July 1, 2025 • 27 mins
Host Eric Allen is joined in the studio by offensive coordinator Tanner Engstrand. The former Detroit Lions passing game coordinator discusses the Jets new-look offense and goes in-depth on how he plans to feature all of the Green & White's best offensive weapons. Later in the pod, former Jets WR and analyst Quincy Enunwa comes on to talk about his expectations for the Jets 2025 season on offense.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
We're talking offense this week. That includes a conversation with
coordinator Tanner Engstrand and forward Jets receive for Quincy. Noon.
Speaker 2 (00:07):
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Speaker 3 (00:08):
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And I think we're gonna win next Sunday.
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Speaker 2 (00:40):
Tanner, Yes, what's this experience been like so far?
Speaker 5 (00:43):
It's been, Uh, it's been really fun.
Speaker 3 (00:45):
I would say that, you know, to start, it's it's
been a good learning experience getting here and and starting
something a new program call it from you know the
ground up.
Speaker 4 (00:55):
Uh.
Speaker 3 (00:55):
With with getting here and just getting to know the players,
getting to know the area and know the facility and
and and getting working with those guys and so it's
been it's been exciting.
Speaker 5 (01:06):
It's been Uh.
Speaker 3 (01:07):
Like I said, it's been fun, and uh, I think
it's gonna be Uh, it's gonna be good.
Speaker 2 (01:12):
What are the steps in the process.
Speaker 1 (01:14):
You get Hirers off as the coordinator, and then you
go through the off season and we're sitting here in
OTAs right now. Second week OTAs around the corner. You
got mandatory many camp. Before you know it, you'll be
in training camp.
Speaker 2 (01:27):
Yeah.
Speaker 5 (01:28):
I think the.
Speaker 3 (01:28):
Process is again originally just start to get to know
the guys and then you start to feed them information,
you know, start to get to know them and get
to build in the playbook. Here's here's how we call things,
here's what we're doing, Here's what we're trying to get accomplished.
And you start with that, and then you start really
(01:48):
with the fundamentals of play of what their what their
position group is, gonna is, gonna ask what the job
requirement is and be be specific with them about it,
and it grows from there. Obviously, phase two you're not
really doing a lot of plays, and now in phase
three with OTA's we get to go out there and
run the plays and so we get to see it
in action. So we've kind of got a teaching progression
(02:08):
as far as that goes about teaching the information and
presenting it to them and them diving in and learning it.
Speaker 1 (02:15):
Can you speak to your experience in Detroit, Patricia signs, Yeah,
they go through a coaching change. Dan Campbell comes in,
he keeps you on board and all on the way
you can continue to ascend. And I talked to Ben
Johnson about this the last couple of years. He leaned
on you quite a bit.
Speaker 2 (02:35):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (02:36):
To me, it's it's always about what can I do
to help the organization win?
Speaker 5 (02:41):
You know, what is my job description in Detroit?
Speaker 3 (02:43):
My job description as the pass game coordinator was to
help Ben, Like, to help Ben become the best offensive
coordinator that he can be, while I'm trying to be
the best passing game coordinator that I can be. Whichever
those you know, those multitude of job title or job
descriptions that I had to had to do on a
alien weekly basis. It really was to make sure that
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that I was giving him the information that he needed
to be the best that he could be, so that
as the offense we could be, we could be the
best that we could be.
Speaker 2 (03:12):
Ultimately, you know, every offense is going to be unique.
Speaker 1 (03:16):
But when you look back at Detroit, how were you
guys able to build that into what it was when
you left?
Speaker 6 (03:24):
Uh?
Speaker 5 (03:24):
First, it starts with players, right, It starts with players.
Speaker 4 (03:26):
It always is.
Speaker 3 (03:27):
It's just like it's going to be here. It starts
with the players. You know, you start with good players
and you accumulate better players or not I shouldn't say
better not to, but you continue to accumulate more good
players as it goes, and the scheme evolves and you
have your your root system, and ultimately you evolve it
to what your players can do and what they're good at.
Speaker 5 (03:49):
And that's kind of That's kind of.
Speaker 3 (03:50):
How I would say it evolved theirs just accumulation of
talent and development of the talent that we had, and
just continue to do what they do well.
Speaker 1 (04:01):
From a baseline perspective, what do you want the play
style to be on the offensive side of the ball.
Speaker 3 (04:11):
We want to be a physical and aggressive unit. You know,
we want to be explosive, of course, and I think
that's where it starts. You know, you can talk about
those three things. And we want to be detailed. We
want to be one of the most detailed teams there is,
and we want that to show up on tape.
Speaker 2 (04:23):
You played quarterback yourself.
Speaker 1 (04:25):
What kind of relation what kind of relationship does an
offensive play caller have to have with the quarterback.
Speaker 3 (04:31):
I think they have to think the same. They have
to know what each other is thinking. So when I
call a play, Justin or the other quarterbacks have to
know what I'm thinking and why I'm calling that play.
So you really have to be on the same wavelength
as far as what you're trying to accomplish with each
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and every play that's out there.
Speaker 1 (04:53):
What do you like about Justin Field's physical makeup and
mental makeup.
Speaker 3 (04:58):
Yeah, it's clear and obvious that he is a physical talent,
and to me, he's a he is a mental talent
if you want to put it in those terms as well.
I just want to see him work hard, and that's
what he's done so far. He's come in here, he's
put his his face down and his nose down and
gone gone to work. Every single day he's been here,
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and he's digesting and absorbing the information and and he's
he's doing well so far.
Speaker 1 (05:26):
It's kind of an interesting situation for both you and Ben.
I mentioned him before because he said it's going to
be interesting watching Tanner call plays because this is a
different quarterback than what we just played with in Detroit.
Jered Goff more of a stationary twert and move his
feet a little bit. But here you guys are going
(05:47):
to dual threats. Now where justin fields and he's coaching
Caleb Williams now in Chicago.
Speaker 5 (05:53):
Yeah. Again, I think it all goes back.
Speaker 3 (05:55):
You have the the call it the base offense of
what the core is, and then you have to evolve
to what your players do well and who those players
are and what their abilities are. And yes, he in
Chicago and us here we have more mobile quarterbacks that
they can utilize their feet as weapons. So it would
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probably be silly for us to not take advantage of
that in some way, shape or form.
Speaker 1 (06:25):
I want to ask you quickly about the personnel as
we get out into here. You guys build it up
front in Detroit. We're continuing to see that here with
the Jets. Can you speak to the pieces from front
to back, starting with the offensive line and maybe touch
upon Garrett Wilson and what you have in the offensive
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backfield as well with those three running backs.
Speaker 5 (06:47):
Yeah, I mean it does. It starts. Everything starts up front.
Speaker 3 (06:51):
If we want to say we want to be a physical,
aggressive unit, then it does have to start up front.
And that goes from you know, However, our schematics end
up being we want that to show up on tape
and then when you build it, starting up front, you
can protect the quarterback because that's where it all starts
in the past game is being able to protect the quarterback.
