{"id":4348,"date":"2010-06-04T09:19:15","date_gmt":"2010-06-04T13:19:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jetnation.com\/?p=4348"},"modified":"2019-11-28T06:22:05","modified_gmt":"2019-11-28T10:22:05","slug":"mark-sanchez-transcript","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/2010\/06\/04\/mark-sanchez-transcript\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark Sanchez Transcript"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

On his health now compared to a couple of weeks ago\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

A lot better. Every day it\u2019s feeling better and that\u2019s been key. After long days of work and lower-body lifting days, the big thing is coming back the next day not swollen, achy or hurting. It\u2019s been great. The training staff is happy and we\u2019re looking forward to being ready for minicamp.<\/p>\n

On his knee\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

It feels really good. The scary stuff is when the scar tissue pops, but it just feels good. It alleviates all the pain. It\u2019s natural. That was probably the scariest thing and part of it is psychological rehab, too. You want to feel right about it in your head first and that\u2019s why we do all the exercises in the training room. I feel good. My feet are under me and I\u2019m getting some good spin on the ball, really using my legs. I feel good about it.<\/p>\n

On how often the scar tissue tears\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

That was more a couple weeks ago really, but it\u2019s pretty much done. When you first start moving around, getting up in the morning is hard just remembering that you hurt your leg, but now I\u2019m popping out of bed ready to go. I feel good.<\/p>\n

On if he will be able to fully participate during minicamp\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

If things keep going the way they are, if they progress the way they are now, I\u2019m confident I\u2019ll be ready to go. It\u2019s ultimately going to be up to the training staff and Rex. I feel good about it. I\u2019m confident.<\/p>\n

On how much he wants to be on the field participating\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

It\u2019s hard right now. It\u2019s frustrating, doing the drills on the side, going through 7-on-7s and then having to watch special categories, having to watch team, having to watch them move the ball, stuff that I love doing and the reps that I like getting and the reps that I need. So as soon as I get the opportunity, I\u2019m chomping at the bit now to do it. As soon as they come, I need to make the most of the ones I get, and hopefully all of them in minicamp and then watch that film and get ready for camp.<\/p>\n

On knowing the offense\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

It just feels more natural and I\u2019m not scrambling when I get the playcall like last year. I\u2019d have to say it a couple times in my head before I\u2019d get to the huddle and now I\u2019m visualizing it. I see the concept. It\u2019s to the point where Schotty [Brian Schottenheimer] is barely starting to get the playcall out of his mouth and I\u2019m starting to walk away and he\u2019s grabbing me to make sure I get the whole call, but I feel good about it. That\u2019s the way I want it to be. I want him to be grabbing me, \u201cHey, don\u2019t forget this and give him this tag.\u201d<\/p>\n

When we get up to the line and we\u2019re making checks, I just feel more confident with the audible mechanics, route depth and now getting into fine details of where the receivers\u2019 splits are supposed to be, how deep is Cover-2 versus Cover-3 \u2014 little nuances of our offense that are coming even more and more natural. I feel great about it. That\u2019s the point. As the quarterback, you want to master it and make that offense your own. That\u2019s what I\u2019m in the process of doing.<\/p>\n

On if he sneaked in on an 11-on-11 play last week\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

Yes, just to see how it felt. It felt good though. My knee felt good.<\/p>\n

On Rex Ryan\u2019s reaction when he sneaked in on that play\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

Rex just said, \u201cMake sure you do it.\u201d He said, \u201cNext time you try something like that, make sure Mr. Johnson is not out there because he was terrified\u201d [laughing]. He said, \u201cHeads will go rolling. Be careful.\u201d That\u2019s just keeping the pressure on the training staff, having a little fun with it. It was an easy play. It was nothing special.<\/p>\n

On if he is still free of swelling\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

Absolutely. I\u2019m feeling really good.<\/p>\n

On if he\u2019s surprised he\u2019s not swelling\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

