Justin Fields calms nerves.

The Jets find their formula and a top defensive lineman returns.

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It's Monday, August 11th, 2025, and I'm your host, John B from Gangreen Nation.com. Thank you so much for making the show your first listener, first watch every day. And a big shout out to you every day, or as this is a daily podcast covering the New York Jets with new episodes each day through the week, Monday, through Friday. And our episode today is brought to you by Game Time. Download the GameTime app, create an account to use code Lockdown NFL for $20 off your first purchase. We have nothing but good news to discuss today on Lockdown Jets. The Jets are getting one of their top defensive linemen back, and the Jets played a fantastic game Saturday night in their preseason opener. They blew out the Green Bay Packers at Lambeau Field. The final score was 30 to 10. It was a great performance by the third team offensive defense. It was a great

performance by the second team offensive defense. And it was a great performance by the first

team offense and defense. And I think storyline number one from this game is Justin Fields calm

some nerves. Fields had a very strong performance. Three or four throwing the football for 42 yards.

Also ran the ball twice for 14 yards and a

touchdown. It was pretty much an ideal start to the preseason for the New York Jets and for the

quarterback Justin Fields. As on Friday's show, I mentioned that the way Justin Fields plays

should not make us too crazy. It's better for him to play well than it is for him to play poorly.

But at the end of the day, these are all about getting ready for the season.

If you play well, it shows some things that you can execute.

It's something you can build on.

It's the type of thing that can help you grow confidence.

If you play poorly, well, it shows you what you need to fix.

It gives the Jets a chance to go back to the practice field and figure out the things that did not work out. You know, these players should never be under such a microscope in the exhibition season. And I don't know how that's a hot take now, but I feel like that's now a hot take based on the way the NFL is covered. And a lot of this is like the NFL is a league now where everyone's under the microscope,

24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year.

Every little thing is scrutinized.

And this was never more true than last week.

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