mee,
how you doing it? And I went Just as I
got ready to answer, the ball was snapped and he
hooked me and they ran for about fifteen yards. So, oh, yeah,
is that You're welcome?
Speaker 1 (04:17):
Is that you're welcome to the NFL moment right there.
Speaker 2 (04:20):
Oh no, I think I got more welcome there in
preseason and I got thrown around, and you know, it's
a whole new ball game. The game is faster, the
players are stronger, there's no you're playing against guys that
aren't on a four year scholarship, five year scholarship. You're
playing against guys that have been in the league ten
twelve years that they know what it takes to prepare.
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They know what it takes to win.
Speaker 1 (04:44):
Marty, what would you tell like these rookies coming in
playing their first game, go walking out in that life stadium.
Speaker 2 (04:52):
Hold yourself accountable. Go out there and play to the
best of your ability. If you try something and it
doesn't work, because it good work in college, remember put
it in your notes and say, hey, you know that
didn't work. I got to try something else. Don't be disappointed.
If you were a All American in college and you
come in and there have a rough rookie season, you know,
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why do you have to prepare? That's why you look
at a guy like Will McDonald in his third year.
He's got one of the best spin moves I've ever
seen in forty six years. But the way he's got
to do is he's got to develop another move to
compliment the spin move. Otherwise, when the offensive coordinator they're
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preparing to play for the Jets, they're going to roll
that center as soon as he snaps the ball over
to Will McDonald's side and try to get him when
he comes inside. So you know, you developed that secondary move,
but that spin moves is really incredible form.
Speaker 1 (05:54):
Now, Marty, I know you're going to be at the
game I am, and you're wearing a special little jacket.
We talked about this. You have a jacket. You know,
you're the you know, fashion experts, you're the Queen.
Speaker 2 (06:05):
Of dressing, and you said, hey, why don't you wear
that jacket that I got down in New Orleans And
it's the Man of the Year jacket.
Speaker 1 (06:13):
There was six v sorry, I got a chair on.
All right, you won the Man of the Year in
nineteen eighty four, right.
Speaker 2 (06:19):
Right, But there were six of us that were honored
this year down at the Super Bowl, and Aunt Kwan
Bolden from the Arizona Cardinal did a great job of
putting together a video of all six of us and
the work that we're doing, and I think it was
encouraging for the team Man of the Year to look
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at that and realize that they do make a difference.
But you can't just start something now as when you're playing,
and then when you retire you walk away from it.
I don't think it's fair for the donors. I don't
think it's fair for the people that donate their times,
and it's not fair for the calls that you're working for.
Speaker 1 (06:58):
So you got a special jack and you're gonna be.
Speaker 2 (07:00):
Wearing it, Well, you gave me the approval.
Speaker 1 (07:03):
No, you definitely should. Yeah, that was What does that
mean to you, Marty? Like so many years ago and
you're still doing the same thing and you're still being
honored for your work off the field.
Speaker 2 (07:15):
Well, Jane, I look at it like it's great.
Speaker 1 (07:19):
That's awesome. That's awesome, and you know you deserve it
because you do so much for the Mary Marty Lyons Foundation.
You know, I'm looking at the Sciences Marty Lyons Foundation
the courage to wish for more and that's you, that
is you grant so many wishes and it's such a
great thing. And you know what, though, we're gonna move
on though to questions from the fans, how's that sound?
Does that sound good? I wish Katie puts the music in,
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like do we need like a little song or music?
All right? This question comes from Paul from New Jersey,
who was the toughest o lineman you've ever faced.
Speaker 2 (07:51):
Hi, Jay, the toughest one was. There's quite a field,
but John Hanlon's got to be up here at the
top for the New England Patriots. Okay, would just lower
that button. You know, if he was coming straight off,
you better buckle your chin strap and you better get low.
Mike Webster from the Pittsburgh Steelers, you know, he wasn't
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he didn't try to overpower you where he could because
he was the NFL strongest man winter one year. Dwight
Stevenson down there with the Miami Dolphins, you know, an
excellent center. So I think that as you prepare to
go into the game, my mindset was, no matter who
I was going up against, they were only going to
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be as good as I let them. And some days
it was long a long afternoon. Some days I got
my share, someday they got their shares. You're not going
to win the place, so you just got to get comfortable,
and you gotta sometimes you got to pick yourself up,
tie your shoes up a little bit tighter, and go
back in.
Speaker 1 (08:52):
Oh that's a great question by Paul because I liked
the answers. Yeah, all right, this is Dan from Long Island.
We've kind of already talked about this, but you can
go more into it. How has the game changed since
you played?
Speaker 2 (09:04):
Well? Number one money, a lot of money. Number two money. Yeah, yeah,
you know what, that's what it is. It's money. You know.
Players are able now to go into free agency and
take their ability, take their talent and shop it somewhere else.
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And I'm happy the players are making more money because
you look at a guy like Dennis Burg, who would
have been a tremendous, tremendous defensive tackle. Unfortunately we all
know that he broke his neck and then he ended
up passing away. So the game is going to wear
and have some wear and tear on you the older
you get. So I think that the players should get paid.
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And that's the big difference now. The players. You know,
sometimes it's hard to identify if you're a fan looking
down and saying, well, you know, Marty Lions wore ninety
three and now somebody else is wearing ninety three, and
Marty Lions is somewhere else. You know, players are going
to move, They're going to shuffle themselves.
Speaker 1 (10:08):
Around the two days, didn't I thought you might say
the two A days.
Speaker 2 (10:12):
Yeah, two A days.
Speaker 1 (10:13):
I mean players don't have to two with the two
days anymore like you guys did.
Speaker 2 (10:16):
Oh well, you know, And plus there's a limited time
that you can go out there on the field. With
Walt Michael's feet, we would get halfway through practice, he'd
blow the whistle say hey, you know what, we're going
to start this whole thing over, and you go back
to stretching and start the practice over, only because he
didn't feel that we were getting the most out of
our time on the field.
Speaker 1 (10:39):
This is Mary from New Jersey. What was your proudest
moment as a New York Jet.
Speaker 2 (10:46):
Well, I think there's a couple. You know, being part
of the Sack Exchange is one. I think number two
would be in twenty thirteen when I had the opportunity
to go into the Ring of a honor and I
remember my last line was, you know, first you want
to thank your family, and you want to thank your teammates,
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and you want to thank the coaching staff, but the
biggest first people that I wanted to think were the fans.
And the only way that I could do that was say, hey,
every time you look up at that name and that number,
it's not just mine, it's yours. So that they were
included in the Ring of Monter also very cool.
