One Bright Spot for EACH AFC East Team: Jets, Bills, Dolphins, & Patriots 🌟🏈

Ryan Wilson joins CBS Sports HQ Spotlight to discuss bright spots for every AFC East team heading into the 2025-26 NFL season.

(00:00:00) Jets
(00:02:40) Bills
(00:04:16) Dolphins
(00:06:59) Patriots

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♪ ♪ >> WELCOME BACK TO HQ SPOTLIGHT. THE AFC EAST IS SHAPING UP TO BE A TOSS-UP IN 2025. THE BILLS WILL BE COMPETITIVE BUT THE REST OF THE DIVISION IS A REAL HEAD-SCRATCHER. MIAMI HAS THE INJURIES PILING UP DAY ONE OF TRAINING CAMP. THE PATRIOTS OF THE FIRST REAL CHANCE OF BEING COMPETITIVE IN YEARS AND THE TEAM WITH THE LONGEST PLAYOFF DROUGHT IN NFL HISTORY LOOKS LIKE THEY COULD COMPETE. PEN TO PAPER WITH GARRETT WILSON SIGNING HIM TO A FOUR-YEAR EXTENSION. WE CAUGHT UP WITH A NEW $130 MILLION MAN AHEAD OF TRAINING CAMP. >> SEEING WHAT OTHER GUYS ARE GETTING. >> INITIALLY, WAY BACK IN THE DAY I GAVE MY AGENT A NUMBER THAT I THOUGHT I WAS WORTHY OF, THOUGHT WE COULD GET TO. HE EXCEEDED EXPECTATIONS. FOR ME, I LOVE PLAYING BALL. IT’S GETTING SOMETHING DONE WERE ITS LONG-TERM AND I CAN GO ON PLAY BALL WITHOUT THINKING OF ANYTHING. IT ALL WORKED OUT. >> IT ALL WORKED OUT FOR US AS WELL AS WE WELCOME IN OUR RYAN WILSON DRAFT ANALYST. NFL ANALYST EXTRAORDINAIRE TO TALK ABOUT ONE THING WE SHOULD BE OPTIMISTIC ABOUT WHEN IT COMES TO THE AFC EAST FOR EACH TEAM. IT FEELS LIKE A GOOD PLACE TO START W WITH THE JETS PEERED FEELING OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THE WIDE RECEIVER STICKING AROUND FOR A COUPLE MORE YEARS. WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE EXTENSION THEY ARE AND HOW IT HELPS OUT THE JETS WHEN IT TO GARRETT WILSON MR. MARK. >> HEY SALLY. SALLY. KAYLEE. I PUT HALEY AND SUTTON TOGETHER EVERY TIME. GOOD TO SEE YOU. HE DESERVES TO GET PAID. THAT MAKES A TON OF SENSE PEERED WHAT’S INTERESTING IS THE JETS HAVE REASON FOR OPTIMISM BECAUSE THE QUARTERBACK SITUATION WITH JUSTIN FIELDS WHO COMES FROM THE STEELERS WHERE HE LOST HIS JOB TO RUSSELL WILSON. THEY WILL BE A RUN FOCUSED OFFENSE AND PART OF JUSTIN FIELDS, IN PART BECAUSE OF BREECE HALL AND BRAELON ALLEN AND THAT WILL HELP HIM. THAT WILL HELP THE OFFENSE. THAT WILL HELP GARRETT WILSON AND BY THE WAY, THAT DEFENSE IS PROBABLY GOING TO BE CLOSE TO RETURNING THE WAY THAT WE’VE BEEN SEEING. THEY HAVE A LOT OF YOUNG EXPLOSIVE EDGE RUSHERS AND I THINK THE TEAM WILL SURPRISE SOME FOLKS IN THE DIVISION. I DON’T KNOW IF THEY WIN MORE THAN THEY LOSE BUT THEY WILL BE ON THE RIGHT TRACK WITH THE HEAD COACH AARON GLENN AND SOMETIMES, RICK SPIELMAN. >> YOUR GOOD FRIEND RICK SPIELMAN. HOW COULD WE FORGET ABOUT HIM. THE JETS AND AARON GLENN HAVE IMPLEMENTED A MANTRA OF MOVING IN SILENCE. I AM WITH YOU. I THINK SILENTLY, THE JETS TEAM WILL BE VERY GOOD. AT LEAST BETTER THAN EXPECTATIONS. THEY OPEN THE SEASON AGAINST PITTSBURGH ON CBS. WE ARE EXCITED TO SEE THE REMATCH BETWEEN QUARTERBACKS AS WELL. LET’S TALK ABOUT THE BILLS NEXT. NOUS DEFENSIVE LINEMEN JOEY BOSA OPENED UP ABOUT THE TRANSITION