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Courtesy NY Jets PR Department<\/strong>
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David Harris was limited today. [Donald] Strickland is still limited with a quad. Guys that were full \u2014 Jerricho Cotchery <\/a>[hip], Braylon Edwards [elbow], Shaun Ellis [knee], Ryan Fowler [head], James Ihedigbo [neck], Thomas Jones [knee], Mark Sanchez [knee] and [Steve] Weatherford [right hamstring]. Everybody was full except the two guys, David Harris and Strickland. David wasn\u2019t full-go by any stretch of the imagination, but I think it\u2019s an encouraging sign the fact that he was able to get out there and do something. We\u2019ll see how that goes.<\/p>\n

On if Donald Strickland will be able to play Saturday\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

I\u2019m not sure about him, right now. We\u2019ll see. He\u2019s had a couple of good days. He\u2019s made some plays, but there is still some soreness.<\/p>\n

On if it was an illegal hit when David Harris got hurt last Sunday\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

It was a chop block, but I don\u2019t believe it was intended. What happened is, and it was really unusual like a chop block generally is. You have a guy that\u2019s posting up high and then a guy not right next to the person comes in and chops the guy. What happened in this case was a running back had posted him high. The backside back also came over. He thought he had him in the protection and then was going to cut, so he was taking a blind shot which they do a lot of that will come from one side and then come and cut. The front side linebacker had already posted him and gauged him, so that\u2019s where he got hurt. I don\u2019t think by any stretch that it was intended. It\u2019s just one of those things that unfortunately happened.<\/p>\n

On what impresses him the most about Darrelle Revis\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

Everything if that\u2019s one thing. His consistency. Week end and week out [he goes] against the best that the NFL has to offer. The list is amazing. No corner in the league has been asked to do what he\u2019s been asked to do. We\u2019ve said it. I know you guys are tired of hearing me say it, but it\u2019s true and the guy deserves it. I hope he wins the Defensive MVP because he\u2019s as deserving of a guy as I\u2019ve ever been around and I\u2019ve been around some great ones.<\/p>\n

On his thoughts of Revis before this season\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

I only thought he was the best in the league. That\u2019s what I thought, but he\u2019s even better than that. He really is. They can say what they want, but everybody knows he\u2019s out there, so go ahead and throw it over there. They do. They take their shots. We\u2019ve all seen it. We\u2019ve all been here.\u00a0Knowing you go into every game, everybody screaming, \u201cHey, look. Throw it out there. You\u2019re going to be one-on-one.\u201d Yet he still stands tall. It\u2019s incredible. It really is.<\/p>\n

On critics that say Revis has safety help\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

That would be a lot of guys are misinformed. Sometimes, we played a game this year where we were playing cover one where the safety is in the middle of the field. Kerry [Rhodes] has pretty good range. I think he can cover over the top a bunch, but he\u2019s playing center field. A lot of times he’s out there, I\u2019m not going to put him in zero coverage every snap, but if somebody went back and really broke it down, this award wouldn\u2019t be close on who should win it.\u00a0You\u2019re right. I do know something about defense. I\u2019ve never seen a corner have this kind of year, with one exception maybe Deion [Sanders] when he was with San Francisco.<\/p>\n

On if he has received any feedback over his statement that the Jets should be favored in the playoffs\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

I got a lot of feedback from the media, I think. You know what? That\u2019s fine. I\u2019m just saying I believe it. I believe it to be a true statement. Again, it\u2019s all going to come out in the end.<\/p>\n

On what makes Nick Mangold such a great center\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

The same thing that makes that [Domata] Peko such a good defensive tackle: his hair. I think that\u2019s what it is. The guy has got everything. He was a first round pick which is rare to have a center go in the first round. That really talks about how he dominated the college game. The thing that\u2019s impressive about Nick is that he\u2019s got great quickness and he\u2019s got size. In our division, in particular, you play a lot of 3-4 teams and those nose tackles are gigantic. He\u2019s able to match up one-on-one against the massive nose tackles that play 3-4 defenses and then also have the quickness to cut off 4-3 middle linebackers. That\u2019s a rare combination. He\u2019s smart, he makes all the line calls, so really a tremendous player.<\/p>\n