Speaker 5 (07:08):
It was a great.
Speaker 3 (07:09):
Addition, we feel bringing in armand bringing in Membo here
with the with the seventh pick and and he's done
a fine job so far. And then next to him
you got a v T who's a who's a vet
and approven player. And we've got a great little competition
going on there in the in the in the middle
there with with Tip and Myers.
Speaker 5 (07:27):
We feel good about those guys.
Speaker 3 (07:29):
And and then uh, you know, finishing out the call
it the top six guys per se with with Simpson
and and Olu over there, they're they're all they're all
working hard, like everybody's doing a nice job, and we're
just trying to breed a culture of competition there. And
and we've got the guys that are in that next
tier that are are coming along and developing, and we
feel good, feel good about those guys as well. The
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tight end room is is developing. They're doing a really
great job. Coach Blasco, Uh and Blaney are doing a
heck of a job over there working with those guys
and continuing to see the development on a daily basis
out of that group. Uh in the receiver room is
is again it's it's doing a nice job.
Speaker 5 (08:07):
They're working hard. That's one thing that we've noticed that
you see here is everybody.
Speaker 3 (08:10):
Is working hard. They're coming to work. We're not coaching effort.
They're out there, they're busting their tail, they're studying. And
we've got some talent out there. And and obviously Garrett
is the one that everybody wants to talk about, and
and he's doing a good job.
Speaker 5 (08:22):
He's really doing a nice job.
Speaker 3 (08:24):
He's he's embracing the role that that he's been going
to be given or earn here in this in this
in this offense, and and it's good, and it's really good.
And obviously we can see the skill set that he
has and and just continuing to refine those skills so
that he can be the player that he wants to
be and that we want him to be as well.
(08:44):
And then the rest of the guys. You got Jay
Ray who's done a phenomenal job. It was great to
bring him in No. One, having some familiarity with with
some of the terminology and some of the concepts that
we might be uh be uh be doing, and then
having Alan and then Tyler as more or vets in
the room as well, and then the rest of the guys,
everybody is coming along.
Speaker 5 (09:04):
You got Xavier and some of those guys, and then
the rookies.
Speaker 3 (09:06):
Are doing really well. So we're excited about where that
group's gonna go.
Speaker 5 (09:11):
And they are.
Speaker 3 (09:12):
They're doing a great job, just continuing to push themselves
to learn and play fast.
Speaker 2 (09:19):
Thanks Tanner, you got it.
Speaker 5 (09:21):
Thank you.
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Speaker 2 (09:42):
Do you like what you're hearing out of one Jets Drive?
Speaker 4 (09:45):
I do. But one thing I'm hearing a lot of
is just quiet confidence.
Speaker 2 (09:48):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (09:48):
I hear a lot about that, right, so, you know,
just to see how that looks in person. I'm excited though,
because I think everybody believes that he's confident, Like that's
you don't just call that out for no reason, right,
So that means he's out there making plays out there,
you know, doing what he needs to do. So you know,
we'll see, you know, how that kind of translates once
the season comes.
Speaker 1 (10:08):
I feel like that's the way you were as a player,
so you can relate to that.
Speaker 4 (10:12):
Yeah, definitely, definitely. I think a lot of people will
probably say that about me, you know. I think when
you find that though, like, that's it's a different you know, beast,
I would say, Right, So I hope that he really
is confident in himself and really exuding that and because
that's that's a dangerous place to be against a guy
like that.
Speaker 2 (10:28):
All right, let me throw some stats at you from
last year.
Speaker 1 (10:31):
Jets finished twenty fourth overall in total offense three hundred
and ten point three yards per game. They were thirty
first in the NFL in rush yards per game ninety
one point eight yards per game, but they did average
four point three yards per rush, which was sixteenth, so
right at the midway mark, passing two hundred and eighteen
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point five yards per game was sixteenth.
Speaker 2 (10:58):
Right in the middle.
Speaker 1 (11:00):
What past yards per play was twenty fifth at six
point one two yards per play. Jets were twenty first
in the red zone and fourteenth on third down. So
the biggest difference, and I've been stressing this throughout the offseason,
is the Jets are going to have more balance offensively.
Speaker 4 (11:20):
Oh yeah, definitely. And I think that the sample size
we saw from Justin Fields last year is not going
to be who we get this year. I think it's
going I think that was a great learning lesson for
him for what he's capable of doing. But I think
we're gonna be able to see him kind of let
it loose a little more. I think last year was
kind of Okay, I gotta be safe, like this isn't
really my job, right, this is a new position for him.
(11:41):
There was no real certainty. I think every week there
was like, oh, well, we'll see who's going to be
the starter this week. So I think this year, knowing
that he's a starter, we're gonna see, you know, a
guy that's gonna be really confident in his legs but
now also confident his arm.
Speaker 2 (11:52):
Do you think that was coaching? Do you think that
was overall approach?
Speaker 1 (11:56):
I mean we're not diving too much into Pittsburgh here.
I wanted more focus on fields, whereas Hey, they said,
we're gonna play to our strengths, which right now, defensively
we're good. We know if we don't turn the football over,
we're gonna be in a lot of games.
Speaker 2 (12:10):
We're gonna win football games.
Speaker 4 (12:11):
Yeah. So when I listened to him speak, it seems
like it was more of a coaching thing, like this
is what we need you to do this week. Right,
So it wasn't so it didn't feel like and this
is all I can go off of what I see
and what I hear him say. And it felt like
for him it was more of like, Okay, you know,
we just want to come out of this game without
you turning the ball over too many times or make
it too many mistakes, you know, so just play exactly
(12:32):
how we need you to play, so that when rest
comes back, you know we're all good.
Speaker 1 (12:36):
He's definitely been better protecting the football each year. And
one thing that stood out to me, and we talked
about it earlier on the podcast a couple of weeks ago,
was that Aaron Glenn pointed to an incompletion that he
had during mandatory mini camp where he said, here's a
move the ball period. They got down to the field
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and scored, but when he didn't have anything for the ball.
Speaker 4 (13:02):
Yeah, that's important, and you know, I think you look
for that in your quarterback, especially a guy that you
know obviously had turnover issues early in his career. So
I think again that was one of his big learning
lessons last year. I think he had maybe eight less
turnovers than he did the year prior. So you know,
he's learning and growing and understanding when to get rid
of the ball, and that's that's a huge thing, right
(13:24):
Like that was one thing that you can always say
about Aaron Rodgers. Obviously he's gone now, but you could
always say that he tried his best not to turn
the ball over. So you know, you want a quarterback
that's going to do that, but you also want a
guy that's going to take take some risks as well.
Speaker 1 (13:35):
How much do you think we're going to see out
here this summer where the Jets are calling for design
runs for their quarterback.
Speaker 4 (13:42):
I mean, honestly, when you have a guy like him,
you know, he's a record breaker with his legs, you
have to kind of put some plays in there. Now
you want to protect him as well, but you don't
want to limit him. Even the Bills with Josh Allen,
they call some plays for him to run the ball.
