{"id":10251,"date":"2011-12-26T21:44:27","date_gmt":"2011-12-27T01:44:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jetnation.com\/?p=10251"},"modified":"2011-12-26T21:45:19","modified_gmt":"2011-12-27T01:45:19","slug":"rex-ryan-talks-to-the-media-122611","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/2011\/12\/26\/rex-ryan-talks-to-the-media-122611\/","title":{"rendered":"Rex Ryan Talks To The Media – 12\/26\/11"},"content":{"rendered":"

Opening Statement\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

Obviously, we watched the tape and we gave up too many big plays on defense and obviously, to the Giants credit, we never got any big plays on offense. We controlled the ball by time of possession. I think we had 97 offensive plays, gradable plays. Generally, you win the game when that happens. You make a team go eight three-and-outs for the game. Eli (Manning) was nine-of-27. We would\u2019ve signed up for all of those things, but at the end of the day, they made some big plays, obviously the 99-yard pass really killed us, took momentum out of it. It was a third-down play with two minutes left. That was really a momentum changer. It\u2019s just a frustrating thing. You try to make things happen. That\u2019s kind of when you get in trouble. That certainly added maybe to some of our failures. But you\u2019ve got to give credit to the Giants. They played a great game. They played a better game than us and they deserved to win. Going forward, what I talked to the players about today, I talked about there\u2019s hope and possibilities. Obviously, the game against Miami is critical when you look at all of the factors involved and the most difficult thing (we need) to happen, I think, is for us to beat the Dolphins. The Dolphins are playing extremely well, doing a great job on defense. Mike Nolan\u2019s doing a great job down there, has those guys really playing. Offensively, they\u2019re moving the ball well. I don\u2019t know the health issues of Reggie Bush, but clearly he\u2019s had a great year, 1,000 yards rushing. But we look at that, of all the scenarios, that might be the biggest one, the toughest thing. You\u2019d hate to have everything fall into place and us not take care of our own business. So, that\u2019s where our focus is. I think when the guys come back on Wednesday, we\u2019ll be dialed in, everything will be behind us and we still have an opportunity there to make the playoffs, albeit not near as good as it would\u2019ve been had we have beaten the Giants.<\/p>\n

On whether he still believed the Jets were forced to throw the ball even though they only trailed the Giants for one score most of the game and whether he was happy with how the game was called\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

Well, I think it\u2019s easy to go back and look, and even after the game when I had saw that we had thrown it 59 times or whatever it was, obviously we don\u2019t want to be that kind of team. And I said before that we were not built for that, meaning we need to run the ball more. At the time, you\u2019re down what we were. I think the best way I should\u2019ve said it, having been a playcaller myself for 10 years as a defensive coach, I look at it, the toughest offenses to face are the ones that are balanced. Any time you get to where a team has to throw that many times, very few teams, probably with the exception of New England and maybe Green Bay, but I still think they run it a bunch, maybe Indianapolis, those are about the only teams that can win consistently if you\u2019ve got to throw that much. For us, when I said that we\u2019re not built that way, I don\u2019t really think a whole lot of teams are built that way and certainly not us. I\u2019d much prefer to be more balanced.<\/p>\n

On his level of confidence in Brian Schottenheimer and Mark Sanchez\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

I have a huge amount of confidence in both guys. There\u2019s no doubt. I\u2019ve stated over and over my feelings about Mark Sanchez. And I\u2019ve said it before, no quarterback\u2019s going to look great when that\u2019s all you do and you fall behind and things like that, but it wasn\u2019t Mark\u2019s best day by any stretch of the imagination, but we know he\u2019s done it. And he\u2019s been doing it. We have great confidence in him and I have great confidence in him. And as far as Brian Schottenheimer\u2019s concerned, we\u2019ll just keep working side-by-side, shoulder-to-shoulder and we\u2019re trying to find a way to beat Miami. I have confidence in him. I have confidence in all of our coaches. It\u2019s just that we have to find a way to get it done.<\/p>\n

On injury updates\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

I think Brodney (Pool), he was cleared medically, so he\u2019s fine. He had some headaches during the game, but he stayed in there and passed all of the concussion tests, all those type of things that they have you do. Mark (Sanchez) took some hits, but he\u2019s fine. But this time of year, you get a lot of bumps and bruises and things. Eric Smith with a knee injury is still fighting through that. There are guys beat up. I think we\u2019ll play. I think all of us will play.<\/p>\n

