Mark Sanchez Transcript – 1\/2\/12<\/p>\n
On how he feels about the 2011 season and where the team is right now\u2026<\/strong> On why the team underachieved\u2026<\/strong> On not reaching the playoffs for the first time in his career\u2026<\/strong> On how chemistry impacted the team\u2026<\/strong> On whether he has spoken to any of his teammates privately about the team\u2019s chemistry\u2026<\/strong> On what Rex Ryan\u2019s message was this morning\u2026<\/strong> On where he goes from here\u2026<\/strong> On if he is where he wants to be as a quarterback after his third season\u2026<\/strong> On how he has dealt with the criticism\u2026<\/strong> On whether he likes to get away or re-live things over in his mind\u2026<\/strong> On whether he still feels like the luckiest guy in the world\u2026<\/strong> On the belief that he can be a great quarterback in this league, but needs a change at offensive coordinator\u2026<\/strong> On how healthy he has been the last few weeks\u2026<\/strong> On if his neck and shoulder injuries are anything more than soreness\u2026<\/strong> On whether he will have any tests on his shoulder or if he will need any kind of surgery\u2026<\/strong> On what he expected from himself this season\u2026<\/strong> On if he checked the ball down too much this season\u2026<\/strong> On if he sees other offenses and wonders why the Jets offense does not function like that\u2026<\/strong> On if he feels that the chemistry of the team wasn\u2019t as good this season as in the past\u2026<\/strong> On if he thinks that Santonio Holmes needs to apologize\u2026<\/strong> On if Holmes is someone he wants as his teammate\u2026<\/strong> On why he doesn\u2019t feel the need, as a captain, to criticize Holmes the way that LaDainian Tomlinson did\u2026<\/strong> On how much of a challenge it will be for Coach Ryan to build the chemistry of this team back up\u2026<\/strong> On what he will do in the offseason to improve his play\u2026<\/strong> On if he will work with his receivers more in the offseason to try and make sure they are on the same page\u2026<\/strong> On if team chemistry is a tougher thing to fix in an offseason\u2026<\/strong> On if he is disappointed in <\/strong>other players not keeping things in the locker room\u2026 Mark Sanchez Transcript – 1\/2\/12 On how he feels about the 2011 season and where the team is right now\u2026 I think we fell short of our expectations. And any time that happens you\u2019re a little disappointed and upset. You\u2019re supposed to be if you care about it and you want to win. It\u2019s not […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[491],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-10317","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-player-interviews"},"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/peLffi-2Gp","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10317","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10317"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10317\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10318,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10317\/revisions\/10318"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10317"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10317"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10317"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nI think we fell short of our expectations. And any time that happens you\u2019re a little disappointed and upset. You\u2019re supposed to be if you care about it and you want to win. It\u2019s not fun losing. It\u2019s not fun going 8-8 and I feel like we have better talent and we definitely underachieved. So, that\u2019s where we\u2019ll be moving forward and we\u2019ll learn a lot from this experience.<\/p>\n
\nI think we weren\u2019t as consistent as we wanted to be on offense and that ended up hurting us down the stretch.<\/p>\n
\nAny time you don\u2019t win that last game, if you\u2019re not winning the Super Bowl, obviously you don\u2019t accomplish your goal. But this is a lot different because we didn\u2019t really set ourselves up and give ourselves a chance to accomplish that goal in the postseason. It\u2019s a different feeling, I think. It\u2019s a tough experience, but also a good experience to learn from and hopefully grow from and just try and improve, and that\u2019s really the goal this offseason, is to improve and come back the best player I can possibly be after these few months off.<\/p>\n
\nI think those are conversations that are kind of in-house things. It\u2019s not really my belief to talk about stuff like that. You address those things as teammates and you talk about those things privately, so I\u2019m not going to get into that.<\/p>\n
\nWe will and we\u2019ll have conversations about stuff like that. Today, obviously, is the day you do your exit physical, you go through your team meeting, meet with your position coach and obviously emotions and things like that are still fresh from the game and from the season. So, now is not the right time.<\/p>\n
\nThat was a team meeting. So, like I said, it\u2019s my philosophy to just keep that in house. That was a team meeting.<\/p>\n
