Jets HAVE To Beat the Dolphins This Week! Week 7 Preview | Gang's All Here

Hello, welcome to Gangs All Here. My name is Ryan Sampson. That's our Jets beat writer, Ryan Costell. And that's my guy, Frankie Vittorini from U Stadium. Today is Thursday, October 22nd, Week 7, the Jets vs. Dolphins. We're here to preview this matchup. There's a lot to discuss going into this game. And before we get to any of it, as always, Kaz is at the Jets facility. How's it going today, buddy? Nice. Nice day. Nice day for practice. It should be a nice day for football, finally, at MetLife Stadium, right? Sounds like it. Yeah, no rain in the forecast. no rain in the forecast that would be a nice refreshing thing for jets fans to see frankie how you feeling today buddy feeling good man feeling good there's uh there's a lot of blood in those streets right i was telling you those social media streets be careful there there's there's a potential civil war about uh about to happen in jets land so there's a lot of stuff going on out there it's tough i was just talking about it with mark hale our sports editor over here it's it's tough to do content about the jets uh and be in positive spin in terms of where this team is going just because of what we've seen so far uh so let's get a vibe check on this team cause what is the vibe of this team coming off a tough loss against Patriots where they were competitive but uh it ultimately was not a a positive I feel like in terms of how Jets fans and you guys in the media viewed that team coming out of that loss yeah I think the vibes are good you know I don't sense that they're down or anything like that I think uh you know the jets know there's things they have to correct and fix uh but they also feel like they're doing some good things and you know i know i'm not saying this is players or necessarily anything but like there's people in the jets building i feel like the negatives right now have been accentuated over the positives and i understand why they feel that way um but yeah i don't think the players are being affected by the negativity right now that's understandable uh from from the people in the building but also at the same time this is something we had just talked about outside here is is that this team just unfortunately continues to do historic things and historic rates and things that you like kind of like raise your eyebrows and your eyes open and go wow it's that bad and you're also talking about the team that has the longest playoff drought in all four major professional sports so it's tough to spin a lot of these things positive when this team is currently in the way it is and i know Frank you probably feel the same way i do about this team it's like you we try to i try to at least be level-headed about all these things but it's tough with this head coach and this team right now yeah man i mean listen when you look at everything coming out of this last week's game you just start thinking about all the negative stuff you start thinking about the fact that we haven't beat a divisional opponent yet you start thinking about the hundred to six differential you know with two minutes left in the first and you know in the first half of football it's like what am i looking forward to besides these draft picks and i'm just sick of trying to hope and pray for first rounders to magically come up with a quarterback and an offense like i'm just we've been doing this for so long man it seems like forever i don't i don't remember when the jets were good i mean i'm not i'm pretty old i'm not that young so like i remember the Rex days a bit but like do we that felt like a that's like two lifetimes ago at this point it's like i i don't know what this light at the end of the tunnel looks like when you do reach the light if you reach the light like what is it what does it look like who who's the coach who's the quarterback again it's just too much hope man and and i hate trying to bring the vibes down speaking of vibe checks it's like i'm bringing them down instantly but i don't know where to go from here i guess all i could say is try to win try to put together a good offense like what do you want me to tell you there's yeah what do you want me to like it's like a miracle workers out there i don't know because you get you get what i'm coming before you go i think i think the problem is micro versus macro right yes and you guys know and if we sat in August and talked you knew this season was not going to be a playoff season maybe there was some shred of hope of everything everything goes this way and this happens and this happens and this happens but realistically you guys are realists and you you thought it was probably going to be six to eight wins right that range five to eight wins that range that's what they look like right but the but the reality the micro is you get into the season and this happens every year and the reality hits and it's like oh my god they can't score two minutes they can't convert fourth and one uh they're this guy i've never heard of on the patriots is running up the gun i've got to run up the game like this stuff happens and you react to it week to week and i get it but i think you just kind of have to take a deep breath and go okay in the long run where they are and i understand the weird thing about this year is and i've written this is like everything in the organization feels like it's about 2027 except for one guy yeah and it's like you have to figure out the coach and it's hard those two things are kind of incongruous right like it's it's hard to say all right yeah i expected them to go six and eleven let's bring Aaron Glenn back because they went 6-11. I get that part of it. That's tough. Do you think big picture? We talked about this four-game stretch. They're 1-1 in the four-game stretch, starting with the Browns game. They've got to win three of these four. Now they've got to beat the Dolphins and the Raiders and get you to November. You still have a season on Election Day. That's a new holiday I'll throw out there. Instead of Halloween, let's go for Election Day. Yeah, go for Election Day. that's a little bit