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Minnesota Vikings Head Coach Brad Childress, 10.7<\/strong><\/p>\n

On LaDainian Tomlinson\u2026<\/strong>
\nI see a guy that\u2019s playing at a pretty high level, (after) taking a good look at their run game. Obviously, he gets it in the pass game, both protection and route running and then obviously enough squirt where he can run through the line of scrimmage and get into the outside or run around you on the outside and make you miss. So, I haven\u2019t seen a lot of fall off.<\/p>\n

On if Tomlinson looks as good as he ever did\u2026<\/strong>
\nDifferent kind of style of offense, I think, but probably as good as I remember him.<\/p>\n

On what Randy Moss can do for the team right away and Darrelle Revis\u2019 comments pertaining to Moss\u2019 work ethic\u2026<\/strong>
\nI don\u2019t really have a response to any of those comments. I\u2019m aware of them. Like I said yesterday, I think it\u2019s just important to judge him going forward from here. I wasn\u2019t here when he was here the first time. Obviously, I wasn\u2019t anywhere that he\u2019s been since then, but we kind of go about our business and judge him going forward. I had a chance to sit down and speak with him this morning. He got in late last night, but in reference to the things that he can do, I think usually the tape speaks for itself. He can get deep on you. He can high-point a ball. He\u2019s a good broken field runner. He\u2019s got \u201cA\u201d competes and \u201cA\u201d football instincts. We\u2019re always looking to add good players and he\u2019s a good player.<\/p>\n

On how long it will take for Moss to be up to speed\u2026<\/strong>
\nThat\u2019s an interesting question. Your attempt is to give him the whole game plan here and I\u2019m sure we\u2019ll settle on what he\u2019s going to do as we head through the week. Really, it\u2019s kind of a season long process. I would tell you the same thing with Brett (Favre). Both systematically and every year it kind of brings its own thing in terms of personnel and defenses you\u2019re going to play and how does a guy run this route? How far can I lead him? That type of thing, so I just think it will be an evolution as we go week-by-week.<\/p>\n

On if he\u2019s limited to what he can ask of Moss in Monday night\u2019s game\u2026<\/strong>
\nI don\u2019t know if that\u2019s fair or not. I\u2019ll probably know that better as we get towards Monday night.
\nOn what he\u2019s seen from the Jets and their defense against tight ends\u2026<\/strong>
\nI\u2019d say this, they have a good one (tight end Dustin Keller), as well. When you speak about good, (it\u2019s) not just guys that can play in a three-point stance next to your tackle. Certainly their guy (Keller) and our guy (Visanthe Shiancoe) can do both of those things, but they have abilities to make plays away from the formation. Whether you want to talk about Jeremy Shockey or (Antonio) Gates, both those guys have those tools. I don\u2019t think they (the Jets defense) key any specific thing. They\u2019re basically playing their defense, whether they\u2019re manning the guy or zoning the guy. I think that\u2019s just probably the way it has evolved in the first four games for them.<\/p>\n

On what he has seen from Mark Sanchez\u2026<\/strong>
\nI see a progression. I feel like he\u2019s comfortable with what they\u2019re doing. A lot of times as a young quarterback, you\u2019re thinking so hard about the play you just called and when to lift your foot for a guy to go in motion and all the things that are happening on your side of the line of scrimmage. Now, I see him coming to the line (and) not worrying about it. That\u2019s like falling off a log. I see him paying a good bit of attention to some of the nuances of what\u2019s happening on defense.<\/p>\n

On how he plans to prepare for Santonio Holmes since he hasn\u2019t played a regular season game with the Jets\u2026<\/strong>
\nI would tell you, though, that he\u2019s been available to them through all the OTAs and through training camp and that type of thing. It\u2019s not a completely blank slate. I\u2019m sure they\u2019re doing the same things, taking a measure of where he\u2019s at strength and conditioning-wise. It\u2019s great to be in good running shape. It\u2019s a different thing to be in football shape. I\u2019m sure he did a great job of taking care of his body. I\u2019m sure they have a menu of things that they knew they were going to do with him. I don\u2019t suppose they have to take a step back from that.<\/p>\n

On if there is a philosophy to back away from running backs once they turn 30\u2026<\/strong>
\nI wouldn\u2019t just say that about running backs. I think you have to know the team you have and how many miles they have on those tires. I don\u2019t suppose he\u2019s (LaDainian Tomlinson) going live on inside drills on Wednesday or Thursday. Everybody does it a little bit differently, whether it\u2019s taking the pads off for guys halfway through the year. I\u2019m sure they\u2019re managing him and that\u2019s usually a prudent thing to do. (It\u2019s) different for different people.<\/p>\n

On what he\u2019s seen from the Jets defense\u2026<\/strong>
\nIt\u2019s a ton to get ready for. (They) play out of an odd front, play out of an even front, play base personnel, nickel personnel. He\u2019s (Rex Ryan) got a very nice blitz package. That\u2019s all you ever try to do. (You) try to create some element of slowness or confusion or thought to be able to get to the quarterback where he might be able to take that extra second. Maybe they get a delay of game. Maybe they get a free (rusher) because they disguised something. It\u2019s a great package.<\/p>\n

On if he would prefer to have a later bye-week\u2026<\/strong>
\nI think in a perfect world, you like it dead in the middle, but it\u2019s not a perfect world. We had it after six or seven (games) last year. The way I choose to look at it, and remember I\u2019m always shaping the environment here, is we\u2019ve been practicing football for two months now. We started around August 1, took a little break and we really haven\u2019t had a chance to get into any kind of rhythm with the Thursday night game, Sunday game, play another one and then we\u2019re going to take a bye. Really, we\u2019ll find out as we go what kind of football team we\u2019ve got and we just need to get the drum beating here a little bit with the rest of the season.<\/p>\n

On Moss is the perfect fit for what they need with Sidney Rice out\u2026<\/strong>
\nHe\u2019s a hell of a piece of the puzzle. He\u2019s physical. Stature wise, they\u2019re very similar. Obviously, Randy\u2019s got more of a pedigree. He has that past history. Sidney had the one tremendous year last year. I think he\u2019ll be a good addition to our football team.<\/p>\n

On if there was a difference in waiting for Favre to make his decision this year\u2026<\/strong>
\nIt was different. I took a flyer last year after a week in the preseason and you play your hunch that he still has the itch to do that. It was a different dynamic here last time (with) all the things you have to go through when you\u2019re new, kind of like what we\u2019re talking about with Randy Moss. What\u2019s the culture like? Who are the players? What can they do? This year, I thought there was obviously some pause. I\u2019m sure he had a few meetings with himself and Deanna (Favre). Every year has it\u2019s own personality. Whatever happened last year has nothing to do with what\u2019s going to happen this year.<\/p>\n

On if Moss expressed enthusiasm about the trade to Minnesota\u2026<\/strong>
\nI wish I could tell you I\u2019ve spoken to him. He was up at the crack of dawn getting physicals and just made it up to my office about 10 minutes before our team met at 8:30, so I think he expressed the fact that he\u2019s been up since the crack of dawn.<\/p>\n

On if it\u2019s easier to incorporate Moss because they have a veteran team\u2026<\/strong>
\nThere are six or seven guys here that were here when he was here before. I would tell you though, this is a completely different organization and building than it was when he was here before by virtue of the fact, that the comings and goings of players as well as just the culture and the organization. We just kind of went through some of those things and there will be guys that are able to make him comfortable. I think the great thing is obviously he knows his way around these parts.<\/p>\n

On if the subject of a contract extension for Moss has come up\u2026<\/strong>
\nIt did not.<\/p>\n

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