 And also, New York Jets tight end, CJ. Oh my God, I literally might pass out. Oh, not one but two touchdowns showing off against the Lions. They also, I mean, that's the first two touchdowns as a jet, by the way, an eight-year NFL vet. I believe soccer fan, maybe a fake soccer fan, like 99% of Americans are during the World Cup. A Broadway producer, welcome, CJ, you Zama. Big soccer fan. Hold on, my earpiece is out. Oh my God. I literally can't hear you. I heard that happen while it was happening. Oh no, CJ, maybe you could sing for us, Broadway star. Hold on, I got it, I got it, I got it, I got it. CJ, don't say bad things about me while I'm doing this. No, I'm not, nothing bad, nothing bad. You can't hear me? I can hear you, I can hear you, I can hear you. What if I just left and I was like, CJ, you do something for 10 minutes. Wow, blustered. Listen here, CJ, Zama, congratulations on these touchdowns, on your career. New York looks like it suits you. Do you like New York? I do, I do. It was a bit of an adjustment early, but it's been fun. What's the best and worst part of living in New York City or near New York City? The traffic is pretty just abysmal. The best, the food. The food's amazing. Okay, give me the best spot, give me the best food you've had in Manhattan. Oh man, so I love this place called Laverdon. It's a French restaurant. Okay, yeah, it's fancy. Fancy, CJ. No, it's not a, no, this isn't a fan, this is like, during the World Cup, they were having World Cup parties, it's a nice little, it's a nice spot. It's not fancy riding a stretch of imagination. How many Michelin stars? I mean, I would give it three, but I think statistically zero. I'm surprised you eat anything outside those juices you're always talking about on Instagram, I feel like you don't, you're on like a forever liquid diet. Those, no, those juices, they've evaded me this year. I've been strictly just like water and Gator, I think. And actually, this is gonna be bad because the boys make fun of me a lot for this. Tell me. I have a lot of syrup for breakfast, and so they call me buddy and I don't love it, but it's Christmas time, so I'll kind of embrace it all night. Didn't you dress up as buddy one time? Last year. Is that creepy that I know that I think, I remember you walking in and I had never seen the movie and you were making fun of me on Twitter for never having understood that you put syrup on pasta, right? Right, please tell me you've seen it. No. But I did see that Carrie Washington, or somebody who tweeted yesterday that they saw it and it was like a joy and I should watch it because it makes you smile. I'm not like a big, little feral gal. It's fine, it's fine. I'm a Ryan Reynolds guy. Will Ferrell is, oh my God. Look at you. What do you have in your hand there? I have a bag of spaghetti with syrup, chocolate sauce and pop tarts. Standard, so what did, are you dressing up for this Thursday night's game? I might be. What are you gonna wear, tell us, give us a hint. Let us play a game, 20 questions. Well, it's up in the air between two things because I'm dressing Mike White because he lost a bet, so don't bet me because I bet things that are gonna be embarrassing. Okay. But it's gonna go away. Can I know what the bet was? It was just Auburn, I mean, it was just an Auburn west in Kentucky. We were either gonna do push-ups or I got to dress him. And seeing how you're not, you kind of struggled with push-ups, I was like, we'll just go the outfit route. I'm kidding, you killed it. You did well, you did well. That was a joke, small joke. Wow, wow, wow. This is deteriorating quickly, guys. Can we get the Shepard's Hook and unplug the thing for our friend, CJ Uzama? Okay, so wait, so what are you dressing up as? Tell me, I need to know everything. I think that I'm going to dress up as Nightmare Before Christmas Jack Skeleton. Okay, that's aggressive. You think? I like that you're like, I think I am. You have everything ready to go. It's like two days away. I'm thinking about it. We'll see, we'll see. Yeah, I'm thinking about it. It's between there and something else, but we'll see. Okay, so you're in New York and I'm reading the New York Post and I find this. You have taken a huge pivotal role in something really important. That's why I actually asked you to come on the show. You're involved with the Broadway show Ain't No More at the Belasco Theater in New York City. Tell me about why you got involved and what inspired you. Yeah, well, I'm a huge, I love theater, I love Broadway, I love plays and musicals and last year during the Super Bowl I was able to meet with some of the guys in the media department for my agency and they said if anything ever comes on their desk they'd present it to me and this just so happened to get presented to them and I was one of the first people they called when they thought about giving somebody else involved. And I just thought, one, it's an awesome opportunity for me because I love theater so much but two, just the message that it stands for because it's Lee Daniels, it's Jordanie Cooper who is phenomenal, like absolutely phenomenal. And then just, I mean, the cast is amazing. It was something that really kind of hit me when I read the script and I kind of immediately called my final program and I was like, I have to do this. I don't really care about what it's gonna take. I really wanna be a part of this. I mean, and you're not the only one but it's truly spoke to you and Broadway in general is struggling and this is a big production with a really beautiful meaning and important thing to see and it was going to get shelved quickly and then you came along, not just you because it's been all over the news lately with recently really influential people like your Tyler Perry, Shonda Rhimes, Dwayne Wade, many others showing their support, your teammates. Mike F. and White came to the show with you. What was that like and how can people out there help support Aina Lowe? Yeah, just one, they can support by buying tickets and showing up to the show. But yeah, no, that was to me