further that's a little bit further because halloween's the day before the raiders game so let's see if we if we're still talking about them on election day and they're four and four and you're like okay this is this is but yeah i think it's tough um you know i remember the one that struck me was 2019 and they had Luke Falk at quarterback remember when Sam got Darnold and Simeon got hurt and they were playing the Patriots and the Eagles who were like two really really really good teams i mean i'm smacked and people were mad like jets fans were like going crazy and i'm it was kind of like well if you had to bet your mortgage you would have bet on those other teams to beat them like why are you so crazy about this but it's just that's how fandom is is even though you know the reality of the situation you still want them to win every sunday and get frustrated when they don't and i think you highlighted that the exact point we should be talking about where they're going to be facing a dolphins team that's 0-5 cause and and consider You're probably the worst team in the NFL. Yeah. And look, I know you say, Ryan, every week is must-win. You know, there's not really a must-win. I don't say that, Ryan. I usually say World War II is a must-win, right? I'm the one that says every week's a must-win. Yeah, that's true. But I'll leave you on this one. Monday morning will be a hellscape in the Jets world on Twitter and on radio and with us and the print and wherever you go. it'll be bad if they lose Sunday they've got to win this game the guy there's no excuses and this is this is Aaron Glenn 0-7 in the AFC East like we talked about this is his chance to finally get that win in the AFC East yeah and he's getting some players back cause it looks like from the injury report we saw Brees Hall was out in the practice field today yeah Mitchell and Dylan Parham returned talk to us Are these guys all expected, you would think, to return this week against the Dolphins? Well, I want to see what they say about Brees tomorrow but he looked good guys He was doing positional drills. I saw him. They were doing pitches to him. He was running. He looked like he was running full speed. Now, when we were coming off the field, the media is allowed to watch the first 30 minutes or so in the season. He was going to the rehab area. So I don't think he's doing team drills today. So my guess, if I had to guess, I think he'll probably play Sunday. I think it'll probably be maybe a reduced role, which also makes sense with how Braylon Allen's been playing. They can do that. I think A.D. Mitchell will play. He looks good to go. Dylan Parham looks good to go. so they will be healthier for sure, um, and that will help the cause, I mean the flip side, Ryan, of like everyone's saying, 'Oh god, this is Aaron Glenn's chance' when I did an interview in Miami with my Miami station yesterday and what do you think they're saying in Miami? They don't think my the Dolphins are gonna go 0 and 17, they know they stink but they're not, so they're looking at their schedule and going, 'Okay, where's the win? Oh, look at the Jets' so you know there's, there's pressure on the Dolphins to win this game um at least one of the two games against the Jets so that they don't go 0 and 17, and that's understandable and Frankie, for you look, they're getting healthy the offense is getting a lot of key pieces back, you would expect the Jets to be able to have a much more efficient offense this week correct I mean you would think so man I just again and Frank Reich doesn't really know what he wants to do with this offense and I don't even think Geno Smith really knows what he wants to do at quarterback with this offense too I feel like Geno is holding on to the ball a little too long. They want to go to Garrett, but he's bracketed. Do you want to force it in? I think Gino can overthink a bit. I actually think he's always played like this. I think he's more of a patient, more meticulous style of quarterback, more than people thought earlier in the year where you're getting some gunslinger. I don't think Gino's that kind of quarterback. I don't think he ever actually was. It's easy to do that stuff when you have JSN and DK Metcalf and what they had in Seattle for those couple years. So kind of put that in a different boat, though, in terms of what you expected with Geno, in terms of the reality of Geno. So I just think with this offense, guys, I think it comes down to the running game. I just think if they can get Braylon going, then I think it opens things up. But again, are you going to stick with the run? That's another thing. We saw it last week. You had Braylon moving. He looked great in that first half, and then you got away from it in that second half completely. I think he had, what, five or six touches that entire half. I think Frank Reich's got to simplify the process just a bit. go to your two main horses that is Garrett Wilson and that is Braylon Allen and just just just live or die on the backs of those two on Sunday you're not playing some vaunted defense you'll be fine it's not you know you're not going to turn the ball over all that much and if you do you do you can't play scared I think this whole team for the most part especially on offense it's almost like they're playing not to lose like go and make plays when we tried some stuff down the field last week it worked look at Omar Cooper Jr. had a big game like take your shots with those guys but i'm not i don't know what's going on with Sadiq by the way i i would assume he's still hurt because he played what like 23 snaps right like last week i mean it was yeah i mean look i think it's complicated with Mason Taylor being back i think they're trying to figure that out and they ended up with and then you have Cooper back in the mix too so they ended up doing a lot of um 11 personnel they didn't have as they weren't doing as many multiple tight end sets as they had in the past so you know it's a nice problem to have but when you have all these guys healthy it's going to be a little bit trickier to get everybody you know on the field well speaking of getting the ball into players