Speaker 1 (11:30):
All right, Jason from New Jersey, What was it like
being part of the Sack Exchange?
Speaker 2 (11:36):
Oh, it was fun. It was fun. It was you know,
we had a we had a group of guys, a
group of men, eleven of us on defense that could
play the front. Four got a lot of credit because
you had Joe Klecko, you had Mark Gasno, you know,
and both of them getting double digit sacks, and then
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you had Abdul with myself in the middle. But it
was great because at that time, you know, you dream
your whole life to make it to the NFL and
you come in. In the first couple of years, it
was just vanilla and then all of a sudden, you
know what, You've got something. And then we had autographed sessions.
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We went down to the New York Stock Exchange. We
were the talk of the town and it was special
because now you can look back on it and nobody
can ever take it away from you, and.
Speaker 1 (12:32):
You guys do great thirty for three I think it
was a thirty for thirty and ESPN did a documentary
on it last year. Got to watch it. How cool,
I mean, how cool is it that you have that now?
Speaker 2 (12:42):
Like all, like, you know, the coolest moment Tony about
that is we did it probably two months before I
Abdul passed away, so.
Speaker 1 (12:51):
You have that memory of him with you guys.
Speaker 2 (12:54):
Yeah, exactly, And that duel was he was the you know,
soldier of peace. He kept peace between the four of us.
Speaker 1 (13:01):
You know, it was key to that ring of honor
or that sack exchange.
Speaker 3 (13:06):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (13:07):
And the funny thing about it is he says, they're
somewhere during the show, if anybody did anything, he'd just
punched them. And he was like he was like that.
He was like that in the locker room. He was
very quiet, very productive, and very a very special individual.
Speaker 1 (13:25):
All Right, this is a question from today Coachley and Stanford, Connecticut.
What's your favorite Joe Clacko's story.
Speaker 2 (13:31):
Well, Joe has so many stories. I mean, the biggest
one I think was you know, my first experience was
getting that index finger right in the middle of my ribs,
right above my chest, you know. And he said, hey,
you don't leave this complex until I leave. And I
started to walk off, and he stuck that finger in
my chest and he said, what did I just tell you?
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And you know, you look back on forty six years
now and the friendship that we have built and so
happy when he asked me to be his presenter down
there at the Hall of Fame. You know, he's got
a son, Danny, that has three Super Bowl rings. He's
got another son. I used to call him Mikey because
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he grew up in the locker room. He prefers Michael
now because I think he's forty four years old. But
you know, to see his kids grow up, and uh,
to see Joe get inducted to the NFL Hall of
Fame in twenty twenty three. It was a long journey
for him, but he made it.
Speaker 1 (14:32):
He's so well deserved, so well deserved. All right. This
question comes from Katie from New Jersey. What was your
favorite stadium to play in?
Speaker 2 (14:41):
Any stadium that we wanted?
Speaker 1 (14:43):
Oh, that was easy enough.
Speaker 2 (14:45):
You know, I like playing out in San Diego. That
was a beautiful atmosphere.
Speaker 1 (14:50):
Oh I miss a stadium out there.
Speaker 2 (14:52):
You know, you go down to New Orleans and of
course have the super Dome and he got Bourbon Street
and other activities that you can and enjoy while you're
down there. But you know, I really enjoyed Chastadium. I
think going in there when the Mets were playing and
you had that clay in field, and it was just
something about getting dirty and something about an old stadium
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like that, and the fans when we lost to Buffalo
in the wild card game, the fans were so excited
that the stadium itself felt like it was moving one
whole end zone. The seats were going up and down,
and the locker rooms weren't that great.
Speaker 1 (15:32):
But you should, by the way, you should see the
new locker rooms at the facility.
Speaker 2 (15:36):
Now ask a virtual tour. You know what it is though.
It is just like all the colleges that you go to,
and you know, it's a recruiting tool. When these players
are in free agency and they come, they want to
see what you have to offer them as far as
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a facility, far as practice fields for night light, what
are you going to do? So I think that they
came in there and dropped the two hundred and fifty
fifty million dollars on that renovation, which you know what's
going to bring in a lot of excellent players down
the line.
Speaker 1 (16:17):
Oh it's beautiful, all right. Now, I have a question
as a former player, how difficult is it to get
a new head coach? How they changed thing going through preseason,
going through training camp and then started a new season.
Speaker 2 (16:30):
Well, you got to believe in the coach, and I
think everybody that has been around age understands his philosophy.
You got to come in there and you got to
set the standard the very first meeting. These are my rules.
This is the way I'm going to discipline you. But
the name of the game is we got to win,
and Aaron knows what it takes to win. So I
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think as a as a veteran player, you're willing to
accept that because you got to look at yourself in
the mirror. I said, hey, you know what, maybe I'm
running out of time. I don't have much more time,
whether it's with the Jets or even playing in the NFL.
So I want the opportunity to number one, to play
in the Super Bowl and Number two to get that
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ring and I think that's what ag is bringing to
the table.
Speaker 1 (17:20):
Now, what do you see from the Jets defense.
Speaker 2 (17:25):
Well, I see a defense that you know what, they
got all the pieces at number one. You've got to
stay healthy. It's a long season. Seventeen game. I think
he come back in with will McDonald quinnon. Williams is
going to have a big year. And then you try
to get a defensive tackle that's going to compliment him.
You bring in Harrison Phillips and everybody knows how well
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he played out there in Minnesota and of course with Buffalo.
And then you got Sherwood in the middle as the
middle linebackers, and you got Sauce Cartner. You've got enough
tools on defense. I think on offense early in the season,
you're going to probably see them run the ball sixty
sixty five percent of the time pass it. But now
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you have a rushing quarterback too, and Justin feels that
he gives you the versatility to go with a single back,
knowing that if he gets in trouble, he's going to
run the ball. If I'm coaching, you know, justin Field,
beside all these drills that I put them through, I
have them scramble, go around the side and slide. Learn
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how to slide, Learn how not to take a hit,
learn how to when you get outside the numbers to
get out of bounds. You know, it's important that if
it's thirty nine and you try to reach out to
get that extra yard, make sure you can get it
and you don't want to get hurt or just slide.
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And I think anytime that they cross the fifty yard
line and they get inside the forty and it's fourth
and one, don't don't be surprised if AJ, I mean
AG just looks at the team and says, hey, I
have enough confidence in you, just like Dan Campbell. You're
gonna win some, you'll lose them, but build confidence in
your offensive line and in your offense.
Speaker 1 (19:12):
Marty Gisson, we have joining us today.
Speaker 2 (19:15):
But I see him man CJ mostly man.
Speaker 1 (19:18):
One of our favorite favorite guys. CJ. Moseley, CJ. Thank
you so much for joining us today.