On how Mark Sanchez is approaching this game\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

I think he\u2019s even more excited than he normally is. He\u2019s just really excited about this opportunity. As a football team, we know we\u2019re fortunate to be in this situation. There\u2019s plenty of times where teams with nine wins don\u2019t make the playoffs. We feel fortunate to get in, but we\u2019re excited about the opportunity we have and we have a strong belief that we can do it. I think Mark feels the same way.<\/p>\n

On if it is different being in the playoffs for the first time as a head coach\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

I feel great because I think I have a huge bonus in there. Other than that, it\u2019s the same. I\u2019m just part of the success that we\u2019ve had and that\u2019s no different than any other time that I was an assistant. I was just part of it.<\/p>\n

On why they practiced inside today\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

Well, we never had the heat turned on indoors. To all the free agents, we can heat it up if we want to. I\u2019m not superstitious, I\u2019m not dumb either. This is what we did last week. We went out one day. Really what it is though, we get great attention to detail there. We\u2019re able to really pump that music in there and keep loud and the communication really needs to be spot on. We had a very good practice today.<\/p>\n

On why Dustin Keller hasn\u2019t been more of a focal point of their passing game\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

Well, he\u2019s got to be out there, number one. We had a lot of the game, in particular last week, we had an extra lineman in there a bunch. He is a dangerous player. If you want to cover him with one guy, then surely we can exploit that. We have a lot of confidence in him. He\u2019s a very dangerous type of athlete, so hopefully we can get it going where we can give him some shots down the field.<\/p>\n

On Brian Schottenheimer saying he was happy here\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

I think he\u2019s crazy. There\u2019s only 32 of these jobs, so anytime you get that opportunity, you really need to look hard at it, but how much he like it here and appreciates the coaches he has working with him and the players he has, he knows this could be a special team. This is a special organization. If he doesn\u2019t get a head coaching job, I\u2019m going to feel really bad for him, but not really. He\u2019ll stay right here and he\u2019ll be just fine. All of our guys are excited for him to hear him mentioned for these jobs, but it\u2019s almost a bittersweet thing. We want him to be successful individually and to go on and to become a head coach, but we definitely don\u2019t want to lose him.<\/p>\n

On what emotions he\u2019ll feel on Saturday\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

Well Gary, you\u2019ve been wanting me to cry a long time in front of you guys because you guys missed it. I know it\u2019s been well reported. I\u2019ll bawl like a baby if we win the Super Bowl. For me, emotionally, I\u2019m excited for this opportunity. I won\u2019t be surprised when we win. That\u2019s how I feel.\u00a0I want to win and that\u2019s all I\u2019m thinking about doing. Doing my job and finding a way to win. That\u2019s it. If we lose, it\u2019ll be devastating just like it always is.<\/p>\n

On if it will be special to win a playoff game as a head coach, something his dad never did\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

I think it will be special, period, just to win. The opportunity that you stay alive and you\u2019re able to win would be huge. You\u2019ve got to have a lot of things going for you in the playoffs to make a run. I think he had a lot of really good Philly teams. I think if they had kept him there, he would have won a few Super Bowls. I truly believe that. They had the youngest team in the league when they fired him and went three straight years in the playoffs. You\u2019ve got to be hitting your stride and be healthy. We\u2019ve had a couple of huge injuries. I say huge with all due respect to Kris Jenkins, but also with Leon. But we still feel like we\u2019re healthy to make a run. We\u2019re going to find out.<\/p>\n

On if he\u2019s talked to his dad this week\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

No, I have not talked to him yet.<\/p>\n

On if his dad congratulated him on making the playoffs\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

He did, but it\u2019s no big deal. Trust me, it\u2019s no big deal. My brother is going to be at the game. I think he\u2019s going to do some advance scouting. Just kidding. That\u2019ll be neat to see him out there.<\/p>\n

On Domata Peko\u2019s return\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