hands cause you made quite the storm this week after you had talked about on our last episode of Gangs All Here about what did I do you just said Garrett was frustrated as hell coming off the field and look there is this fan base of the Jets that some will look at this as stop trying to chase Garrett Wilson out of town and and I feel like that is where very one-sided to look at this when the reality of the situation is because he did going into that game only have two targets in the first half one catch and then it was force fed in the second half and really too little too late in terms of game execution the offense as we saw and what Frankie's talking about too and I think you understand this they get cross midfield they can put a drive together but then they cannot finish whatsoever they don't have that element right now of putting points on the board in terms of converting red zone trips into touchdowns and just once they get across midfield actually sustaining a long drive into a touchdown Garrett Wilson feels like right now it's against the bad teams or teams that don't have good defenses or secondaries he's exploding for for targets yards receptions all that talk to me guys is is are we being too negative as a media covering Garrett Wilson and that perhaps we're forcing him out of here because we're always looking for that angle of hey you know you weren't involved in the offense this week are you angry and upset do you want out of here does that make sense what i'm saying yeah i think it's a misperception though like you know i i was i did a spaces this morning um and i was asked i basically the guy kind of said that why does the media make it a story that Garrett's going to demand a trade after every bad game or whatever. I never said he's going to demand a trade. I don't think I mentioned that at all. That's taking it to a different level. I know what I saw and I saw a very frustrated player walking off that field. Again, I'm not going to quote him because I don't think it's fair to him to quote what he was saying, but I know what he said. He wasn't happy about the targets and he was in the locker room it took a long time and a long conversation with the jets pr staff before he talked to us and i think you if you watch the video of him talking he's clearly holding back right he's frustrated um so i don't think we created a story out of nothing there like he was frustrated we were just reporting what it was and if your best player is frustrated that's a story i don't know what to tell you like that that it's it's definitely it's an interesting story um i don't know where the trade stuff comes from i don't know why people are going down that road maybe can i interject here Frankie about why the trade stuff's happening because it's because last year they went through the zero to seven start and they traded Sauce after signing to extension they traded Quinn and Williams and they figure as Jets fans and there's a large contingent of them right now who view this as we are pushing that next superstar out of here because he's frustrated after not getting the ball in the game and they feel like that is where the slant is coming from from the media yeah i don't think anyone's pushing him out i don't think anyone's saying like that i've seen i don't read every single thing that's written about the Jets but i haven't seen anything where people are pushing him out uh and Quinn and Sauce are completely different situations where Quinn wanted out Quinn Quinn was tired of losing here and Quinn wanted Quinn wanted that Sauce was traded out of the blue he didn't know he was getting traded so Sauce wasn't looking to get traded uh i don't believe Garrett's looking to get traded you know um so you know i don't think i think that's taking a leap from being frustrated about targets to demanding a trade i think Garrett every time i've had a conversation with him Garrett wants to be part of the solution here Garrett wants to turn this around but it beats guys down and it beat you know it beats beat Quinn and Williams down it beat Jamal Adams down like there's there's guys it's tough they all come here with the great hope of turning this thing around and when it doesn't it's tough and i understand Garrett's frustration he will think all the coordinators he's been through i think all the quarterbacks he's been through right like this has not gone well his Jets experience has not been a great one so far but i think Garrett wants to be part of the solution i think he wants to be here still he signed the contract extension um so you know but yeah if Garrett's coming off the field gesticulating and complaining and it's going to be a story guys i don't know what to tell you cause does it feel any different this year with Garrett do you think that i mean that outbursts he apparently had on the sideline or just have him in frustration? No, Garrett's a very passionate guy. He's always been that way. He's always very frustrated after losses. I think it's what you want. I've never seen him slam a teammate. I've never seen him do that stuff. Garrett points at himself. Garrett says the right things when he talks to us. So I think Garrett is a good teammate. He was very frustrated with Aaron Rodgers a few years ago. That wasn't the best relationship in the world. but Garrett never went public with that. He, he was, he was a good soldier. So I, I, but Frankie, like there's some guys who just, you see the losing, Hey, it cuts them. Yeah. And as if I was a fan, I think I'd appreciate that because there's other guys who lose and they act like nothing's happening. Right. And, and one of the things, when I got into this business that struck me, like, you know, many, many, many years ago is that a lot of times fans care more than players. And, And, you know, I can remember being in the Mets clubhouse once when their season ended, and fans were crying as I walked down Shea Stadium ramps. The fans were crying. You get to the clubhouse, and the players are like, yeah, this is what it is. And you almost, I think they develop a thick skin as professional athletes. But Garrett is a guy who wears his heart