On Wednesday New York Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez addressed the media. Here is the transcript courtesy of the Jets.<\/p>\n
On what the offense needs to do differently this week\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “I think we just need to execute. There have been a couple of miscues, especially in the fourth quarter. Where we need to be our very best and finish games, we didn\u2019t do it. Guys owned up to their mistakes and we\u2019re ready to bounce back. That game is over. There are a lot of great lessons to learn from it. The kind of offense we have, our scheme, the play-calling ability and the playmakers we have, we shouldn\u2019t be shutout. It sent a good message to us. It hit home for everyone and we\u2019re ready to bounce back.”<\/p>\n On his inaccuracy against Green Bay\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “It was just one of those days where you just don\u2019t play your best. It was obvious we needed to make plays at times. We\u2019re all going to have to bail each other out at some point, but we got off the same page and it wasn\u2019t happening. A lot of that was my fault. I need to be more accurate and that\u2019s been the emphasis this week, get completions. I passed up a couple of easy completions. I left a lot of easy throws out on the field, going down-the-field with some shots that we didn\u2019t really need to take. There were a couple of chances that I could\u2019ve ran, so plenty of decisions that I could\u2019ve made better, and I definitely will.”<\/p>\n On the Detroit defense\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “(They\u2019re) just an active front four, relentless. (Kyle) Vanden Bosch is known as just a blue-collar, tough player around this league. We played against him last year at Tennessee. This guy never quits. Then, they have Ndamukong Suh, who\u2019s playing really well, especially for a rookie. There\u2019s some clips on tape where he\u2019s just manhandling guys up front and doing a great job. That\u2019s where they apply their pressure. They\u2019re in the right spots in their secondary. It\u2019s a good team that\u2019s playing well right now, coming off a big win at home. We need to play our best on the road.”<\/p>\n On Detroit\u2019s improvement as a team\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “They\u2019re a lot better than their record shows. They\u2019ve been in every football game they\u2019ve (played) in. The most important thing is not to think of them as the Detroit Lions of last year. They are not that team. They are far from that team. If we go in there thinking that, we\u2019ll get run out of the building. We need to play well, play sharp (and) I need to be more accurate. We\u2019ll make catches and we\u2019ll play well. It\u2019s important to know that this is a very good opponent and not to overlook them.”<\/p>\n On if they can continue to overcome adversity like they have this season\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “Hopefully, if we respond like we did (after) the Ravens, we\u2019ll be 10-2 and everybody will be happy. That would be great, and that\u2019s the only way we know how. That\u2019s what should happen on Sunday, but it will take a great week of preparation and we\u2019re going to have to play well. It is definitely about responding and being positive.”<\/p>\n On going with the ebb and flow of the season\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “Absolutely, it\u2019s important to not make one bad game a stretch of bad games. That\u2019s kind of the trap you fall into as a rookie. Things are going bad, and they just kind of get worse. Well, now, things went bad on Sunday. It\u2019s time to make them better and not dwell on it, but learn, improve and move on. That\u2019s what I\u2019m planning on doing and I know the team\u2019s with me.”<\/p>\n On if he was too critical of himself\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “For a quarterback, there were a lot of mistakes that I made. (There were) just a couple of poor decisions, throws that didn\u2019t need to be made (and) throws that needed to be made a little better are all over the film. Another quarterback could watch that game and see exactly what I\u2019m seeing, and know why I put so much pressure on myself and know why I\u2019m so critical of myself. Braylon (Edwards) was wide-open for a touchdown at the very end of the game, the second-to-last drive before it was 9-0. (It was) 6-0. If I just hit that and don\u2019t hesitate, I\u2019m throwing a touchdown, we\u2019re winning the game (and) we\u2019re not even talking about it anymore. We\u2019re high-fiving, we\u2019re smiling and it\u2019s a different story this week. That\u2019s how tough I have to be on myself, and that\u2019s how tough I am on myself. That could be the difference between 5-2 and 6-1. It\u2019s this close. That\u2019s why I\u2019m like that.”<\/p>\n On seeing Edwards wide-open on the tape\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “It\u2019s the worst, because he\u2019s wide-open. He said something about it in the game, he said, \u201cHey, did you see me up the seam?\u201d I said, \u2018Yeah, I kind of lost you. How did it look?\u2019 He said, \u201cI was wide-open.\u201d Every receiver tells you they\u2019re wide-open and that\u2019s good, that\u2019s fine. I want them to. That\u2019s fine, but especially after you look at the film, that could\u2019ve been an easy one. Seth Ryan could\u2019ve made that throw (joking). It\u2019s frustrating when you look at it like that.”<\/p>\n On if he saw Edwards open on the play at all\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “He\u2019s not even in the progression. No, it\u2019s like a backside hold-off route. My brothers asked me the same thing (and said), \u201cDude, he\u2019s wide-open.\u201d I\u2019m like, \u2018All right, John Elway, relax.\u2019 He\u2019s not in the progression and he knew that, but it was just one of those things like if I happen to see him or something on a scramble, obviously, get my eyes up and see him. He wasn\u2019t in the play.”