{"id":2944,"date":"2009-09-17T12:50:13","date_gmt":"2009-09-17T17:50:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jetnation.com\/?p=2944"},"modified":"2009-09-17T12:50:13","modified_gmt":"2009-09-17T17:50:13","slug":"mark-sanchez-press-conference-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/2009\/09\/17\/mark-sanchez-press-conference-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark Sanchez Press Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Wednesday 09\/16\/09
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On how he feels he will fare against New England\u2026.<\/strong><\/p>\n

I know this is a well-coached group, a disciplined group, a team that has great technique up front, in the secondary, their linebackers, they all play well together. That\u2019s why you don\u2019t see guys acting out like individuals doing their own thing on this defense. They play well together and they give quarterbacks fits. It\u2019s important for me to be smart with the football and to be on my game and know where our routes are, know where my hots are, and really just play smart. I respect Coach Belichick and his scheme. I know this is going to be a tough challenge for us.<\/p>\n

On what he thinks he will see from the New England defense\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

We can see anything. They are capable of playing anything because of their athletes, because of the guys they have, their personnel. They can do it all. They\u2019ve shown it all and have been successful with just about everything. They\u2019re a stingy group. I think the most important thing for them is they play as a unit. They know what the other guys are doing and they really work well together. It is important for us to be on our best game and understand where they\u2019re at and know these guys can play in space, they can play man-to-man, they can do it all. It\u2019s a great group.<\/p>\n

On Bill Belichick being known for trying to confuse young quarterbacks\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

There are plenty of routes that they can go. Whether it\u2019s trying to confuse us with a bunch of blitzes or overloading one side and leaving one side free, whether its games up front, they have it all and they\u2019ve shown it. Or, they might just play coverage and make me check the ball down and not throw it down the field or man-to-man. Shawn Springs is out there, a guy who\u2019s played for a long time, who knows how to cover and read eyes. It\u2019s going to be a tough one for us and we\u2019re excited about the challenge. This is important to us, at home, a divisional opponent.<\/p>\n

On playing New England this early in his career\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

It seems like each week in this league, there are obviously no slouches. Maybe in college, and Coach [Pete] Carroll will kill me for saying it, you play a team that might not be as strong one week. You don\u2019t change your preparation at all, but you have that in the back of your head. But, in this league there is nobody you can take a week off for, especially this group. They\u2019re great on offense. They know how to win. All I\u2019ve known is them winning Super Bowls these last few years. They know how to win games at the end of the game. They don\u2019t just fall off and quit early. This team will play you until the end. They\u2019re tough, they\u2019re physical, and they\u2019re smart. It\u2019s important for us to play the same way and get one out.<\/p>\n

On if he feels New England is a must-win game\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sure. This is our first divisional opponent at home, our first home game. This is huge for our fans [and] for us personally. At the same time, we don\u2019t want to blow this game up and make it bigger than it is but we need to understand that it\u2019s important. It\u2019s a divisional opponent at home, our first one of the season. This is a great team. I don\u2019t even know what else to say about them. They\u2019ve got the whole package. They know how to play well. They know how to play on the road and we can\u2019t afford to make mistakes in this one.<\/p>\n

On if he\u2019s reached out to Carson Palmer\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

No, I haven\u2019t actually. After this first week, we\u2019ve all been so busy, but I know we\u2019re going to see him the last game of the season. We\u2019ve kept things pretty internal and just listened to the guys here. You know who\u2019s been an amazing resource is Kellen [Clemens]. He\u2019s given me every tip he could possible give me. He\u2019s played against these guys quite a bit. He\u2019s watched Chad [Pennington] play. He\u2019s seen [Brett] Favre play against these guys. He knows, just like Schotty [Brian Schottenheimer] and other coaches on this staff, how to play against these guys. They\u2019re trying to help me as much as possible, so it\u2019s been great to have them as resources.<\/p>\n

On the rivalry between the Jets and the Patriots\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

I\u2019m still learning a lot about that just like I\u2019m learning a lot of this stuff on the fly. The offense, knowing that an opening game on the road is very important. Winning that first game is very important for a rookie quarterback [and] first-year head coach. This rivalry, when you talk to fans [it\u2019s], \u201cOh, just beat the Patriots.\u201d That\u2019s what everybody wants to hear. That\u2019s the way we want to think this week and understand that it\u2019s important to us [and] our fans, but at the same time, it\u2019s a football game and we need to play like we\u2019ve played since we were little kids. Just have fun with it and be smart as well.<\/p>\n

