Here is the transcript of Rex Ryan’s press conference on Wednesday.\u00a0 Some good injury updates but this one is especially non-controversial by Rex standards.<\/p>\n
Opening Statement\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n We have the injury report here.\u00a0 Mike DeVito did not practice, knee. It doesn\u2019t look good for this week.\u00a0 Vlad Ducasse was limited in practice with a knee.\u00a0 I think he\u2019ll be fine.\u00a0 Everybody else was full: Marcus Dixon, shoulder, Shonn Greene, rib, Jeremy Kerley, knee, Nick Mangold, ankle, Calvin Pace, groin, Brodney Pool, knee, Matt Slauson, knee, and LaDainian (Tomlinson), knee, so everybody was good.\u00a0 In fact, I think LT (Tomlinson) and Kerley looked really good out there.\u00a0 They look fresh and ready to roll, so that\u2019s a good sign.\u00a0 I\u2019ll open it up for questions.<\/p>\n On how much better it is coming to work after a win\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n Oh, man, yeah, that\u2019s good.\u00a0 You look forward to coming to work every day, win, lose or draw, but it\u2019s always better.\u00a0 Everything (is), food, you name it, it\u2019s better.\u00a0 I always tell the players their girlfriend is better looking. (joking)\u00a0 That\u2019s just how it works.\u00a0 Everything is better.<\/p>\n On where the team has missed Tomlinson the most the last two weeks\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n I guess the big thing would be, even though I think the other guys stepped in and did a nice job, in the protections and third down – specifically, those types of roles.\u00a0 I thought Joe McKnight and I thought Shonn Greene did a real nice job of stepping in, especially in pass protection.\u00a0 LT is hard to replace.\u00a0 You always miss him, a great player like that.<\/p>\n On the team liking Ryan Kerrigan coming out of college\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n Yes, we did.\u00a0 The young man reminds me of a young Jarret Johnson, just the style of play.\u00a0 He has a relentless motor.\u00a0 I don\u2019t think he\u2019s missed a snap on defense yet for the whole season so that\u2019s pretty impressive, but they do have two excellent edge pass rushers.\u00a0 Even their inside guys can rush the quarterback pretty good, but those outside guys, we really are going to be tested.\u00a0 Our protections are definitely going to be tested this week.<\/p>\n On if Washington is the biggest pass-rush challenge they have had since Baltimore\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n Yes, probably so, when you look at them.\u00a0 I think they\u2019re third in the league in sacks, so that says a lot about how they can rush the passer.\u00a0 (They are) very talented on the outside.<\/p>\n On the offensive line facing Washington after producing their best performance of the season against Buffalo\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n I think that\u2019s going to be a great battle.\u00a0 Clearly, we can\u2019t hold the ball long.\u00a0 We\u2019re going to have to throw the ball on time because those guys can really rush.\u00a0 Again, I feel good about it.\u00a0 I think our guys really did a great job.\u00a0 You might recall that Buffalo had 10 sacks against Buffalo, so it isn\u2019t like Buffalo can\u2019t rush the passer.\u00a0 This will be (a great challenge), but I think it\u2019ll be a great test.\u00a0 I don\u2019t think there is any doubt.<\/p>\n On if he noticed that Mark Sanchez and Santonio Holmes not being on the same page against Buffalo and if that is something they are working through\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n They are definitely working through it.\u00a0 That third-and-two, the ball should\u2019ve been a quick-out.\u00a0 They ended up reading it differently.\u00a0 Mark (Sanchez) threw the ball as a quick-out and that wasn\u2019t the case.\u00a0 That was something that could\u2019ve been a big third-down conversion, but it\u2019s just things like that that we\u2019re trying like crazy to clean up right now to where it\u2019s like, hey, it\u2019s not just on offense, it\u2019s on defense, as well.\u00a0 Late in the game there, you can\u2019t have technique errors and we did.\u00a0 That\u2019s what we\u2019re really working on right now.<\/p>\n On why Sanchez excels at leading fourth-quarter comebacks\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n I just think the big thing is the competitiveness.\u00a0 Your great competitors find a way.\u00a0 They rise up to the occasion.\u00a0 They find ways to get it done, and that\u2019s almost in all sports.