{"id":4795,"date":"2010-08-11T07:23:12","date_gmt":"2010-08-11T07:23:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jetnation.com\/?p=4795"},"modified":"2019-11-28T06:19:46","modified_gmt":"2019-11-28T10:19:46","slug":"rex-ryan-press-conference-transcript","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/2010\/08\/11\/rex-ryan-press-conference-transcript\/","title":{"rendered":"Rex Ryan Press Conf Transcript (Tues)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Transcript of Jets head coach Rex Ryan’s midday news conference following Tuesday’s morning training camp practice.\u00a0 Courtesy NY Jets PR Department:
\n<\/em><\/p>\n

Good practice today. The offense dominated in the red zone, 7-on-7, but then the defense responded in the team period. We put them in a situation where the offense had to have it, score a touchdown to win the game, and the defense did great. In fact, the last group that was in there had four sacks in a row. That was good. They\u2019re going back and forth at each other right now. Last year, it was dominated by the defense only. Now, they\u2019re taking shots back-and-forth at each other. It\u2019s going to make the team better. We can beat you in more ways. We don\u2019t just have to beat you with our defense and ground game. We can beat you through the air. That\u2019s really exciting to me. <\/strong><\/p>\n

On Jason Taylor\u2019s limited action during practice\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

We held him out of team reps. [Brashton] Satele is still out, but he\u2019s doing much better. He\u2019s out there running and things like that. [Jeff] Cumberland should be ready to go for this afternoon\u2019s practice. Everything\u2019s going well. Marlon Davis is still out, but he\u2019s doing better as well. I think we should be getting all those guys back and out there in a couple of days.<\/p>\n

On Martin Tevaseu\u2019s injury\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

It\u2019s a boxer break on his hand. It\u2019s just got him clubbed up for four weeks. What\u2019s beautiful about that kid \u2014 that’s probably not a term you\u2019d use too often with that kid, he\u2019s not the most handsome guy [laughing] \u2014 he just does a good job. He never takes a play off. One day I was counting them and I was just waiting to see how many guys would rest before him. He ran down on 10 kickoffs as a show team guy. He got my attention. He got out of the conditioning test, which wasn\u2019t easy for him, but he did it. He\u2019s a player. He came here to win a job. That club is just an inconvenience. Most guys, when you\u2019re a d-lineman and you can\u2019t grab anyone, you\u2019re pretty much done. He\u2019s got such a girth and he\u2019s just so strong that he hangs in there pretty good. I\u2019ve been encouraged with him.<\/p>\n

On if his plan is to start Kyle Wilson against the Giants\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

That\u2019s pretty much what we got. I think Dennis [Thurman] likes that. [Dwight] Lowery has been doing well. I don\u2019t know what happened to Dwight today. It wasn\u2019t one of his better days, but he\u2019s been doing pretty well. Today, for some reason he wasn\u2019t very sharp. When Kyle\u2019s out there, you can hear him communicating, which is very rare for a rookie. Most guys are there to listen, but he\u2019s smart, he\u2019s sharp and he studies. He came here for a purpose and that was to play and be part of this defense. Right now, he\u2019s obviously in a much bigger role than maybe we even anticipated.<\/p>\n

On the value of the extra reps for Kyle Wilson without Darrelle Revis\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

It\u2019s great. Unfortunately, he\u2019s not playing a whole lot of nickel. He\u2019s played some, but he\u2019s not doing it 100 percent, but we\u2019re rotating those guys inside and outside. Without a doubt, you can\u2019t buy experience. Right now, he\u2019s getting plenty of that.<\/p>\n

On Dwight Lowery and Marquice Cole trading spots in the nickel packages\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

Well when Lowery wasn\u2019t in it he was probably at safety. We\u2019re moving him all over; we call it heads which is basically an extra linebacker, defensive end, defensive back. A lot of mental preparation there, he plays a back, he can play safety, he can play corner, he can play the dime, he can play the nickel so he\u2019s valuable guy.<\/p>\n

On how he feels about Darrelle Revis not being here \u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

I\u2019ve said before I thought that he\u2019d be here. Right now I\u2019m just going to focus on the people who are here and my mindset has to be on the guys that are here right now. Those are the guys who are going to be playing, so if, like I said yesterday, if Darrelle shows up that would be awesome. I never mentioned my name but I\u2019m sure we figured out who I was talking about when I said someone would give him a kiss, probably on the lips [laughter]. That hasn\u2019t changed, but my focus has to be on this football team, the guys that are here right now. The guys who are here, that\u2019s what we have to be ready to go with and that\u2019s what we\u2019re working towards right now.<\/p>\n

On if he would reach out to Revis\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

I don\u2019t know what I would tell him. I don\u2019t know if he\u2019d take my call. He hires people to negotiate and we have guys that obviously do that for us. We\u2019d say hello to each other I guess.<\/p>\n

On if needs to alter his game plan because of Revis\u2019 absence\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