You know, you got to do that with your guy.
You know, obviously Lamar Jackson as well. If you have
that threat, you want to be able to use it,
and then you know you can call plays off of that, right,
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you can create different things that kind of make it
really challenging for the defense.
Speaker 1 (14:09):
Do you like the RPO and specifically with what the
Jets have not only fields, but in the backfield, Breist
Hall leading away, you got Braylan Allen, you got Isaiah Davis,
All those guys look awfully good to spring.
Speaker 4 (14:21):
Yeah, the RPO, the read option, those are all in play, right,
Like I mean, when you have a guy again that
can do these type of things, I think, you know,
you want to have balance with the three backs, and
all three backs are so different, but they're also talented.
You know, it's it's probably gonna be sometimes. You know,
I wouldn't be surprised if they find a way to
get three backs out there, two backs out there, you know,
like you how would you do that? So we had
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to play in college we had to play it was diamond.
I actually scored a touch on off We had three
great backs. We had three great backs, so you know,
quarterback here was in a pistol formation, so you have
the runner back behind them, but then you had two
backs on either side of them, you know, and you
could do so many things. And we were a running offense,
so quarterback could also run. Like now, I'm not saying,
Tanna Angster and add this into your playbook, you know,
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because it's a different league, right, but I think it
the creativity of it allows you to do different things
that you know, you can maybe have a package.
Speaker 1 (15:11):
How much trial and error do you do out here
in this summer as you prepare for the regular season.
And Jet's going to host the Steelers in Week one
because ang Strand is calling places for the first time
in the National Football League.
Speaker 2 (15:25):
He's got coordinator experience.
Speaker 1 (15:27):
But this is a completely different quarterback than he worked
with last year.
Speaker 2 (15:32):
Jered Goff was not running too many rpls, no.
Speaker 4 (15:35):
Not at all. And I think, honestly, this is from
what I've seen from his background, this is probably a
different quarter than he's ever had. So you know, it's
going to be a lot of film study for him
on what some other guys are doing in the league,
what other guys have done. I think ultimately you're going
to run your offense that you know, and for being honest,
just from you know, the way things kind of shook
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up in Detroit, he probably played a huge part of
that offense and why they were successful.
Speaker 2 (16:00):
You know.
Speaker 4 (16:00):
Now Ben Johnson, you know, you don't want to take
anything away from him, but they have very similar pass
you know, from from a passing coordinator to then officer
coordinator right to then. Now obviously Ben Johnson is a
head coach, but you know, he learned a lot from
him and I think that he really played a huge
piece and why they were successful. So we're going to see, uh,
some things that maybe he wanted to put in that
he wasn't able to do.
Speaker 2 (16:20):
And there's a Jim Harbottu influenced.
Speaker 4 (16:23):
There by both of them. Yeah, yes, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Speaker 2 (16:25):
So you know that Jets are gonna want to run
the football.
Speaker 4 (16:29):
No, yeah, that's that's gonna be you Okay.
Speaker 1 (16:31):
So my argument here is the Jets top position group.
If you put them all together and there's a lottery
and you're giving me first peck, I'm probably taking running backs.
Speaker 4 (16:42):
Yeah, that makes sense. Honestly, I think that's the most
probably consistent, the one you can have the most confident end.
You know, like those three guys all last year, they
were all successful. Now we want to see a resurgence
from brest Haall. We want to see the guy we
saw two years ago, three years ago, right, that's what
we want to see this year. And he knows this
is a big year for it has to be year.
Speaker 2 (17:00):
You know.
Speaker 4 (17:00):
Now he's the older guy. He's got some young guys
that are confident. And this is one thing about because
I was one of those young guys before that got
some burning in my first year and then that second
year you have a different level of confidence, right, So
Brees has to see that and say listen, right, like,
I'm the older guy and there's there's a higher expectation
of me, so I have to meet that. And from
what I'm hearing, you know, he's got he's got models
(17:21):
on his phone and all these different things. So he's
he's going through the mental challenge and the off season
to really make sure that he's who he needs to be.
Speaker 1 (17:27):
So a person people ask me about sometimes is Donovan
Edwards On drafted free agent out of Michigan. How difficult
is it to be in that position where, hey, you
know they got some dudes up top, and you know,
as far as reps in camp, you got to make
the most of whatever you're getting and you're not going
(17:48):
to get too money. The reason why I bring him
up is that out here at rookie mini camp, dude
was getting the ball every play.
Speaker 4 (17:56):
Right, right, So he probably felt, you know, I can
do this, I can make it in this league, right,
And then you get into the real the real deal,
and you find out like, Okay, it's a little bit tougher,
and so that's another guy. So special teams, right, Special
teams is important. But yeah, I mean, you just have
to hope and pray that you can do with everything
you can on the offensive side. And you don't want
to hope that somebody gets injured, but you want to give.
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You want to hope that your opportunity comes up and
you take advantage of it.
Speaker 1 (18:20):
Garrett Wilson, We've talked about him a lot. We're going
to continue to talk about him a lot. With the
new coordinator. What can they get out of Garrett? Maybe
or maybe how can they just use him differently than
what we've seen it past.
Speaker 4 (18:39):
I think there's so many different ways if you could
use them differently. Man, I think you know they he
just wasn't used as dynamically as I think he could
have been. And so you know, now I hope that
you know they're they're not only seeing the film, but
also seeing in person and seeing what he can do.
Because this guy, you can put them all over the field,
you can move them around, you can motion them around, right.
(18:59):
He did didn't really get too many opportunities to just run,
you know, down the field, go ball, give me an opportunity, right,
and that wasn't really an emphasis of the offense. So
you know, I want to see him get down the field,
stress to the field because he can do that as well,
but then also getting his opportunities to do the one
on ones at the line of scrimmage, because man, he
had one play last year where you know, he shook
the guy I don't remember who was. It might have
(19:19):
been Jacksonville or Miami something like that. Anyways, you know,
one on one, it's tough to cover on Oh it
was against Jalen Ramsey.
Speaker 2 (19:25):
Yeah, oh yeah, Garrett was a nightmare.
Speaker 4 (19:28):
For Yeah, so you know he's just a different guy. Man.
Speaker 1 (19:31):
All right, last year, let's talk about two guys heading
answer training camp, two guys who are no longer here,
and how that is going to impact the offense. As
far as change concern Devon de Adams sixty seven receptions,
eight hundred and fifty seven yards and eleven games. Tyler
Conklin two hundred and seventy catches over the course of
the last three seasons. So changing dynamic. Where do you
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want to start receiver? Of course, So everybody's gonna ask
us and they're gonna comment about this, is that who's
the Jets number two? Inside the locker room? Do you
guys think that way? Does the coaching staff think that
way in terms of number two?
Speaker 4 (20:14):
I mean everybody knows who number one is, yes, Now
as far as who is number number one with a
star on it right exactly, So as far as who's
number two, yeah, you definitely think about that. You know,
you try to find a way to make yourself special.