FROM L.A. TO BUFFALO AND HE MENTIONED HOW CLOSE THE DIVISION WAS. HE’S BEEN MORE WITH TEAMMATES IN BUFFALO THEN HE DID OVER THE LAST NINE YEARS WITH THE CHARGERS. FOR A TEAM WHERE THE DEFENSE HAS HINDERED THEM OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS WHETHER IT IS INJURIES OR PLAYERS NOT STACKING UP, WHY ARE YOU CONFIDENT THAT THE DEFENSE OF SIDE OF THE BALL WILL HELP THIS TEAM UPGRADE IN ’25? >> TWO WERE ITS PURE JOSH ALLEN. HE SOLVES ISSUES ON OFFENSE. BUT THE GENERAL MANAGER DEVOTED A LOT OF RESOURCES TO FIX THAT. JOEY BOSA MIGHT BE THE BIGGEST NAME BUT THEY SPENT A LOT OF DRAFT CAPITAL ON UPGRADING THE DEFENSIVE LINE. THEY DRAFTED THE QUARTERBACK IN THE FIRST ROUND AND THEY MOVED ON TO BEGUILE OR ELAM WHO NEVER QUITE WORKED OUT I KNOW SOME OF THE PLAYERS THAT THEY SIGNED ARE GOING TO BE SUSPENDED FOR THE FIRST FEW WEEKS OF THE SEASON. BUT THE BILLS DON’T STRUGGLE IN SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER. IT’S WHEN THEY GET TO JANUARY AND THEY HAVE TO FACE THE KANSAS CITY CHIEFS THAT SOMETIMES THINGS DON’T GO QUITE AS PLANNED. THIS IS THE LONG-TERM SOLUTION TO FIXING THOSE JANUARY PROBLEMS BY GETTING THE DEFENSE RIGHT. I THINK IF ANYONE IS GOING TO CHALLENGE THE CHIEFS THIS YEAR, IT WILL BE THE BUFFALO BILLS. >> EXCITED TO HEAR THAT. I WOULD BE INTERESTED TO SEE IF THEY CAN FINALLY GET OVER THE HUMP BUT THEY HAVE THE REMATCH AGAINST THE RAVENS AT SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL ON SEPTEMBER 7TH TO KICKOFF THE SEASON. EXCITING STUFF HAPPENING AT ORCHARD PARK FOR TRAINING CAMP. WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT THE DOLPHINS, RYAN. I DID WHAT YOU DID. I PUT DOLPHINS AND RYAN TOGETHER. EITHER WAY, THE DOLPHINS ARE A MESS RIGHT NOW. THERE ARE TALKS OF A CULTURE SHIFT HAPPENING IN MIAMI. WHETHER IT IS TYREEK HILL END OF SEASON ANTICS LAST YEAR OR THE TOUGHNESS SEASON. I WANT YOU TO LISTEN TO QUARTERBACK TONGUE TUA TAGOVAILOA. >> HE’S WORKING ON HIMSELF. HE’S WORKING ON THINGS THAT HE SAYS HE WANTS TO GET BETTER WITH. AND DO BETTER ON. THAT’S THE FIRST STEP TO ME. I COMMEND HIM FOR DOING THAT. >> WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE THINGS THAT YOU HAVE OPTIMISM IN WITH THIS DOLPHINS TEAM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT ONE OF THE STAR PLAYERS AS BEING HEALTHY. IT JUST FEELS LIKE IT’S A LONGER CONVERSATION THAT WILL CONTINUE TO DRAW OUT THROUGH TRAINING CAMP BUT HOW DO THE DOLPHINS PUSH PAST ALL OF THESE ISSUES THAT THEY ARE SEEN DAY ONE? >> THEY NEED TO START GOING TO CHURCH, HALEY. THAT’S THE BEST PIECE OF VICE. AND A WORK IN PROGRESS. IF YOU ARE A COUPLE AND YOU ARE TELLING PEOPLE YOU ARE A WORK IN PROGRESS, THINGS ARE GOING GR GREAT. AND THEY ARE ESSENTIALLY A COUPLE AND THEY ARE A POWER COUPLE WHO HAVE APPARENTLY HAD A ROUGH PATCH AND IT’S NOT — IT’S MOSTLY TYREEK HILL’S DOING I THINK WE SHOULD SAY. I WAS GOING TO TRY TO TALK MYSELF INTO THE OFFENSIVE LINE BEING A POTENTIAL BRIGHT SPOT HERE BECAUSE AUSTIN JACKSON IS HEALTHY. THEY HAVE SOME CONCERNS AT LEFT TACKLE. PRODUCER JAMES