Speaker 3 (19:24):
Yes, thanks for having me. Glad to be here.
Speaker 1 (19:27):
We have two Alabama guys. Guys. I hate to have
to bring this up. What the heck happened to your
team this weekend?
Speaker 4 (19:36):
First, Yes, smacked in the mouth that's what happened. I
got smacked in the mouth. Now you used to seeing it.
So it's a wake up car early. I mean, we're
at a different time, so lost won't It's not the
end of the world, but better get it together quick.
Speaker 2 (19:51):
Yeah, you know what, CJ. I remember my sophoen year
playing for coach Bryant and we beat a team in Birmingham.
I think we won twenty one to three or two
twenty four to three, and we were celebrating in the
locker room and Coach Bryant walked in there and said,
I don't know why you guys are celebrating. You're you
embarrassed the Red Jerseys to that, you embarrassed the tradition
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of Alabama. Took those back to Tuscaloosa, had an early
curfew and played the game over on Sunday. And if
I was deboor, that's what I would have done after
that that disaster down there in Tallahassee. I just the
guys have got to understand, man, there's a certain standard
to play at Alabama.
Speaker 4 (20:31):
It is it is, and it's tough, and you kind
of you can kind of compare, you know, college football
with the NFL now to keep a standard alive, to
keep it tradition, the live is about, you know, keeping
those key factors of those key pieces close together, but
with moving parts. You know, every single year, you know
that always is always hard to try to keep that
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or maintain that and all that standard. So it's always
up to the you know, the players to maintain that,
to know the historians to know the standard, and you
know the fans always make sure they remember that as well.
But I think just at a certain point, you just
have to try to keep the pieces as close as possible.
And things are going to change, the game is going
to evolve. But overall, you know, it's all about a
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certain type of success to win it. And that's that's
what it boils down to.
Speaker 1 (21:19):
City. How have you been. How's retirement treating you?
Speaker 4 (21:22):
Just treat me well, I can't complain at all. Life
is going well, you know, being a dad every day,
and just started my my sports agency, Legacy Trust Sports Group,
so that's keeping me you know, close to football and
having that leadership mentor role.
Speaker 3 (21:36):
So things are going well.
Speaker 1 (21:39):
Talk about it, sorry, talk about the Legacy Trust that
you started. What's that?
Speaker 3 (21:43):
Yeah?
Speaker 4 (21:43):
So me and my business partner, Brandon Walstall. We started
Legacy Trusts June one. You know, may have built it
for the ground up, self self funded.
Speaker 3 (21:53):
It was.
Speaker 4 (21:53):
It's actually pretty cool to kind of get behind the
scenes of you know, starting a business. You know, you
learn about the payroll, about benefits, you know, finding your employees,
doing interviews and stuff. So I've definitely been, you know,
very hands on with that. But overall, you know, the
main thing about our agency is the first two words,
legacy and trust. The legacy part, obviously is what you
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do on the football field. You know, what you lead,
how you leave your market, your legacy with your teams
on the field. But for me, the most important part
is the trust and that's off the field us when
you work with us. So when we work with you,
it's about understanding that we will do the best to
make sure you handle your stuff on the field. But
you know that comes down to the player being healthy
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and doing the right things stand out of trouble. But
what we want to do is just make sure that
you can focus on the things that we keep you
successful and when you're ready to take that next step,
whether it's retirement or find your the thing that you
want to do to be successful, after football. We want
to make sure that we're very hands on with that.
So pretty much just taking my blueprint from on field
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and off field success and giving it back to the
to the next generation.
Speaker 2 (23:01):
Yeah, I still remember that game against the Tennessee Titans.
I think I told you one Derrick Henry was running
around on that suitep. You came from that middle linebacker position.
You squared them up and it sounded like a train
wreck when you two yew can tell you there was
no yards after after contact on that hit.
Speaker 4 (23:23):
Well, I mean, he's a Bama guy, so I've seen him.
I've seen him around for a long time, so I
know I know what to do.
Speaker 2 (23:30):
Gida. How important is this opening game against Pittsburgh. I
mean you had a chance to play against him for
a long time.
Speaker 3 (23:38):
I mean it's important.
Speaker 4 (23:39):
Every game is important for the Justice as an early start,
a great opponent they're going to be coach well obviously
didn't know Aaron, so uh, the defense is going to
have a test. It's gonna be a great test because
he gotta he's gonna understand what they're trying to do.
He's going to know the players, he's going to know
the Tennessee's so I think it's just another a great
start for the season. The pastor year if you play
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against Pittsburgh, it's been some good battles. You know, we
want something to lost some but just overall things just
a great test for the guys to get out there,
you know, new people, new system, and really just just
let loose and just have fun.
Speaker 1 (24:14):
CD. What's what's your greatest memory of being a Jet?
Speaker 4 (24:19):
My greatest memory, I guess personally for me is obviously
the first game, you know, putting on the uniform going
against the Bills, big robbery. Obviously we know how it
started to end. This I won't you know, keep that going.
But as a just as a true just fan and
just an NFL player, it's another like good and bad memory.
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But you know that first game against the Bills again,
and you know, obviously with hand going out there, I
really just sat there and just soaked it all in.
I was a That was a great moment for sure,
but like we said, unfortunately we know how that ended.
Speaker 3 (24:55):
But yeah, CJ.
Speaker 2 (24:58):
For every player in the NFL, there comes that time
when you have to walk away, you have to retire.
When did you know that you were going to step
out of the game.
Speaker 3 (25:08):
Uh well, pretty much.
Speaker 4 (25:11):
I was working my way back with the with the
neck injury from the New England game. So that was
October twenty seventh or around around that date. So this
is about, you know, towards the end of the season,
I'm trying to you know, practice and run and make
sure I can move around. So I was actually finally
putting on my pass and helmet, actually practicing and doing drills.
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So I was on the practice not practice quider. I
was on the you know, the look team, the scout team.
So I was trying to get my rep saying that
you know, mentally prepare myself because I didn't I didn't
want to go back on the field without actually you know,
hitting somebody and you know, really getting injured. So talk
about the sweep. Bright Allen called a sweep coming around
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the corner. I was like, okay, this is this is
my time to see what I can do. So I
gave a nice little shoulder because also we camet tackling
practice and it didn't feel right. So I kind of
I kind of sense like, well if it's if it's
been three four months and it's still feeling like this,
then you know, I got to really think about what
I want to do after this season.
Speaker 1 (26:16):
How was it hard for you to like be part
of training camp and not be part of training camp,
like knowing that this year like was your first year
of not being out of retirement. You know what I'm saying.