He\u2019s a good player. There\u2019s no question about it. The first thing that jumps out at you is that hair, it\u2019s hard not to. He\u2019s a good player. He\u2019s a passionate guy, really competes and plays hard. I\u2019m not going to compare him to Haloti Ngata, but he\u2019s pretty darn good.<\/p>\n

On if he was disappointed that Laveranues Coles wasn\u2019t with the Jets when he was hired\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

Yeah, absolutely. I love the way he competes. He\u2019s one of those tough guys. He would have fit right in here. I like him. I met him. I went down to talk to him, but the opportunity that he had, that Cincinnati presented to him financially and everything else, there\u2019s no way we could have matched. He knows we wanted him. There\u2019s no question about that.<\/p>\n

On if he brings up to the team the fact that two of the last four years a Wild Card team has won the Super Bowl\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

No. There\u2019s another fact out there. It would be interesting to see how many teams led the NFL in defense and how far those teams went in the playoffs. In scoring, if you take the team that led the NFL in scoring in defense and see how far they went.<\/p>\n

On how difficult it is to look for coaching jobs while in the playoffs\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

I always just focus on the one thing. I never worried about the job I didn\u2019t have. That\u2019s probably why I did such a great job in interviews. I owed it to my team to give everything I had for that purpose, trying to win.<\/p>\n

On if the 37-0 victory gives the team an edge in the rematch\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

I don\u2019t know. Nobody\u2019s been through this. The fact that it was a lopsided score, we\u2019re going right back at it in six days. I guess you\u2019d have to ask them or somebody a lot smarter than me. I can\u2019t figure it out. I just hope we go out with the same kind of intensity and I\u2019m sure we will. Knowing that we\u2019re going to get Cincinnati\u2019s best shot, knowing that they\u2019re going to get ours and see if we\u2019re good enough to beat them.<\/p>\n

On if it was helpful that the defense was on the field for a short amount of time last week\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

Yes, it absolutely is. That\u2019s how you play. That\u2019s the great part of that game, it was such a team-game. We\u2019re pretty good. The guys that we put out there on the field are good. The best part of it is, when we\u2019re on the sideline we\u2019re phenomenal. That\u2019s definitely in the gameplan, control the clock, control the ball. That play\u2019s in our hands.<\/p>\n

On how Harris\u2019 injury affects the roster and traveling with an extra defensive back\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

That is a definite possibility there. With [Ryan] Fowler, he\u2019s able to practice fully now. We might actually do that. We\u2019ll see. The head injuries, those are scary. I know he wanted to practice immediately, but you have to be responsible. Let the doctors handle those types of things. I\u2019m not comfortable putting a guy out unless I absolutely get 100 percent clearance from everyone else.<\/p>\n

On Ryan Fowler\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

I think he\u2019s fine, but I don\u2019t know what the term is. He\u2019s fine. He is a full participant [at practice] now. Our doctors felt good about it. He has started a lot of games in this league before. I think he played for Dallas and Tennessee. He definitely has some experience. Kenwin Cummings is a guy that\u2019s been with us for a long time, we just haven\u2019t had to use him.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s funny, when you tell your team and the practice squad guys that you have to prepare, you have to study, you never know when your number is going to be called. Eventually, you are going to need everybody. The guys always look at you, \u201cYeah, yeah, yeah,\u201d and they really don\u2019t believe it. Now maybe they\u2019ll start believing it because there have been times we\u2019ve had to have [Matt] Slauson go in games, now Kenwin Cummings goes in. You use your roster. Kenwin is a smart guy, so you may see him in there also.<\/p>\n

On radio host Craig Carton walking the Brooklyn Bridge in a Jets Speedo and jersey\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

That\u2019s what I\u2019m talking about. That\u2019s great. The name sounds familiar, but I\u2019m not up to speed on many things. I think he\u2019s a radio personality. My thing is he probably paid too much attention to my Atlanta Falcons press conference. The fact he\u2019s doing it, see, you should have believed in us. That\u2019s great. The thing that I like about it is that he said it and now he\u2019s going to go do it. That\u2019s pretty impressive. Better him than me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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