Quincy Enunwa on Geno Smith's Growth and the Jets' New Look artwork

Quincy Enunwa on Geno Smith's Growth and the Jets' New Look

The Carton Show with Craig Carton & Chris McMonigle

August 14, 2026

Craig Carton welcomes former Jets receiver Quincy Enunwa to discuss Geno Smith's maturity as a veteran quarterback and the current state of the Jets' offensive line. They also explore the emotional challenges of career-ending injuries and debate the future of NFL pregame shows.
Speakers: Craig Carton, Quincy Enunwa, Chris McMonigle

Topics: Sports

**SPEAKER_1** (0:00)
Cumber-some.

**Craig Carton** (0:04)
Carton Show Big Mac coming up in a second or two. Former Jed Wide Receiver, and now one of the radio voices of the New York Jets, Quincy Enunwa is gonna join us. We saw Quincy over at Jet Camp the other day doing some stuff, so it'll be good to have him on the show, get some of his insight as a former wide receiver, who I'm pretty sure played with Geno Smith.
As a matter of fact, when he was a wide receiver, as a, I think, six-round draft pick for the New York Jets back in the day, here's Kevin and Bayonne on the fan. Kevin, what's good, kid?

**SPEAKER_1** (0:39)
Hello.

**Craig Carton** (0:40)
Hello. What's up?

**SPEAKER_1** (0:43)
Big fan, bro. First time, long time. Thank you. I used to listen to you when you did sports, guys.

**Craig Carton** (0:47)
There you go. Old school, back in 2000 Yeah, I'll take it.

**SPEAKER_1** (0:52)
All right. So I just want to shout out to the Bayonne Little League tonight. They are playing 7 o'clock on ESPN. It's the first time in 62 years that Bayonne Little League has made it this far. They're 12-0. They win tonight against Connecticut. They go to the World Series 2-1 for the Little League.

**Craig Carton** (1:08)
Oh, and it's been that long since Bayonne got this far? Yeah.

**SPEAKER_1** (1:14)
It's never been. The Bayonne Little League has been around for 62 years. It's the first time it's ever done.

**Craig Carton** (1:19)
Well, good luck to the Bayonne Little League kids against Connecticut tonight. Now, fingers crossed that they get the dub and then represent New Jersey in the upcoming Little League World Series. So, what's the coach's name over there?

**SPEAKER_1** (1:33)
Rick Cohn.

**Craig Carton** (1:35)
I'll tell you what. If they get into the World Series, reach out to the coach for me. We'll bring him in here and we'll celebrate those kids, okay?

**SPEAKER_1** (1:42)
Yeah. His son is really good. He's got 7 home runs and 21 at-bats.

**Craig Carton** (1:47)
It's always the coach's son. The coach's son is always one of two types of kids. He's either the best player on the team or he's not, but he leads off and played shortstop anyway, right?

**Quincy Enunwa** (1:59)
And when he does, he cries.

**Craig Carton** (2:01)
That's right.
Yeah. Bayonne. Have a first time. It's the first state title Bayonne's won in 75 years. And I guess they are pretty dominant. So fingers crossed for those of you that root on the Bayonne and the Little League team, and hopefully they'll get to the Little League World Series and Williamsport. That'd be great. Kyle is in Ringwood, New Jersey on the fan. Kyle, good afternoon. How are you?

**SPEAKER_3** (2:26)
How are you doing?

**Craig Carton** (2:28)
I'm doing great. Thanks. What's up?

**SPEAKER_3** (2:30)
So I want to talk to you about your talk show that you were talking about the pregame that... Yeah. Everybody's either smoking their meats or getting ready to watch. Nobody watches the pregame shows, nor the after hours, you know?

**Craig Carton** (2:46)
Well, more people watch the pregame than the postgame for sure, but I don't think they're any good.

**SPEAKER_3** (2:53)
Here, they're not good, and you're 100% correct on that. Here's my idea.
Allow Homer and all the other guys that you have, that you like with the personality, you create a YouTube channel that promotes, not promotes, but, you know, sells the games on the NFL, and you get a deal with them, and you put it out on YouTube.

**Craig Carton** (3:18)
Yeah, I think you don't even have to complicate it, Kyle. I think here's the answer to NFL pregames. You could put it on YouTube for sure.
That makes sense, because so much content is now digested through YouTube. But gambling has to be a part of it, because the only reason people used to watch the pregame shows was for the weather report or an injury report, or, you know, the spread and how did it impact the spread. So you have to have gambling as a part of it and the lines as a part of it. You have to make picks as a part of it. But you don't need to have a guy making $10 million a year who used to play wide receiver at whatever conference or division or team as your guy. You just have to have guys that know football, that can talk about the upcoming games in an entertaining fashion, and gambling has to be part of the conversation. That's it. Like, it's not that complicated, right? 80% of people that watch football gamble on it in some way, shape or form. So why would you not make gambling a part of it? It's simple, right? Have real fans of teams, if they're former players, great. Have one guy or gal that can trafficop the entire thing and talk to people the way people talk to each other. Like, we don't have to complicate football. And the first network that does that wins by a mile. It's not even close. Like, Gallo, if I give you a choice, no disrespect at all.

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