Speaker 4 (26:28):
Yeah, not really, because you know, I opted out in
twenty twenty, so I kind of got a, you know,
a feel of retirement, and I went through you know,
all the OTA spring training and all that, but I
didn't do training camp in the season. But you know,
fast forward to now, I think just the just the
whether injury was located, Like if it was a knee
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or ankle not then I maybe I could push through it.
But you know, just dealing with the neck, you know,
where I'm at my career, where I was in my career,
you know, it felt it was kind of an easy decision. So,
I mean, thankfully I'm in a good spot financially and mentally,
and now I've done the right things off the field to.
Speaker 3 (27:07):
Be able to move forward.
Speaker 4 (27:08):
But it's I'm definitely, you know, still invested in the game,
still invested with the just a lot of you know,
teammates and friends still playing, and obviously with the agency.
I'm definitely way more connected with football, a bigger landscape now.
Speaker 2 (27:23):
I know, speaking about stepping away from the game, and
I have a foundation for terminally ill children. I know
how hard it is to get started year one and
now we're in the year three. Just want to let
you know, for a lot of the players, like myself,
Joe Klecko, if you ever need any help, CJ, We're
there to help you.
Speaker 3 (27:44):
Yes, sir, appreciate it.
Speaker 1 (27:46):
It's like a brother. How is daddy date heare ben? CJ?
Is it harder than training camp? Actually she's daughters almost
a year, right.
Speaker 3 (27:54):
Yes, almost a year? Almost a year?
Speaker 4 (27:56):
Well, well, I want to say it's harder, but trying
to camp pass help because you know you're sleepy, but
you got to stay up the meetings.
Speaker 3 (28:02):
You know, you got to study.
Speaker 4 (28:04):
So it's just like watching her, you know, watching how
she moves, what things she liked to do, you figure
out characteristics. But now she's she was starting to walk,
so we had a whole different ball game. But she's
full of energy, very loud, So I guess that's the
football side of me.
Speaker 3 (28:19):
But other than that, I'm like, I don't know where
you get all the stuff.
Speaker 2 (28:21):
From you didn't see J. I got one that's forty three,
thirty two, thirty one and twenty nine. Gotty daycare never ends.
Speaker 3 (28:31):
Yeah, never love it though, So it's it's great.
Speaker 1 (28:35):
It's great, all right, c J. What would be if
we'll wrap this up? What would be your message to
the guys this week going the week one?
Speaker 4 (28:44):
I mean, this team has been together for a long time.
You know, we've we've been and we've been through something,
some great times and some bad times. We've seen we've
seen success and how it looks, and we've seen how
how it's not supposed to be dying. So everything, all
the questions and all the answers and all the speculations
they've been everywhere around this team. So now it's trying
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to go out there and just play football and perform,
play smart, penalty free, don't do stupid stuff, and you're
gonna be in the game every single time. And then
it comes down to your playmakers and execution that and
just keep it simple, man, just play football and wain
football games.
Speaker 1 (29:21):
Love it, CJ. Love it. How's your parents doing, by
the way.
Speaker 4 (29:24):
They get doing they're doing great and they're still working
down to Alabama so you no more time to see them.
So I'll definitely know catch on Obama games and no
travel and see some of some of our guys on
the roster I'll play. So it's definitely gonna be a funny,
funny inciding year.
Speaker 1 (29:39):
Yea bamba always better keep together and better go down
there kick them.
Speaker 2 (29:43):
I'll be down there hunting and shoes the season's over.
If you want to join us, we hunt down there
in Montgomery and we'll go over to Bullergy and then
we'll go over to Demopolis.
Speaker 3 (29:54):
Okay, that's that's a nice little that's a nice little
right there.
Speaker 2 (29:57):
Yeah, we we do it down there for two weeks
down there in Montgomery, and he's a doctor down there,
so we make the rotation. It's a good time to
just get away, regroup, get in the woods. If you
don't shoot anything, fine, it's a good time to relax.
Speaker 1 (30:15):
Well, it's a good time for me to wrap up
this little podcast. All right, Hey, CJ, it was so
much fun catch it up with you. Thank you for
being our special guest for week one. We Marty week one. Baby,
We're ready to go.
Speaker 2 (30:28):
We're ready to go, CJ. We really appreciate you jumping on,
stay saved, hope only the best of you and your family.
You were one of my favorites as I covered you
for a very short time up here on the radio.
Speaker 3 (30:40):
Goes sir, thank You'll appreciate y'all.
Speaker 1 (30:42):
Definitely one of my favorites too. All Right, you guys
will catch you next week. Good luck,
All right, we are back. Welcome to jet Stream. I'm
Jennay Kochley alongside the one, the only Jet Legend, Marty Lyon.
He's a guy in the Jet Ring of Honor. He's
a Walter Payton Man of the Year, literally my favorite guy, Marty.
Are you ready for some football?
Speaker 2 (00:19):
Oh, I'm ready to day. Forty six years I've been ready.
Speaker 1 (00:23):
Wow, this is your forty six year it.
Speaker 2 (00:25):
Is you know, either easy, you know as a player.
And then i did the Jet Journal TV show for
a while and twenty two years I've been the radio booth.
Second year being the ambassador. So I'm excited.
Speaker 1 (00:37):
This is awesome. Well, Marty, we got some fun stuff
for our second year of our show. Let's see, we
got some great guests on the show today. We actually
have a fan favorite, which we'll talk about later. We
got questions from the fans. We're just gonna have a
fun time talking of a little Jets football, talking to
some Jet legends, some other legends we'll get to, and
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answering fan questions. So first of all, I'm gonna ask
how are you doing? How's the Austine hasn't been for you?
Speaker 2 (01:02):
Oh? I'm doing well? Jenay the Foundation is doing well.
I'm getting to the finish line at a couple of
things that I'm doing. And every time you want to
cross that finish line into that world of retirement, you
get pulled right back in there. You know, I think
I'm gonna be around for a few more years.
Speaker 1 (01:19):
Oh, I think so. I think we got to hit fifty.
At least got to hit the center.
Speaker 2 (01:23):
You got to get fifty with the Jets. I mean,
I owe the Jets a lot, going all the way
back to nineteen eighty two when I started the foundation
and then retiring in nineteen ninety one and still being
a part of it. It's great to go down there
on the field and meet the sponsors and meet the fans,
and see the players that I built relationships with when
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I was doing the radio and just give them some advice.
You know, right now, you're in first place, we're tied
for first, and it's a big game. You're playing a
team that is going to come out and they're going
to try to smash in the mount. You know, that's
the one thing about playing the Pittsburgh Steelers. They've been
known about it for years. It's going to be a
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very physical game.
