{"id":61250,"date":"2022-11-24T04:28:37","date_gmt":"2022-11-24T08:28:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jetnation.com\/?p=61250"},"modified":"2022-11-24T04:29:31","modified_gmt":"2022-11-24T08:29:31","slug":"mike-white-talks-about-being-named-starter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/2022\/11\/24\/mike-white-talks-about-being-named-starter\/","title":{"rendered":"Mike White Talks About Being Named Starter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Mike White Talks About Being Named Starter\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/S7iJmXHSe_w?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Mike White met with the media on Wednesday and discussed his reaction to being named the starter. It helps having the full week to prepare, it helps that he had on field experience from last year. White also spoke about his journey, from being drafted to spending time on the practice squad and now being named a starter. Learning from past experiences is the key for Mike. The journey has shaped him into the player he is today.<\/p>\n<p>Here is the full transcript.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rich Cimini, ESPN.com: Mike, what was your reaction when you got the news?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Initially, just excited. It\u2019s just what every player in this locker room wants, is a chance to compete and prove themselves, but more importantly it\u2019s just a chance to be a good teammate and help the team and worry about the team first.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rich Cimini, ESPN.com: How did you get the news?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Coach called me yesterday and just let us all know, it kind of is what it is.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Zack Rosenblatt, The Athletic: What\u2019s going through your head now, once you find that out and then you have to look forward to Sunday as the starter? How does it change your\u00a0mindset,\u00a0I guess?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Like I\u2019ve said countless times before, when you\u2019re the backup, you have to prepare like the starter because the moment you don\u2019t is the moment you get thrusted in there and things can\u2019t go your way if you\u2019re not prepared so truthfully, keeping the same process, focusing on the Bears, and helping this offense move the ball, score points, and win games.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Andy Vasquez, NJ.com: How much does being in this position last year help you doing it this time around? How much more comfortable do you feel?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It does help. The experience of getting game reps in and getting a week, couple weeks as a starter knowing how those things work and I think it helps too, stepping into the huddle, the guys in the huddle know that I have that experience and can respect that. So, I think that\u2019s what the only real difference is, but besides that it\u2019s, like I said earlier, it\u2019s no real different than how I walked in the facility last week.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Zack Rosenblatt, The Athletic: Obviously,\u00a0that last start you had last year probably didn\u2019t go the way you\u00a0wanted,\u00a0how much do you feel like you\u2019ve grown since that game and how much do you use that film in the offseason?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Oh man, so much. Just like any other player in this locker room. If you turn on clips from whatever week that was last year, everyone is a completely different player, but like you said, you\u2019ve got to learn from it. If you don\u2019t learn from it, that\u2019s where it can hinder you, so I promise I have learned from it and took the good and the bad and worked on the bad and build on the good and move forward.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Antwan Staley, New York Daily News: You\u2019ve had an interesting journey, obviously getting drafted by the Cowboys and then coming here and being practice squad, active roster, just kind of reflect on that and just what this opportunity does mean to you?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Every year just seems to be something different and then I feel like that\u2019s just the role of a backup quarterback and you get your opportunities and you\u2019ve got to capitalize on those opportunities and that\u2019s how you kind of elongate your career, but yeah, when you look back on it, it\u2019s been a crazy up and down ride, but I\u2019m thankful for everything because I think it\u2019s helped shape me into the player I am now and given me the experiences to kind of look back on and learn from and build off of.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Al Iannazzone, Newsday: Does it mean even more this time? Like last year you came in because of an injury, now you\u2019re coming in for performance reasons and because you guys are in a position to make a run? Does it mean anything more to this one?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Any time you step in the huddle as a quarterback and you have grown men looking at, like it means something to me, whether we\u2019re 0-16 or if we\u2019re fighting for a playoff spot, me personally, it means something to me and making it about the guys in this locker room and that\u2019s really all I\u2019m focused on. I\u2019m focused on the Bears and focused on performing well enough for these guys in the locker room and help give us all a fighting chance to win ball games.