on his sleeve. I think that should be appreciated by fans. Ryan, let me just say one thing from the fan perspective of this whole thing. They're there to do a job. I think sometimes, guys, you're there to do a job. The Post, The Athletic, you know and like it's part of your job you guys aren't fans you're not fans of the team like you're there to do a job and i got caught up in it too when i'm like damn you just have the kids sitting out there not you i'm saying the whole media in general seems like your point you're poking at the guy and they are a little bit that's part of the job like what's going on like there's no we got to separate those two things i saw people on twitter saying oh they should you know redo the whole beat and have like independent like media on there like oh yeah so Jeff fans throw softball questions and no one clicks on an article right you want that like welcome to the world of news it is turn on your tv that's how no one's reporting about the new sandwich shop that they're reporting about the guy stabbed somebody going on the subway that went dark quick right yeah that got really i'm just saying that's what news is we're talking about a player being frustrated getting targets in football and not that breaking well i'm just And I will say this, I'll say this for all the guys out there in the content creator world. And there are a lot of them in this jet space. Too many. Look, they hate us, Frankie. And I understand it, but I will say this. All I asked Cause on Monday was, is what's going on with Garrett. And because he wasn't targeted in the first half and they, he seemed to be not part of the game plan or at least Geno was not going his way. And I, and I wonder cause how does this improve, right? like we always and and this feels like a repeat as well like always thematically because they gotta get the ball to Garrett more like why aren't they getting the ball but also the same point Garrett's on pace for the highest amount of targets yards yeah receptions all the top 10 in the NFL and he leads AFC in receptions right yeah right yeah it's not yeah i've had this conversation with a few times people with the Jets this week it's not the totals it's these long gaps where he's not targeted that's the problem and there's been Green Bay it happened uh this game had happened uh Chicago Chicago I throw out that was Chicago was crazy but like there's just these long periods where he's not targeted now i do think AD Mitchell returning Breece Hall returning like we have not seen this offense as it was envisioned in the summer play together outside of the first series in Tennessee yeah right because Omar Cooper got hurt in the first series i do think there's going to be more opportunities for Garrett when Ad Mitchell, Omar Cooper, Kenyan Sadik Mason, Taylor Brees Hall, Braylon Allen, we have all these guys now all of a sudden Frank Wright's going to look like a smarter coordinator that's how this works right you get better players out there you look like a better coach so i do think that is going to help if you say Ryan how do they improve this i think naturally that's going to help it but we talked to Frank Wright today like he's they want to get in the ball it's it's pretty clear you know so um i think I think they'll be making an effort to get him more involved this week. I mean, again, guys, it would not shock me this week if Garrett ends up with 10 catches, 100-plus yards, a touchdown. Yeah, the Miami secondary, like to your point, Ryan, the Miami secondary fits in with the bad secondaries, you know, so Garrett should be able to capitalize on it. No doubt. And look, I think the follow-up to all this, Kaz, is right, these next two weeks, and if the Jets are not able to come out with wins against the Dolphins and Raiders, and they're staring at the wrong side of two and six now the question does beg itself do you see this team potentially selling off players again for picks for the future i don't Ryan i and i i don't know what players i know we talked about Garrett i don't think they're interested in trading Breece Hall, I don't think they're interested in trading Breece Hall Will McDonald, sure I can see them trading Will McDonald but Olu Fasuyi, what are you going to get for Will McDonald, they're not trading, I don't think they're trading Olu, I don't think they're doing that you know, um I think yeah Will McDonald you're gonna get a fifth round pick for him something like that should have been a third so they might do that but I don't, I don't see them being very active at the deadline, right I would be surprised, I look, I didn't see what happened was coming last year at all like I, I never thought they were trading Ross Gardner, so Darren Moore has surprised me before, I just feel like they're kind of further down the line now where things are lined up for 2027, I don't feel like they have to move a lot of pieces to get a better position, they've got the draft picks already um so I, I don't see, I don't see them being big sellers uh or anything okay I mean it, it, it would become an interesting point of the season if they do become two and six after these next two games and there's you know what they would do with this roster moving forward all right let's talk about this game guys uh and and there is this matchup here cause that I am, I am fascinated with besides the Jets offense it's Aaron Glenn's defense against the run and the the dolphins do have Ollie Gordon, they don't have Devon Achane anymore but they have Ollie Gordon who has looked pretty solid so far and the dolphins are gonna try to run the ball also Malik Willis is not so you know light of foot either so what do the jets do to improve on defensively against the run boy that's a good question ryan i mean it was weird last week i didn't think they were bad all day against the run but when they really needed to stop in the fourth quarter they just they just didn't have an answer there um so i don't know specifically i don't think there's much you can do personnel wise they've got who they've got um i just you know i think they've got to work on buttoning things up and being better