Jets2013 Posted September 10, 2016 Share Posted September 10, 2016 This guy seems pretty confident. Hopefully he is as good on the field Sunday as he is in this 10 minute interview on NYJets.com. Catapano talks about his position switch to full time OLB, overcoming last years injury and about the young Jets linebackers. Says that the Jets OLBs are hungry and that makes them dangerous. Talks about how it's a dream to be playing as a Jet and about his Curtis Martin jersey at home in his closet (Catapano was a running back at Chaminade in high school on long Island and switched to playing defense in college). And talks about playing on 9/11 in front of friends etc....long but interesting interview. He's our starting OLB Sunday and moving forward as well according to NY.com beat writer Conor Hughes. Hughes said it was confirmed by Coach Bowles Catapano and Jenkins will both share starting responsibilities even when Jenkins is healthy. http://m.newyorkjets.com/videos/videos/Mke-Catapano-Its-Huge-to-Have-an-Opportunity/b00b9398-80c1-40ce-81b7-af99fc606d81 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jets2013 Posted September 10, 2016 Author Share Posted September 10, 2016 Conor Hughes of NJ.com confirming Catapano starting role today. So it's him and Mauldin Sunday I guess. Will be interesting to see how much they use Josh Martin as well. https://youtu.be/LP4akZgU3a8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BurnleyJet Posted September 10, 2016 Share Posted September 10, 2016 Rooting for Cap look hoot before the foot injury, love we have some young hungry Linbackers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyCarl40 Posted September 10, 2016 Share Posted September 10, 2016 Catapano is a pass rushing specialist and not much more. Asking him to be more than that and do it for an entire game is asking for trouble. Get well soon Jenkins. OLB is thin as it is and the Jets need healthy players there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nostradamus Posted September 10, 2016 Share Posted September 10, 2016 1 hour ago, CrazyCarl40 said: Catapano is a pass rushing specialist and not much more. Asking him to be more than that and do it for an entire game is asking for trouble. Get well soon Jenkins. OLB is thin as it is and the Jets need healthy players there. I hope Catapano looks good tomorrow like he did in preseason because i'll be quite honest Jenkins got pushed around a bit when you watch the tape. Mauldin got pushed around a bit as well. But was preseason, curious to see how they look tomorrow. But yes we need them all healthy for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nostradamus Posted September 10, 2016 Share Posted September 10, 2016 2 hours ago, CrazyCarl40 said: Catapano is a pass rushing specialist and not much more. Asking him to be more than that and do it for an entire game is asking for trouble. Get well soon Jenkins. OLB is thin as it is and the Jets need healthy players there. Also how do we know what he can or can't do until we see it? Obviously the coaches have faith in the kid. One thing you HAVE to admire about this guy is his attitude. Attitude is infectious...it elevates the mind of everyone around it. Especially in a position made up of young guys with limited experience. The guy definitely sounds like a leader. I am rooting for him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LIJetsFan Posted September 10, 2016 Share Posted September 10, 2016 Crap, I forgot he's coming off a lisfranc. Lost weight, playing a new position, had a decent preseason it seems, still I can't help but feel the jury is def out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rangers9 Posted September 10, 2016 Share Posted September 10, 2016 What I recall about him was that he was well liked by Andy Reid who had good things to say about him when the Chiefs cut him. And something to the effect that he was glad the Jets picked him up. He must have showed something in training camp to make the team because it wasn't easy. He could be a good role player for us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nostradamus Posted September 10, 2016 Share Posted September 10, 2016 4 minutes ago, LIJetsFan said: Crap, I forgot he's coming off a lisfranc. Lost weight, playing a new position, had a decent preseason it seems, still I can't help but feel the jury is def out. For sure it is....jury is still out on this whole group. This positional group maybe more than any other has to prove itself. But if these guys and the right side of that O Line can step up we got ourselves a contender. Lets see Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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CrazyCarl40 Posted September 10, 2016 Share Posted September 10, 2016 3 hours ago, Nostradamus said: Also how do we know what he can or can't do until we see it? Obviously the coaches have faith in the kid. One thing you HAVE to admire about this guy is his attitude. Attitude is infectious...it elevates the mind of everyone around it. Especially in a position made up of young guys with limited experience. The guy definitely sounds like a leader. I am rooting for him. Is he your nephew or something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ljr Posted September 10, 2016 Share Posted September 10, 2016 3 hours ago, Nostradamus said: For sure it is....jury is still out on this whole group. This positional group maybe more than any other has to prove itself. But if these guys and the right side of that O Line can step up we got ourselves a contender. Lets see Ding - ding - ding .... We have a winner !!! Please God ... One time!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nostradamus Posted September 11, 2016 Share Posted September 11, 2016 11 hours ago, ljr said: Ding - ding - ding .... We have a winner !!! Please God ... One time!!! Tomorrow should tell a lot...should be a great gauge as Cinci is clearly one of the top teams in the AFC...so if we can somehow squeak out a W tomorrow then maybe. Lets see how the running games goes against a quality defense. That will be very telling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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