{"id":2803,"date":"2009-09-02T00:01:22","date_gmt":"2009-09-02T05:01:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jetnation.com\/?p=2803"},"modified":"2009-09-02T00:01:22","modified_gmt":"2009-09-02T05:01:22","slug":"rex-ryan-press-conference-tues-0901","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/2009\/09\/02\/rex-ryan-press-conference-tues-0901\/","title":{"rendered":"Rex Ryan Press Conference: Tues 09\/01"},"content":{"rendered":"

Courtesy NY Jets PR Department<\/strong><\/p>\n

I really have no opening statement because I know this gets boring so we\u2019ll see how it goes. Again, I put another call into Andy Reid about not playing Michael Vick, but apparently he\u2019s going to [laughing]. So that\u2019s not good. That\u2019s not good for the Jets. Anyway, it is going to be fun to go out there and compete against them [with] our young guys.<\/p>\n

On if he\u2019s going to play the starters for one series\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

Yes, that\u2019s going to be it, just one. It\u2019s just a little too much time in between. Like I said, the challenge is going to be the focus. You know you\u2019re only going to play the one. It\u2019s kind of why are we doing it. But do your job and let\u2019s go out and put a good showing in there. Fans want to see them play, they\u2019ll see them one series so get there early, fans. Then you\u2019ll see the other guys compete for jobs. Sometimes that makes for good, entertaining football as well.<\/p>\n

On if there are six spots still up for grabs\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

I think so. I think that\u2019s still the competition. Sometimes, you might have had somebody really written off. You know, “I think we\u2019ll be able to move past this person.” All of a sudden, he jumps right out at you that last week and maybe makes the team. I\u2019ve seen it happen so this is an important game for a lot of people.<\/p>\n

On Vick\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

I don\u2019t agree with the signing of Michael Vick going to Philly. We\u2019ve got to play them the last game. That\u2019s not right [laughter]. They should have used him up last week. No, I\u2019m just kidding.<\/p>\n

You talk about a challenge now. This is a rare athlete, a guy that\u2019s been a Pro Bowl quarterback for how many years, and he\u2019s going to be playing in the second half of a preseason game. I hope we get up early on him and then kind of hold our breath there. So we\u2019ll see what happens. It is going to be a challenge. He is a great player and a great talent. Again, the key thing here is making sure \u2014 and this is both sides, with Andy as well \u2014 that we do a good job evaluating our team, getting the right people on our final roster and not getting anybody hurt.<\/p>\n

On the challenges of game-planning for Vick\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

We\u2019re not game-planning him or that “Wildcat” that everybody calls it, even though I remember Michael Vick when we were trying to prepare for the Falcons. They used to run all that stuff anyway with him. But they just changed the name last year. I guess it became the in-vogue thing to call it Wildcat. Certainly that presents a problem. We\u2019ll just play base defense and see what happens from there. He\u2019s dangerous. That the ideal guy, there\u2019s no doubt. He\u2019s a dual threat. He can run it. He can throw it so that\u2019s definitely presents a problem.<\/p>\n

On if it is to his advantage that players trying to make the roster get to compete against Vick\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

Yes, it\u2019s good for us because we\u2019re definitely going to be challenged. The backup quarterback [Kevin Kolb] that they have is also an experienced guy. We\u2019ve gone against him before and went against him last year in the regular season. It\u2019s going to be good work against us. I know they\u2019ve had a couple guys I don\u2019t think that have played a whole lot, kind of like our situation with Kris Jenkins<\/a> that maybe get extended reps.<\/p>\n

The big Pro Bowl guard, [Shawn] Andrews, I don\u2019t think has played much for them. He\u2019ll probably be in there and he\u2019s a load. It\u2019ll be good. I want to see them. Let\u2019s see them against NFL competition. That would be great.<\/p>\n

On if Eagles coach Andy Reid will likely play his starters for only one series\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