being better against the run uh i do think coming into this game it's the focus right the dolphins are not doing much in the passing game so it shouldn't be what they're working on all week i think I think Aaron Glenn can be aggressive in this game with blitzes. I don't think you'd be afraid of Malik Willis. I thought last week, I know there was a lot of conversation about blitzing Drake May. Drake May can kill you with the blitz. I wouldn't be afraid of that with Malik Willis. I think you're going to see a more aggressive Aaron Glenn defense this week, similar to what you saw against Cleveland. And that's going to help against the run as well as the pass. Frankie, we know that's going to be the Miami Dolphins' offensive point of attack. They're averaging over 120 yards per game in the run game. uh if for you i wonder with the blitz frankie do you blitz a a running quarterback like Cos said and not being afraid of the fact that he can take off with his legs yeah man i mean it's a tough one i i agree with Cos i think you want to speed up Malik Willis's clock as much as possible i don't think they have the receivers nor the tight end that you're really worried about those guys getting the ball and getting enough YAC i think our safeties have played really well actually so even if they are picking up things early and and getting the ball out quick and i don't see these guys making too many explosive plays i will say though when it comes to the defense specifically i think our defensive tackles for the most part this year have been bad i'll just say that i think Briggs has disappeared he was supposed to be a big component had a really good year last year Harrison Phillips where are you man and i i don't really sweat s looked good sometimes but he's just too big to get to the quarterback that's just it i mean what's he gonna do so i i worry a little bit about these defensive tackles and how they are able to address the run and get some pass rush right you can't just depend on your two edge guys to constantly try to get home and you're getting nothing between the tackles literally and they're able to run between the tackles i mean the running games versus us it's not like these guys are all just bouncing it to the outside and it's like a Will McDonald David Bailey problem i think it's between the tackles i think DeMario Davis too he's looked hit or miss sometimes maybe age age gets everybody so i don't know the defense also the miscommunications i wish we got a little bit more clarity as to that part of of sunday's game because when you have Jamie and sure we're telling Bailey they did that so I hold on one second I I talked to somebody about that. Jamie Sherwood did not tell Bailey to drop there. Okay. I think that was a rookie mistake. Okay. I think it was David Bailey. David Bailey didn't know his assignment there, and that's my understanding. Gotcha. Okay. And then, Kaz, what did you make of the goal line, the touchdown wide open to Hunter Henry as well? Yeah, I don't know that one. That one is a good one. DeMario and Belton, right, Kaz? What's that? Was that DeMario and Belton? DeMario was kind of pointing around afterwards, But then I think Zach Rosenblatt pointed out that Brownlee didn't play after that. He was on the other side of the formation. He didn't really play after that. So, yeah, I mean, sometimes it's tough to get these answers because guys don't like to point fingers. But I'll see if I can find anything about that one. In terms of injuries, Malik Willis did practice with a right thumb issue. And Jeff Hafley says Malik needs to be better as a quarterback overall, and he's not considering a change. their backup is Kyle McCord uh but I think also they put they give away the football cause and and I know I'm saying this the Jets can force some fumbles but it's only been one interception this year could the Jets defense finally generate a second interception is that too much to ask that's a good one that's a good one Ryan yeah yeah no I think I think you could get one here and right they haven't won a home yet so maybe this is the first one in that life since the uh january of 25 the merger you know since the merger uh yeah no i think that's i think that's a fair ask okay can they can they get one here maybe minka gets one against his old team that'd be cool yeah the thing the crazy thing about that stat is there's only two other teams in football dallas and i forget the other team that only also has one an interception so i mean we got one and we're like we're good we're good for another 10 games everyone well they have four in that game technically yeah yeah true yeah yeah um and then guys i gotta talk about david bailey here too he was shut out from from getting any pressures or sacks on the quarterback last week um you know frankie it with bailey we've seen him dropping coverage like that one touchdown was like like i said it was a rookie mistake but he did have the forced fumble last week he was he was held off it felt like the most most part of the game as did the jets pass rush can he get back on the scoreboard this week and get a sack versus a guy like Malik Willis? Yeah, man, you know what? I thought Sunday was a welcome to the NFL moment for David Bailey. I thought Josh McDaniels and that whole offense was like, you're not doing anything, kid. Nice game you had. You got AFC, Defensive Player of the Week. You're still a rookie. And I think Kaz has said this before, and I think he has been spot on. That's what rookies do. They'll flash a game or two and then they won't for two or three games. That's why they're rookies, right? If they weren't, they'd be some of the best. If they didn't do that, they'd be the best rookie you've ever seen kind of thing. So I do think Bailey will have a better game. I wish they would simplify the defense for him a bit. I think they're trying to make him do too many things. And I think he's actually pulled it off. I'll say this. He's underratedly strong as heck, strong as an ox, and super athletic. We saw what he can run at the combine. You're just asking him to do too many things. And I just think, like, simplify the game