\nYou take a little time and get away from it. I\u2019m sure I\u2019ll just relax and take some time off, think about a lot of stuff. You\u2019ve got to physically and mentally and emotionally remove yourself from the game for a little bit, and then you start the re-entry process a few weeks or months down the road and get back at it. Write down a lot of things you\u2019re feeling, (I\u2019ll) probably do that, so hopefully we\u2019re not feeling this way next year.<\/p>\n
\nThat\u2019s a good question. I know I\u2019m steadily improving. I\u2019m not a stat guy, but to have the wins that we\u2019ve had together as an organization, 30-whatever in our first couple of years together, that\u2019s a great accomplishment, but it\u2019s also something as a competitor I just don\u2019t hang my hat on that. I think I\u2019ve steadily improved numbers-wise, but I still feel like I have a long way to go. I have plenty of things to work on, plenty of areas where I can be better and that\u2019s what the offseason is about. So, it\u2019s a good chance to get away from the game for a little bit and come back the best player I can possibly be and the best quarterback for this team.<\/p>\n
\nIt\u2019s understood. When things aren\u2019t going right, when you\u2019re 8-8, that\u2019s never where you want to end up and that\u2019s not your goal. If you told everybody that was your goal at the beginning of the season, fine, but that\u2019s not where we want to be and we know that, but that\u2019s a part of the position. You take everything in stride, take the praise and the criticism in stride, keep perspective, just get away and come back focused and be the best I can be.<\/p>\n
\nSure. I mean, you think about stuff. There will be games going on that we\u2019d wish we were playing in and that\u2019s what we earned this year. We didn\u2019t earn the right to play in the playoffs. The last two years we did. So, I\u2019ll be able to get away from it a little bit and get some perspective. I\u2019m excited to see my family, see a lot of my friends from home and coaches, things like that. Just to get back into the real world for a little bit, it\u2019ll be different, but it\u2019ll be nice for a few weeks or something and then start thinking about how I\u2019m going to be better.<\/p>\n
\nAbsolutely. I mean, even on days like this, it\u2019s hard, but I\u2019m in a really good spot. I\u2019m lucky to have the guys that we have in this locker room, on this coaching staff and I\u2019ll play for those guys any day. So, I\u2019m thrilled to be a Jet. I wear that Jet logo with pride. It means a lot to me. I\u2019m excited about where this organization can go. There\u2019s teams that would love to be 8-8, believe it or not. That just goes to show you how good we can be and how good we should be that we\u2019re disappointed we didn\u2019t make the playoffs. We know we can. That\u2019ll be our goal next year and we\u2019ll come back better.<\/p>\n
\nThere\u2019s always going to be critics that, when you\u2019re 8-8, a lot of people have the right answer, a lot of people know what should change and a lot of those things are out of my control, but speaking from my experience with Schotty (Brian Schottenheimer), he\u2019s been great. He\u2019s been great to me. We\u2019ve had 30-plus wins together, playoff road wins together, great gameplans, some of the best red zone production we\u2019ve had here in a while this season. So, there\u2019s a lot of positive things to dwell on. That\u2019s the stuff I\u2019ll focus on, but when it comes to personnel issues, whether it\u2019s players or coaches, that\u2019s in-house stuff and it\u2019s really out of my control. If they ask me to weigh in on it, obviously I\u2019ll give my opinion, but not until that\u2019s asked of me. I don\u2019t think that\u2019s right.<\/p>\n
\nIt\u2019s just been sore and it\u2019s part of playing.\u00a0 If it\u2019s Week 16 and you\u2019re not a little sore or banged up, then you\u2019re probably not playing hard.<\/p>\n
\nNo, I don\u2019t think so.\u00a0 I feel good.\u00a0 If we had to play today, I\u2019m ready to play.\u00a0 We\u2019ll just move on.\u00a0 I think you get a chance to rest and sometimes that\u2019s the best medicine, whether it\u2019s massages, electric stim, ice and all that stuff is great, but at the same time, at some point you\u2019re going to need some rest.\u00a0 That\u2019ll be the best thing.<\/p>\n
\nYeah, I don\u2019t know.\u00a0 I really don\u2019t.\u00a0 We\u2019ll just take things in stride, get some rest and see what happens.<\/p>\n
\nObviously, I expect to be in the playoffs.\u00a0 That\u2019s all I\u2019ve known here.\u00a0 It was funny, I was talking to (Nick) Mangold last night.\u00a0 He said, \u201cMan, this is your first time not even being in the playoffs,\u201d and I said, \u2018I know.\u00a0 I haven\u2019t finished a season on January 1st<\/sup> since college.\u2019\u00a0 I know it\u2019s just a couple of years ago, but to me, it seems like a lifetime ago.\u00a0 It\u2019s a weird feeling.\u00a0 I have a lot of expectations this next year.\u00a0 I think it\u2019s just a good chance to get away and relax.<\/p>\n