I don\u2019t know about all that. I think he\u2019s going to play some players. I would think when I\u2019m looking at them I remember seeing big Andrews in there. So maybe that\u2019s one of the guys that will get some reps.<\/p>\n

On coaching against a guy that is bigger than him\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

I don\u2019t think he\u2019s as strong as I am, though [laughter]. That\u2019s interesting when you look at him. That guy\u2019s got a weight problem [laughing]. But no, clearly that\u2019s a big man [laughing]. Some of these guys are unusual. You look at Kris, you look at [Andrews]. Their body fat is probably under 20 percent and mine\u2019s tipping around 50, I think, right now. That might be the difference.<\/p>\n

But he\u2019s a great football player. Shawn Andrews and Kris Jenkins<\/a>, they\u2019re great players. It\u2019s just amazing, their size. Guys just keep getting bigger. They\u2019re two of the unusual guys in this league.<\/p>\n

On Mark Sanchez<\/a>\u2019s personal qualities\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

That\u2019s such a leadership position that you have to have. You have to have a certain kind of charisma. You have to be able to lead men. I think he has those characteristics, I really do. When we went on the trail looking at all the quarterbacks, the guys that we really had targeted as some of the top guys, for instance, one young man we go there and he only had two wide receivers to run routes with him. We went to Sanchez\u2019s thing and there was like 24 receivers so right then it was pretty obvious that guys follow him. They rally around him.<\/p>\n

They actually moved either a women\u2019s lacrosse game or field hockey game. They postponed that until Mark was finished with his workouts and both sides had no problem with it. It just tells you the kind of young man he is. I think you have to have that kind of mentality to play the position, that kind of leadership especially here in New York. So I think that\u2019s something that really couldn\u2019t be overlooked, either.<\/p>\n

On if he was surprised by Pete Carroll\u2019s comments when Sanchez announced he was entering the NFL draft\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

No, I would have made the same comments if I was in his position. He\u2019s going with a rookie of his own. He\u2019s going with a true freshman. So you hate to lose that. I would have come up with better lies about him [laughing]. That\u2019s the only thing Pete needs to work on [laughter]. I understand.<\/p>\n

But looking right now, it\u2019s clear that Mark can definitely play at this level. Again, we\u2019re going to find out. That\u2019s the beauty of it. Starting here in a few days, we\u2019re going to be kicking off this thing for real. I\u2019m excited about it. I\u2019m excited about Mark\u2019s ability to help lead this football team.<\/p>\n

On the Eagles signing Vick and if he would have welcomed someone like that as well\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

Well, I\u2019m not going to get into any of that. I get into enough trouble, you know that, so I\u2019m not going to say anything about it. He was available. We like our quarterback situation so I think for us we\u2019re going to move forward with Mark Sanchez<\/a> as our guy. It would have been a little crowded if we would have done that.<\/p>\n

On Sanchez rolling to his right on one play and looking over his shoulder at the pass rush and if that was a mistake\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ideally you would have a feel in the pocket where you know those guys are. He\u2019d already been sacked if I\u2019m not mistaken by [Justin] Tuck when Tuck just ran the edge on D\u2019Brickashaw [Ferguson]. He just kept flying around him. He bailed and that kid, I think he was shocked at how fast that young man was.<\/p>\n

But he kind of looked them him down. I think he just wanted to glance to see how close these guys were before he made that judgment to either throw the ball down the field or whatever. I don\u2019t know the particular play you\u2019re talking about.<\/p>\n

On if you lose an edge if you turn your head as you roll out trying to locate rushers\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

Absolutely. Your feet automatically slow down. I think sometimes you\u2019ve got to get a feel. He was wondering, \u201cDo I have time to set up, make a throw, maybe look somewhere else?\u201d Or does he need to keep going?<\/p>\n