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ryan Dunleavy, New York Post: Obviously,\u00a0you got the chance last year, but just a couple weeks ago you were at third on the depth chart, did you ever wonder if this opportunity was going to come again?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Yeah, I did. I didn\u2019t know when or how or why, but whether it was this year, two years down the road, it\u2019s going to happen, and like I said earlier, I\u2019ve learned from countless older guys, the moment you\u2019re not ready is when it passes you by and you\u2019re out. So, I\u2019ve done now, I\u2019m not going to say I was perfect in those, you go through those mental battles and you\u2019ve got to pick yourself back up and focus, so I wouldn\u2019t say I was perfect on it, but for the most part, you got to stay ready because when your moment does come and if you let it pass by you\u2019re going to look back on it and be frustrated with it.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Joe Mauceri, WPIX: You mentioned the growth and improvement you\u2019ve seen on the team as a whole, with this offense now, what are you excited about getting to go out there and utilize and perform with this current offense?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Yeah, I think there\u2019s definitely some new players, obviously Garrett (Wilson) and C.J. (Uzomah), and (Tyler) Conklin, and Laken (Tomlinson), Duane (Brown), there\u2019s new people, but same system, same core so I\u2019m excited. Anytime I\u2019m able to go out there and play, I\u2019m going to be excited. I wouldn\u2019t say it\u2019s so much of who\u2019s on the field, it\u2019s just the fact of being on the field.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rich Cimini, ESPN.com: Did getting bumped up to number two a few weeks ago have a\u00a0tangible\u00a0effect\u00a0on you? Like did you get more out of that being at two, or at practice reps to be ready for this\u00a0moment? What did that mean exactly?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The only difference really is that you know you dress on gameday, so you know if something happens, you\u2019re the one that\u2019s going in, whereas if you\u2019re the third inactive you really have no shot of going in because you\u2019re inactive, so I would say that\u2019s the only thing that changed. My process, the reps in practice, the order might have changed, but the amount is still the same, so I would say that\u2019s the only real difference.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Zack Rosenblatt, The Athletic: On a personal level, you obviously spend a lot of time with Zach beyond who\u2019s starting, who\u2019s not, what has it been like as his teammate these last few days trying to support him with all he\u2019s been going through?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Oh yeah, I\u2019m friends with Zach Wilson first, teammates second. He\u2019s a great teammate, he\u2019s a great dude, and it\u2019s just this whole time, this situation is just showing that even more so. He\u2019s been super supportive, it\u2019s been the same guy, and I think that shows the type of dude and type of teammate he is. And we\u2019d expect nothing less from him, that\u2019s just kind of who he is, it\u2019s what we\u2019ve known to know him as, going over this past year and a half or whatever it is, but yeah, no surprise from that. He\u2019s been the same dude, same supportive guy, and I thank him for that.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Joe Mauceri, WPIX: You\u2019ve had fans who were calling your name, cheering for you to go in the game, what do you say to those who\u2019ve been supporting you throughout?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You\u2019re always thankful for the support, but try to keep it within this locker room and that\u2019s really the, 60 some odd guys in here and those are the opinions that I really, truly care about. Not that I don\u2019t care about everybody else\u2019s, and I appreciate the support, that\u2019s not what I\u2019m saying, but yeah, once you start to get out of this locker room, you can get down rabbit holes and let your mind wander and you kind of become unfocused, so that\u2019s what I\u2019ve been trying to focus on is staying locked into what\u2019s going on in this building and leave the outside building for my wife and kids.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dennis Waszak, Associated Press: Given that people are expecting you to come in and help this offense, do you have to kind of fight that urge to be a \u201csavior\u201d where this offense has struggled, now you\u2019re coming in to spark the offense?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Right, I think anytime whenever -football\u2019s the ultimate team sport, right? So whatever you\u2019re going through as an offense a struggle, if, it could be the quarterback, it could be the running back, whenever you feel as if you need to solve the worlds problems, I think that\u2019s when you can get into a world of trouble because it is the ultimate team sport and you need all 11 guys on the field to do their job, so if you start to play hero ball, I think that\u2019s when things can go wrong. So, I don\u2019t believe that in any way, I\u2019m just going to go out there and execute the game plan as coached and as talked about throughout the week and do it to the best of my ability and fight like hell for my guys out there.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mike White met with the media on Wednesday and discussed his reaction to being named the starter. It helps having the full week to prepare, it helps that he had on field experience from last year. 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