\nI think from an offensive perspective, for those big plays to happen down the field, for deep balls to happen, we need to be more consistent.\u00a0 You don\u2019t get opportunities to throw the balls down the field.\u00a0 You don\u2019t get opportunities to take shots when you\u2019re first-and-15, first-and-25, when you throw an interception.\u00a0 You don\u2019t even get yourself a chance to do that.\u00a0 With our inconsistencies this year, speaking from my point of view and the quarterback position, we didn\u2019t give ourselves a chance to do that.<\/p>\n
\nIt\u2019s just (that) we\u2019re not consistent.\u00a0 Those guys aren\u2019t hurting themselves with penalties.\u00a0 They\u2019re not turning the ball over.\u00a0 They\u2019re doing the right things and they\u2019re on their landmarks at the right time, whether it\u2019s receivers, running backs or offensive linemen.\u00a0 We all have jobs to do on each and every play.\u00a0 When 11 guys do it right, that\u2019s when you get those drives that move down the field, those 13-play drives and stuff.\u00a0 When you don\u2019t, you\u2019re hurting yourself with turnovers or penalties.\u00a0 That\u2019s kind of the world we lived in this season.<\/p>\n
\nI think that\u2019s stuff that you take time to think about and look back.\u00a0 I think it\u2019s too soon to get into that.\u00a0 I think a lot of that stuff is in-house.<\/p>\n
\nLike I said about coaches and players, that kind of stuff, that\u2019s in-house stuff.\u00a0 It\u2019s personnel stuff.\u00a0 I\u2019ll have those conversations privately with different members of the organization, so that\u2019s not public information, in my opinion.<\/p>\n
\nI think all the guys in here give us a chance to win and I want guys that are winners.\u00a0 He\u2019s clearly been a winner, but like I said, when it comes to personnel issues, players and coaches, that is not in my hands.\u00a0 It\u2019s my job to control everything I can and that\u2019s to come back a better player, a better quarterback, a better leader and that\u2019s where my focus is.<\/p>\n
\nI think it\u2019s an in-house issue.\u00a0 Opinions like that, I don\u2019t think, are ready for a public forum.\u00a0 I think (those) are things that we handle in this locker room and they should be private, in my opinion.<\/p>\n
\nWe all have our goals and things we\u2019re going to focus on this offseason.\u00a0 I can\u2019t speak for coach and what his job should be, and this and that.\u00a0 He knows exactly what\u2019s right for the team and every decision he makes is in the team\u2019s best interest.\u00a0 Like I said, I have to go with everything I can control and that\u2019s becoming a better quarterback, making better decisions, cutting down interceptions, getting more completions and that\u2019s where my focus is.<\/p>\n
\nI think the first thing you have to do is get away for a little bit.\u00a0 Then, when you come back, it\u2019s going to be a matter of film study, repetition, working with the coaches and talking through a lot of the situations we got ourselves into this year, whether it was clock management, using our timeouts the right way and you have to go through all those games, put yourself back in those situations and really learn from them, write them down, rep them out on the field, walk through them (and) talk about them.\u00a0 Then, when those situations come up again, you\u2019ve been there.\u00a0 You\u2019ve done it.\u00a0 Naturally, you\u2019re going to talk about other situations that fall in line with those that we experienced this year.\u00a0 You move and you grow from it.\u00a0 That\u2019s where it\u2019s going to come.\u00a0 It\u2019s going to be that film study, really with the guys that are here and the coaches that are here, that\u2019s going to be important for us to do on our own and as a group.<\/p>\n
\nYes, I think that\u2019s one of the things we\u2019ll look at and decide what\u2019s best whether we\u2019re out in California working out or wherever these guys want to meet up.\u00a0 Something for the guys that are going to stay, you see a lot of these great offenses around the league, they\u2019ve been together for a few years and they really work in the offseason.\u00a0 That\u2019s going to be important for all of us to be on the same page, to understand coverages, how routes adjust to different coverages and stuff that builds the chemistry right there.\u00a0 That stuff is going to be important and we\u2019ll figure out those plans soon.<\/p>\n
\nI think that, a lot of that, is a team issue.\u00a0 When guys get away for a while and look back at everything we\u2019ve experienced this year and how we want to get better, we\u2019ll focus on a lot of the positive things, we\u2019ll correct the negative things and we\u2019ll move on.\u00a0 We just have to all improve individually these next few months or whatever it is and, as soon as we come back, we have to be ready to improve as a team.\u00a0 Whether it\u2019s a chemistry issue or execution issue, all those things get solved in these next few months and (we\u2019ll) come back and improve.<\/p>\n
\nNo, everybody is entitled to say what they think is right and that\u2019s just their opinion, so that\u2019s fine.\u00a0 I don\u2019t think there is anything wrong with it, it\u2019s just not the way I\u2019d do it, that\u2019s all.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"