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let's go to Albert Breer joining us live Monday Morning Quarterback covered the NFL for since 2005 so um I I thought this was kind of interesting story out Nathaniel Hackett jets look to replace him so the Lazard thing didn't work cobs at the end of his career hacket was a Miss is that signal anything beyond we got to get better at OC does it signal now A Team saying yeah we're going to take a little bit back the football back we're going to make the decisions what do you make at that story I mean I think you can tie it to something else that happened this off season too which was the tackle need right and one of Aaron Rogers closest friends and a guy who's a former allpro and David vakari was going to become available and the Jets didn't wait for him and you know I think if this was a year ago you might have seen that where the Jets would have waited for David back toari and signed David back toari because that's what what what what Aaron would have wanted instead they go out and get Tyron Smith and Morgan Moses and they draft ol shanu um so yeah I mean I think to some degree they've taken their foot off the pedal um a little bit when it comes to just appeasing Aaron um but look like a big part of that is that the evidence they have now to present to Aaron on the way some of those things went last year so I think you are on to a little something there um you know Colin I I don't think it's totally um you know no we're not doing these sorts of things for you Aaron at all anymore but um you know certainly I think just bringing in his buddies maybe the U um the the the the the what be what be the saying the the blooms off the flower a little bit there I might have mixed that one up but blooms off the flower a little there yeah you know it's um I was saying this um I saw a story about the quarterback room for the Bears in Justin fields and listen i' I've found in my years of doing this uh and it's why I do a segment coling right Colin wrong fans believe in quarterbacks and they just won't move off them right like they this is my guy I said he was going to be a star and at some point you have to admit like Justin field just didn't get better and the story that comes out in the quarterback room is that two of the least polarizing Personalities in the last 20 years Nick Foles and Andy Dalton tried to help him and he's like nah I'm not interested and I think word travels fast in this league maybe that got out because reportedly the quarterback room which is it's hard to think of Andy Dalton and toxic in the same sentence what do you make of that story on fields so like I I I would say there's part of it that really rang true which is the thing about his eyes right like that is really the primary problem with him as a player and even guys who really like him as a person would tell you he doesn't see it fast enough and and you have to find a way and it's hard with a quarterback to get him to see it faster so he can play faster and that's where a lot of the holding the ball and not seeing things happen in front front of him came into play so I think the criticism in that from that story on his eyes was 100% um where it needed to be like that's that that that's that's criticism that has circulated in NFL circles for a while now the other part of it the stuff about his attitude and personality I haven't heard as much you know and I I I just you know I go back to you know the coaches at Ohio State thought of him and then a lot of the coaches who've been with the Bears the last few years thought of him and even what Ryan poles thought of him and consistently saying we want to do right by Justin like the people I've talked to you know that have been with the Bears the last few years have pretty consistently said to me like this is a kid who does everything right that has the right attitude that's a good teammate that's a good worker um that wants to get better and it just didn't happen at a fast enough rate to prevent them from from going in on Caleb Williams you know in fact there's a story from last year and I don't know if you um remember this Colin but um this story was was was out there and and and caused quite a stir I think it was in October where Justin field said something in a press conference that was mildly critical of the coaching yeah and you know it got out there on social media and really kind of took on a life of its own quickly and the story I heard was Justin you know saw it on his phone that that that social media had picked it up and that you know a narrative was starting to be spun there and he almost immediately like sprinted like sprinted down the hall to Luke gety the off offensive coordinator's office to go and apologize to him so you know again this is a guy who I think was was pretty well liked in the in the Bears building and and I'm not saying that that the stuff that was in there from his rookie year with Dalton and fos is completely untrue I'm not sure about that um but this is a kid who had a pretty good reputation in the Bears building and um you know that's one reason why the Bears wanted to do right by him when they were offloading him back in the spring uh speaking of offloading him they sent him to Pittsburgh um with Russell Wilson and I I I kind of went on a a tangent a rant last week I said Russell Wilson is so unique that everything on his resume tells you eight or nine Pro Bowls two Super Bowl appearances holds a trophy all-timer you almost never see anybody criticize publicly an all-tim quarterback and you know uh uh Harris uh the cornerback who played in Denver came out and said you know he holds the ball too long it didn't work misses plays and I'm like could somebody give Russell a break like what is it that maybe it's because Russell never pokes back but I do think the Russell Fields component that that that combo is fascinating cuz I don't think Russell would go there unless he got guarantees and I don't think