On Thursday New York Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez addressed the media.\u00a0 Here is the transcript courtesy of the Jets.<\/p>\n
On the importance of the game against New England\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “It\u2019s a big game, there\u2019s no doubt. Our team seems to play well in big games. It\u2019s another divisional rivalry-type game, so we need to play our best and give them our best shot in a tough environment. It\u2019s going to take, definitely, our best effort and a good week of preparation. We started that today. It\u2019s going to take mistake-free play on offense, no turnovers, no penalties and we\u2019ll have a shot.”<\/p>\n On how excited he is for the game\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “I\u2019m thrilled. It\u2019s the best stage in the world, Monday night, everybody\u2019s watching. (It\u2019s) two powerhouses in the AFC East going at it, so we\u2019re excited. It\u2019ll be a fun one.”<\/p>\n On how New England\u2019s defense has changed defensively since the first meeting\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “They have done a good job with making adjustments on the run. I think (Devin) McCourty has turned out to be a pretty good player. They do what they do well, and that\u2019s disrupt the passing game (and) make it tough on the running game. They play well on the back-end. Their DBs do a great job of keeping things in front of them. (Brandon) Meriweather has done awesome all year, just like he did last year. It\u2019s a great team, once again, and we knew that. We need to play well.”<\/p>\n On if it feels like a statement game to show they are not a lucky team\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “No, I think we\u2019ve earned the right to be where we\u2019re at. We know it\u2019s going to be a great matchup, but nothing really changes other than that. (We just need to) stick to our preparation, trust in what we know, trust our coaches, trust the game-plan and play mistake free. We don\u2019t need to make any statements. We just need to play well.”<\/p>\n On people saying the game is Tom Brady versus him\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “No, he\u2019s playing our defense (and) I\u2019m playing their defense, so it has nothing to do with that. I don\u2019t play against him.”<\/p>\n On playing for Coach Ryan\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “He trusts what you do. He puts you in the right position. He encourages the coaches on offense to do what I like to do, to do what our receivers are good at, to get guys touches and it\u2019s going to be another great game-plan and we\u2019re ready for the challenge. It\u2019s nice to play for Rex.”<\/p>\n On why he was so critical of himself after the Cincinnati game\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “(It\u2019s) the same thing when I watch the film. It just affirmed everything I said. I just passed up easy completions. I didn\u2019t make very good decisions when I got out on the perimeter. Those kinds of things, especially down the stretch against teams like New England, like Pittsburgh, Chicago (and) Miami, they\u2019ll get you beat bad. We can\u2019t afford to have that. That\u2019s not the way I\u2019ve been playing the last few games before that, so there\u2019s no way I can go back to playing like that.”<\/p>\n On why he had a bad performance\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “I don\u2019t know. I think it was just an off night. The coaches talked about it, other people talked about it being a short week, but it doesn\u2019t matter. The good ones, the great ones, they don\u2019t let that affect them. I\u2019m still learning. I still have a long way to go, but I\u2019m glad that I identified a lot of that, the problems with my play, and now it\u2019s time to get better.”<\/p>\n On wanting to play his best in big games\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “That\u2019s always just been important to me. You have to show your best on the biggest occasions, just like the wide outs, just like LT (LaDainian Tomlinson). The big-time players want to play their best on the biggest stage. That\u2019s always been important. That\u2019s always been the way, just growing up and playing for Coach (Bob) Johnson (at Mission Viejo High School), Coach (Pete) Carroll (at USC) and, now, Coach Ryan. Those are the most important ones.”<\/p>\n On if he has a different feeling during the week of a big game\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “I don\u2019t know what it is. It just seems like the guys who are remembered for a long time, the guys that have gone down in the record books as the players who seem to be the best, play best when it counts. We\u2019re going to need another great effort this week.”<\/p>\n On having Santonio Holmes for this game against New England\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “He can only help us. We did well without him that game, and he just adds such a different dimension, another wrinkle to our offense. He\u2019s tough to cover. That\u2019s a good thing for us, and we\u2019ll see how they match-up against him.”<\/p>\n On what he remembers from last season\u2019s loss at New England\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “(I remember) ball security issues (and) making poor decisions. Watching the game from last year, (I was) just not playing within myself, not letting the offense work for me and going out on my own trying to make plays. This isn\u2019t the team to try and do that against. That\u2019s the way you get beat and that\u2019s how they want me to play. That\u2019s how they expect a young quarterback to play. It\u2019s going to be important to make really good decisions, take care of the football, ball security in the pocket and get the ball out to open receivers at the right time.”<\/p>\n On if he thinks that Braylon Edwards and Santonio Holmes can take advantage of the young New England secondary\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “J-Co (Jerricho Cotchery) and Braylon (Edwards) had a great game. Dustin (Keller) had a great game. LT (LaDainian Tomlinson) had some catches. Santonio (Holmes) is playing, so I think it will only help. Those numbers are kind of deceiving because they play on top. They don\u2019t let you get big plays. They\u2019ve had some interceptions. McCourty has five picks or something, so he\u2019s done a really good job, especially for a young player. We\u2019re going to have to play really well and know that those stats aren\u2019t always telling because this team, always towards this time of the year, gets better as they play. In their big matchups, they always play well, so we\u2019re going to need to play really well.”<\/p>\n On if Tom Brady and Bill Belichick are a quarterback-coach tandem that he and Rex Ryan aspire to model\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “We want to stay together for that long, and it helps, that they kind of set the standard for their own team and their own franchise. That\u2019s the way Rex talked about us, being together for 10 years. The day I was drafted, he said that. That\u2019s going to take him coaching really well and me playing really well, and neither of us getting the other run out of here (joking). They set the standard for their organization. We\u2019re doing it for ours, but we have a long way to go. They\u2019ve been pretty good together for a long time (and) we\u2019re just starting, so we\u2019ll see.”<\/p>\n On the learning curve from year one to year two\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “I just wish I could learn as much (throughout my career). (Mark) Brunell told me about this and other quarterbacks have talked about it, you\u2019ll never learn as much as (during) that jump between year one and year two (and) from year two to year three. I wish you could get that much better (throughout your career), but this is the biggest jump of your career. I\u2019m taking it all in stride.”<\/p>\n On if he feels he has made the most of the jump from year one to year two\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “Absolutely. I\u2019m fighting to get things right. Some of the mistakes that I didn\u2019t really see last year when I first watched the film after a game, I\u2019ll see them right away. I know them after the game. After the Cincy game, I don\u2019t think I ever would\u2019ve talked like that last year because I might not have known exactly what I did wrong. Now, you know, on the sidelines right away, \u2018Man, I missed the mark,\u2019 \u2018You know what? I was late,\u2019 \u2018He has to run that route better,\u2019 (or) whatever it is. I can\u2019t tell you in words. It\u2019s just a different feel out there. You start to understand the game and how long the games are. You\u2019re not on so much of an emotional rollercoaster during the games. I\u2019m taking care of the ball better and that\u2019s been the biggest area of improvement.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" On Thursday New York Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez addressed the media.\u00a0 Here is the transcript courtesy of the Jets. On the importance of the game against New England\u2026 “It\u2019s a big game, there\u2019s no doubt. Our team seems to play well in big games. 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