\u00a0 You can always tell like, \u201cThis guy is a clutch player.\u00a0 Well, his competitive desire is phenomenal,\u201d and that\u2019s what you see in Mark.\u00a0 We\u2019ve seen it around here that the bigger the game, the bigger the time in the game, the better he plays.<\/p>\n On if they have worked on trying to get his competitive fire to translate earlier in the game\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n I just think that we have to come out of the gates.\u00a0 We have to, and understand that all week long we prepared.\u00a0 You prepared.\u00a0 Go into the game confident, expecting great things to happen.\u00a0 That\u2019s what we have to do.\u00a0 We know we have a big challenge this week.\u00a0 That\u2019s a good football team, but we have to come out with guns a blazing.<\/p>\n On if there is anything he, Sanchez and Coach Schottenheimer have talked about to try and get the team going earlier\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n We\u2019ve tried a lot of different things, but it\u2019s just a matter of our team coming out of the blocks better.<\/p>\n On if he and Sanchez have talked about what happened last week when he gave a few snaps to Mark Brunell during practice\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n No, he knows me and I know him, but it\u2019s more of, you saw that steely-eyed focus and determination, and that\u2019s what we\u2019re looking for.<\/p>\n On if they have talked to Sanchez about his decision-making\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n It\u2019s kind of like if you\u2019re expecting a route a certain way, you can deliver a ball that\u2019s not (in traffic).\u00a0 There are a lot of things that he takes the brunt of the criticism (for).\u00a0 He always takes it.\u00a0 Sometimes, it\u2019s not him.\u00a0 Sometimes, it could be a route.\u00a0 Sometimes, it could be a protection.\u00a0 It could be anything.\u00a0 A lot of times it\u2019s not him, but the young man always takes it.\u00a0 I think that also says a lot about him (and) the kind of character he has.\u00a0 Is he perfect?\u00a0 No, and we\u2019re working on things.\u00a0 There is no question about it, but I\u2019m confident.\u00a0 He works as hard as anybody I\u2019ve been around.<\/p>\n On how to clean up the route-running and make sure he is on the same page with his receivers\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n That\u2019s what you do each week.\u00a0 You never make the assumption that you\u2019ve figured it out.\u00a0 Each day is about coming to practice and getting better.\u00a0 I think we had a great practice today and I expect us to keep working on it to get those things.\u00a0 If there is any gray area, take the play out.<\/p>\n On percentage of completed passes to Santonio Holmes and Plaxico Burress he would find acceptable\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n I think sometimes on the outside, if you can hit on 50 percent of them, depending on what the coverages are and all that, there are a lot of different things, a lot of different variables that go into it.\u00a0 Everyone will say the magic number seems to be 60 percent, but sometimes on the outside, I don\u2019t know if that\u2019s really realistic.\u00a0 I think in man-coverage, what does Revis give up, about a 33 percent completion rate or something like that?\u00a0 (With) our big guns, we expect them to be around 50 or 60 percent, obviously 60 being on the high end of that.\u00a0 There are a lot of things that go into it.<\/p>\n On if plays are scaled down based on practice or the execution in the game\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n We get our game plan and it may be like 100 plays, just giving you a number.\u00a0 By the time you go into a game, it might be down to 60.\u00a0 We do things like that on defense.\u00a0 Generally, the number was 46 that we\u2019d start the week with and we would probably end with about 38.\u00a0 We\u2019ve actually even cut that number down some, so each week kind of varies (in terms of) plays.\u00a0 If you don\u2019t hit them in practice, I don\u2019t see why you\u2019d have it up in the game.\u00a0 That\u2019s something that Schotty (Coach Brian Schottenheimer) and we look at.<\/p>\n On if he has ever been around a quarterback who could be up and down for three quarters and then be so reliable in the fourth quarter\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n Yes, we had Steve McNair in 2006 when I was in Baltimore and we had several games like that.\u00a0 The great thing is, every teammate (and) every coach wanted the ball in his hands at the end of the game, and you felt confident.