{"id":2658,"date":"2009-08-05T00:35:21","date_gmt":"2009-08-05T05:35:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jetnation.com\/?p=2658"},"modified":"2009-08-05T00:35:21","modified_gmt":"2009-08-05T05:35:21","slug":"rex-ryans-press-conference-tues-0804","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/2009\/08\/05\/rex-ryans-press-conference-tues-0804\/","title":{"rendered":"Rex Ryan's Press Conference: Tues 08\/04"},"content":{"rendered":"

Courtesy NY Jets PR Department
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Transcript of Jets head coach Rex Ryan\u2019s news conference early Tuesday afternoon:
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\nFirst off, it was great to be out there on the grass field. You\u2019ve got to tip your hat to Blake [Hoerr] and the grounds crew because that wasn\u2019t an easy project. The field held up great. We had helicopters buzzing over the fields yesterday to dry if off for I don\u2019t know how many hours. It\u2019s amazing. But really the grass, I thought, held up great and was in great shape.<\/p>\n

Today, as a coach, I always love this day. It\u2019s finally your first day hitting. You really get to take people to the ground. You get a little goal-line scrimmage in. That\u2019s the only way you can do goal line. You can\u2019t do it walk-through, you\u2019ve got to go full speed. [There were] some good things. The defense made a mistake on an alignment and the offense took advantage of it and ran right through untouched. I think it was Thomas [Jones]. T-Rich [Tony Richardson] had a great move on Jim Leonhard. Jim\u2019s a hard guy to fool, but T-Rich\u2019s got all the tricks in the book and set him up, lulled him to sleep, went past him and it looked like it was Bart\u2019s [Scott] coverage, but it really wasn\u2019t.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, T-Rich had a nice pass from [Kellen] Clemens and he scores a touchdown. But he has a hip pointer right now. So on that play, he got a hip pointer. I don\u2019t know how serious the injury is going to be, but it\u2019s obviously a painful thing, so I\u2019d expect him to be out for a few days. Other than that, I think we got through pretty clean. I haven\u2019t heard of any other injuries. You expect some of these things, bumps and bruises, when you have a short-yardage live period and you have a goal line live period. Sometimes you get some people hurt, but it\u2019s the only way to practice them. You can\u2019t simulate them any other ways. It has to be full speed. It has to be live and I thought our guys responded.<\/p>\n

One thing I\u2019d also like to say is, I\u2019m sure it\u2019s not just me, but I feel this is a hungry football team. This team wants to win. You just sense it. Obviously, last year to be so close and still fall short of the playoffs, I\u2019m sure it\u2019s part of it. There are two ways to respond. One way is you come out and go through the motions. The other way is that you\u2019re so hungry, you can\u2019t wait. You want to win. Everything you do is about winning and I think that\u2019s where this team is. That\u2019s what I sense. Maybe it\u2019s me, but I feel it. That\u2019s a great thing. I feel the passion, the energy. Everyday on that field this team is going out with 100 percent and that\u2019s exciting as a head coach. I was going to say I feel hungry [laughter] but that\u2019s a given. Bruce [Speight] had to come get me out of there today.<\/p>\n

On if his five-day liquid diet has worked\u2026
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\nI think so. It better be.<\/p>\n

On what his next meal will be\u2026
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\nI\u2019m going to do the old Cheerios with skim milk in the morning. I can\u2019t tell you how much I\u2019m looking forward to that. Anything is better than this. This is a rough one right here. I was all ready to go for the first two days, but then it got a little tougher. Besides almost passing out, I feel fine [laughter].<\/p>\n

On Keith Fitzhugh\u2019s injury\u2026
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\nIt\u2019s a rotator cuff bruise. It\u2019s a painful thing, but he\u2019s going to be fine. If he was a left-handed pitcher, he\u2019d probably struggle with it, but he\u2019s not. He\u2019s a safety, so that\u2019s good. I really feel for that kid. I had just told him earlier in the day, \u201cYou know what, son? You came here to make this team, didn\u2019t you?\u201d Because he really did. He was all upset, but he\u2019s doing well now. He\u2019s got the best in the business rehabbing him, so we\u2019ll see. We should get him out there in a week or so.<\/p>\n

On Shonn Greene\u2019s injury,..
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\nIt\u2019s just that ankle. It really hasn\u2019t gotten a whole lot better. He tries to be a tough kid. We\u2019ll just hold him out and hopefully within a day he\u2019ll be back.<\/p>\n

On if he expects Greene to do sprints in the afternoon\u2026
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\nI\u2019m not sure. I haven\u2019t checked with the trainers or with John [Mellody] yet. I could see him being held up one more practice.<\/p>\n