plan. I think Glenn in general, I thought he tried to do a little bit too much with Bailey specifically and the defense against New England. I don't think you got to go that crazy against Miami. Let Bailey do what he does best instead of dropping back nine times like he did again on Sunday. And I don't mind a few here and there. That's part of the, you know, the scheme. It's part of the pressures they're trying to. Yeah, you got to do that once in a while. I'm not totally against dropping him back at all, but I don't know. Simplify for the kid. but listen if they're and by the way if they're chipping him and and getting help from backs and tight ends even doubling him that should open things up for the guy next to him like are we gonna get a defensive tackle that's gonna take care of a one-on-one or on the other side because i mean like you gotta give if you have two on one or you have a tight end that's slowing his route down or slowing himself down because he's chipping the guy that should give you a little advantage so even if bailey's not doing anything that should help out the rest of the guys to make plays right I mean, it's football. But, yeah, I think he'll have a pretty solid game. I do. Cause David Bailey right now is the favorite, according to DraftKings, as defensive rookie of the year. Right now, second is Arvell Reese, and the guy who's going to be on the other side of the field, Jacob Rodriguez, is third. He's having a good season. Yeah, he's having a good season. A lot of tackles. Yeah, I'm with Frankie. Bailey's going to – he'll be fine. I think one thing that's stood out to me these first six weeks is when you talk about the Jets' first-round picks. We always talk about quarterback. They've got to get a defensive tackle in here that can have an impact. They miss Quinnen Williams really bad. I know Quinnen didn't always get sacks, but Quinnen would push the pocket and he would F up plays and other guys could clean up and get stuff. Jets just don't have that guy right now. To me, that's a priority. I just saw Jim Schwartz, the old Lions coach, defense coordinator. He did an interview with somebody I saw. And they asked him what's the most important possession on defense right now And he said defensive tackle Interesting, really I mean, if you look at the Seahawks, right With Leonard Williams They have other guys there They have a strong defensive line It's a very, very critical position to me And the Jets need help there And teams are running the ball again, Ry The running games are starting to pick up a bit Teams are getting back into 30-35 carries a game kind of mode sometimes Well, that was something that was actually somewhat of a strength for this Jets offensive line last week, Kaz, is that you had highlighted on Monday's episode that, you know, you thought that they actually did a nice job opening up some holes for Braylon Allen. And the other thing I'll say about this Jets offensive line, Kaz, and I want to ask you is, is Geno's been sacked 19 times in six games this year. The Dolphins have four sacks all year long. Is this a week that where the Jets offensive line with Parham coming back, they should be able to hold up versus Dolphins pass rush? You'd think so, right? I think so, Ryan. Obviously, I think if you're playing the Jets now, you're doing a lot of stunts, you're blitzing, you're doing the things that have confused them. I thought last week they had that one series where they were backed up, where they gave up two sacks, and then they had the third down sack. That was huge in the red zone. But I didn't think pressure was a huge problem all day against the Patriots. There was just some – they got beat on a few plays. So, yeah, I think looking at it, you would expect them to have a good week this week against a weaker Dolphins defensive line. They played some good defensive lines this year. Dolphins aren't one of them. Yeah, Frankie, I will say this about Jacob Arrigas. This Dolphins run defense is 3.7 yards per carry allowed. None of its opponents this year have topped four yards per carry in a game. So if the Jets' offensive run game cannot get going, they should rely more on this passing attack. Would you expect this offensive line to hold up more? Yeah, I mean, listen, this is a game where I think the offensive line can have their way a bit. I think they could give Geno a little bit more time than he, or as much time as he'd want, excuse me, because he wants forever back there. And I think you're going to be able to move them on the ground a bit, especially with Parham coming back. So I do think this is a game where the offensive line can shine a little bit and say like, you guys were talking about us being one of the top 10-ish groups in football. Well, let's show you. I will say though, on the other side they got some guys too though Chop Robinson's a good player he can get to the quarterback uh he's been in and out of the lineup but he he he he can move a bit so like and Jacob Rodriguez we spoke about they have another kid Chris Johnson who's a good corner that they drafted who's playing really well this year a kid i really liked out of San Diego State but yeah this is an offensive line game and again back to what i was saying earlier just simplify the process you need to win this game period i don't think you need to get cute in this game i think you win by running the football with whomever even Isaiah Davis if you want you want to give him give him carries try to get Garrett the ball as much as possible or Omar Cooper Jr and i think you'll win the football game if you do that if Frank Reich tries to get cute and do some other things or not cute enough when you need to sometimes you know pull out a play on like a crucial third and short then we might have a problem on our hands i just i i i think with Miami two weeks off or a week and a half off whatever coming off a bye with a defensive coach they're going to come in with the strategy i just think you have to say we have better talent than you we will move the ball and we have a receiver that you can't guard and i just think just keep it simple so you can just survive this