We could alter things depending on who we are up against. Honestly, don\u2019t feel sorry for us, we have everything we need right here on defense. With the addition of [Antonio] Cromartie, that was enormous for this football team and so is the fact that we drafted Kyle Wilson, who is an outstanding player. That helps us a great deal. Every opponent, every week, you always do what is in the best interest for your team; with the people that we have. Maybe it\u2019s all of the covers a certain way, maybe it\u2019s we think we\u2019ve got a great matchup on somebody and that\u2019s how we do it.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve been running defenses a long time in this league, been around it, and I\u2019ve had to overcome a lot of great players not being in it. One year Ray Lewis was out ten games. That same year, Ed Reed was out for six games. I\u2019ve been around a lot of great players obviously but I\u2019ve also had to overcome when those guys were out. Kris Jenkins last year, he\u2019s a premier nose tackle in football, and he misses all but six games last year for us. It\u2019s part of the business. I think the worst I\u2019ve ever finished on defense, it might have been sixth or something like that, and that\u2019s probably college, too. We\u2019ll find a way to get it done. I can\u2019t do much, but I know how to call a defense and we\u2019ll take what we have.<\/p>\n

We have a great collection of individual talent and these guys play great as a team, great as a unit. That\u2019s what we\u2019ll do. That\u2019s why one guy \u2014 obviously, Revis is a tremendous player, Ray Lewis, a tremendous player, Ed Reed, a tremendous player, Kris Jenkins, a tremendous player \u2014 but it\u2019s about the unit and we sell that the day we walked out here. It\u2019s about the unit. If you have the decal on the side of your helmet that says New York Jets on it, you\u2019re a special person and we can get it done. We know that the next guy that pops in there, we can feel good about it. Again, the proof will be in the pudding and the great thing is we get to prove it. We\u2019ll see what happens when we kick it off. We\u2019re not afraid of anybody. We look forward to competing against everybody. Our mentality hasn\u2019t changed.<\/p>\n

On if the optimism of Revis\u2019 arrival has waned\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

Yes. I guess when you get the report back that nothing has changed from their end, I guess that would. I was optimistic. I thought it would be done before we got to camp. I thought it would be done during camp. But again right now the focus is coaching the guys that we have.<\/p>\n

On if he can pass the team\u2019s conditioning test\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Laughs] I can take it, all right. It\u2019d be ridiculous. There\u2019s no way. I would fail it miserably.<\/p>\n

On how difficult the test is\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

It\u2019s pretty difficult. When you start with the lineman, basically what the conditioning test is is twenty 40-yard dashes. You have to make it in six seconds and you have a 30-second rest in between. You run a group of 10 of those. Then you have a three-minute rest in between. Then you run the last 10. For linebackers and the \u201cmids\u201d \u2014 tight ends, quarterbacks \u2014 they have to run 50 yards in seven seconds, and still get the 30 seconds in between. Then for the skill guys, they have to run 60 yards in eight seconds with the 30-second rest in between. That\u2019s a pretty good test right there.<\/p>\n

On the “Hard Knocks” cameras and microphones following the team around\u2026 <\/strong><\/p>\n

To be honest with you, I really don\u2019t notice them. The technology is such that you really don\u2019t notice it. It hasn\u2019t been difficult at all. There hasn\u2019t been anything memorable at all. We\u2019ll see how the show goes. I hope it\u2019s good. I hope it\u2019s an accurate \u2013 it would have to be, I would think \u2013 picture of who the New York Jets are, how we do business and how we also have fun. We\u2019ll work when it\u2019s time to work, we\u2019ll play when it\u2019s time to play and I think it will hopefully be a great showcase of some of our individuals as well. The guys that we\u2019re so proud of. I\u2019m looking forward to seeing it.<\/p>\n

On if anyone is \u201chamming it up\u201d for the cameras\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

Probably Dennis Thurman [laughing]. No, I\u2019m only kidding. No, I haven\u2019t noticed that. We haven\u2019t seen the off-the-field things. Maybe there will be some blatant ones.<\/p>\n

On if the team is planning any off-the-field activities together\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

I have nothing to say if we are planning it or not. I have no comments on that [smiles]. We had a night off, and a lot of the guys went to the water park and other [places]. You do a lot of things together here. We\u2019ll have evenings off. The thing that I like is they do it together. They\u2019re not out there separately.<\/p>\n

On what he did on the team\u2019s day off\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

I had my wife in town. We went to a Mexican restaurant both nights. Garcia\u2019s \u2014 have to give them a plug. Got a nacho for four bucks [laughter], an [inaudible] combination dinner for eight bucks [laughter]. It\u2019s pretty good. I know I got the extension, but that\u2019s still good business [laughter].<\/p>\n

On Jamaal Westerman\u2019s role\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

He\u2019s done a tremendous job. Like we said, he really stood out. When we put the \u2014 some guys call them the A.Y.O., “All You Others,” \u2014 the third group out there, the guy dominated. He\u2019s doing well. He\u2019s doing well on special teams as well. It\u2019s a great problem to have. We have a lot of good players.<\/p>\n

On Vernon Gholston\u2019s sudden improvement\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