\u00a0 I\u2019m sure that\u2019s exactly the way the team feels (about Mark).\u00a0 I loved Steve. I thought he was awesome.\u00a0 (He had) very similar leadership traits as Mark has and I\u2019ll take that any day of the week.\u00a0 You ask me that, I was around Steve in 2006.<\/p>\n On Sanchez getting booed in the opening introductions last Sunday\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n Sometimes it\u2019s tough being a quarterback and all that.\u00a0 I don\u2019t like it, but the fans have a right to boo and cheer and all that.\u00a0 What we\u2019re trying to do is work hard to give our fans a reason to cheer and sustain it.\u00a0 A lot was made of that, but what I keep thinking about when you ask about our fans (is) we\u2019re 5-1 at home now, which is good.\u00a0 At the end of the game, our fans, it was crazy how loud they were.\u00a0 I thought that was terrific.\u00a0 There was no question they were 100 percent behind us at the end of that game.<\/p>\n On if he heard Sanchez get booed\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n I really didn\u2019t, but I read it (in the newspapers), not that it must be true (joking).\u00a0 But, I did read it.<\/p>\n On if he thinks the team can be dangerous in the playoffs based on past seasons or on the current performance of this year\u2019s team\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n I just think it\u2019s a combination.\u00a0 Obviously, you fall back on your past.\u00a0 It\u2019s not like it is 20 years ago.\u00a0 It\u2019s last year and the year before that, and we\u2019ll lean on that.\u00a0 We have playoff experience and I think that helps us.\u00a0 Obviously, we have to get there.\u00a0 We put ourselves in a big hole, but I know this group, we\u2019re going to do whatever we can to fight out of it and find our way in.\u00a0 We know we have to scrap like crazy to get there.\u00a0 What the number is exactly, nobody knows right now, but I can tell you one thing, we\u2019re going to put forth everything we have, an unbelievable effort, to try to get into these playoffs.\u00a0 Yes, I do believe we\u2019d be dangerous once we get in the playoffs.\u00a0 Is it based on the history?\u00a0 Yes, part of it, because we have experience.\u00a0 We have more experience than a lot of teams that people write about all the time, or talk about as Super Bowl favorites.\u00a0 I don\u2019t know how many games (it\u2019s been).\u00a0 We\u2019ve played probably as many games as anybody out there.\u00a0 I don\u2019t know, maybe Green Bay has played more over the last two years.\u00a0 I\u2019m not sure if that\u2019s the case, but we feel very confident that if we get in there, we know what the playoffs are all about and we\u2019ll do some damage.<\/p>\n On what is it about this season\u2019s team that makes him confident\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n I don\u2019t think we\u2019re playing our best yet.\u00a0 I think the best is yet to come.\u00a0 Obviously, we\u2019re running out of weeks.\u00a0 We have to get it done right now.\u00a0 We recognize that.\u00a0 We\u2019re not ducking from that at all.\u00a0 We\u2019ve done a lot of positive things. It\u2019s just we kind of lack consistency.\u00a0 On offense, defense and special teams, we\u2019ve been probably as good as it gets in the league, then there have been moments where we\u2019ve been really poor.\u00a0 I think that\u2019s why the record is what it is, at 6-5.\u00a0 We\u2019re not much higher than that, but I think we have the ability and I think it\u2019s in us to where we can be much better than that.<\/p>\n On if Antonio Cromartie has been as consistent as they expected\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n I think Cro (Cromartie), at times, has played well.\u00a0 I think it\u2019s not just him, I think it\u2019s the entire football team.\u00a0 He had a tough break on the one Brad Smith (touchdown catch).\u00a0 He had great coverage, he tips the ball up and Brad stays with it and makes the catch for a touchdown.\u00a0 The fumble, I think, maybe is leading into that a little bit.\u00a0 I think Cro is a much better kick returner than a punt returner, but I think it\u2019s just one of those situations.\u00a0 He\u2019s not the only guy that\u2019s ever made a mistake doing that, but again, overall, I\u2019ve been pleased with the way Cro has played.\u00a0 Do I think he can play better?\u00a0 I absolutely do.\u00a0 I really do, but I feel that about a lot of guys.<\/p>\n On facing the Redskins in Washington\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n It\u2019s a tough place to play.