week's game but survive you're expecting a close one here yes i i actually am i'll give you the i'll give you the prediction i i have a nice prediction not yet i'm just saying we'll get into i'm not gonna get into it yeah i'm just letting you know it's gonna be a close game man i think it's gonna be very close too close for comfort my last question before we get into over-unders and predictions is Glenn was asked this week if he needs to get his get more involved with the offense which i think i i don't want my defensive head coach getting involved in the offense but uh he says that the offense is doing some good things he likes their efficiency on play action is he right about that and does he does he need to step in more with Frank Reich on this offense uh i don't know if he's right about that i mean they're grasping it positives right now so i've heard all about how they they're scoring all these long touchdowns you know here's the thing i've reached Ryan and i've had conversations with people i've said this it's funny there's eight billion stats out of fingertips right now right there's next gen stats there's PFF true media right it is my favorite you know the Frankie V index is probably out there FVI well you know what stats matter to me how many freaking points did you score and how many points did the other team score and they scored four touchdowns in the last three games they're they're not scoring touchdowns and you can give me all the positives and all the negatives you want that's all that matters when it comes down to it is this team has scored 20 points since 18.7 average cause, which is only one point more than last year. Just throwing it out there. So 20 is like a pretty low number, a pretty low bar and they haven't, they're not hitting it. So, you know, shouldn't he be more involved? I don't think so. Right. I don't think that's the answer. It's interesting. We talked to Frank Wright today and he said, Glenn is in his headsets, like saying, get the ball to Garrett, get the ball, to the playmakers. Like he, he is a, you know, that level of involved in the offense. and I think that's good. He should be. I think we always wonder how involved is he on game day in the offense, and he is pointing it out to them that they've got to get more involved. But no, I don't think that's the answer right now. In Frank Reich's defense, because I think he's taken a lot of heat this week, again, I would like to see him have A.D. Mitchell, Omar Cooper, Garrett Wilson on the field at the same time. Let's see what the offense looks like if they have that. Now, you're not going to get that every week it's the NFL I understand it but they we haven't seen that basically at all in that first series in Tennessee so I I think this offense I think he'll look like a better coach when he has better players out there it's funny how talent works like that way yeah you know but also at the same time as you guys know I'm a great softball coach and my team is in the championship again hey congrats we play next week but I look like a lot better coach some when my best players are that's just kind of how it works guys and that's how it works in the NFL as well as well no doubt and i also i think there's some validity to the scheme and how you're using these players and putting them in certain spots and there are play calls that you can dial up directly to Garrett Wilson and directly to Breece Hall and directly to Braylon Allen but it's harder it's harder when you don't have someone on the other side like i mean it was clear the Patriots they were talking about number five after the game yeah like those guys those players heard that all week is we got to take number five out of the game and you don't have to be Bill Belichick you know or Buddy Ryan to figure out that's the formula to beating the Jets last week is just make sure that guy doesn't beat us anybody else on this field can beat us just take him out it's harder to do that now Mitchell's are stretching the field cooper will get better and better you think if they can you know but yeah i'm with you and i asked Frank Reich about his philosophy on motion today because i do think they could do more with that and he said like you know he's not going to be a guy that does the most motions he doesn't do it just to do it but he is they do talk about it every week and how they can effectively use it to get guys open so you know i i think he's never going to be ben johnson right and having receivers release up the a gap i just don't think you're going to see that but they they are they are at least talking about it uh All right, fellas, let's do some over-unders and some predictions. Last week. Brutal again, right? 0-4, Kaz. Not pretty for you. 0-4. I was on fire last year. I mean, I was so on it through three quarters, and then that fourth quarter just was like the biggest joke of a quarter. Frankie, you were 1-3. I was 2-2. Jesus. On the season, Kaz is 6-17. That's 11 units under. i'm in the positive i'm 13 and 10 and frankie is 6 and 13 you guys are not giving out winners right now i'll say that i don't think we should give out over-unders i'm making you money the other two don't listen to the reverse us all right so let's start with Geno Smith cause 221 and a half pass yards what do you got over i agree over i'm going under oh lord that's how you're going to lose money people uh Garrett Wilson cause 64 and a half receiving yards over like if you go if you don't see this Garrett performance coming your eyes aren't open all this talk this week they're going to be forcing him the ball he might have 22 targets on sunday good i agree over frankie i agree all right Ollie Gordon they're running back for the Dolphins because they don't have the rushing line for Brees or Braelon right now considering in Brees just practiced today Ollie Gordon though 50 and a half rushing yards cause over i am gonna go under i think the jets are gonna try and stop the run real hardcore frankie i'm gonna go over and i think he's gonna double that by the way wow all right give me a touchdown scorer cause oh touchdown scorer can't be Garrett Wilson can't be Garrett