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New York Jets special teams coach Brant Boyer<\/a> sat down and spoke to the media about the kicking competition and how things are shaping up on specials so far in training camp.<\/p>\n

Brian Costello, New York Post: Can you give us the update on the kicking competition? I know Eddy Pineiro has been out these last couple of days but how is everything going up until now?<\/strong><\/p>\n

It\u2019s going really, I think that both of them kicked well. Obviously, they made all their kicks the other night. I have no concerns about either of them kicking out of the back of the endzone at any time. Both of them plenty of leg strength, so it\u2019s going to be really interesting to see how it falls out.<\/p>\n

Zack Rosenblatt, The Athletic: I seen Denzel Mims getting some reps during practice in special teams how does he handle that? It hasn\u2019t been his role in the past as much?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Yeah, he\u2019s learning just like everybody all the young guys that haven\u2019t had to do it much or even some older guys that we\u2019re asking to do it. It\u2019s different when you get out there and you\u2019re not used to doing all those things and that\u2019s something that any three, four, five receiver has to play any three, four, five running back, safety, corner, any of them, they all have to contribute because you only have such a little number of guys on gameday. I do think he\u2019s trying, he\u2019s getting better every day and that\u2019s what we ask of him.<\/p>\n

Dan Leberfeld, Jets Confidential: Jermaine Johnson seemed to have a nice block on the kickoff return by Braxton (Berrios). How unusual is it for a first-round edge rusher to be playing in that role and how much do you expect to be using him?<\/strong><\/p>\n

We\u2019ll see how it plays out and what his defensive role is, but I think that what\u2019s really good about this whole entire draft class, they\u2019ve came in and bought into anything we\u2019ve asked them to do and Jermaine specifically, he\u2019s getting better every day. He\u2019s working his butt off and he\u2019ll do anything I ask him and that just shows you a testament of how he works and everything and how he\u2019s blocking out there is from him paying attention in meetings and his willingness to do it is good to see. That\u2019s what a team does and it\u2019s not about a bunch of individuals, it\u2019s about the team.<\/p>\n

Rich Cimini, ESPN.com: Justin Hardee is essentially a specialist. How much value does that have? In today\u2019s NFL, you know the more things you can do the better, but he essentially is a specialist on special teams so when you\u2019re making the final cut how do you value that?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Well for me or the entire team? From my perspective, he has one kickoff, he makes one tackle. He has one punt, he\u2019s in front or standing in front of the returner to force a fair catch, so for me a guy like that I think he\u2019s top five in this league, I do. I think he\u2019s a Pro Bowler in my opinion, he does a really good job for us. He takes a leadership role in the room, so he has done a heck of a job and done everything we asked him to do.<\/p>\n

Brain Costello, New York Post: Josh Martin was one of your guys for years here, do you see any shades of him with Jacob Martin?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I do, I joke around with him all the time like any comment that Jacob makes or something I would be like, \u201cyour brother never said that or something like that,\u201d so I\u2019m always ripping him about his brother, but they\u2019re both very similar, both love ball, both are smart guys that play their butts off all the time. It was a joy to coach Josh and it\u2019s a joy to coach this kid too, Jacob\u2019s awesome.<\/p>\n

Andy Vasquez, NJ Advance Media: With Lawrence Cager moving to TE, does that change anything that he\u2019s able to do on special teams?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

No, not necessarily, I think it goes back to the same thing I said earlier. Any position that\u2019s a three, four, five guy or whatever it is, they\u2019re going to be asked to play special teams and the guys that have the most value on offense and defense and on special teams combined will be here. That\u2019s how this league goes and Cager has done a nice job, he\u2019s working just like everybody else and his willingness to do it has been good, so I think you know we\u2019ll see how it all shapes out at the end.<\/p>\n

Dan Leberfeld, Jets Confidential: Going back to Justin Hardee, what makes for a great kick\/punt\/cover guy just a great special teams\u2019 player? You played for almost 10 years in the league as a kick\/punt\/cover type guy what makes the great one great?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Want to, want to. That\u2019s what it all comes down to. Are you going to say that that guy when I have a 40-yard head start, can I get singled by that guy? I tell my guys all the time, there\u2019s absolutely no way in hell a guy should be able to block you, when you have a 40 yard head start all the time. It\u2019s all that mindset that they have to have in that room. I continuously try to preach on that, teach that because that\u2019s what I believe in. If they\u2019re not doubling you, then something is wrong. You need to beat any single that you got and that\u2019s how we coach them and Hardee\u2019s one of those guys that he has that right mindset and he plays 150 miles an hour on every snap and never stops and things like that. Does he have somethings to improve? Absolutely, just like we all do, but I think he has done a fantastic job in what we\u2019ve asked him to do here since he has been here.<\/p>\n

Dennis Waszak, Associated Press: Do you think the fact that you played special teams and was an excellent special teams player and you know that mentality firsthand helps you get that to the guys?<\/strong><\/p>\n

That\u2019s something you would have to ask a player on what they think of that, but I think you coach how you want it done and I try to coach my guys to play as hard as they can for as long as they can, you know and I want them to be physical and I want them to be tough as hell and I want them to be smart and doing the right things and if you have a group like that who just lays it on the line all the time and they work together and they study and they prepare and they talk and they communicate, then you\u2019re going to have a good group and if you don\u2019t, then that\u2019s on us as coaches. That\u2019s what I believe in.<\/p>\n

Brain Costello, New York Post: Brant, what do you do this time of year to cut down on the penalties that you guys had last year?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Just over preach it, over teach it. Continually try to harp on the specifics of what\u2019s going to get penalties, what\u2019s not going to get penalties, any time we\u2019re correcting tape, we\u2019ll always point that out, so that\u2019s a big emphasis for us this year.<\/p>\n

Eric Allen, New York Jets: How valuable are these joint sessions going to be coming up against Atlanta and then the Giants?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I think it\u2019s going to be huge because you get to see them against other guys and just like all these preseason games, they\u2019re just practices against other people. You get used to working with each other and everybody knows each other moves and stuff like that, but once you get into other guys that you haven\u2019t studied before like you can\u2019t pull out tape and watch these guys when you\u2019re practicing against them, you really see what your skill set is and where your eyes are and things like that and stuff that gets you in trouble and it\u2019ll be a good gauge where we\u2019re at on all phases to see how we stack up against these guys. They have a lot of talent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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