I don\u2019t know if anybody noticed, but Vernon [Gholston] beat Brick [D\u2019Brickashaw Ferguson] on two rushes today. I don\u2019t want to say it, I don\u2019t want to say it just yet [laughs], but I told \u2026 I\u2019m not going to say it. But he\u2019s coming. So now, where do you put him? He\u2019s the only guy who has beaten Brick all year. Nobody else has, including Jason Taylor. Nobody has beat him. But Vernon did. So it took him three years really in college before that light really came on. So we\u2019ll see. It\u2019s happening right in front of our eyes. I\u2019m excited about it. I told you guys that yesterday and I\u2019ll stand by it.<\/p>\n

On how Gholston will add depth to the defensive line\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

It would be huge. Absolutely, it would be huge for us to get him in there. Shaun [Ellis] does a great job, but Shaun\u2019s not getting any younger. You have to be able to rotate these guys. [Mike] DeVito\u2019s doing a great job. The ideal thing for us would be that DeVito rotate with Sione [Pouha] and [Kris] Jenkins, and Gholston can hopefully role with Shaun and then you have big Ropati [Pitoitua]. Our depth is pretty decent.<\/p>\n

On the competition for the third quarterback spot\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

I think it\u2019s a good competition. [Kevin] O\u2019Connell had a real nice scrimmage, and then Kellen [Clemens] has really had a couple of good days. When he was running with the twos yesterday, he really had a good day. We\u2019ll see what happens. [Mark] Brunell, I think, has pretty much got a lock on that number two spot. Man, it\u2019s good. You think of where we were last year, and look at the depth that this football team has now, we\u2019ve really made strides and really improved our football team.<\/p>\n

On whether he has seen what he wants from Kellen Clemens yet…<\/strong><\/p>\n

I think we\u2019ll see them in the preseason games. He\u2019s got a great grasp of the system. He\u2019s having fun out there. He\u2019s making some good plays.<\/p>\n

On how the big-name additions mix and blend in on their new team\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

It\u2019s been easy. Like we said before, the chemistry was in question and it looks great in theory, but every year is a new team. There\u2019s turnover every year on every team. We added a lot of really good people. When you look at high character guys, LaDainian Tomlinson, Jason Taylor, two former [Walter Payton] Man of the Year winners. Brodney Pool is a tremendous young man. All the guys, Santonio Holmes, Antonio Cromartie, have come in \u2014 they\u2019ve been great. All our draft picks. Kyle Wilson is about as sharp a kid as there is. We added a lot of quality people.<\/p>\n

On looking for Dustin Keller to step up in his third season\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

To be honest, when we drafted him, we wanted him to look pretty good that first year, also. A lot of times you\u2019ll see that major leap. For whatever reason, it seems like that, where I can go back and look at guys that I\u2019ve had. I had a nose tackle, Aubrayo Franco, from Tennessee, and I said, “Golly, is this kid ever going to do it?” Next year, he gets a little bit better. Next year, he\u2019s really good. The third year, he\u2019s really good, but we can\u2019t keep him. He goes to San Francisco and they franchised him this year.<\/p>\n

It takes time sometimes. These are young men going in against grown men, a lot of times. It takes a little bit of time to get used to that speed, to get used, sometimes even, the playbook that can slow you down. If mentally, you\u2019re struggling, you can\u2019t do it physically. I saw that in a guy named Otis Wilson, one of the most physical guys I\u2019ve ever seen. Otis as a rookie had no clue. He couldn\u2019t get off a block. He wasn\u2019t physical. You would\u2019ve cut him if he wasn\u2019t a first-round pick. Then all of a sudden the light came on, and he became a Pro Bowl player.<\/p>\n

On the competition for the left guard position\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

I think [Matt] Slauson\u2019s ahead of it right now, but Vlad [Ducasse], I see him making strides more. I think Slauson, without question, is ahead. He has a better grasp of the system. He has a better grasp of the techniques that are being used, but that doesn\u2019t mean by any stretch that this kid can\u2019t catch him because I see him improving. I still think it\u2019s going to be a good competition for that spot.<\/p>\n

On who will start at left guard against the Giants\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

I think we\u2019ll rotate them some, but Slauson will be the guy that starts.<\/p>\n

On how he will be able to tell if Keller is emerging with so many players to throw to\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Joking] Is that a fantasy question or is that an actual question? No, it\u2019s hard to say. Could they throw it to Santonio Holmes, Braylon Edwards, Jerricho Cotchery and maybe he doesn\u2019t get the catches? I think as a team you can\u2019t worry about it. Dustin presents so many problems to a defensive coach because you\u2019re running out of DBs. Somebody has to cover Cotchery, somebody has to cover Braylon, somebody has to cover Holmes, and so now, who does that leave you to cover Dustin Keller?<\/p>\n

That\u2019s what you want. That\u2019s why I\u2019m so excited about our passing game. Oh, and by the way, LaDainian\u2019s not too bad out of the backfield. We have it, and our offensive line can protect. If we go empty, we spread you out, we can still protect for Sanchez. It is rough out there, and our defense is about as good as anybody\u2019s. Our defense is struggling with this group.<\/p>\n

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