You know, maybe they can give you a package or something,
you know, but yeah, somebody is in that locker room,
you know, trying to get their opportunity. Now, nobody's gonna
(20:35):
say it out in the media, right, Like everybody has
to say the right things, right because not only this
is you know some background. Not only do you have
to be good about speaking about your position to the media,
but you also have to be smart because you know
the upstairs is listening to you, that's right. So certain
things you say are going to come back, and you
know you might not look in the best light, especially
if you're not performing, you know at that level you're
(20:55):
supposed to.
Speaker 2 (20:56):
So so we talked about it in the past.
Speaker 1 (20:59):
You got Reynolds allenizard restructor's contract, Tyler Johnson signs the
free agency, You draft Arian Smith out of Georgia, Xavier
Gibson returns, Jamal Pritchett, Demir Miller or a couple of
rookies trying to make their mark as well.
Speaker 4 (21:17):
Yeah, it's it's gonna be a dogfight, that's it, you know,
And I think the young guys have to see that
there's a lot of opportunity. I remember, and you know,
I don't want to take too much time going back,
you know, but in twenty fourteen, you know, I think
about going into twenty fifteen, like there was an opening there.
You know, like you think about all the different guys
(21:37):
that have left or the guys that are not performing
at the level that they were supposed to. You just
know like, Okay, this is my chance. So you know,
somebody's gonna step up big and they're gonna take advantage
of it, and we're going to see that.
Speaker 1 (21:48):
You like Reynolds, We've talked about him in the past.
One of the best plays out here this spring was
a beautiful touchdown pass inside the ten from Fields to Reynolds.
I can't really tell everybody about the route because you're
you're not supposed.
Speaker 2 (22:07):
To do that.
Speaker 1 (22:08):
Yeah, yeah, but man, as far as the corner touchdown pass, beautiful.
Speaker 4 (22:15):
So I think actually just posted a little video of it.
I think Cisco might have been trailing him. So yeah,
I mean, listen, you know, you got a guy that
kind of understands certain things. And I said that, you know,
I think that he understands defense, he understands you know, route,
combination of all these different things. So it makes sense
that you know, he made a big play.
Speaker 1 (22:32):
Yeah, And they're a beaters sometimes because sometimes as a
defender you have maybe inside leverage and maybe the ball
is going outside. Correct it's tough, Yeah, Mason Taylor l
s U Ruckert, Yeah, comes back, you got stones smart,
you sign a free agency. I think it's a big
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camp for a guy like Zack Coots as well.
Speaker 4 (22:56):
Yes, yes, Taylor.
Speaker 2 (23:01):
What does he have to.
Speaker 1 (23:02):
Do you think as far as his first professional camp.
Speaker 4 (23:06):
I think he just has to understand the plays and
just be consistent. Right. He's a second round draft pick,
a guy that they're gonna have a lot of confidence in,
so he doesn't have to go into it thinking like, ah, man,
I got a strain, right, he just has to be
confident and continue to improve and progress every every day.
You know, this is a guy that did some great
things at LSU, but we didn't get to see everything
(23:27):
he can do. So he has a great opportunity right
in this offense to really show up and be a
past catching target. Yeah, because you don't, like we talked about,
there's no number two right now?
Speaker 2 (23:37):
You know now and Detroit used their tight ends a lot.
Speaker 4 (23:39):
Exactly, so you know this is I think, you know,
he should look forward to this offense, look forward to
the opportunity for him and make some big plays.
Speaker 1 (23:46):
It's gonna be fascinating to see what ruck is like
out here throughout the summer and then into the season.
Speaker 4 (23:52):
Yeah, you know, that's a guy. I think there was
some challenges for him last year. You know, playing with
Aaron Rodgers. There were some times where there was some
miscommunication right sometimes where you know, he got some drops.
So I'm hoping that this year he's got his quarterback right.
He's a little bit more confident, a little older, you know,
so now he has an opportunity to really show what
he can do. And he's listen, he's a he's a
(24:13):
hometown guy. You know, he's got to he's got to
show up, you know.
Speaker 1 (24:16):
Get back to the receiver position real quick before we
get to the offensive line. Huge camp for Malchai Corley
didn't see the field much in his rookie season.
Speaker 2 (24:27):
Slowed down a little bit this.
Speaker 1 (24:28):
Spring as far as not being on the field during
during team activities. So he'll want to get going from
the start. He's playing a little bit of catch up.
Speaker 4 (24:36):
Yeah, definitely. You know, thankfully he's in a room where
there's some a little bit of uncertainty. But I think
he has to figure out, you know, how can I
find my the best way to get on the field
and when those pads come on. I think that's when
a place that he can excel, right, he can show
his toughness, So you know it'll be a great opportunity
for him.
Speaker 1 (24:51):
Are you excited about the possibilities the offensive line? When
you got Olu enter year two? Your draft are Mambu
here in the first round. Guys were impressed with him
this spring. I know a lot of people talk about
sometimes Will McDonald was getting stuck on him. Well, AVT
said it the other day that dude's getting work. This
is great work. Iron sharpens iron. I know that is
(25:13):
a cliche, but this is good for Membo. And then
you don't even have the pads on it.
Speaker 6 (25:18):
Right.
Speaker 2 (25:18):
John Simpson, we had him up here the other day.
Speaker 1 (25:21):
Man, he's an impressive character and he is coming off
a really good year. A Muller at the left guard position.
At center, you got Tipman coming back. He signed Josh
Myers who just started the last four years in Green Bay.
And then a v T's finally got a permanent home
at the right guard position.
Speaker 4 (25:37):
Right. Yeah, I mean this is a solid office of line.
Speaker 6 (25:39):
Right.
Speaker 4 (25:39):
You're talking about you know, two anchors on the left side,
on the tackle side, right some some. I got a
veteran and John Simpson, right, so that's a guy that
can help you lead. So it's just a great young
group with so much talent, you know. So I'm looking
forward to seeing and for me, for me, you know,
I love the idea of Memboo and fashion Forshan, who
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you know are two West African guys.
Speaker 1 (26:02):
Hey, listen, the whole heer is organizationally that you have
your tackles, yeah, for the next five years, maybe the
next ten years, right, you know.
Speaker 4 (26:13):
Think about a guy like a brick who knows a legend. Now,
so that's what you look for.
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Speaker 2 (26:32):
Time for my extra point.
Speaker 1 (26:34):
Tanner ang Strant is ready for a shot to call
plays in the NFL. Angstrand played a pivotal role for
Ben Jonson as the Lions passing game coordinator, and one
of his biggest influences was Jim Harbaugh, a coach whose
teams have run the ball at every stop. Now it
wouldn't be fair to expect Lions twenty twenty four production
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from the Jets, but ang Strant has some quality pieces,
starting with star wide out Garrett Wilson, a loaded running
back room, a tight rookie tight on who has big
time potential Mason Taylor, and a young, talented offensive line.
It will be interesting to see how angs Strand calls
games with the true dual threatic quarterback in Justin fields.
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The Jets will lean on opposing defenses with the run
game and have the ability to create some fireworks.