What I\u2019d like to tell him, because he did this in practice the other day, is you better keep going. Those guys are coming fast, especially the size and speed of this league. You don\u2019t want to be hit by them if you can avoid it. It\u2019s better to make your throw. You\u2019ve got to chop your feel a little bit to make sure your shoulders are square to your target because that\u2019s what I did in back yard football.<\/p>\n

But you do, you have to keep flying. You got to run. Hopefully he\u2019ll see it. I think he was surprised by the speed though of Tuck in that first game. He thought he could normally move out of there and avoid guys but this guy closed on him.<\/p>\n

On phrases that he uses with the team to get ready for the season\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

You\u2019ll have to ask them. I\u2019m just myself and there are some things that we talk about. The big thing is to just care about each other, be able to pick each other up. Sometimes the offense has to pick up the defense and vice versa. And sometimes special teams have to pick up both. It\u2019s more about just being a team, not taking yourself too seriously and not putting the pressure on yourself. It\u2019s more about putting the pressure on the unit and then the team. You\u2019ve got to have the pride in the unit more than the pride in yourself. If you can do that, you can be successful.<\/p>\n

I think that\u2019s been the key for when I\u2019ve been successful as a coach. We\u2019ve always had that sense of pride in that room. That\u2019s what I\u2019m trying to do for the whole football team to really have that pride in each other and have that pride in being a jet. That\u2019s something that I always talked in Baltimore was “play like a Raven.” I should’ve patented that bad boy [laughter]. That was something that I strived to do when I was there for many years. I sensed it and I think our guys really bought into that.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s what we\u2019re trying to have here, to “play like a Jet.” It\u2019s going to mean something. It\u2019s going to mean that we care about each other. It\u2019s going to mean that you\u2019re going to get everything we\u2019ve got and they\u2019re not doing that for selfish reasons, they\u2019re doing it to take care of each other. And when you play this year, you\u2019re playing against a football team, not a group just of individuals. We\u2019re going to play as a football team.<\/p>\n

On if the team is building on last year\u2019s success\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

That\u2019s interesting. I don\u2019t think the players can cut the cord from last year. I think the good thing is they know how close they were. Once you get into that situation, it\u2019s even better than you thought once you go. But to sit at home and have to watch the playoffs and you\u2019re not in it, that\u2019s tough.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve been in both scenarios. I remember my brother was coaching with New England and I went to watch one of his Super Bowls and had to go home early \u2014 I just couldn\u2019t take it. We should have been there. They don\u2019t want that feeling. They know how close we were.<\/p>\n

Is it a different year? Absolutely, it\u2019s a different year. For the most part, there are some new coaches, some new players. It\u2019s a new chapter. But that experience of being right there and tasting it and not being able to go on in the playoffs helps us.<\/p>\n

On Sanchez wanting to play a lot on Thursday\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

He\u2019s going to play a lot in that first series [laughter]. That\u2019s what I see him doing.<\/p>\n

On if he\u2019s looking forward to seeing Vick play\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

I\u2019m really not looking forward to it because I know who he is. I played against him a bunch. Unfortunately, that time he broke his leg was against us in a preseason game in Baltimore. We\u2019ve actually done pretty decent against him. If this was a regular-season game, you don\u2019t sleep at night. You have nightmares about this guy running all over your team. I probably won\u2019t have that until tomorrow night. Then you\u2019re worried about the embarrassment that a guy like that can put on your team.<\/p>\n

On Calvin Pace<\/a>\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

I hope to see him run down Mike Vick a couple of times. I think he\u2019s like a gazelle. He can fly. He\u2019s in great shape. He just keeps going. He\u2019s had a great camp. I think we\u2019ve all seen that in the preseason games and throughout training camp. He\u2019s been a guy that really stands out for us. Unfortunately, we\u2019re not going to have him for the four games but when he comes back, we expect him to be ready to go. I think he\u2019s got a plan in place to stay in great shape and work his timing to make sure there\u2019s not much drop off when he comes back.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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