amazing that I was able to get my teammates to come along. Zach was also there. We had some other guys that weren't pictured that were there too and that to me was special especially because we're going through the season and it's a trap to get down to the city especially with the traffic, said 45 minutes took us like an hour and a half to get there and so then to bring their significant others and to show up and support, they really met the world to me and then they loved it. They were like, wow, this is great, it's hilarious. We really had a good time. So it meant the world to me and it means the world to me that my teammates shoot in the locker room, the guys that weren't there, they were like, can I go? How do I get involved with this? What's the deal? So it's gotten good reviews and my teammates are obviously excited to help support. I love it. A co-producer on a Broadway show. I did not see it coming, but it suits you, it suits New York and who knows? Maybe that's what your future might be if you get pulled into that. I know like Victor Cruz, obviously, New York wins a Super Bowl in that area, loves Broadway, wants to do a play, wants to do all these things and it's very cool to see. And even like Nate Burleson, who I sat next to is a know for six years, loved the arts, the theater, wanted to get involved as well. So you just stepping up and doing this, I thought was very cool. So you look, I said a nice thing. I'm sorry. Let's talk about these touchdowns. They were incredible. I was so excited to see it. Two against the Lions and then I thought, this is the first time he's had two touchdowns because that was kind of like exciting and it's not. You did it twice last year. Twice last year, you had double score games. Last year, one of those games was against, what's team? The Jaguars? Yep. Interesting, interesting. So to put this in Broadway terms, you take on the Jags tomorrow night. Can we expect an encore performance CJ? I mean, you know, we'll see what happens. Can't give the game, no, we'll see. You know, it's a really good defense. We'll see how we match up against them. And you know, the short weeks, the short weeks are always, you know, you're getting in as much as you can in such a short amount of time, but hopefully we'll have something in line for me. Well, those two touchdowns came from Zach Wilson. Okay, he looked good. He looked great. Over 300 yards, he looked confident in his return. What is one thing that you have seen in Zach Wilson? Give me one specific thing over the past month that you've sort of looked at and said, this is how he's grown or evolved. Yeah, I think it was kind of a humbling thing for him, right? I think, you know, I think people forget he's young. Well, I forget he's young because I guess I'm old now. But I think, you know, for him, he took a step back. He really just started going through his progressions and making his reads and you can see it in practice, right? You think, you know, during a game plan week, you expect a certain thing to happen, especially, you know, kind of going against the scout team, saying, hey, this is how they should play at XYZ, whatever. And he kind of sometimes would be like, okay, nice. This should be here. I'm gonna throw it, you know, to this receiver. And over the past month, he's really just been making his reads and like, you know, wow, the scout team didn't play it this way. Maybe we thought they were gonna play something a certain way and they're not. And so he's really just going through his progressions, making the right reads, still able to extend the plays and just be smart with the ball. And you can see it in practice. And yeah, like you said, I think that he played a really, you know, he played a good game, you know, especially with his first game back. So what's your role in that? Because I always, I think of you on that team, and you are an OG, you're the vet there, but it's also your first year there. You're coming from the Bengals. So is it, how do you manage that when you go into a locker room and people are obviously looking towards you for advice or leadership or like, are you the leader in a locker room even though you've only been there? Like what's your role in all this? Cause you can say it however you want. I know you like Mike F and Y. I know you love Zach Wilson too. Managing that has to be difficult and awkward. It just has to be. Yeah, I think the thing that I tell the younger guys, I mean, I really just go up to the receivers, running backs and the tight ends. And all of my message to them is, it doesn't like, we have to make plays. And, you know, I think being in New York has taught me one thing and that's the media is reckless. You know, like they find one person to target and it's the quarterback and they just, they go in and they just don't stop. So, you know, I think the only thing I say to everyone is no matter where the ball is, no matter what's going on, no matter what the coverage is, no matter what the play call is, we have to make plays. We have to go out there, we have to execute at the best of our abilities and get separation, make a contest to catch whatever it is, go in and block and dig out, you know, a safety, a cover three safety who might be in the box that, you know, just, just bring a bigger room. Whatever it is, we have to be, you know, we have to be on our, you know, so we can help the team in any way we can. And I think the guys are buying into that, the young guys off the show. Garrett Wilson certainly is. He's fired up every year. Yeah, you have all these young kids. You've got Elijah, who's like, I don't want to be around and all. And then you have Garrett, I met Garrett Wilson. Garrett Wilson's a character. He is a character. So, you're having to manage that. Does Sala sort of look at you and say, help me out here or, or, you know, cause Sala has to deserve a ton of credit for what's going on with this team. Yeah, no, I love Coach Sala. I said it early in this week to, to our media team. I love him. He, he works for us. He's fights for us. He's, he's awesome. What do