What's your body feeling like now, six, seven weeks in, and you just had a couple days off? Does that help your body, just two days off?

No, 100%.

You know, it's like putting a Band-Aid over it.

You know, once you get back out there, you kind of pull the scab off and get back going.

I'm obviously, you know, just being able to have some time off and kind of like, you know, look back through the film and look back over the last couple of games and see where, you know, there's room for improvement and where there's, you know, some disconnects and just keep on pushing forward, you know, getting into the lab and, you know, getting better.

Did that give you some extra time to get ready for a Miami team that maybe looks a little different than it did a year ago and get prepared to see these guys?

No, 100%.

You know, obviously looking, you know, obviously being able to watch their game Sunday and then obviously doing some film study and just kind of over all the guys that they have and stuff like that.

You know, I feel like we got to keep stacking those days and keep working.

Hello.

Situation like no, not at all, because we believe in every guy that touches the field.

You know, obviously it's great to have AJ back what he brings the veteran leadership that he brings and we're excited for that.

But we always preach, you know, as you know, this year with all the injuries, we preach about the next man up mentality.

So we look forward to having him out there.

He's a big part of our team and look forward to seeing him on Sunday.

What's that say about a team? Everybody seems like they go down, they're fighting to get back with this group.

How's he looking in practice, and is he ready for this moment?

I mean, he's confident, man.

That's the most por- most important thing is, um, you know, you never know when your number's gonna be called, and um, obviously he's been able to get some snaps at, you know, the big tight end spot, so he's been able to get used, us- used to the speed of, uh, you know, from pre-season into the regular season.

So um, that's always good, but he, he works hard, man.

He's a, he's a young rookie that asks a lot of questions in meetings, and he asks like, "Hey, how do you see things?" And I think when you build that camaraderie off the field to be able to ask questions in meetings with, you know, me and Will, um, it, it just boosts the morale for, for everybody.

Um, so I think he came in and, you know, obviously, you know, we gotta look at the film and, you know, there's some things that we all gotta correct, but uh, you know, I think he did a hell of a job.

Morgan, is, is Hunter doing some things behind the scenes from a blocking standpoint and from a leadership standpoint that, that gi- given the, some of the injuries that you guys have had have been, has been valuable?

Well, I think, you know, for Hunter, man, he's been around the league for a long time, so he's played a lot of football.

Was there some problems in practice at all before the game or things leading up to it?

No, you just, you know, you look back over the, you look back over the tell of the film and the game and you say, well, look, these are some things that you did great.

You know, you did good.

And there's some things that you did not so good.

And, The key to everything is that obviously we moved the ball down the field.

We just can't go 0 for 5 or whatever it was in the red zone.

We have to come out with points no matter what, and especially when our defense goes out there and gets us the ball on a short field, like we have to come out there with points.

Is it up to guys like you that have been around the league to keep him up as a captain?

Have you talked about, uh, the start of this game? Has that been a focus of the preparation this week, how to get out to a good start right away on Sunday?

Yeah, 100%, man.

Every time we take the field, we trying to get a, you know, a fast start.

And obviously, uh, we've seen what they've been able to do at home and, um, the things that they've been able to do.

And, um, obviously they have a great defense over there and, you know, some, some good edg- edge rushers and, you know, some guys that, uh, that's played a lot of football over there.

So for us, it's just, uh, control what we can control and, um, you know, continue dialing things up and moving the ball and, um, you know, just trying to get this fast start and ke- keep it rolling.

How do you build, like, long-term what you're gonna be moving forward?

Well, the, you know, the, the identity never wavers.

Is it like seeing some of the smaller guys get on in the action today?

Well, we talked about, you know, their front and what they bring to the table.

And, you know, that's their identity is their front seven.

And we knew it was going to take all 11 to, you know, be able to, you know, wear them down and get the ball going.

And so, that's something we talked about.

You know, all week was just, you know, 11 on seven.

You know, our 11 blocking their seven.

Just what was your message?

Of course.

Just consistency, what they bring to the table, hard-nosed football, a lot of great football players on that side, T.J. Watt, Highsmith, a lot of guys, a lot of talent.

So just for us to be able to play team football on offense, and it takes all 11 to operate.

How

component to the matchup for you.

It's a mental appointment.

You know, you know what he is, you know what he stands for.

And he's been the face of that team for a long time.

How did you get out? You

know, nothing but God, I guess.

You know, I guess, you know, one person's trash is somebody else's treasure.

So I found my way to New England on a team that was built by the right head coach and was built by some people that had – lineage of history in that building and the decision was easy to come here because you know being in the league for so long and playing against Coach Vrabel and his teams you know that they're going to be disciplined you know they're going to be fundamentally sound and you know they're going to play all 60 minutes of a game and that's what you ask for is that like as an older guy it's like I'm going to take the field with some guys that's willing to die for it and when you have that opportunity to do that man it's unmatched.

Morgan, I grew up a

Any advice for us Jets fans on how to get out of this?

Uh...

I don't want to throw no shots.