On Schottenheimer\u2019s overall performance this season\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

Well, I think, one the biggest things going into the season, we talked about was red zone and I don\u2019t know if we\u2019re the first in the league but we\u2019re one of the best in red zone efficiency. Obviously, that was a point of emphasis in the offseason. Statistically, that\u2019s going to be what it\u2019s going to be, but there have been some teams that I have been on where the numbers aren\u2019t great but you look at the wins. I think that\u2019s the huge thing when you evaluate coaches, is just look at the teams that are winning. I think that\u2019s the biggest thing. I am really proud of the way we\u2019ve gotten much better in the red zone. Obviously we need to get down there more. I guess if you are evaluating Brian (Schottenheimer), I think the season, number one, is not over and the fact that we\u2019ve won eight games, we obviously need to win this ninth game to try and get in the playoffs. The thing I think when you look at coaching, what you\u2019re emphasizing, and in the offseason we emphasized that red zone offense and I think we\u2019ve done a great job there. I can say this, I don\u2019t think anyone works as hard as Brian Schottenheimer, and really everyone on that staff, that offensive staff, they do as good a job as I\u2019ve ever seen, they work as hard as anybody. Sometimes the results are there, numbers-wise, sometimes they\u2019re not.<\/p>\n

On how disappointing it is to have win and get help to make it to the postseason\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

Well, you\u2019re disappointed because you wish it was like last year, where you go into that last game with a little breathing room because you know you\u2019re already in but obviously we haven\u2019t earned that right yet, and so we have to do it the hard way. Absolutely we hope that luck is with us, but we can only affect the game that we are playing and that is where our entire focus needs to be.<\/p>\n

On whether he feels changes are necessary for the offense to be more successful\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

Again, we\u2019ve won eight games, obviously we were hoping to win more than that, but you know the numbers sometimes can be real misleading at times. (As far as making) changes and all that stuff, I thought we did an excellent job in the offseason of putting together what I think is an excellent football team, with a lot of talent. Have we had the results that we were hoping for? No, but again the season is not over. We will look at everything at the end of the season, but right now we are competing for it, we have a chance and we just have to find a way to get it done this week<\/p>\n

On if he talked to Schottenheimer at halftime about running the ball more\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

First off, I think it might be a little misleading because at (the) half, the two-minute drive, we had 11 straight passes trying to set up that field goal, which we did a good job of, but we did have 11 straight pass attempts there.\u00a0 That can kind of messed with it statistically, a little bit.\u00a0 I thought we ran the ball effectively.\u00a0 Sometimes when the score gets to what it is, you have to throw a little more than you want.\u00a0 It\u2019s easy to look back after the game at the facts and say, \u2018Well we were running the ball well.\u00a0 We should\u2019ve run it more.\u2019\u00a0 That\u2019s the way it is, sometimes.<\/p>\n

On what he has seen from Sanchez lately to think that he has improved this season\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

I think some of it, it might be hard to evaluate and say, \u201cWell, he definitely improved in this area.\u201d\u00a0 I don\u2019t know if that was the case.\u00a0 I know the Giants put a tremendous amount of pressure on him.\u00a0 They did an outstanding job in mixing some of their coverages and different things like that.\u00a0 I think you have to give credit.\u00a0 As far as evaluating him, I always like to evaluate guys on wins and losses, and I think that\u2019s the way a coach should be evaluated, as well.\u00a0 Obviously, we never did a good enough job against the Giants.\u00a0 The Giants did a better job than we did and that\u2019s why they won the game.<\/p>\n

On why the offense has been so inconsistent this year\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

I think, sometimes, we\u2019re quick to overlook the obvious, and that\u2019s the opponent.\u00a0\u00a0 I think you have to give credit.\u00a0 When you look at the Eagles and the Giants, both those teams did a tremendous job of rushing the passer in the game.\u00a0 Going into it, they were some of the best pass-rushing groups in the league and they proved it against us.\u00a0 They were putting pressure on us and I think sometimes that makes it difficult.\u00a0 Obviously, not as much in the Giants game, but in the Eagles game, you fall down 28-0, nobody is going to look good in that situation.<\/p>\n

On if he thinks Miami will be more motivated this week with the chance to play spoiler\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