Speaker 1 (02:06):
And now again we got a new The Jets have
a new head coach and Aaron Glenn. They quarterback justin field.
What have you seen so far with this team? What
do you like what Aaron Glenn's doing? Who is a
former player like you? How much does that help?
Speaker 2 (02:18):
Well? I like? I like what Aaron Glenn's doing. He
came in and he created a new culture, a culture
that's old school. He's gonna he came in there. Number one,
very disciplined. Number two, he knows that to get ready
for a game, you have to go through a tough
training camp. It's one way, it's his way. And you've
got to remember who he learned from. Number one, Bill Parcells.
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Number two you go, it's Sean Payton. And number three
you had Dan Campbell out there in Detroit. And he's
been well schooled and he's been waiting for this job.
And he's one of us. He's a former New York Jets,
And that's what makes it exciting. He's one of us.
Speaker 1 (02:57):
I was gonna say, when you say he's one of us,
what does that mean?
Speaker 2 (03:00):
You came into the organization as a number one pick
and then you spent fifteen years in the league, and
then you knew you wanted to coach, but you knew
you had to start somewhere at the bottom. So he
started in scouting, moved his way up, moved his way up,
and he became a position coach, and he became a
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defense defensive coordinator, and then it was time for him
to look for a head coaching position, and it just
happened that the Jets were looking for one two. It's
a perfect match, all.
Speaker 1 (03:33):
Right, Martin's Week one? Do you remember your Week one game?
Speaker 2 (03:36):
Week one? I sure do, laughing. Yeah, we lost to
Cleveland at Shay Stadium, and I remember I was playing
in a defensive end. I was in like a skinny nine,
meaning I'm lining up on the tight end, and Cleveland
broke the huddle and Ozzie knew some Hall of famer
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now with the Baltimore leveland yeah, he was a tight
end with the Cleveland Browns. Yeah, he came out and
he looked up at me and he was, hey, hold mee,
how you doing it? And I went Just as I
got ready to answer, the ball was snapped and he
hooked me and they ran for about fifteen yards. So, oh, yeah,
is that You're welcome?
Speaker 1 (04:17):
Is that you're welcome to the NFL moment right there.
Speaker 2 (04:20):
Oh no, I think I got more welcome there in
preseason and I got thrown around, and you know, it's
a whole new ball game. The game is faster, the
players are stronger, there's no you're playing against guys that
aren't on a four year scholarship, five year scholarship. You're
playing against guys that have been in the league ten
twelve years that they know what it takes to prepare.
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They know what it takes to win.
Speaker 1 (04:44):
Marty, what would you tell like these rookies coming in
playing their first game, go walking out in that life stadium.
Speaker 2 (04:52):
Hold yourself accountable. Go out there and play to the
best of your ability. If you try something and it
doesn't work, because it good work in college, remember put
it in your notes and say, hey, you know that
didn't work. I got to try something else. Don't be disappointed.
If you were a All American in college and you
come in and there have a rough rookie season, you know,
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why do you have to prepare? That's why you look
at a guy like Will McDonald in his third year.
He's got one of the best spin moves I've ever
seen in forty six years. But the way he's got
to do is he's got to develop another move to
compliment the spin move. Otherwise, when the offensive coordinator they're
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preparing to play for the Jets, they're going to roll
that center as soon as he snaps the ball over
to Will McDonald's side and try to get him when
he comes inside. So you know, you developed that secondary move,
but that spin moves is really incredible form.
Speaker 1 (05:54):
Now, Marty, I know you're going to be at the
game I am, and you're wearing a special little jacket.
We talked about this. You have a jacket. You know,
you're the you know, fashion experts, you're the Queen.
Speaker 2 (06:05):
Of dressing, and you said, hey, why don't you wear
that jacket that I got down in New Orleans And
it's the Man of the Year jacket.
Speaker 1 (06:13):
There was six v sorry, I got a chair on.
All right, you won the Man of the Year in
nineteen eighty four, right.
Speaker 2 (06:19):
Right, But there were six of us that were honored
this year down at the Super Bowl, and Aunt Kwan
Bolden from the Arizona Cardinal did a great job of
putting together a video of all six of us and
the work that we're doing, and I think it was
encouraging for the team Man of the Year to look
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at that and realize that they do make a difference.
But you can't just start something now as when you're playing,
and then when you retire you walk away from it.
I don't think it's fair for the donors. I don't
think it's fair for the people that donate their times,
and it's not fair for the calls that you're working for.
Speaker 1 (06:58):
So you got a special jack and you're gonna be.
Speaker 2 (07:00):
Wearing it, Well, you gave me the approval.
Speaker 1 (07:03):
No, you definitely should. Yeah, that was What does that
mean to you, Marty? Like so many years ago and
you're still doing the same thing and you're still being
honored for your work off the field.
Speaker 2 (07:15):
Well, Jane, I look at it like it's great.
Speaker 1 (07:19):
That's awesome. That's awesome, and you know you deserve it
because you do so much for the Mary Marty Lyons Foundation.
You know, I'm looking at the Sciences Marty Lyons Foundation
the courage to wish for more and that's you, that
is you grant so many wishes and it's such a
great thing. And you know what, though, we're gonna move
on though to questions from the fans, how's that sound?
Does that sound good? I wish Katie puts the music in,
(07:41):
like do we need like a little song or music?
All right? This question comes from Paul from New Jersey,
who was the toughest o lineman you've ever faced.
Speaker 2 (07:51):
Hi, Jay, the toughest one was. There's quite a field,
but John Hanlon's got to be up here at the
top for the New England Patriots. Okay, would just lower
that button. You know, if he was coming straight off,
you better buckle your chin strap and you better get low.
Mike Webster from the Pittsburgh Steelers, you know, he wasn't
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he didn't try to overpower you where he could because
he was the NFL strongest man winter one year. Dwight
Stevenson down there with the Miami Dolphins, you know, an
excellent center. So I think that as you prepare to
go into the game, my mindset was, no matter who
I was going up against, they were only going to
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be as good as I let them. And some days
it was long a long afternoon. Some days I got
my share, someday they got their shares. You're not going
to win the place, so you just got to get comfortable,
and you gotta sometimes you got to pick yourself up,
tie your shoes up a little bit tighter, and go
back in.
Speaker 1 (08:52):
Oh that's a great question by Paul because I liked
the answers. Yeah, all right, this is Dan from Long Island.
We've kind of already talked about this, but you can
go more into it. How has the game changed since
you played?
Speaker 2 (09:04):
Well? Number one money, a lot of money. Number two money. Yeah, yeah,
you know what, that's what it is. It's money. You know.