you mean he fights for you? Stop right there. He fights for you. And like, I fought for my team to get a beverage machine. Is that what, and we got one today. Woo! We got a new coffee maker. It's very exciting. What, what do you mean he fights for you? No, I think just with, in terms of media, he fights for us. He kind of puts everything on himself no matter what. During the game, he is fired up. I don't know if the cameras are on him, but this man, first of all, he's kind of a, he's a, he's an intimidating kid. Oh, I know. Yeah, so, so him, him yelling at refs, I'm like, all right. Like boys, we gotta, we gotta get, we gotta get this together. We gotta get going. So, yeah, that's what I mean. I think for the most part, the media aspect of it is like, hey, just deflect everything to me. I'll handle all of this. I know they're gonna come at you and try to force your hand. Don't say anything. Just say, talk to yourself. Like, I got this, I can handle them. And then on the field, seeing him fired up gets everybody fired up. He pushes the crap out of me after my first touchdown. And I was like, oh my gosh. It's so funny because that, it's like him and Vrable have that or it's like they're on the field or doing the drills. And then you have Mike McDaniel down in Miami. And he's, the players love him too. So there's not one way that's more right than the other as far as like reaching your players as a coach. But I do think he deserves credit. Now, Joe Hayden was on the show right before you hopped on. And he, we're talking about the Jets chances. And he said, the question is, can Zach lead this team to the playoffs? So I ask you to help me say yes. Is there a moment or something that you can point to that shows that in a critical time, he's got it and he can make it happen? Yeah, I mean, I think the drive that we had, you know, to give me the other touchdown that I had, to put us in the position to win, to, you know, how our defense go back out there who to me is one of the best defenses. I mean, I go against them every week. I'm gonna say that the best defense. And then I fell. Yeah. And to kind of put it on them and say, hey, we got this, we know that you're gonna go out there and do your thing. And I think just him having that composure in and of itself was huge. Him in the two minute drive was big. You know, we got a sack and, you know, the first play, you don't want a sack, but then to be able to make plays, to scramble to the right, throwback to the middle of field to E-more. And, you know, again, put us in the position to tie the game to go to overtime. I think that's huge. You know, I think that's huge for the offense. I think that's huge for us as a team knowing that, again, when push comes to shove in our minds, we are going to win the game when it gets down late in the fourth quarter. And so I think that's kind of why that and stung a little bit because it was, you know, a close game in the fourth quarter when we didn't get it done. But after that game coming in on Monday in a short week, we're like, we could have won that game easily. We still have our swagger, we still have our confidence. We can come in here on Thursday and do what needs to be done to put ourselves in a position to, for the little girl to have her pony, I think is what she said. I mean, we're listening. Okay. Yeah, yeah. So I want it to happen for you. I mean, you were part of a magical thing here. You spent seven years here, my friend. I spoke to Logan Wilson and T Higgins over the past month or so and I asked them both, what is the defining thing of this bangle squad? And I thought of you because I think you were really foundational in putting it into being what it is and the word that they use was unselfishness. The reason they're successful is because they're unselfish. So I ask you, what is the word that defines this Jets team and their success? I would say relentless. I think, you know, to a T to position by position. I mean, I have our defense up a lot because our defense is really good. But I think, you know, as you go off in defense special teams, we are relentless. We're relentless, true. And you look and you know, I love looking at our receivers because like you said, G is a character. E is a character. I'm starting to pull that character out of E where he's having a good time. He's having fun. I'm loose and sees a character off the line. We've got some characters on the off the line. Nate Herbie is hilarious. And then you got the Titans. Like the Titans, the best position on the field. So, you know, we've got some, some swagger about us. But yeah, I think, you know, we're just relentless. No matter what it is, no matter what the situation is in the game, we are going on 100% all out. Doesn't matter what the conditions are. Doesn't matter that, you know, this game, it's like a hundred percent chance of rain with 40 mile per hour winds. We don't care. Like, all right, cool. Lay it on us. We're going to give it our all. And to the last whistle, so. And you don't care with those, those idiot, those ding-dongs like Craig Carton are saying on WFAN or wherever they're saying, we don't care. We have to say, and don't read those back pages. Listen, the New York Post isn't always right. Is he right? You can't listen to everything you read. I will say this though, just quickly, as we say bye to you. My niece in Chicago, Natalia, she's a, like, one, one years old, she, I get a text every morning cause she loves me. She's pointing at me, whatever. And my sister just sent me a text and goes, oh, move over. You put, she's got a crush. And my little niece keeps pointing at you on the TV. CJ, you got these Adams girls. Look at this. Oh my goodness. She loves you. Her name's Natalia. Natalia, hello, Natalia. Oh God, here we go. Baby's first crush. CJ, kick ass tomorrow. Thank you so much. I appreciate it. Yeah, go, why don't you go swimming today? Oh, bye. Oh man, I'm so sorry guys. Bye CJ, and bye Mike, train and mic, I'm in trouble. All right, we're back with a different mic. I'm Mike Raffensburger, who signs my checks.