{"id":2695,"date":"2009-08-11T00:01:12","date_gmt":"2009-08-11T05:01:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jetnation.com\/?p=2695"},"modified":"2009-08-11T00:01:12","modified_gmt":"2009-08-11T05:01:12","slug":"rex-ryan-press-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/2009\/08\/11\/rex-ryan-press-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"Rex Ryan Press Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Transcript of Jets head coach Rex Ryan\u2019s Monday late-morning news conference:<\/em><\/p>\n

Today we had a nice practice, a good, long practice, a physical practice, and we finally got some heat. So I think that is good. I\u2019d like to see us get a few more hot days. With all that rain we had, we had to go on the turf today. Hopefully, this afternoon we will be on the grass, but I\u2019m not sure. There is still standing water out there.<\/span><\/p>\n

I thought [Chansi] Stuckey really was the one that stood out to me today. He made some great catches and got open a bunch. We know he is doing a great job. He is having a great camp. So I was happy to see that. I challenged the defense and told them, \u201cYou know, you haven\u2019t put it all together yet.\u201d Another great 9-on-7 day. They\u2019ve had their moments. But I was just like, \u201cShoot, I haven\u2019t seen a complete day out of your group yet, Bart.\u201d So I\u2019m challenging those guys, I had to stir it, and they were like some hornets out there today, which is good to see.<\/span><\/p>\n

[Darrelle] Revis did do individuals today. We held him out of group stuff. Nick [Mangold] was a little sore today. That\u2019s understandable. But I think he is doing well. He is probably day-to-day. [Donald] Strickland tried to go out there. He couldn\u2019t go. It\u2019s just that bruise on the knee. It\u2019s not ligaments or anything else. I think he just has a bruise on the knee, so he should be ready to roll soon. <\/span><\/p>\n

[Kris] Jenkins is still progressing. I know it is killing him because he wants to get out there. I was telling Nick that Jason Brown \u2014 I was with him a long time in Baltimore \u2014 I guarantee you he is happy that he doesn\u2019t get big Jenkins his first game and Mangold said, \u201cYeah, I have to face him every day. He just has him one day.\u201d [laughter] But it\u2019s funny. Everyone seems to be doing OK.\u00a0 Shaun Ellis is a little tight in the back. I don\u2019t anticipate it being a big deal. He just has some tightness and soreness back there. Damien [Woody] just got knocked in the head pretty good. I don\u2019t know whether it is a concussion or not but you\u2019d rather be safe than sorry. It was just a blow to the head.<\/span><\/p>\n

On Tony Richardson…<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Tony was at the Hall of Fame for Derrick Thomas. I just chatted with him briefly. I\u2019m not sure what his injury status is right now. He seems to be doing better but we\u2019ll have to ask [head trainer] John [Mellody] that.<\/span><\/p>\n

On how Woody was injured\u2026<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

It was 9-on-7. It was just an inside drill. I\u2019m not sure who got him but apparently it was a pretty good blow. He is a guy that loves to work, loves being out there with his teammates. Again, guys are a little dinged and all that kind of jazz but I\u2019d rather be safe than sorry, especially dealing with a head injury.<\/span><\/p>\n

On if the offense was \u201ctaking it to the defense\u201d this morning during running drills\u2026<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

I\u2019d say if that is how you saw it that\u2019s good [laughter]. I\u2019m not sure I\u2019d go there. It looked pretty good the other way to me. I thought the \u201cD\u201d was getting after it pretty good. It was competitive, I\u2019d put it that way. They were getting after each other pretty good. <\/span><\/p>\n

Again, it\u2019s great. We hit the field and we know we need to work. There is only one way to get it done and that\u2019s go full speed on each other and yet still take care of each other. Try to keep people off the ground as much as possible, don\u2019t take the unnecessary hits, yet be competitive with each other. That is the only way that you\u2019re going to get better on both sides of the ball and our guys know that. They come out on that field with that attitude, all but one practice that I can remember.<\/span><\/p>\n