On Shaun Ellis\u2026
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\nWe\u2019ve been trying to rotate him in a little bit. He missed out on the minicamps. When it got on the goal line, sometimes we actually moved him outside. We moved him out of the big tackles. His thing is that he\u2019s got some general soreness in the hip and knee, but it\u2019s nothing that I would keep him from playing.<\/p>\n

On what he saw from the goal-line and short-yardage situations today\u2026
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\nI thought it was great. The enthusiasm was fantastic. The best part of that whole thing was you put the ball on the three-yard line and say, \u201cAlright ones, let\u2019s finish this thing.\u201d So, all that talk about we mis-aligned, we did whatever but hey, you\u2019ve got to stop them. It was great because T.J. [Thomas Jones] was down there saying \u201cHey, I want the ball. I want the ball.\u201d He wants to get it in there. Brian [Schottenheimer] fed it into him a couple of times, but it was good.<\/p>\n

The defense bowed their necks. The outcome was great because you\u2019re on the 6-inch line and the offense thinks they\u2019re going to run a naked boot to score. The fact that we did score is a good thing but it also has some respect in there for that defense. You\u2019re not just going to run it through there. I still think with our offensive line, that mentality, and Thomas back there chomping at the bit wanting to run it. Shonn\u2019s going to be the same way and Leon [Washington] of course would be the same way if you gave him that chance. But, I think we\u2019re going to let Leon score from a little further out.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s good. I told Schotty, \u201cYou know what? I knew you were going to run naked down there.\u201d The quarterback reads it and Kellen made a nice read and booted out of there. I think that Bart might have something to say about that [laughter].<\/p>\n

On if he saw Sanchez diving for the end zone\u2026
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\nYes, and even [Mike] Tannenbaum came over to me and \u2014 \u201cRex!\u201d You know the look on his face. And I\u2019m like, \u201cI know. I know.\u201d The next time Woody [Johnson] sees him do that, shoot, we\u2019re in trouble [laughter]. But, Jimmy [Leonhard] was smart. Leonhard let off him, never knocked him down, but the kid is just playing and I think you see that. The competitiveness comes out and you just go for it. Ben Kotwica, we had him go to a quick whistle when a quarterback was scrambling from then on and you just let the kid know, \u201cListen, son.\u201d Our future is riding on him a little bit. We don\u2019t need him in a practice to blow his shoulder out or something like that, unfortunate things. So, you\u2019ve got to be smart there.<\/p>\n

On Kareem Brown\u2019s missing practice to attend a friend\u2019s funeral\u2026
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\nWe left it up to him [as to when he would return to the team]. You just take as much time as you need and he wanted to come back. He\u2019s having to deal with it. He thought it would better for him to be with this family and get in there playing football, doing something he loves, being around guys that really care for him. We\u2019ve got a great support system here and obviously we\u2019ll support any of our players in that kind of situation.<\/p>\n

On the structure of the Green & White Scrimmage\u2026
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\nI know it\u2019s green and white, [but] it\u2019s really more offense and defense right now. We\u2019ll have the one offense and the one defense get three series. The twos on offense and defense will get three and then the threes will get a couple also. It should be pretty good. It should be a lot of fun watching guys moving around and hitting each other. It will be competitive.<\/p>\n

On tight ends Brown, Jack Simmons and J\u2019Nathan Bullock\u2026
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\nNobody has really stepped up and taken the job. They\u2019ve flashed. They\u2019ve had times when you think, \u201cHey, Simmons is going to be a good one.\u201d All of them have flashed some things. Kareem, it\u2019s obviously unfortunate he missed a day. but he\u2019s coming on. And you expect it. This is a brand new position for him, but he flashes at times. I\u2019m still waiting for somebody to just take that spot. There\u2019s going to be competition for that position. Obviously, when you pick up another tight end, you want to see what this kid [Kevin Brock] can do also.<\/p>\n

On tight end Kevin Brock\u2026
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\nHe looks tall and pretty [smiling]. We\u2019ll see. You know he doesn\u2019t know right now. He\u2019s got to go to his first class so we\u2019ll see what he can do.<\/p>\n

On Dustin Keller\u2019s role this year\u2026
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\nI think he\u2019ll get in the trenches. We\u2019re a better football team with him on the field. I think he\u2019s going to end up being a good blocker, I do, because he\u2019s athletic, he cares and he\u2019s got toughness. With us, it\u2019s just give us everything you\u2019ve got and we\u2019ll see if that\u2019s good enough.<\/p>\n

We\u2019ve got D\u2019Brickashaw [Ferguson] working with him right now. I think it\u2019s good because they\u2019re both athletic guys. I think Brick likes the fact that he\u2019s working with Dustin. Dustin\u2019s not just a prideful guy. He wants to learn. He wants to work and become a good blocker. So, we\u2019ll see but I have confidence in him. I don\u2019t think it\u2019s there right now. I don\u2019t think he\u2019s a dominant blocker right now but I think he\u2019s got a chance to be a good blocker.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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