Players are able now to go into free agency and
take their ability, take their talent and shop it somewhere else.
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And I'm happy the players are making more money because
you look at a guy like Dennis Burg, who would
have been a tremendous, tremendous defensive tackle. Unfortunately we all
know that he broke his neck and then he ended
up passing away. So the game is going to wear
and have some wear and tear on you the older
you get. So I think that the players should get paid.
(09:50):
And that's the big difference now. The players. You know,
sometimes it's hard to identify if you're a fan looking
down and saying, well, you know, Marty Lions wore ninety
three and now somebody else is wearing ninety three, and
Marty Lions is somewhere else. You know, players are going
to move, They're going to shuffle themselves.
Speaker 1 (10:08):
Around the two days, didn't I thought you might say
the two A days.
Speaker 2 (10:12):
Yeah, two A days.
Speaker 1 (10:13):
I mean players don't have to two with the two
days anymore like you guys did.
Speaker 2 (10:16):
Oh well, you know, And plus there's a limited time
that you can go out there on the field. With
Walt Michael's feet, we would get halfway through practice, he'd
blow the whistle say hey, you know what, we're going
to start this whole thing over, and you go back
to stretching and start the practice over, only because he
didn't feel that we were getting the most out of
our time on the field.
Speaker 1 (10:39):
This is Mary from New Jersey. What was your proudest
moment as a New York Jet.
Speaker 2 (10:46):
Well, I think there's a couple. You know, being part
of the Sack Exchange is one. I think number two
would be in twenty thirteen when I had the opportunity
to go into the Ring of a honor and I
remember my last line was, you know, first you want
to thank your family, and you want to thank your teammates,
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and you want to thank the coaching staff, but the
biggest first people that I wanted to think were the fans.
And the only way that I could do that was say, hey,
every time you look up at that name and that number,
it's not just mine, it's yours. So that they were
included in the Ring of Monter also very cool.
Speaker 1 (11:30):
All right, Jason from New Jersey, What was it like
being part of the Sack Exchange?
Speaker 2 (11:36):
Oh, it was fun. It was fun. It was you know,
we had a we had a group of guys, a
group of men, eleven of us on defense that could
play the front. Four got a lot of credit because
you had Joe Klecko, you had Mark Gasno, you know,
and both of them getting double digit sacks, and then
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you had Abdul with myself in the middle. But it
was great because at that time, you know, you dream
your whole life to make it to the NFL and
you come in. In the first couple of years, it
was just vanilla and then all of a sudden, you
know what, You've got something. And then we had autographed sessions.
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We went down to the New York Stock Exchange. We
were the talk of the town and it was special
because now you can look back on it and nobody
can ever take it away from you, and.
Speaker 1 (12:32):
You guys do great thirty for three I think it
was a thirty for thirty and ESPN did a documentary
on it last year. Got to watch it. How cool,
I mean, how cool is it that you have that now?
Speaker 2 (12:42):
Like all, like, you know, the coolest moment Tony about
that is we did it probably two months before I
Abdul passed away, so.
Speaker 1 (12:51):
You have that memory of him with you guys.
Speaker 2 (12:54):
Yeah, exactly, And that duel was he was the you know,
soldier of peace. He kept peace between the four of us.
Speaker 1 (13:01):
You know, it was key to that ring of honor
or that sack exchange.
Speaker 3 (13:06):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (13:07):
And the funny thing about it is he says, they're
somewhere during the show, if anybody did anything, he'd just
punched them. And he was like he was like that.
He was like that in the locker room. He was
very quiet, very productive, and very a very special individual.
Speaker 1 (13:25):
All Right, this is a question from today Coachley and Stanford, Connecticut.
What's your favorite Joe Clacko's story.
Speaker 2 (13:31):
Well, Joe has so many stories. I mean, the biggest
one I think was you know, my first experience was
getting that index finger right in the middle of my ribs,
right above my chest, you know. And he said, hey,
you don't leave this complex until I leave. And I
started to walk off, and he stuck that finger in
my chest and he said, what did I just tell you?
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And you know, you look back on forty six years
now and the friendship that we have built and so
happy when he asked me to be his presenter down
there at the Hall of Fame. You know, he's got
a son, Danny, that has three Super Bowl rings. He's
got another son. I used to call him Mikey because
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he grew up in the locker room. He prefers Michael
now because I think he's forty four years old. But
you know, to see his kids grow up, and uh,
to see Joe get inducted to the NFL Hall of
Fame in twenty twenty three. It was a long journey
for him, but he made it.
Speaker 1 (14:32):
He's so well deserved, so well deserved. All right. This
question comes from Katie from New Jersey. What was your
favorite stadium to play in?
Speaker 2 (14:41):
Any stadium that we wanted?
Speaker 1 (14:43):
Oh, that was easy enough.
Speaker 2 (14:45):
You know, I like playing out in San Diego. That
was a beautiful atmosphere.
Speaker 1 (14:50):
Oh I miss a stadium out there.
Speaker 2 (14:52):
You know, you go down to New Orleans and of
course have the super Dome and he got Bourbon Street
and other activities that you can and enjoy while you're
down there. But you know, I really enjoyed Chastadium. I
think going in there when the Mets were playing and
you had that clay in field, and it was just
something about getting dirty and something about an old stadium
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like that, and the fans when we lost to Buffalo
in the wild card game, the fans were so excited
that the stadium itself felt like it was moving one
whole end zone. The seats were going up and down,
and the locker rooms weren't that great.
Speaker 1 (15:32):
But you should, by the way, you should see the
new locker rooms at the facility.
Speaker 2 (15:36):
Now ask a virtual tour. You know what it is though.
It is just like all the colleges that you go to,
and you know, it's a recruiting tool. When these players
are in free agency and they come, they want to
see what you have to offer them as far as
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a facility, far as practice fields for night light, what
are you going to do? So I think that they
came in there and dropped the two hundred and fifty
fifty million dollars on that renovation, which you know what's
going to bring in a lot of excellent players down
the line.
Speaker 1 (16:17):
Oh it's beautiful, all right. Now, I have a question
as a former player, how difficult is it to get
a new head coach? How they changed thing going through preseason,
going through training camp and then started a new season.
Speaker 2 (16:30):
Well, you got to believe in the coach, and I
think everybody that has been around age understands his philosophy.
You got to come in there and you got to
set the standard the very first meeting. These are my rules.
This is the way I'm going to discipline you. But
the name of the game is we got to win,
and Aaron knows what it takes to win. So I
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think as a as a veteran player, you're willing to
accept that because you got to look at yourself in
the mirror. I said, hey, you know what, maybe I'm
running out of time. I don't have much more time,
whether it's with the Jets or even playing in the NFL.