Speaker 2 (27:22):
On the ground and through the air. We'll see all
next week.
We're talking offense this week. That includes a conversation with
coordinator Tanner Engstrand and forward Jets receive for Quincy. Noon.
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Speaker 3 (00:08):
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Speaker 2 (00:10):
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Speaker 4 (00:11):
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Speaker 2 (00:40):
Tanner, Yes, what's this experience been like so far?
Speaker 5 (00:43):
It's been, Uh, it's been really fun.
Speaker 3 (00:45):
I would say that, you know, to start, it's it's
been a good learning experience getting here and and starting
something a new program call it from you know the
ground up.
Speaker 4 (00:55):
Uh.
Speaker 3 (00:55):
With with getting here and just getting to know the players,
getting to know the area and know the facility and
and and getting working with those guys and so it's
been it's been exciting.
Speaker 5 (01:06):
It's been Uh.
Speaker 3 (01:07):
Like I said, it's been fun, and uh, I think
it's gonna be Uh, it's gonna be good.
Speaker 2 (01:12):
What are the steps in the process.
Speaker 1 (01:14):
You get Hirers off as the coordinator, and then you
go through the off season and we're sitting here in
OTAs right now. Second week OTAs around the corner. You
got mandatory many camp. Before you know it, you'll be
in training camp.
Speaker 2 (01:27):
Yeah.
Speaker 5 (01:28):
I think the.
Speaker 3 (01:28):
Process is again originally just start to get to know
the guys and then you start to feed them information,
you know, start to get to know them and get
to build in the playbook. Here's here's how we call things,
here's what we're doing, Here's what we're trying to get accomplished.
And you start with that, and then you start really
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with the fundamentals of play of what their what their
position group is, gonna is, gonna ask what the job
requirement is and be be specific with them about it,
and it grows from there. Obviously, phase two you're not
really doing a lot of plays, and now in phase
three with OTA's we get to go out there and
run the plays and so we get to see it
in action. So we've kind of got a teaching progression
(02:08):
as far as that goes about teaching the information and
presenting it to them and them diving in and learning it.
Speaker 1 (02:15):
Can you speak to your experience in Detroit, Patricia signs, Yeah,
they go through a coaching change. Dan Campbell comes in,
he keeps you on board and all on the way
you can continue to ascend. And I talked to Ben
Johnson about this the last couple of years. He leaned
on you quite a bit.
Speaker 2 (02:35):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (02:36):
To me, it's it's always about what can I do
to help the organization win?
Speaker 5 (02:41):
You know, what is my job description in Detroit?
Speaker 3 (02:43):
My job description as the pass game coordinator was to
help Ben, Like, to help Ben become the best offensive
coordinator that he can be, while I'm trying to be
the best passing game coordinator that I can be. Whichever
those you know, those multitude of job title or job
descriptions that I had to had to do on a
alien weekly basis. It really was to make sure that
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that I was giving him the information that he needed
to be the best that he could be, so that
as the offense we could be, we could be the
best that we could be.
Speaker 2 (03:12):
Ultimately, you know, every offense is going to be unique.
Speaker 1 (03:16):
But when you look back at Detroit, how were you
guys able to build that into what it was when
you left?
Speaker 6 (03:24):
Uh?
Speaker 5 (03:24):
First, it starts with players, right, It starts with players.
Speaker 4 (03:26):
It always is.
Speaker 3 (03:27):
It's just like it's going to be here. It starts
with the players. You know, you start with good players
and you accumulate better players or not I shouldn't say
better not to, but you continue to accumulate more good
players as it goes, and the scheme evolves and you
have your your root system, and ultimately you evolve it
to what your players can do and what they're good at.
Speaker 5 (03:49):
And that's kind of That's kind of.
Speaker 3 (03:50):
How I would say it evolved theirs just accumulation of
talent and development of the talent that we had, and
just continue to do what they do well.
Speaker 1 (04:01):
From a baseline perspective, what do you want the play
style to be on the offensive side of the ball.
Speaker 3 (04:11):
We want to be a physical and aggressive unit. You know,
we want to be explosive, of course, and I think
that's where it starts. You know, you can talk about
those three things. And we want to be detailed. We
want to be one of the most detailed teams there is,
and we want that to show up on tape.
Speaker 2 (04:23):
You played quarterback yourself.
Speaker 1 (04:25):
What kind of relation what kind of relationship does an
offensive play caller have to have with the quarterback.
Speaker 3 (04:31):
I think they have to think the same. They have
to know what each other is thinking. So when I
call a play, Justin or the other quarterbacks have to
know what I'm thinking and why I'm calling that play.
So you really have to be on the same wavelength
as far as what you're trying to accomplish with each
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and every play that's out there.
Speaker 1 (04:53):
What do you like about Justin Field's physical makeup and
mental makeup.
Speaker 3 (04:58):
Yeah, it's clear and obvious that he is a physical talent,
and to me, he's a he is a mental talent
if you want to put it in those terms as well.
I just want to see him work hard, and that's
what he's done so far. He's come in here, he's
put his his face down and his nose down and
gone gone to work. Every single day he's been here,
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and he's digesting and absorbing the information and and he's
he's doing well so far.
Speaker 1 (05:26):
It's kind of an interesting situation for both you and Ben.
I mentioned him before because he said it's going to
be interesting watching Tanner call plays because this is a
different quarterback than what we just played with in Detroit.
Jered Goff more of a stationary twert and move his
feet a little bit. But here you guys are going
(05:47):
to dual threats. Now where justin fields and he's coaching
Caleb Williams now in Chicago.
Speaker 5 (05:53):
Yeah. Again, I think it all goes back.
Speaker 3 (05:55):
You have the the call it the base offense of
what the core is, and then you have to evolve
to what your players do well and who those players
are and what their abilities are. And yes, he in
Chicago and us here we have more mobile quarterbacks that
they can utilize their feet as weapons. So it would
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probably be silly for us to not take advantage of
that in some way, shape or form.
Speaker 1 (06:25):
I want to ask you quickly about the personnel as
we get out into here. You guys build it up
front in Detroit. We're continuing to see that here with
the Jets. Can you speak to the pieces from front
to back, starting with the offensive line and maybe touch
upon Garrett Wilson and what you have in the offensive
(06:45):
backfield as well with those three running backs.
Speaker 5 (06:47):
Yeah, I mean it does. It starts. Everything starts up front.
Speaker 3 (06:51):
If we want to say we want to be a physical,
aggressive unit, then it does have to start up front.
And that goes from you know, However, our schematics end
up being we want that to show up on tape
and then when you build it, starting up front, you
can protect the quarterback because that's where it all starts
in the past game is being able to protect the quarterback.
Speaker 5 (07:08):
It was a great.
Speaker 3 (07:09):
Addition, we feel bringing in armand bringing in Membo here
with the with the seventh pick and and he's done
a fine job so far. And then next to him
you got a v T who's a who's a vet
and approven player. And we've got a great little competition
going on there in the in the in the middle
there with with Tip and Myers.