i was gonna go yeah i could um i will go i'll go Mason Taylor i like that Mason Taylor cause he is plus 475 you're making some money for some people here frankie i'm gonna go with Mason Taylor's counterpart i'm gonna go Kenyan Sadiq sadiq the freak can he get in the end zone i will go with free salt minus 125 if he's playing they got him on here if he's on here he's scoring if not i'll take the take the tie or the loss whatever you want to give it i think what did you get for what's the line on jets defensive touchdown oh cause you're asking the right questions here it's plus 600 i was gonna say 650 i don't think it'd be more than that yeah so would i the dolphins are actually plus 650 they haven't just haven't had one since 2023 yes so you know they must know something they know something they're not going to give you all that money that you want to win all right fellas let's do some predictions uh last week we were all on the patriots we were all correct and uh now on the season cause is four and two i'm four and two and frankie is four and one so i'll start with frankie on this one since you think it's gonna be a close one why don't you give us you pick my score again i don't think i'm gonna pick your score this week cause um all right i've uh i've spoken to a lot of people tried to pick people's brains on this game i'm gonna go with my heart on this one meaning what i'm feeling out there what i think's gonna happen not as a fan i'm saying like as a as an nfl person not gonna go with my head because my head would tell me that the Jets have more talent than Miami's zero to five that they're traveling here and the Jets are gonna beat them because they have talent guys I think this thing's starting to spiral I think the the helicopter spinning without a direction I'm not something's off I don't know what it is I don't know if it's from Aaron Glenn Frank Reich the fans seem super on edge some fans are ready for a loss in this one to just go full tank mode I'm indifferent at this point right I just want to see something different which we don't see ever um I don't think I don't think the Jets are going to be able to stop Ollie Gordon I really don't he had a hundred and you know over 100 yards on 11 carries against Minnesota's top rush defense in Minnesota they've had a week and a half to prepare I think Halfley's gonna have a game plan I think there's gonna be a super low scoring game I'd go with the under across the board everywhere that you can outside of Garrett Wilson and Ollie Gordon rushing I uh I'm I'm I think the Dolphins are gonna beat us I do we haven't won a division game I'm going with wait you know what Kaz says Kaz Kaz you always say this yeah never bet against a team with zero wins right so i'm gonna take what he's now granted they've had zero wins now for five weeks so whatever, but guys, Ryan, something doesn't smell right i don't know if i need to clean my apartment okay but can you give us the score miami 13 jets 10 ugly game they're not neither for 10 points wow yeah i think it's gonna be a an ish show as they say Mr. Costello please help us Ryan's ready for me to stop talking Ryan I'm sorry man I do think it's going to be a close game in the fourth quarter but I think the Jets are going to win this game and I think this is going to be like eating your vegetables it's not going to be very satisfying for you Jets fans but you know you did the right thing you're going to win the game but it's just going to be feels like the Jets are taking off and then they just don't I just team. Frankie, if they have zero wins when the Jets go down to Miami, I might feel differently and pick it. I do think, what's the line right now, Ryan? Four and a half still. Four and a half? Yeah, so I think the Dolphins cover, but the Jets win. I'm going to go Jets 24, Dolphins 20. Aaron Glenn's first divisional win. First divisional win. Alright, I'm going to keep this short and sweet. It's going to be a bloodbath for the Dolphins. The Jets are going to blow them out. It's going to be an all-out offensive attack for this offense. They're getting all their weapons back. Breece Hall and Garrett Wilson. Garrett Wilson's going to have a huge day, probably his best game ever as a Jet. Don't shock me there. Too much noise around him right now. They're going to give him the ball early and often. I got the Jets blowing out the Dolphins because the Dolphins are the worst team in football. It's no doubt in my mind. It's going to be Jets 27, Dolphins 14. Give me a 13-point win over the Jets. I thought we were going like 45-3. Yeah, like 42-14 or something. Touchdown, Jason. Come on. It's a double-digit win. Come on. I thought we were talking bloodbath. All right, 31-13 Jets. How about that? 31-13. Better, better, better. But bloodbath, I think, like, 40-point win. I thought you were going to – No, no, no. The Jets don't even have to score 40 points, if I'm being honest with you. Yes, that's the problem. Here's one for you. The Jets score a touchdown inside the two-minute warning in the first half. And the crowd at MetLife goes wild. And on Monday morning, we're going to be saying it's now 100 to 13 in the last two minutes. You know what's crazy? That's going on the prediction full screen, by the way, for next week. That's going on the prediction full screen. The craziest thing about what Kaz just said, if they do score a touchdown within two minutes, that would be more and an extra point. That would be more points than Aaron Glenn has ever scored within two minutes of the first half. You just have to think, guys, that there's guys in, I'm in the building right now, there's guys in offices right now, like, studying two-minute offense of, like, they must be doing analytics, like, all over the place of, like, what are the best play called with 52 seconds left and one timeout? They, like, it has to be driving them crazy that that 106 number is taking such a life of its own this week. God, I hope so. Kaz, Frankie, thank you both fellas. Kaz, we're looking forward to your coverage throughout the week, and then we'll catch up with you next week. Thank you, guys. All right, guys. Appreciate it.