So I want the opportunity to number one, to play
in the Super Bowl and Number two to get that
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ring and I think that's what ag is bringing to
the table.
Speaker 1 (17:20):
Now, what do you see from the Jets defense.
Speaker 2 (17:25):
Well, I see a defense that you know what, they
got all the pieces at number one. You've got to
stay healthy. It's a long season. Seventeen game. I think
he come back in with will McDonald quinnon. Williams is
going to have a big year. And then you try
to get a defensive tackle that's going to compliment him.
You bring in Harrison Phillips and everybody knows how well
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he played out there in Minnesota and of course with Buffalo.
And then you got Sherwood in the middle as the
middle linebackers, and you got Sauce Cartner. You've got enough
tools on defense. I think on offense early in the season,
you're going to probably see them run the ball sixty
sixty five percent of the time pass it. But now
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you have a rushing quarterback too, and Justin feels that
he gives you the versatility to go with a single back,
knowing that if he gets in trouble, he's going to
run the ball. If I'm coaching, you know, justin Field,
beside all these drills that I put them through, I
have them scramble, go around the side and slide. Learn
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how to slide, Learn how not to take a hit,
learn how to when you get outside the numbers to
get out of bounds. You know, it's important that if
it's thirty nine and you try to reach out to
get that extra yard, make sure you can get it
and you don't want to get hurt or just slide.
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And I think anytime that they cross the fifty yard
line and they get inside the forty and it's fourth
and one, don't don't be surprised if AJ, I mean
AG just looks at the team and says, hey, I
have enough confidence in you, just like Dan Campbell. You're
gonna win some, you'll lose them, but build confidence in
your offensive line and in your offense.
Speaker 1 (19:12):
Marty Gisson, we have joining us today.
Speaker 2 (19:15):
But I see him man CJ mostly man.
Speaker 1 (19:18):
One of our favorite favorite guys. CJ. Moseley, CJ. Thank
you so much for joining us today.
Speaker 3 (19:24):
Yes, thanks for having me. Glad to be here.
Speaker 1 (19:27):
We have two Alabama guys. Guys. I hate to have
to bring this up. What the heck happened to your
team this weekend?
Speaker 4 (19:36):
First, Yes, smacked in the mouth that's what happened. I
got smacked in the mouth. Now you used to seeing it.
So it's a wake up car early. I mean, we're
at a different time, so lost won't It's not the
end of the world, but better get it together quick.
Speaker 2 (19:51):
Yeah, you know what, CJ. I remember my sophoen year
playing for coach Bryant and we beat a team in Birmingham.
I think we won twenty one to three or two
twenty four to three, and we were celebrating in the
locker room and Coach Bryant walked in there and said,
I don't know why you guys are celebrating. You're you
embarrassed the Red Jerseys to that, you embarrassed the tradition
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of Alabama. Took those back to Tuscaloosa, had an early
curfew and played the game over on Sunday. And if
I was deboor, that's what I would have done after
that that disaster down there in Tallahassee. I just the
guys have got to understand, man, there's a certain standard
to play at Alabama.
Speaker 4 (20:31):
It is it is, and it's tough, and you kind
of you can kind of compare, you know, college football
with the NFL now to keep a standard alive, to
keep it tradition, the live is about, you know, keeping
those key factors of those key pieces close together, but
with moving parts. You know, every single year, you know
that always is always hard to try to keep that
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or maintain that and all that standard. So it's always
up to the you know, the players to maintain that,
to know the historians to know the standard, and you
know the fans always make sure they remember that as well.
But I think just at a certain point, you just
have to try to keep the pieces as close as possible.
And things are going to change, the game is going
to evolve. But overall, you know, it's all about a
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certain type of success to win it. And that's that's
what it boils down to.
Speaker 1 (21:19):
City. How have you been. How's retirement treating you?
Speaker 4 (21:22):
Just treat me well, I can't complain at all. Life
is going well, you know, being a dad every day,
and just started my my sports agency, Legacy Trust Sports Group,
so that's keeping me you know, close to football and
having that leadership mentor role.
Speaker 3 (21:36):
So things are going well.
Speaker 1 (21:39):
Talk about it, sorry, talk about the Legacy Trust that
you started. What's that?
Speaker 3 (21:43):
Yeah?
Speaker 4 (21:43):
So me and my business partner, Brandon Walstall. We started
Legacy Trusts June one. You know, may have built it
for the ground up, self self funded.
Speaker 3 (21:53):
It was.
Speaker 4 (21:53):
It's actually pretty cool to kind of get behind the
scenes of you know, starting a business. You know, you
learn about the payroll, about benefits, you know, finding your employees,
doing interviews and stuff. So I've definitely been, you know,
very hands on with that. But overall, you know, the
main thing about our agency is the first two words,
legacy and trust. The legacy part, obviously is what you
(22:15):
do on the football field. You know, what you lead,
how you leave your market, your legacy with your teams
on the field. But for me, the most important part
is the trust and that's off the field us when
you work with us. So when we work with you,
it's about understanding that we will do the best to
make sure you handle your stuff on the field. But
you know that comes down to the player being healthy
(22:36):
and doing the right things stand out of trouble. But
what we want to do is just make sure that
you can focus on the things that we keep you
successful and when you're ready to take that next step,
whether it's retirement or find your the thing that you
want to do to be successful, after football. We want
to make sure that we're very hands on with that.
So pretty much just taking my blueprint from on field
(22:56):
and off field success and giving it back to the
to the next generation.
Speaker 2 (23:01):
Yeah, I still remember that game against the Tennessee Titans.
I think I told you one Derrick Henry was running
around on that suitep. You came from that middle linebacker position.
You squared them up and it sounded like a train
wreck when you two yew can tell you there was
no yards after after contact on that hit.
Speaker 4 (23:23):
Well, I mean, he's a Bama guy, so I've seen him.
I've seen him around for a long time, so I
know I know what to do.
Speaker 2 (23:30):
Gida. How important is this opening game against Pittsburgh. I
mean you had a chance to play against him for
a long time.
Speaker 3 (23:38):
I mean it's important.
Speaker 4 (23:39):
Every game is important for the Justice as an early start,
a great opponent they're going to be coach well obviously
didn't know Aaron, so uh, the defense is going to
have a test. It's gonna be a great test because
he gotta he's gonna understand what they're trying to do.
He's going to know the players, he's going to know
the Tennessee's so I think it's just another a great
start for the season. The pastor year if you play
(24:00):
against Pittsburgh, it's been some good battles. You know, we
want something to lost some but just overall things just
a great test for the guys to get out there,
you know, new people, new system, and really just just
let loose and just have fun.