\u00a0 I\u2019ve coached against the Redskins several times (and) it\u2019s a tough place.\u00a0 There is no doubt about it.\u00a0 They play with a certain personality at their stadium.\u00a0 I think they\u2019re a talented team, if you look at them.\u00a0 That\u2019s a who\u2019s who.\u00a0 You look at the names on the back of their jerseys, I recognize him, him, him and him.\u00a0 They have a whole group of those guys, but again, we\u2019re coming out there and we\u2019ll see.\u00a0 We know that the Redskins are built.\u00a0 This is a big, strong (and) physical football team, so we know it\u2019s going to be a battle.<\/p>\n On the Madison-Summit matchup for the New Jersey North 2, Group 2 State Championship\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n I don\u2019t want to make any guarantees.\u00a0 No, I think it\u2019s going to be a great game.\u00a0 Alright, I\u2019ll admit it.\u00a0 I\u2019m disappointed the game is not played in our stadium.\u00a0 I\u2019ll be honest with you.\u00a0 I don\u2019t understand it.\u00a0 You have two natural rivals right there, so I\u2019m going to be in trouble from the New Jersey school board. I don\u2019t care.\u00a0 The game should be played in MetLife Stadium.\u00a0 It\u2019s a game that everybody wants to see.\u00a0 That other team, Don Bosco, is decent, probably just below Summit. (joking)\u00a0 It is going to be a great game.\u00a0 I know Madison, everyone talks about (how) they have a great back and all that.\u00a0 It\u2019ll be fun.\u00a0 My money is on (Summit Head Coach John) Liberato.\u00a0 I\u2019ll take Summit.<\/p>\n On who has the better Rex, New York or Washington\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n I think Grossman is probably a better thrower than me, but I think everybody would probably say they have a better Rex. I think I coach better than him though.<\/p>\n On the reason Emmanuel Cook was waived\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n Remember I said we make decisions all the time here, what we always feel is in the best interest of our football team, and we\u2019ll just leave it at that.<\/p>\n On if Revis is bothered by the fact that he had an off game\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n I\u2019ll be honest, we asked him to do different things in that game. We never wanted the ball going over our head. We were willing to give up some underneath routes. And you don\u2019t get beat on six (or) seven-yard routes. He\u2019s in zero coverage. So it\u2019s not like there is any help. At those times, that\u2019s what we\u2019re telling him to do. I know he\u2019s playing in our defense. He\u2019s doing what is asked of him. I\u2019ll take that any day of the week. Would I like to see him challenge and not give up a pass? But those things are going to happen. He gave up the one touchdown, a five-yard touchdown. (Everybody says) \u2018Oh, he had a terrible game\u2019. He\u2019s a great player and a great competitor. Knowing him, he can\u2019t wait to play this game. It\u2019s going to be a challenge, they have some good receivers out there.<\/p>\n On Revis backing off right before the snap on Stevie Johnson\u2019s touchdown\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n Because what you do, you\u2019re in Cover Zero, so it\u2019s kind of a cat and mouse game. If you press, a lot of times you\u2019re vulnerable to a fade or a back shoulder. If you play off, you\u2019re more vulnerable to a slant. Sometimes you kind of play in between there and you drive the slant. If you get a slant route, you drive it and sometimes I\u2019ve seen him make plays where he actually intercepts that ball. The kid got inside, he has a big body and Harvard (Fitzpatrick) made a nice pass.<\/p>\n On if teams will try to exploit Revis on slants in the future\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n Well, yes you kind of hope so, because we run a lot of traps. At that time, they hit us on a couple of those, but sometimes what you see is not necessarily what you get. A couple of quarterbacks have thrown over there, we show them a lot of looks of zero and then all the sudden roll into two-man and Revis can undercut some things. So it\u2019s kind of a little chess match that you play each week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Here is the transcript of Rex Ryan’s press conference on Wednesday.\u00a0 Some good injury updates but this one is especially non-controversial by Rex standards. Opening Statement\u2026 We have the injury report here.\u00a0 Mike DeVito did not practice, knee. 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