<\/p>\n On not using misdirection plays as much against Green Bay as they usually do\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “Those guys did such a good job on the edge. We had to really sell some of those runs to get outside there. The two chances we had, we hit one and we missed one. It\u2019s something that\u2019s always in the game plan. I like throwing on the run, but whether we do it a lot one week or not, there\u2019s still other plays to be made.”<\/p>\n On if he feels pressure to evenly distribute the ball to all his receivers\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “Really, it doesn\u2019t even matter who the guys are. They shouldn\u2019t even wear numbers and wear a dark visor like LT (LaDainian Tomlinson), so I can\u2019t even see them. It wouldn\u2019t matter because I\u2019m not looking for a specific guy, \u2018Ok, this guy needs three catches.\u2019 It\u2019s about getting as many assists as possible, if that makes sense, from a point guard perspective. I left a lot of them out there on the field. We\u2019re not counting. We\u2019re not making tally marks, and nobody has to hit a certain number of catches. It\u2019s catch-by-committee. It doesn\u2019t matter. If LT has the most catches, that\u2019s fine, too. That\u2019s the way it should be.”<\/p>\n On the receptions numbers being evenly spread out\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “It will end up that way. The numbers will even out, run-to-pass and guys with catches, if I\u2019m going through things right and I\u2019m making the right decisions. It will end up evening out.”<\/p>\n On if he would throw more to one receiver if he is beating a cornerback\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “Sure. Matchups come in to play, when guys are hot, give them a chance, but it\u2019s hard to get things rolling when I\u2019m not throwing the ball the right way. I just wasn\u2019t accurate enough. There are so many completions that I left out there. It\u2019s really too bad.”<\/p>\n On if footwork was a problem against Green Bay\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “No, not at all. It was just a poor day when it came to accuracy.”<\/p>\n On if he is more critical of himself this season\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “I think I\u2019m always about the same when I criticize myself. It\u2019s usually rough. That\u2019s the way I want it to be. I\u2019m striving to be one of the best and you can\u2019t (just say), \u2018Oh, it\u2019s ok that I missed that one,\u2019 and \u2018Let that one go.\u2019 You have to be tough and set the standard high, so I think I\u2019m pretty much the same that way between last year and this year.”<\/p>\n On Coach Ryan talking about him running more for first-downs\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “I think there were some running lanes out there and some balls that I put in the air that I could\u2019ve just ran with. Even if you get three yards, it\u2019s like running the ball. It\u2019s fine. It\u2019s ok to do that, just get down, slide, run out of bounds and keep the chains moving. Do what\u2019s absolutely best for the team. I kind of got away from that last week and that\u2019s why we didn\u2019t win.”<\/p>\n On whether the knee brace and the sliding problems last season are in the back of his mind\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “I feel much more mobile this year than I did last year. I\u2019ve used my legs to get out of trouble a couple of times and now it\u2019s about using them to advance the ball down the field a little bit every once in a while. There\u2019s nothing wrong with it. When everybody gets out, just steal a couple of yards and get out of bounds, so that\u2019s what I\u2019ll focus on.”<\/p>\n On whether there was a friendly competition between him and Matthew Stafford during the draft process\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “Absolutely. In workouts, at the combine, on our pro days, we were competing. Now, it\u2019s a chance for us to compete on our respective teams. I think he\u2019s doing a great job for them. He was lights out last week (and) threw a few touchdown passes. We\u2019re coming into town, in their place. They\u2019re riding a little momentum from last week and we need to play our best and know that he is a great quarterback. (He is) young, but really good. (He) can make all of the throws, so we have to play well.”<\/p>\n On if he was hoping Detroit would draft him number one\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “No, I\u2019m happy where I\u2019m at.”<\/p>\n On if he would have liked being drafted number one overall\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “I like where I\u2019m at.”<\/p>\n On if he had more pressure on him than Matt Stafford because of the expectations of the Jets to do well\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “First-round quarterbacks anywhere (have a lot of pressure on them). (Detroit is) searching for someone to be that guy to bring back their franchise. That\u2019s what Coach (Jim) Schwartz (is doing) with Calvin Johnson and all the draft picks they\u2019ve had the past 10 years. They\u2019ve been building their team and now they\u2019re starting to play like a team that\u2019s really going to be a contender. Then, you come to a team that was supposed to pick 16th, so kind of middle of the pack, with a lot of talent and new head coach. There\u2019s pressure there, too. It\u2019s a similar type of pressure. It may be tougher in New York just with the media attention, but (we\u2019re in) similar positions. He\u2019s done a great job with everything through injuries and criticism. He\u2019s a tough guy and a winner. They picked a good quarterback and now we have to go play him.”<\/p>\n On WFAN\u2019s report that he was hanging out with Randy Moss yesterday\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “No. I mean, yes (laughter).”<\/p>\n On if he was hanging out with Moss\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “As far as you know (laughter).”<\/p>\n On where his favorite hangout spot is\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “I don\u2019t know (laughing). One Jets Drive (laughter). We were hanging in the cafeteria (joking).”<\/p>\n On how we would feel if the Jets claimed Moss\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “We didn\u2019t get him (joking)? I haven\u2019t even thought about it. We\u2019re worried about Detroit. I love the guys we have. 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