Speaker 5 (07:27):
We feel good about those guys.
Speaker 3 (07:29):
And and then uh, you know, finishing out the call
it the top six guys per se with with Simpson
and and Olu over there, they're they're all they're all
working hard, like everybody's doing a nice job, and we're
just trying to breed a culture of competition there. And
and we've got the guys that are in that next
tier that are are coming along and developing, and we
feel good, feel good about those guys as well. The
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tight end room is is developing. They're doing a really
great job. Coach Blasco, Uh and Blaney are doing a
heck of a job over there working with those guys
and continuing to see the development on a daily basis
out of that group. Uh in the receiver room is
is again it's it's doing a nice job.
Speaker 5 (08:07):
They're working hard. That's one thing that we've noticed that
you see here is everybody.
Speaker 3 (08:10):
Is working hard. They're coming to work. We're not coaching effort.
They're out there, they're busting their tail, they're studying. And
we've got some talent out there. And and obviously Garrett
is the one that everybody wants to talk about, and
and he's doing a good job.
Speaker 5 (08:22):
He's really doing a nice job.
Speaker 3 (08:24):
He's he's embracing the role that that he's been going
to be given or earn here in this in this
in this offense, and and it's good, and it's really good.
And obviously we can see the skill set that he
has and and just continuing to refine those skills so
that he can be the player that he wants to
be and that we want him to be as well.
(08:44):
And then the rest of the guys. You got Jay
Ray who's done a phenomenal job. It was great to
bring him in No. One, having some familiarity with with
some of the terminology and some of the concepts that
we might be uh be uh be doing, and then
having Alan and then Tyler as more or vets in
the room as well, and then the rest of the guys,
everybody is coming along.
Speaker 5 (09:04):
You got Xavier and some of those guys, and then
the rookies.
Speaker 3 (09:06):
Are doing really well. So we're excited about where that
group's gonna go.
Speaker 5 (09:11):
And they are.
Speaker 3 (09:12):
They're doing a great job, just continuing to push themselves
to learn and play fast.
Speaker 2 (09:19):
Thanks Tanner, you got it.
Speaker 5 (09:21):
Thank you.
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Speaker 2 (09:42):
Do you like what you're hearing out of one Jets Drive?
Speaker 4 (09:45):
I do. But one thing I'm hearing a lot of
is just quiet confidence.
Speaker 2 (09:48):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (09:48):
I hear a lot about that, right, so, you know,
just to see how that looks in person. I'm excited though,
because I think everybody believes that he's confident, Like that's
you don't just call that out for no reason, right,
So that means he's out there making plays out there,
you know, doing what he needs to do. So you know,
we'll see, you know, how that kind of translates once
the season comes.
Speaker 1 (10:08):
I feel like that's the way you were as a player,
so you can relate to that.
Speaker 4 (10:12):
Yeah, definitely, definitely. I think a lot of people will
probably say that about me, you know. I think when
you find that though, like, that's it's a different you know, beast,
I would say, Right, So I hope that he really
is confident in himself and really exuding that and because
that's that's a dangerous place to be against a guy
like that.
Speaker 2 (10:28):
All right, let me throw some stats at you from
last year.
Speaker 1 (10:31):
Jets finished twenty fourth overall in total offense three hundred
and ten point three yards per game. They were thirty
first in the NFL in rush yards per game ninety
one point eight yards per game, but they did average
four point three yards per rush, which was sixteenth, so
right at the midway mark, passing two hundred and eighteen
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point five yards per game was sixteenth.
Speaker 2 (10:58):
Right in the middle.
Speaker 1 (11:00):
What past yards per play was twenty fifth at six
point one two yards per play. Jets were twenty first
in the red zone and fourteenth on third down. So
the biggest difference, and I've been stressing this throughout the offseason,
is the Jets are going to have more balance offensively.
Speaker 4 (11:20):
Oh yeah, definitely. And I think that the sample size
we saw from Justin Fields last year is not going
to be who we get this year. I think it's
going I think that was a great learning lesson for
him for what he's capable of doing. But I think
we're gonna be able to see him kind of let
it loose a little more. I think last year was
kind of Okay, I gotta be safe, like this isn't
really my job, right, this is a new position for him.
(11:41):
There was no real certainty. I think every week there
was like, oh, well, we'll see who's going to be
the starter this week. So I think this year, knowing
that he's a starter, we're gonna see, you know, a
guy that's gonna be really confident in his legs but
now also confident his arm.
Speaker 2 (11:52):
Do you think that was coaching? Do you think that
was overall approach?
Speaker 1 (11:56):
I mean we're not diving too much into Pittsburgh here.
I wanted more focus on fields, whereas Hey, they said,
we're gonna play to our strengths, which right now, defensively
we're good. We know if we don't turn the football over,
we're gonna be in a lot of games.
Speaker 2 (12:10):
We're gonna win football games.
Speaker 4 (12:11):
Yeah. So when I listened to him speak, it seems
like it was more of a coaching thing, like this
is what we need you to do this week. Right,
So it wasn't so it didn't feel like and this
is all I can go off of what I see
and what I hear him say. And it felt like
for him it was more of like, Okay, you know,
we just want to come out of this game without
you turning the ball over too many times or make
it too many mistakes, you know, so just play exactly
(12:32):
how we need you to play, so that when rest
comes back, you know we're all good.
Speaker 1 (12:36):
He's definitely been better protecting the football each year. And
one thing that stood out to me, and we talked
about it earlier on the podcast a couple of weeks ago,
was that Aaron Glenn pointed to an incompletion that he
had during mandatory mini camp where he said, here's a
move the ball period. They got down to the field
(12:57):
and scored, but when he didn't have anything for the ball.
Speaker 4 (13:02):
Yeah, that's important, and you know, I think you look
for that in your quarterback, especially a guy that you
know obviously had turnover issues early in his career. So
I think again that was one of his big learning
lessons last year. I think he had maybe eight less
turnovers than he did the year prior. So you know,
he's learning and growing and understanding when to get rid
of the ball, and that's that's a huge thing, right
(13:24):
Like that was one thing that you can always say
about Aaron Rodgers. Obviously he's gone now, but you could
always say that he tried his best not to turn
the ball over. So you know, you want a quarterback
that's going to do that, but you also want a
guy that's going to take take some risks as well.
Speaker 1 (13:35):
How much do you think we're going to see out
here this summer where the Jets are calling for design
runs for their quarterback.
Speaker 4 (13:42):
I mean, honestly, when you have a guy like him,
you know, he's a record breaker with his legs, you
have to kind of put some plays in there. Now
you want to protect him as well, but you don't
want to limit him. Even the Bills with Josh Allen,
they call some plays for him to run the ball.
You know, you got to do that with your guy.
You know, obviously Lamar Jackson as well. If you have
that threat, you want to be able to use it,
and then you know you can call plays off of that, right,
(14:05):
you can create different things that kind of make it
really challenging for the defense.
