In week one, there's a tendency that will actually make T.J. Watt pretty easy to neutralize for the Jets if they choose to take advantage.

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And our episode today is brought to you by Fandul. Right now, new customers can bet just $5. And if your bet wins, you'll get $300 in bonus bets to use across the app. On today's show, we are going to offer some keys to victory for the Jets as they open their season this Sunday against the Pittsburgh Steelers. We're going to talk about the unveiling of a new look and potentially unique offense. We're going to talk about the Jets need to make Aaron Rogers uncomfortable in every single way.

But we're going to begin by talking about how the Jets need to neutralize a game breaker.

And that game breaker is T.J. Watt, one of the two to three

best defensive players in the NFL. And it's going to be a challenge for the Jets because T.J. Watt

typically lines up against the right tackle. At right tackle, the Jets have Armand's bamboo,

a very talented young player, a young player who could go on to

have a very long, productive and successful career in this league, but a player entering his first

NFL game, a rookie. And if you watch Mambu during the preseason, you saw a lot of good, you saw

how the potential exists with him.

You saw flashes that suggest that when he puts it all together, he could be a really good

player.

But you also saw some rookie struggles, which are to be expected with a young player.

Tackles in the NFL, with very few exceptions, typically struggle out of the gate.

That's just the way it is. It's a difficult position to transition from college to the NFL,

because in college, you are not facing very sophisticated pass rushers. A lot of the guys you

face in college is try to run right past you. They don't even have one pass rushing move. The guys who are really sophisticated in college may have one pass rushing move, and if you can neutralize that, you're in good shape. The players in the NFL, the guys who are starters typically have at least two moves. And if you neutralize that first move, they move on to the second. And a lot of the great ones, they may have three or four.

So if you neutralize the first, they go to the second. Go to the second, they move to the third. And sometimes even if they stop the third, they go to the fourth. And they'll also use their two moves, they'll use their multiple moves to set you up. You know, a guy with a good speed, speed rush, and a spin move might break outside,

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