On any concern with injuries\u2026<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

No, these things happen all of the time. I\u2019m happy with the way, knock on wood, we haven\u2019t lost anybody for a significant amount of time. That\u2019s a plus. I think when you look at camp and you can go through and have just the little minor injuries that we\u2019ve had, I think every team would take that. We probably have as few injuries as anybody. <\/span><\/p>\n

That is a credit to our players being in shape. They know how to take care of each other. We have a great training staff and [head strength coach] Sal [Alosi] does great in the weightroom. So our guys are prepared. And again, the facilities are top-notch, especially on that grass field. That grass field is as good as any practice field that I have ever been on.<\/span><\/p>\n

On Chansi Stuckey being a slot receiver or the No. 2 receiver \u2026<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Just like Wes Welker. Wes Welker is a slot receiver, is he decent? He\u2019s pretty good. Wayne Chrebet, that\u2019s in my opinion, a slot receiver. Now, they\u2019re starters, but they are also in-between-the-numbers-type guys. I\u2019m not saying he can\u2019t go outside because he could, just like Chrebet, Welker and [T.J.] Houshmandzadeh. But they\u2019re hard as heck to cover in the slot. <\/span><\/p>\n

It\u2019s not a negative towards Stuckey. It\u2019s a positive. He\u2019s a difference maker in that slot. He\u2019s so elusive that he is hard to cover. I think he is there right now. There is competition with Brad [Smith], Wallace [Wright], and [David] Clowney. They\u2019ve all had their moments. I think Stuckey is consistently the guy who is getting open and catching the ball.<\/span><\/p>\n

On Brad Smith\u2026<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

I like Brad. I wouldn\u2019t put them in a bunch order. I think Brad to me is such a multiple, talented guy. This is a big kid that is tough, competitive and physical. He is physical in the running game, hunting up safeties. That is what I really like about Brad as well. Plus he\u2019s dangerous. You can use him on reverses and the route running. He is big. Some of those big guys, they\u2019re open when they\u2019re covered. <\/span><\/p>\n

On if he feels the team needs a veteran wide receiver\u2026<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Well if you can tell me who the veteran was, then I might be able to answer that [laughs]. All of a sudden you can get some super player, some superstar like Henry Ellard in his prime, then we\u2019d jump all over that. I\u2019m confident in these guys. Hopefully, we\u2019ll get to see. We\u2019ll start these preseason games and we\u2019ll see where they\u2019re at. Maybe I\u2019m wrong, but I think we\u2019ll be more than adequate.<\/span><\/p>\n

On if he has decided on the QB rotation for the preseason opener vs. St. Louis\u2026<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

We\u2019re still kind of working with that. We\u2019ll have a meeting tonight on exactly that topic, how many plays this group is going to play. Tomorrow, I\u2019ll definitely have a better idea. <\/span><\/p>\n

On if Brian Schottenheimer is planning to play Sanchez with the first offense Friday\u2026<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Again, I\u2019ll let you know tomorrow. Tonight we have that meeting. Tomorrow I will be able to tell you.<\/span><\/p>\n

On the quarterbacks\u2019 performance today\u2026<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

It\u2019s funny, one guy will do better in one drill, one guy\u2019s doing better in the other drill. The last three plays that we did on offense, Kellen [Clemens] threw two balls out of the end zone when that\u2019s the last play of the game. That\u2019s something you can\u2019t have, you absolutely can\u2019t have it. Then Sanchez steps up in the pocket, avoids the rush and gives his receiver a chance. That\u2019s what you have to have in that last second, that last play. You have to leave it on the dance floor. You can\u2019t just toss it out. <\/span><\/p>\n

I told this to Kellen. He assured me, \u201cRex, I certainly wasn\u2019t trying to put it out of the end zone.\u201d So that was good to hear [laughing]. But then Clemens had some great throws in the course of practice, so again, there\u2019s that competition. It\u2019s still there. It\u2019s not that one guy is clearly outplaying the other guy yet. <\/span><\/p>\n