Justin Fields would be as optimistic as he's been if he didn't think he was going to get a shot how how do you think it plays out so let's start with the Russell component I I think one of the issues Russell's had over the years and and and this is you know I think proven true with with two different teams now is is with relating with his teammates and you know I think one of the superpowers that a lot of the truly great quarterbacks is they can be like the celebrity over here right and then over here be a normal guy in the locker room and Tom Brady was great with this right like where he was a celebrity outside of the locker room but just another player in inside the locker room to his teammates Josh Allen is great with that Patrick Mahomes is great with that like you see those two guys you know with the 12-pack ofor light playing golf um in the cart right like and that's really who they are you know and that's how they come off to their teammates and you know their ability to be a regular guy is something that Russell's never really had which I think has caused him problems with some of these teams and what exacerbates it is things like having the office in Denver right so can he break down those walls with his teammates in Pittsburgh I think that'll be a very real question how do his coaches receive him that's a real question and so what Russell was promised coming into all of this was you have pole position that means you're G to get the first snap in the spring when they start OTAs next week Russell Wilson will get the first snap and he'll be working with the first team through OTAs and into the summer he is their starter right now but Mike tomlin's gone back on these things in the past right and look at Kenny picket two years ago he was running with the threes for all of training camp by week four he was the starting quarterback there so while I think Mike tomlin's very much a man of his word and will give Russell Wilson every shot to be the starter for the entire year for the entirety of the 2024 season he's also got you know this duty to the other 51 players on the team that he's going to do what's right for them and if what's right for them come July or August is for Justin fields to be getting reps or competing for the job I I don't think Tomlin would be shy about pivoting again he did it two years ago you know coming out of the Ben rothberger era and when with Kenny picket on the roster picket was working behind Mason Rudolph and and Mitch trabis through Olive training camp and wound up being the starter by early October not impossible to see a similar scenario unfolding with Justin Fields if Russell Wilson has some of the issues in Pittsburgh that he had in Denver so um I I'll make this argument you could not give Aaron roders a tougher opener than Monday Night Football across the country and among the other things is if I have a defensive coach ask Pete Carrol last year in the opener against Shawn McVey or anybody that faces Andy Reid in September offensive coaches come into the season with new wrinkles and they have an advantage absolutely also the weather's better it's easier on quarterbacks September is a offensive head coach month and increasingly in football by the end of the year it's offensive coaches that meet in the final four but the other thing that jumps out to me with Aaron is there are three new offensive linemen and a rookie for total on the old line the on line is understood Albert always understood in football it's the chemistry unit and the hardest to develop with new players asking Aaron with three new pieces in a rookie to go to the Bay against Bosa and the ners that is a tough ask is is that not a rough opening week for Aaron and the Jet I almost think the worst thing about it Colin is having to come back on a short week from the West Coast going west to east right like so you know you're back like Tuesday Morning your Tuesday is sort of blown up in shot so now you've lost Monday and Tuesday preparing for your week two opponent um I I I've actually meant when I saw that earlier today to go back and take a look at the first Monday night game and how often they've asked a team to go from from from east to west um and then come back west to east on that Tuesday I actually think that might be the toughest element of it um I think all the things you're mentioning are certainly valid they also have a little bit more time to prepare for the ners and have time to focus on the ners a little bit more but um yeah it's definitely a tricky one for the Jets and and and don't forget this too I mean there's the whole storyline of it being the Monday night week one that Aaron got hurt yeah you know and so we've got all that buildup and all those reminders of what September 11th was last year you know um for the Jets where on that Monday night Aaron Rogers goes out and blows his Achilles what was it four or five plays in yeah you know so in a lot of different ways this does feel like not the ideal scenario for the Jets for your reasons and for a couple of of the ones I just laid out too Monday morning back it's not long before Albert Breer heads to n Tucket and looks has that tan is sitting up there I'm already working on it don't you think hey I'm I'm looking ahead too uh Albert Breer money morning so I'll get you live from the deck then we're going to have to set something up where I'll be coming live from the deck right so you get the sunshine in the background and the boats and all that I'm Jelly I'll say right now I'm not a man of En but every time I do a live shot with you in the summer I am very envious good to see you live in the South Bay I mean I I don't know you got me you got me what 50 50 weeks out of the year I can get you for two or three fair enough hi everybody it's me Uncle Colin subscribe here to get the latest from the herd including exclusive behind the scenes videos and more wherever you may be however you may be watching thanks again for making us part of your day