On what he saw when he watched video of the Houston game\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

There\u2019s plenty of mistakes in that game. It\u2019s riddled with mistakes and I\u2019ve got a lot or work to do. There were some great plays in there. The receivers did a great job after the catch. It\u2019s important for me to clean up a lot of the footwork stuff [and] some of our cadence stuff with the penalties. We can\u2019t afford to do that on the road and put ourselves in first-and-15 with false starts. That\u2019s me in the cadence. That\u2019s all on me. That\u2019s stuff I need to clean up. [With the] incompletions, I felt there were some plays I wanted back that I really could have hit. I did a good job of buying time when I needed to at times. The offensive line allowed me a couple of extra seconds here and there which we made plays downfield. Guys stayed on their routes. The other thing was at the end of the game. You can\u2019t afford to make a mistake like that. That kind of mistake can come back and kill your team. There was no excuse for that and it\u2019s just something you need to clean up and be smarter with that ball. Check it down and go to the next down.<\/p>\n

On Jerricho Cotchery<\/a>\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

He\u2019s someone that works so hard all week and when he has a game like that it was really no surprise to me or anyone in the organization. He talks to you after every route. He wants to know what I\u2019m thinking. He\u2019s one of those guys who when he gets his chance to run his route in practice, you almost don\u2019t want to coach him too much because he can do it all on his own. He knows how to read guys and he knows how to feel a defender and get open and get quarterback friendly. He\u2019ll go down for the ball. He\u2019ll jump up for it. He\u2019ll go over the middle. He can do it all. The way he caught the ball last week and ran after the catch, those plays aren\u2019t happening without him, and [Chansi] Stuckey as well, and Dustin [Keller] and Leon [Washington], all those guys. After the catch, they were explosive. They made one to two guys miss every time. That\u2019s where our yards came from. That\u2019s where our conversions came from. It started with J-Co and all those guys followed suit, which was important.<\/p>\n

On if his confidence has improved with his first win\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sure. That\u2019s a big-time confidence boost. The biggest thing about last week is that it\u2019s over. It\u2019s something you\u2019ve got to move on quickly. Whether it was a good game, bad game, indifferent, you\u2019ve got to move on quickly. It\u2019s already Wednesday, we\u2019re well into our game plan. Last week seems like a millennium ago. This is a whole new deal and we have a big challenge this week.<\/p>\n

On Rex Ryan\u2019s comments about New England having a better coach and quarterback\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

Coach Belichick is a phenomenal coach and he showed that with all his wins these past few years. I think they said in our division [since 2001 they\u2019re] 40-11, which is unbelievable, against divisional opponents, guys you play twice a year. That is phenomenal. That\u2019s scheming. That\u2019s the coaches he has around him. That\u2019s the players he drafts with the right kind of attitude, who know how to play for him.<\/p>\n

Obviously, Tom Brady comes back from his knee injury. He\u2019s a stud. He plays well. He\u2019s smart with the football. He can check it down. He can beat you down the field and he\u2019s won a million games it seems like in the clutch. That\u2019s when quarterbacks are measured. They\u2019re measured by Super Bowl wins and clutch wins and he\u2019s got them all. We definitely understand how great of a tandem they are.<\/p>\n

On playing in his first home game\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is great. Preseason was fun, but at the same time this is going to be a sold-out crowd, I hope. They\u2019ll know how to cheer. I\u2019ve noticed that in the jump from college to pro. They know how to cheer and they know how to get after opposing teams just like Houston was on us. Hopefully, they show that same kind of spirit and they\u2019re excited like we are to play and take a lot of pride in playing in the Meadowlands.<\/p>\n

On his first career start against Houston\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

That game was important for me because my family was there. It was a big game for this team and I feel this team is like a family. That relationship I have with my family and now my new teammates who are my new family made it all the more special. Right after the game, I got the ball from the ref and ran up to the stands and gave it to my mom to take home. It shows how much it means to me to have them there.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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