On the improved performance of the punters\u2026<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

We\u2019re not having as many bad punts as we had in the minicamps. Minicamp, I was nervous [laughing]. There\u2019s no question. I couldn\u2019t believe it. I was like, \u201cWhat are we doing here?\u201d We seem to be punting the ball better. There\u2019s no doubt in it. I think with T.J. [Conley] today, he hits one, a little 35-yarder. Then he bombs one. I\u2019m like, \u201cKid, just save that bad one for the net, would you? [laughing]. As soon as you get out there, let\u2019s go ahead and make sure you\u2019ve had enough bad ones in the net before you come out and kick a good one.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

It\u2019s funny. It\u2019s something you really don\u2019t think about because these are professionals. You assume that the guy\u2019s gonna launch one 40, 45 yards. I feel good about them now, but I was nervous in the minicamps for sure.<\/span><\/p>\n

On Kerry Rhodes\u2026<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

I think he\u2019s much more comfortable in the system now. He\u2019s working well with [Jim] Leonhard. I definitely think he\u2019s going to have a big year for us. I don\u2019t want to really flat compare him to Ed Reed because I don\u2019t really think that\u2019s fair. There\u2019s only one Ed Reed out there. I think he can definitely be a playmaker for us. <\/span><\/p>\n

I will caution you, just because he may only have one interception halfway through the year doesn\u2019t necessarily mean he\u2019s not having a good year, if that happens. That actually happened to Ed last year. There were people in the [Ravens] organization who wanted to trade him at that point. It\u2019s too bad, we could have picked him up [laughing]. Let\u2019s put it on the unit and we\u2019ll see because sometimes you really can\u2019t tell. A guy can be playing great and not getting the stats. <\/span><\/p>\n

On Vernon Gholston’s improvement\u2026<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Is it me, or is it just amazing how it happens, but is Vernon Gholston looking better to anybody in this room? Like everybody? That\u2019s a positive. That\u2019s a real positive. This guy is getting better and he\u2019s more confident. He\u2019s one of the guys and he\u2019s physical. He\u2019s doing everything that we have hoped for at this point. We\u2019ll see how he does moving forward. I\u2019m really encouraged by him and pleased with him. He\u2019s playing physical, more productive on the pass rush, setting up games, communicating with his teammates, just everything. He\u2019s really coming on. You expect a player to make a jump from his first to second year and he definitely is doing that. He\u2019s looking great.<\/span><\/p>\n

The other thing, too, on \u201cteams,\u201d he\u2019s playing well. Mike Westhoff had to stop the film. Mike is a tough critic on everybody. He says, \u201cYou know, Vernon, I haven\u2019t called your name one time.\u201d He\u2019s playing left guard on the punt team. Not one time has he had to call him out for doing something wrong. So that\u2019s really a positive to me. I know his teammates are comfortable with him and I think they\u2019re excited about his development.<\/span><\/p>\n

On Leon Washington\u2026<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

He\u2019s impossible to cover. The guy\u2019s a phenomenal player. He\u2019s a great competitor. I\u2019m glad he\u2019s on our team. He\u2019s having a good camp. <\/span><\/p>\n

On not having a second kicker in camp\u2026<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

We couldn\u2019t find any other kicker that can tackle like a linebacker [laughing], so we decided to stay with the one that can. Your numbers are what they are. If you don\u2019t think you have somebody that can give legitimate competition for the job, then why do it? Our punter situation, it\u2019s a real competition there. In Baltimore, we used to bring a guy in just so [Matt] Stover can look at a guy for about a week and then send him down the road. <\/span><\/p>\n

It\u2019s kind of the same thing here. Jay [Feely] is smart, he knows what Westhoff wants, and he knows himself. I don\u2019t know who we can get out there on the street that could really provide competition. <\/span><\/p>\n

On if he talks to Feely about politics\u2026<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

As little as possible [laughs]. I\u2019m sure he knows a lot more about that stuff than I do.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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