Bart Scott talks Jets, Tebow at movie premiere

Jets linebacker Bart Scott spoke to Newsday's Neil Best Wednesday night prior to the Tribeca Film Festival screening of "Broke," which will premiere on ESPN Oct. 2:

Best asked Bart about a few different things, including the Jets new backup/Wildcat extraordinaire Tim Tebow and whether he's got what it takes to be an impact player this season.

Here's some of what Scott said:

"I think we underachieved, and I think that’s an understatement, but I think we have a tremendous team and the talent is still there. We’re still the team that went to AFC Championship Games two years in a row. We just have to refocus. I told everybody about sometimes when all you know is success you need failure to have a fear of failure and a lot of our young players came in and all they knew was winning and they thought going to the AFC Championship Game you just wake up, put your pants on and it happens.

"I think we didn’t have as big a sense of urgency as we needed because whenever we got in a tight crunch we always found a way to get in the playoffs, and that’s all we needed. We knew once we got into the playoffs we could strike fire because it becomes a one-game season. Now guys understand, and now they’re mature in the aspect of the fear of losing and fear of walking around the whole offseason being doubted and hearing bad things written about you and people saying you can’t do it and I think hunger is there because now people want to prove other people wrong. But now they understand just how special it is to go to the AFC Championship."

"One hundred percent. First of all he’s a tremendous individual, and secondly I think he fills a void for us with the Brad Smith role. I think it’s something that was missing in our offense last year, the threat of that. Teams have to prepare for that and I think we’re going to teach him how to expand that offense under Tony Sparano, who specialized in it, then with the work we’ve already done with it in previous years that merges together with a talent like that.

"Of course. It’s been a lot of questions and a lot of things said about me this offseason, and come opening day I’ll answer those questions."