Speaker 1 (14:09):
Do you like the RPO and specifically with what the
Jets have not only fields, but in the backfield, Breist
Hall leading away, you got Braylan Allen, you got Isaiah Davis,
All those guys look awfully good to spring.
Speaker 4 (14:21):
Yeah, the RPO, the read option, those are all in play, right,
Like I mean, when you have a guy again that
can do these type of things, I think, you know,
you want to have balance with the three backs, and
all three backs are so different, but they're also talented.
You know, it's it's probably gonna be sometimes. You know,
I wouldn't be surprised if they find a way to
get three backs out there, two backs out there, you know,
like you how would you do that? So we had
(14:43):
to play in college we had to play it was diamond.
I actually scored a touch on off We had three
great backs. We had three great backs, so you know,
quarterback here was in a pistol formation, so you have
the runner back behind them, but then you had two
backs on either side of them, you know, and you
could do so many things. And we were a running offense,
so quarterback could also run. Like now, I'm not saying,
Tanna Angster and add this into your playbook, you know,
(15:04):
because it's a different league, right, but I think it
the creativity of it allows you to do different things
that you know, you can maybe have a package.
Speaker 1 (15:11):
How much trial and error do you do out here
in this summer as you prepare for the regular season.
And Jet's going to host the Steelers in Week one
because ang Strand is calling places for the first time
in the National Football League.
Speaker 2 (15:25):
He's got coordinator experience.
Speaker 1 (15:27):
But this is a completely different quarterback than he worked
with last year.
Speaker 2 (15:32):
Jered Goff was not running too many rpls, no.
Speaker 4 (15:35):
Not at all. And I think, honestly, this is from
what I've seen from his background, this is probably a
different quarter than he's ever had. So you know, it's
going to be a lot of film study for him
on what some other guys are doing in the league,
what other guys have done. I think ultimately you're going
to run your offense that you know, and for being honest,
just from you know, the way things kind of shook
(15:55):
up in Detroit, he probably played a huge part of
that offense and why they were successful.
Speaker 2 (16:00):
You know.
Speaker 4 (16:00):
Now Ben Johnson, you know, you don't want to take
anything away from him, but they have very similar pass
you know, from from a passing coordinator to then officer
coordinator right to then. Now obviously Ben Johnson is a
head coach, but you know, he learned a lot from
him and I think that he really played a huge
piece and why they were successful. So we're going to see, uh,
some things that maybe he wanted to put in that
he wasn't able to do.
Speaker 2 (16:20):
And there's a Jim Harbottu influenced.
Speaker 4 (16:23):
There by both of them. Yeah, yes, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Speaker 2 (16:25):
So you know that Jets are gonna want to run
the football.
Speaker 4 (16:29):
No, yeah, that's that's gonna be you Okay.
Speaker 1 (16:31):
So my argument here is the Jets top position group.
If you put them all together and there's a lottery
and you're giving me first peck, I'm probably taking running backs.
Speaker 4 (16:42):
Yeah, that makes sense. Honestly, I think that's the most
probably consistent, the one you can have the most confident end.
You know, like those three guys all last year, they
were all successful. Now we want to see a resurgence
from brest Haall. We want to see the guy we
saw two years ago, three years ago, right, that's what
we want to see this year. And he knows this
is a big year for it has to be year.
Speaker 2 (17:00):
You know.
Speaker 4 (17:00):
Now he's the older guy. He's got some young guys
that are confident. And this is one thing about because
I was one of those young guys before that got
some burning in my first year and then that second
year you have a different level of confidence, right, So
Brees has to see that and say listen, right, like,
I'm the older guy and there's there's a higher expectation
of me, so I have to meet that. And from
what I'm hearing, you know, he's got he's got models
(17:21):
on his phone and all these different things. So he's
he's going through the mental challenge and the off season
to really make sure that he's who he needs to be.
Speaker 1 (17:27):
So a person people ask me about sometimes is Donovan
Edwards On drafted free agent out of Michigan. How difficult
is it to be in that position where, hey, you
know they got some dudes up top, and you know,
as far as reps in camp, you got to make
the most of whatever you're getting and you're not going
(17:48):
to get too money. The reason why I bring him
up is that out here at rookie mini camp, dude
was getting the ball every play.
Speaker 4 (17:56):
Right, right, So he probably felt, you know, I can
do this, I can make it in this league, right,
And then you get into the real the real deal,
and you find out like, Okay, it's a little bit tougher,
and so that's another guy. So special teams, right, Special
teams is important. But yeah, I mean, you just have
to hope and pray that you can do with everything
you can on the offensive side. And you don't want
to hope that somebody gets injured, but you want to give.
(18:17):
You want to hope that your opportunity comes up and
you take advantage of it.
Speaker 1 (18:20):
Garrett Wilson, We've talked about him a lot. We're going
to continue to talk about him a lot. With the
new coordinator. What can they get out of Garrett? Maybe
or maybe how can they just use him differently than
what we've seen it past.
Speaker 4 (18:39):
I think there's so many different ways if you could
use them differently. Man, I think you know they he
just wasn't used as dynamically as I think he could
have been. And so you know, now I hope that
you know they're they're not only seeing the film, but
also seeing in person and seeing what he can do.
Because this guy, you can put them all over the field,
you can move them around, you can motion them around, right.
(18:59):
He did didn't really get too many opportunities to just run,
you know, down the field, go ball, give me an opportunity, right,
and that wasn't really an emphasis of the offense. So
you know, I want to see him get down the field,
stress to the field because he can do that as well,
but then also getting his opportunities to do the one
on ones at the line of scrimmage, because man, he
had one play last year where you know, he shook
the guy I don't remember who was. It might have
(19:19):
been Jacksonville or Miami something like that. Anyways, you know,
one on one, it's tough to cover on Oh it
was against Jalen Ramsey.
Speaker 2 (19:25):
Yeah, oh yeah, Garrett was a nightmare.
Speaker 4 (19:28):
For Yeah, so you know he's just a different guy. Man.
Speaker 1 (19:31):
All right, last year, let's talk about two guys heading
answer training camp, two guys who are no longer here,
and how that is going to impact the offense. As
far as change concern Devon de Adams sixty seven receptions,
eight hundred and fifty seven yards and eleven games. Tyler
Conklin two hundred and seventy catches over the course of
the last three seasons. So changing dynamic. Where do you
(19:56):
want to start receiver? Of course, So everybody's gonna ask
us and they're gonna comment about this, is that who's
the Jets number two? Inside the locker room? Do you
guys think that way? Does the coaching staff think that
way in terms of number two?
Speaker 4 (20:14):
I mean everybody knows who number one is, yes, Now
as far as who is number number one with a
star on it right exactly, So as far as who's
number two, yeah, you definitely think about that. You know,
you try to find a way to make yourself special.
