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\"\"Courtesy NY Jets PR Department
\n<\/strong>
\nTranscript of Jets QB Mark Sanchez’s interview during locker room media availability midday Thursday:
\n<\/em>
\nOn today\u2019s practice\u2026
\n<\/strong>
\nIt was a good day, a red zone day. I got to take care of the football, I had a few completions. It was a lot better than last week and that\u2019s the most important thing. [Offensive coordinator Brian] Schottenheimer reminds me of that every day, as long as I\u2019m progressing every day and working on a couple of little things, because they’re throwing everything at me as a rookie.<\/p>\n

He knows that, he understands that, but he wants it to be fast, he wants it to be hard, he wants it to be difficult for me so I can think even faster\/ and now I\u2019m starting to get a few more completions every day. At the same time, he wants me to take care of the football. It was a good day overall.<\/p>\n

On ending the practice on a high note\u2026
\n<\/strong>
\nIt was important. During the first special categories period, I missed Dustin [Keller] wide open. He ran a great route, I made the right read, but my footwork was off. It\u2019s important as a rookie to keep all of those things on the same page, get it all right, and then make it happen. That one miscue on the footwork really threw off our timing. It was totally my fault \u2014 he ran a good route.<\/p>\n

To finish the way we did [throwing a touchdown at the end of practice] makes up for a lot and it helps. It\u2019s a good way to end the week, but there\u2019s a lot to learn from today so I will study that.<\/p>\n

On the quirks of Rex Ryan\u2019s defense\u2026
\n<\/strong>
\nI\u2019m learning quite a bit about how different this defense is and how unique and special these athletes are. Obviously, they are pros and are unbelievably fast. The way they know this defense, it\u2019s unconventional, it\u2019s not the same things we learned at USC: This is your basic coverage this and that. This defense is all over the place.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s where you really need to start thinking on the fly, because nothing happens until the snap. They hold their disguises until very late and it\u2019s great for a rookie. This is the way you want it. You want to be thrown into the fire right away. It\u2019s tough and you want it to be tough. The defense is giving me that look and it\u2019s only going to make me better.<\/p>\n

On misreads and miscommunications during plays\u2026
\n<\/strong>
\nI think a lot of it was just the miscommunication, my ability to get the message out to the guys because it\u2019s all new verbiage. You say one thing, right or left, and it could mess up the entire play. That\u2019s on me, to keep studying and to keep getting better. It\u2019s been a huge jump from last week, and Coach Schottenheimer, Coach Cavanaugh and all the coaches pointed that out. It\u2019s been progress the entire time and that\u2019s good, but miscues are supposed to happen from a rookie.<\/p>\n

On the biggest challenge so far\u2026
\n<\/strong>
\nMy biggest challenge is that we\u2019re not running against a conventional defense. We get our reads and some of the plays are very similar to what I\u2019ve known \u2014 from one to two to three to four and then take off and run or check it down. Those one to two to three to four don\u2019t exactly happen right if you\u2019re not playing a base defense, something very easy to see. It never happens like you see it in the classroom.<\/p>\n

Coach Schottenheimer will tell us, \u201cThis is what\u2019s going to happen in a Cover-2 and then a Cover-3,\u201d and then we get out on the field and Bart Scott and the rest of the defense are running all over the place, undercutting balls, getting out of their zones to make a play because they\u2019re reading my eyes. That\u2019s the most difficult part, playing against such a good defense. It\u2019s encouraging to us as an offense to know that we\u2019re going to have that weapon during the season.<\/p>\n

On trying to master the playbook\u2026
\n<\/strong>
\nThat\u2019s what this is all about. As frustrating as it is now, it\u2019s difficult because you\u2019re so new to it, trying to get acclimated. Coach Schottenheimer knows that I\u2019m here late every night. That\u2019s what I do, this is what I want to know. After practice today, I said, \u201cCoach Schottenheimer, I want to know it, I hate not knowing it.\u201d He said to me, \u201cYou\u2019ve been here for four days. Don\u2019t even worry about it. You\u2019re getting there, you\u2019re making progress and that\u2019s the most important thing.\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a grind and I love it. I\u2019m getting there, and I want to master it by tomorrow, I want to master it 10 minutes ago, I\u2019m already late \u2014 that\u2019s how I feel. I\u2019ll keep working and getting better.<\/p>\n

On the OTAs helping him develop as a quarterback\u2026
\n<\/strong>
\nAbsolutely. This defense is something special. It\u2019s one thing to have a scheme like this. It\u2019s unconventional. To have the players we have, the athletes we have, it\u2019s pretty special. Lito Sheppard, Bart Scott, Kris Jenkins \u2014 they\u2019re all over the place. That\u2019s exactly what you want. It\u2019s a good challenge every day. It\u2019s a battle.<\/p>\n

On seeing day-to-day improvements\u2026
\n<\/strong>
\nJust with the calls in the huddle, feeling more comfortable at the line of scrimmage. Every day it\u2019s getting better. There are little things I\u2019m starting to do now that kind of keep our defense off-guard a little bit to protect plays we have so I don\u2019t give it away every time. That comes with just feeling comfortable and playing, and that\u2019s something even Kellen [Clemens] and [Erik] Ainge are really helping me with, so I\u2019m getting more and more comfortable as the days go on, and that\u2019s the way I want it to be.<\/p>\n

On Thomas Jones\u2026
\n<\/strong>
\nHe\u2019s the best. He\u2019s a stud. I asked the guys about recognizing him. They said, “You\u2019ll know it\u2019s him when you see him.” He\u2019s just massive, rocked up, chiseled. It\u2019s huge to have a back like that, who demands that kind of respect in the running game. He said good luck with things and ask questions if I need to, and he\u2019s been very open. It\u2019s been great. It\u2019s good to have him back.<\/p>\n

On some people thinking he does too much off the field\u2026
\n<\/strong>
\nI think if you ask anybody in the building, they know what I\u2019m all about. Whether it\u2019s going to see a Broadway show or whatever, they know that on the weekend I\u2019ll get a chance to be by myself but that day before we come back, I\u2019m here all day. I\u2019m grinding right now and people are going to get their own perceptions and think what they may, but this team drafted me to play football and that is my mindset.<\/p>\n

On the perception of people who may think a young quarterback is too \u201cunproven\u201d to pose for GQ…
\n<\/strong>
\nIt\u2019s OK. That\u2019s for other people to judge and whatever happens there happens. The team drafted me for a reason. They know what I\u2019m all about. We told the team in advance about the GQ thing. They didn\u2019t have a problem with it. They knew I\u2019d get a little razzing from the guys, as I should. It worked out perfectly and it was a few months back. I\u2019m all about football now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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