No. Talking to the doctors yesterday, they said, \u201cYou\u2019re coming along a lot faster than a lot of guys do, especially with this injury. We want to keep up the progression. As long as you\u2019re not swelling, as long as you\u2019re feeling right, then you\u2019re healing.” They tell me, \u201cYou know your body best so feel free to tell us if it hurts, if you need to take a day off, if you need to slow down or if you feel good and want to push it.\u201d That\u2019s the kind of communication we have, so we have a good understanding back and forth. The swelling has been down, so we\u2019ve been pushing.<\/p>\n

On his conversation with quarterbacks coach Matt Cavanaugh during practice\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

I was trying to think about it. He didn\u2019t talk to me about the flight of the ball. I\u2019m thinking it was just going through progressions and getting your feet sped up with the speed of your arm to follow. When you go from one progression to another, you want your feet going there first and then your arm to follow. That was the mechanical thing he was getting at.<\/p>\n

But Coach Cavanaugh and they are pretty pleased with my mechanics. Little stuff here and there, first step under center, really opening up to the left when you are making throws deep and wide to the left, but other than that, it\u2019s just talking through progressions and coverages and different looks on defense. That\u2019s probably what we were getting at, but not the ball, really.<\/p>\n

On if his legs locked up at all during practice\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

No, I felt better than I did opening up throwing to my left. That\u2019s something that I thought would be more difficult, but it\u2019s coming from that reactive rehab that we\u2019re doing, really emphasizing pivoting off my right foot, simulating a throwing motion but in the training room and using weights, dumbbells, weight vests and resistance cords to simulate what it\u2019s like putting all my weight on my foot and bringing my right foot off the ground. It feels really good, though.<\/p>\n

On if he weighs less than last year\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

I played at probably 225-, 228. I\u2019m probably 230. You couldn\u2019t tell? [laughing] You see this shirt?<\/p>\n

On Vladimir Ducasse\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

He doesn\u2019t get rattled. That\u2019s good. He\u2019s not a moper. He doesn\u2019t show his emotions. The dude is stone cold. That\u2019s good. You want a guy like that. When you make mistakes like a rookie left guard should, like a quarterback does, that\u2019s what you want. You want to be nails. This guy is already showing flashes of that. It\u2019s little things here and there that he\u2019s trying to clean up.<\/p>\n

The best part is I\u2019m coming along with protections, trying to know when he\u2019s supposed to gap, when he\u2019s supposed to fan, things like that. Now I can talk to him about it and we\u2019re on that same level. I\u2019m trying to help him. That\u2019s where I want to be, to be able to talk to him. He\u2019s doing a great job, [Matt] Slauson, too. Both of them are competing their tail off for that spot so it\u2019s a good situation for both of them. The team will benefit from whoever does well.<\/p>\n

On getting the receivers together this summer to throw in California\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

Part of it is just that it felt natural to me. I did it in school. It was obviously a lot easier when we were an hour away from my house. We\u2019re figuring out a way to get everybody out there, just work on some routes and stuff that I wanted to do whether I was healthy or hurt during these OTAs. I think not being in these OTAs, it’s even more important to get those extra reps to make up for a little lost time we had in OTAs and make sure we\u2019re sharp going into camp.<\/p>\n

We\u2019re giving them plenty of time to get on their vacations and then make that kind of part of their vacation. We\u2019ll make it fun for them, too. I don\u2019t want to kill these guys. We\u2019ll have fun with it. They\u2019ll bring a wife or fianc\u00e9e, maybe, and then hopefully we\u2019ll make it an annual thing.<\/p>\n

On the controversy surrounding Southern Cal\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

I\u2019ve heard some rumblings and I know everything comes out tomorrow, I guess, is the big day. It\u2019s one of those things where I was a redshirt freshman when a lot of that stuff was allegedly going on so I don\u2019t have much to say about it. We\u2019ll see when the report comes out, but I\u2019m hopeful that things will be all right.<\/p>\n

Join in on the discussion in the New York Jets Forums<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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