You know, maybe they can give you a package or something,
you know, but yeah, somebody is in that locker room,
you know, trying to get their opportunity. Now, nobody's gonna
(20:35):
say it out in the media, right, Like everybody has
to say the right things, right because not only this
is you know some background. Not only do you have
to be good about speaking about your position to the media,
but you also have to be smart because you know
the upstairs is listening to you, that's right. So certain
things you say are going to come back, and you
know you might not look in the best light, especially
if you're not performing, you know at that level you're
(20:55):
supposed to.
Speaker 2 (20:56):
So so we talked about it in the past.
Speaker 1 (20:59):
You got Reynolds allenizard restructor's contract, Tyler Johnson signs the
free agency, You draft Arian Smith out of Georgia, Xavier
Gibson returns, Jamal Pritchett, Demir Miller or a couple of
rookies trying to make their mark as well.
Speaker 4 (21:17):
Yeah, it's it's gonna be a dogfight, that's it, you know,
And I think the young guys have to see that
there's a lot of opportunity. I remember, and you know,
I don't want to take too much time going back,
you know, but in twenty fourteen, you know, I think
about going into twenty fifteen, like there was an opening there.
You know, like you think about all the different guys
(21:37):
that have left or the guys that are not performing
at the level that they were supposed to. You just
know like, Okay, this is my chance. So you know,
somebody's gonna step up big and they're gonna take advantage
of it, and we're going to see that.
Speaker 1 (21:48):
You like Reynolds, We've talked about him in the past.
One of the best plays out here this spring was
a beautiful touchdown pass inside the ten from Fields to Reynolds.
I can't really tell everybody about the route because you're
you're not supposed.
Speaker 2 (22:07):
To do that.
Speaker 1 (22:08):
Yeah, yeah, but man, as far as the corner touchdown pass, beautiful.
Speaker 4 (22:15):
So I think actually just posted a little video of it.
I think Cisco might have been trailing him. So yeah,
I mean, listen, you know, you got a guy that
kind of understands certain things. And I said that, you know,
I think that he understands defense, he understands you know, route,
combination of all these different things. So it makes sense
that you know, he made a big play.
Speaker 1 (22:32):
Yeah, And they're a beaters sometimes because sometimes as a
defender you have maybe inside leverage and maybe the ball
is going outside. Correct it's tough, Yeah, Mason Taylor l
s U Ruckert, Yeah, comes back, you got stones smart,
you sign a free agency. I think it's a big
(22:53):
camp for a guy like Zack Coots as well.
Speaker 4 (22:56):
Yes, yes, Taylor.
Speaker 2 (23:01):
What does he have to.
Speaker 1 (23:02):
Do you think as far as his first professional camp.
Speaker 4 (23:06):
I think he just has to understand the plays and
just be consistent. Right. He's a second round draft pick,
a guy that they're gonna have a lot of confidence in,
so he doesn't have to go into it thinking like, ah, man,
I got a strain, right, he just has to be
confident and continue to improve and progress every every day.
You know, this is a guy that did some great
things at LSU, but we didn't get to see everything
(23:27):
he can do. So he has a great opportunity right
in this offense to really show up and be a
past catching target. Yeah, because you don't, like we talked about,
there's no number two right now?
Speaker 2 (23:37):
You know now and Detroit used their tight ends a lot.
Speaker 4 (23:39):
Exactly, so you know this is I think, you know,
he should look forward to this offense, look forward to
the opportunity for him and make some big plays.
Speaker 1 (23:46):
It's gonna be fascinating to see what ruck is like
out here throughout the summer and then into the season.
Speaker 4 (23:52):
Yeah, you know, that's a guy. I think there was
some challenges for him last year. You know, playing with
Aaron Rodgers. There were some times where there was some
miscommunication right sometimes where you know, he got some drops.
So I'm hoping that this year he's got his quarterback right.
He's a little bit more confident, a little older, you know,
so now he has an opportunity to really show what
he can do. And he's listen, he's a he's a
(24:13):
hometown guy. You know, he's got to he's got to
show up, you know.
Speaker 1 (24:16):
Get back to the receiver position real quick before we
get to the offensive line. Huge camp for Malchai Corley
didn't see the field much in his rookie season.
Speaker 2 (24:27):
Slowed down a little bit this.
Speaker 1 (24:28):
Spring as far as not being on the field during
during team activities. So he'll want to get going from
the start. He's playing a little bit of catch up.
Speaker 4 (24:36):
Yeah, definitely. You know, thankfully he's in a room where
there's some a little bit of uncertainty. But I think
he has to figure out, you know, how can I
find my the best way to get on the field
and when those pads come on. I think that's when
a place that he can excel, right, he can show
his toughness, So you know it'll be a great opportunity
for him.
Speaker 1 (24:51):
Are you excited about the possibilities the offensive line? When
you got Olu enter year two? Your draft are Mambu
here in the first round. Guys were impressed with him
this spring. I know a lot of people talk about
sometimes Will McDonald was getting stuck on him. Well, AVT
said it the other day that dude's getting work. This
is great work. Iron sharpens iron. I know that is
(25:13):
a cliche, but this is good for Membo. And then
you don't even have the pads on it.
Speaker 6 (25:18):
Right.
Speaker 2 (25:18):
John Simpson, we had him up here the other day.
Speaker 1 (25:21):
Man, he's an impressive character and he is coming off
a really good year. A Muller at the left guard position.
At center, you got Tipman coming back. He signed Josh
Myers who just started the last four years in Green Bay.
And then a v T's finally got a permanent home
at the right guard position.
Speaker 4 (25:37):
Right. Yeah, I mean this is a solid office of line.
Speaker 6 (25:39):
Right.
Speaker 4 (25:39):
You're talking about you know, two anchors on the left side,
on the tackle side, right some some. I got a
veteran and John Simpson, right, so that's a guy that
can help you lead. So it's just a great young
group with so much talent, you know. So I'm looking
forward to seeing and for me, for me, you know,
I love the idea of Memboo and fashion Forshan, who
(25:59):
you know are two West African guys.
Speaker 1 (26:02):
Hey, listen, the whole heer is organizationally that you have
your tackles, yeah, for the next five years, maybe the
next ten years, right, you know.
Speaker 4 (26:13):
Think about a guy like a brick who knows a legend. Now,
so that's what you look for.
Speaker 6 (26:18):
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Speaker 2 (26:32):
Time for my extra point.
Speaker 1 (26:34):
Tanner ang Strant is ready for a shot to call
plays in the NFL. Angstrand played a pivotal role for
Ben Jonson as the Lions passing game coordinator, and one
of his biggest influences was Jim Harbaugh, a coach whose
teams have run the ball at every stop. Now it
wouldn't be fair to expect Lions twenty twenty four production
(26:55):
from the Jets, but ang Strant has some quality pieces,
starting with star wide out Garrett Wilson, a loaded running
back room, a tight rookie tight on who has big
time potential Mason Taylor, and a young, talented offensive line.
It will be interesting to see how angs Strand calls
games with the true dual threatic quarterback in Justin fields.
(27:16):
The Jets will lean on opposing defenses with the run
game and have the ability to create some fireworks.
Speaker 2 (27:22):
On the ground and through the air. We'll see all
next week.
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