INFORMED ME THAT EVERYONE ON THE PLANET HAS GOTTEN OFF THE LINE. I HEARD YOU TALK ABOUT THAT THE DEFENSE IS HURT. HERE’S FINGERS CROSSED THAT TYREEK HILL AND JAYLEN WADDLE WILL STAY HEALTHY AND TUA TAGOVAILOA CAN STAY HEALTHY AND IT WILL TAKE PRAYER BECAUSE IF THIS DOESN’T GO AS PLANNED AND BY PLAN, THEY NEED TO WIN MORE THAN THEY LOSE IN MIAMI, WE COULD BE HAVING A CONVERSATION ABOUT MIKE McDANIEL’S JOB SECURITY FAIR OR NOT. IF HE’S HEALTHY, HE CAN SLING IT. BUT WORK IN PROGRESS DOES NOT INSTILL A LOT OF CONFIDENCE AS TRAINING CAMP GETS UNDERWAY IN A DIVISION THAT WILL BE INCREDIBLY COMPETITIVE. I WILL GO TO CHURCH THIS SUNDAY FOR THEM. I WOULD ENCOURAGE THEM TO GO TO THE SAME. IN TERMS OF LONG-TERM OPTIMISM, CAN’T BEAT THE WEATHER IN DECEMBER. YOU HAVE THAT GOING FOR YOU. >> IT’S VERY NICE HERE IN DECEMBER. SUN IS OUT, NOT SNOWING. YOU MENTION THE INJURIES. WE DON’T HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO GO THROUGH ALL OF THEM THAT WE HAVE SEEN TODAY. WE HAD AN OFFENSIVE LINEMAN TODAY, BYRON MOTTO HAD TO BE MET INFLATED TO A HOSPITAL. POTENTIALLY TORN ACL. THE LIST IS EXTENSIVE WHEN IT COMES TO MIAMI. LET’S WRAP UP THE CONVERSATION TALKING ABOUT THE PATRIOTS. IT’S ALWAYS INTERESTING IN THE CHANGING OF GUARD. WE KNOW BILL BELICHICK IS THIS TOUGH AND ROUGH GUY AND WHEN HE TALKS TO THE MEDIA HE IS SHORT AND TO THE POINT. MIKE VRABEL HAD A VIRAL MOMENT YESTERDAY WHERE A REPORTER ACCIDENTALLY ASKED HIM A QUESTION HE HAD ALREADY BEEN ASKED IN A PRESS CONFERENCE AND HE CALLED A REPORTER OUT PEERED HE WAS LIKE WE ARE ALL GOING TO BE LOCKED IN HERE. YOU WON’T ASK ME THE SAME QUESTIONS TWICE AND SO THE CULTURE SHIFT EVEN EXTENDS OVER TO THE MEDIA SIDE OF THIS. HOW IMPACTFUL DO YOU THINK HAVING A GUY LIKE MIKE VRABEL IN CHARGE OF THIS PROGRAM WITH A FOCUS ON CULTURE, HOW WILL IT IMPACT THE PATRIOTS IN THIS DIVISION? >> IT WILL BE A HUGE IMPACT FROM MINUTE ONE. I APPRECIATE MIKE VRABEL BEING HONEST WITH EVERYONE AT THAT ORGANIZATION. HE DOESN’T HAVE TIME TO ANSWER THE SAME QUESTION OVER AND OVER AGAIN. WHETHER SOMEONE THAT WORKS WITH THE TEAM OR SOMEONE IS COVERING THE TEAM AND YOU NEED TO LOOK BACK TO THE TENNESSEE TITANS ON HOW HE MADE A LOT OUT OF A LITTLE PERSONNEL WISE WITH THAT TEAM. THEY WEREN’T THE MOST EXCITING TEAM TO WATCH BUT THEY CONSISTENTLY MADE THEIR WAY TO THE PLAYOFFS. RYAN TANNEHILL HAD A HIS BEST SEASON UNDER MIKE VRABEL AND YOU HAVE DRAKE MAYE IN THE TABLES WILL TURN AROUND QUICKLY. I THINK THIS TEAM HAS A CHANCE TO WIN NINE GAMES AND MAKE A PUSH TO THE PLAYOFFS THIS SEASON AND THAT SOUNDS POTENTIALLY CRAZY GIVEN HOW BAD THEY HAVE IN THE LAST TWO YEARS BUT THAT’S HOW IMPORTANT MIKE VRABEL’S AND THAT’S HOW GOOD DRAKE MAYE WILL BE IN GEAR TWO. >> IT WILL LOOK A LOT DIFFERENT THAN TO WHAT PEOPLE ARE EXPECTING PEERED THEY WILL OPEN AGAINST THE RAIDERS. YOUR WORK NEVER STOPS AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR CONVERSATION HERE ON HQ SPOTLIGHT. THE NFL SEASON JUST OVER A MONTH AWAY. GAMES ARE TURNING TO CBS ON SEPTEMBER 7TH WITH A HANDFUL OF TEAMS WE JUST