Speaker 1 (24:14):
CD. What's what's your greatest memory of being a Jet?
Speaker 4 (24:19):
My greatest memory, I guess personally for me is obviously
the first game, you know, putting on the uniform going
against the Bills, big robbery. Obviously we know how it
started to end. This I won't you know, keep that going.
But as a just as a true just fan and
just an NFL player, it's another like good and bad memory.
(24:41):
But you know that first game against the Bills again,
and you know, obviously with hand going out there, I
really just sat there and just soaked it all in.
I was a That was a great moment for sure,
but like we said, unfortunately we know how that ended.
Speaker 3 (24:55):
But yeah, CJ.
Speaker 2 (24:58):
For every player in the NFL, there comes that time
when you have to walk away, you have to retire.
When did you know that you were going to step
out of the game.
Speaker 3 (25:08):
Uh well, pretty much.
Speaker 4 (25:11):
I was working my way back with the with the
neck injury from the New England game. So that was
October twenty seventh or around around that date. So this
is about, you know, towards the end of the season,
I'm trying to you know, practice and run and make
sure I can move around. So I was actually finally
putting on my pass and helmet, actually practicing and doing drills.
(25:33):
So I was on the practice not practice quider. I
was on the you know, the look team, the scout team.
So I was trying to get my rep saying that
you know, mentally prepare myself because I didn't I didn't
want to go back on the field without actually you know,
hitting somebody and you know, really getting injured. So talk
about the sweep. Bright Allen called a sweep coming around
(25:54):
the corner. I was like, okay, this is this is
my time to see what I can do. So I
gave a nice little shoulder because also we camet tackling
practice and it didn't feel right. So I kind of
I kind of sense like, well if it's if it's
been three four months and it's still feeling like this,
then you know, I got to really think about what
I want to do after this season.
Speaker 1 (26:16):
How was it hard for you to like be part
of training camp and not be part of training camp,
like knowing that this year like was your first year
of not being out of retirement. You know what I'm saying.
Speaker 4 (26:28):
Yeah, not really, because you know, I opted out in
twenty twenty, so I kind of got a, you know,
a feel of retirement, and I went through you know,
all the OTA spring training and all that, but I
didn't do training camp in the season. But you know,
fast forward to now, I think just the just the
whether injury was located, Like if it was a knee
(26:49):
or ankle not then I maybe I could push through it.
But you know, just dealing with the neck, you know,
where I'm at my career, where I was in my career,
you know, it felt it was kind of an easy decision. So,
I mean, thankfully I'm in a good spot financially and mentally,
and now I've done the right things off the field to.
Speaker 3 (27:07):
Be able to move forward.
Speaker 4 (27:08):
But it's I'm definitely, you know, still invested in the game,
still invested with the just a lot of you know,
teammates and friends still playing, and obviously with the agency.
I'm definitely way more connected with football, a bigger landscape now.
Speaker 2 (27:23):
I know, speaking about stepping away from the game, and
I have a foundation for terminally ill children. I know
how hard it is to get started year one and
now we're in the year three. Just want to let
you know, for a lot of the players, like myself,
Joe Klecko, if you ever need any help, CJ, We're
there to help you.
Speaker 3 (27:44):
Yes, sir, appreciate it.
Speaker 1 (27:46):
It's like a brother. How is daddy date heare ben? CJ?
Is it harder than training camp? Actually she's daughters almost
a year, right.
Speaker 3 (27:54):
Yes, almost a year? Almost a year?
Speaker 4 (27:56):
Well, well, I want to say it's harder, but trying
to camp pass help because you know you're sleepy, but
you got to stay up the meetings.
Speaker 3 (28:02):
You know, you got to study.
Speaker 4 (28:04):
So it's just like watching her, you know, watching how
she moves, what things she liked to do, you figure
out characteristics. But now she's she was starting to walk,
so we had a whole different ball game. But she's
full of energy, very loud, So I guess that's the
football side of me.
Speaker 3 (28:19):
But other than that, I'm like, I don't know where
you get all the stuff.
Speaker 2 (28:21):
From you didn't see J. I got one that's forty three,
thirty two, thirty one and twenty nine. Gotty daycare never ends.
Speaker 3 (28:31):
Yeah, never love it though, So it's it's great.
Speaker 1 (28:35):
It's great, all right, c J. What would be if
we'll wrap this up? What would be your message to
the guys this week going the week one?
Speaker 4 (28:44):
I mean, this team has been together for a long time.
You know, we've we've been and we've been through something,
some great times and some bad times. We've seen we've
seen success and how it looks, and we've seen how
how it's not supposed to be dying. So everything, all
the questions and all the answers and all the speculations
they've been everywhere around this team. So now it's trying
(29:06):
to go out there and just play football and perform,
play smart, penalty free, don't do stupid stuff, and you're
gonna be in the game every single time. And then
it comes down to your playmakers and execution that and
just keep it simple, man, just play football and wain
football games.
Speaker 1 (29:21):
Love it, CJ. Love it. How's your parents doing, by
the way.
Speaker 4 (29:24):
They get doing they're doing great and they're still working
down to Alabama so you no more time to see them.
So I'll definitely know catch on Obama games and no
travel and see some of some of our guys on
the roster I'll play. So it's definitely gonna be a funny,
funny inciding year.
Speaker 1 (29:39):
Yea bamba always better keep together and better go down
there kick them.
Speaker 2 (29:43):
I'll be down there hunting and shoes the season's over.
If you want to join us, we hunt down there
in Montgomery and we'll go over to Bullergy and then
we'll go over to Demopolis.
Speaker 3 (29:54):
Okay, that's that's a nice little that's a nice little
right there.
Speaker 2 (29:57):
Yeah, we we do it down there for two weeks
down there in Montgomery, and he's a doctor down there,
so we make the rotation. It's a good time to
just get away, regroup, get in the woods. If you
don't shoot anything, fine, it's a good time to relax.
Speaker 1 (30:15):
Well, it's a good time for me to wrap up
this little podcast. All right, Hey, CJ, it was so
much fun catch it up with you. Thank you for
being our special guest for week one. We Marty week one. Baby,
We're ready to go.
Speaker 2 (30:28):
We're ready to go, CJ. We really appreciate you jumping on,
stay saved, hope only the best of you and your family.
You were one of my favorites as I covered you
for a very short time up here on the radio.
Speaker 3 (30:40):
Goes sir, thank You'll appreciate y'all.
Speaker 1 (30:42):
Definitely one of my favorites too. All Right, you guys
will catch you next week. Good luck,
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