Yes, you want to play spoiler and all that, certainly there is no doubt you want to win games, regardless.\u00a0 When you have a chance, maybe your season hasn\u2019t gone as long as you have hoped, because everybody has the goal of getting into the playoffs, but you still want to play that spoiler role.\u00a0 When you look at them, they\u2019re playing really well right now, so this is going to be a difficult game, a big challenge for us.<\/p>\n

On if he was disappointed in the offensive line not being able to protect Sanchez more on Saturday\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

I think, sometimes, you target the line when there is pressure.\u00a0 Sometimes, there are more things involved.\u00a0 There is blitz pickup, tight ends involved, running backs involved (and) all those different types of things.\u00a0 When teams are able to just tee off on you and you\u2019re playing from behind, you can look at the stats throughout the league, that when you\u2019re trailing in the fourth quarter, that\u2019s when you get more sacks, you get more turnovers and all that kind of stuff.\u00a0 That kind of played out on Saturday.\u00a0 That\u2019s kind of how it played out.<\/p>\n

On the Giants running the ball better in the second half\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

They made a couple of big runs on us.\u00a0 I don\u2019t want to not give them credit because I thought they ran the ball hard, (but) we kind of blew a couple of assignments on a couple of their big runs.\u00a0 Really, the last one at the end of the game, we were just trying to create something there.\u00a0 We pulled the safety out, brought him over to the open side (and) were trying to force a turnover.\u00a0 We thought the only way to win the game was a turnover.\u00a0 You\u2019re down by six points and they\u2019re in field goal range, you try to do whatever you can to disrupt them and they popped the big run on us there for a touchdown.\u00a0 (Brandon) Jacobs had a big run there on the outside.\u00a0 He broke our contain, our force player, he was outside of that and those are things that we have to get corrected, but to his credit, he made a big run.<\/p>\n

On if there is anything he has been disappointed in offensively\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

Definitely, I think producing more big plays down the field.\u00a0 I think that has to be an area of concern.\u00a0 In the past, we\u2019ve been able to hit some big plays in the passing game and we haven\u2019t been able to do that this year like we\u2019ve done in the past.\u00a0 I think that\u2019s the big thing, offensively.\u00a0 It\u2019s hard to drive the ball 15 plays to go down and score.\u00a0 It\u2019s easier if you can get some chunk plays.\u00a0 Look at the Giants.\u00a0 They lacked consistency, but they hit a couple of big plays on us, four big plays on us.\u00a0 I think that\u2019s kind of been a thing, a common theme, that\u2019s kind of missing from our offense this year.\u00a0 Then, consistency on defense in putting teams away, I think, is an area that we have to get better at.<\/p>\n

On if he thinks they have the personnel to make plays down the field on offense\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

I definitely think we have the personnel.\u00a0 I don\u2019t think there is any doubt, but you have to give opponents credit. Sometimes, they\u2019ve had a great pass rush, a blitz or whatever, and different kinds of coverages to prevent you from throwing it down the field as much.\u00a0 We still have to try to find ways to get it done.\u00a0 If there is one area that I can point to, I think that\u2019s the area.<\/p>\n

On if he has any response to Brandon Jacobs\u2019 post-game remarks\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

No, to me, I talked about that after the game and I said it was a private conversation that we had and I really have nothing else to add to it.<\/p>\n

On if he regrets what he said last week leading up to the game because it might have fired the Giants up\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

I think the day I walked in here, when I came in, I felt that I didn\u2019t want to be the little brother or whatever.\u00a0 That\u2019s who I am, so do I regret it?\u00a0 No.\u00a0\u00a0 Did it work out?\u00a0 Nope, it never worked out, but I\u2019m never going to say I regret anything that I believe in my heart.\u00a0 I\u2019ve always said, from day one, I\u2019m going to be true to myself and when I leave this job 10 or 15 years from now, I\u2019m going to be true to myself.\u00a0 Maybe it\u2019s not the traditional way of doing things or whatever, but for me, this is who I am.\u00a0 This is how I believe and I made the statements.\u00a0 Like I said before, I\u2019ll stand by everything I said.\u00a0 Did it work out?\u00a0 No, and I\u2019ll be the first one to say it never worked out.\u00a0 I\u2019m responsible for that and, obviously, the Giants were the better team that day, without question.\u00a0 I deserve the criticism that I take for it.\u00a0 I definitely deserve it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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