On Wednesday New York Jets head coach Rex Ryan addressed the media.\u00a0 Here is the transcript courtesy of the Jets.<\/p>\n
Opening remarks\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “James Ihedigbo did not practice (ankle, knee). First off, on the MRI he had no structural damage but he does have a high ankle sprain (and) knee injury. We\u2019re not officially ruling him out, but he probably will be out. Tony Richardson and LT (LaDainian Tomlinson) did not practice. (They don\u2019t have any) injuries. That was my decision. Damien Woody (did not practice) with his knee (injury). We\u2019ve run that play the past two weeks. It\u2019s a similar type of thing. Guys that were full: Shaun Ellis (knee), Nick Mangold (shoulder), Sione (Pouha) (ankle), and Brad Smith (hand). That\u2019s the injury update.”<\/p>\n On if he\u2019s concerned about the team\u2019s swagger\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “No. I think that\u2019s who we are. We have a tough game this week. (We\u2019re) getting ready to play Miami. This will be a big win if we can accomplish it. It would be our 10th win of the season. Swagger or not, that\u2019s who we are. We\u2019re not going to dwell on this loss the rest of the season. We got beat. It is what it is. We\u2019re moving on.”<\/p>\n On if he still feels the division is winnable\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “That\u2019s what you think. That\u2019s what I think. You have to make sure you take care of business on Sunday. You\u2019re going to have to win all four of your games to have a chance at that. I think it is reachable still.”<\/p>\n On his message to the team today\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “You can ask our guys. The big thing is we learn from this. We know what happened. That\u2019s gone. We\u2019re not looking backwards. We\u2019re looking ahead.”<\/p>\n On if the team has paid attention to what they need to do to prevent a late season collapse\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “We certainly know what happened on Monday. It\u2019s full steam ahead against Miami. It\u2019s going to take everything we\u2019ve got and we know that. (Miami) is hanging on. They\u2019re in a similar situation that we were last year. They\u2019re going to give us everything they\u2019ve got. We\u2019ve got to be good enough to beat them.”<\/p>\n On why Mark Sanchez has struggled the past few weeks\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “There are a lot of things that go into those situations. It\u2019s hard. We\u2019re trying to take shots and they have three (safeties) 20 yards down the field. It\u2019s hard to throw in those situations without turning the ball over. He\u2019s an outstanding quarterback. I think if you look at how he responds to bad games, the first one that comes to mind, not that I\u2019m really aware of these things, is the Buffalo game last year (when Sanchez threw five interceptions). He goes out against Oakland (the next week), and had a 107.0 quarterback rating. This year, we played Baltimore (and) it wasn\u2019t exactly a stellar performance by anybody that day. He comes out and has a (124.3) rating against New England in a victory. We played Green Bay. We get shut out. He responds by throwing for (336) yards against Detroit. He\u2019s a guy that traditionally has responded well. I hope that\u2019s what happens this week.”<\/p>\n On if he reminded Sanchez of his pattern of bouncing back\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “No. I told you guys that first. Absolutely, I have that sheet to show him.”<\/p>\n On Sanchez not being happy with his Cincinnati performance and then having a bad game against New England\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “Way to ruin it (laughter). You couldn\u2019t just let that one slide. Maybe it\u2019s after a loss and a bad performance (that he rebounds well). That\u2019s probably what I should have said there.”<\/p>\n On Keith Fitzhugh deciding to stay at his current job rather than join the Jets\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “That\u2019s one of the reasons why we wanted that kid. He\u2019s a tough guy. He\u2019s a guy with a lot of character. He\u2019s just a really outstanding young man. The decision that he made was a tough one for him, but I admire his decision.”<\/p>\n On Miami coming up early and practicing at the Giants\u2019 facility\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “They\u2019re focused on their football team and I\u2019m focused on ours. I haven\u2019t thought two seconds about it.”<\/p>\n On if there is any advantage to a team coming up early\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “I don\u2019t see it. We\u2019ve done things going to Denver a day early. They must have a reason.”<\/p>\n On if there are any negative feelings towards the Giants for opening their facility to a division rival\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “Officially, no (laughter). I\u2019m just kidding. It\u2019s their facility. They can do anything they want with it.”<\/p>\n On if the Giants should have asked the Jets before letting Miami use its facilities\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “I don\u2019t know. They may have reached out. Tom Coughlin isn\u2019t going to reach out to me about that. I don\u2019t know if that was the case or not.”<\/p>\n On if he has ever heard of an NFL team using another teams facilities\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “No. I\u2019ve heard of it during the Super Bowl. We had to get out of Arizona one time. I\u2019ve never heard of that. When we travel, we go to high school fields.”<\/p>\n On letting other teams use the Jets facility\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “I don\u2019t want anyone using our facility besides us.”<\/p>\n On the Red Bulls (soccer team) using the facility\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “The Red Bulls, possibly. We\u2019ve had some teams, but not an NFL team. We\u2019ve had some high schools in here, but this is our facility. I would feel funny. When we have the Super Bowl, I\u2019m going to make sure we are in it. I don\u2019t want anyone in our facilities besides us.”<\/p>\n On people writing off the Jets after the game against New England\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “It\u2019s funny because we have a quarter of the season left. Just like (New England\u2019s) football team made improvements and beat us, we can still make the same improvements. To write us off might be a little premature. We have one loss. That\u2019s what it\u2019s based on. It\u2019s funny because Arizona was crushed by the Jets and New England and they made it all the way to the Super Bowl. If it wasn\u2019t for Santonio Holmes making that catch, they would probably have a ring on their finger as Super Bowl champs. Your team can improve, stay the same or get worse. I think our team will improve.”<\/p>\n On being 1-3 against teams with winning records\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “Those are facts. We\u2019ve played some good football teams. We have Miami coming up this week, then we have Pittsburgh and Chicago, both with winning records. We will see what happens in those.”<\/p>\n On if there is concern regarding the team\u2019s performance against winning teams\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “I think Monday\u2019s game is Monday\u2019s game. No one played well. We\u2019ve already talked about that. To look back at how we played during the first game of the season against Baltimore, I think our defense played well. We had a lot of penalties, but we got better at that. I don\u2019t think we\u2019ve had nearly as many defensive penalties as we had that week. Going against Green Bay, our defense played well. That\u2019s an outstanding offense and our defense played well enough to win. We never showed up offensively the way we needed to in order to beat a team like that. Every team has concerns. No team is undefeated. We can look back at different things, but I\u2019m not concerned with the fact that we have a 1-3 record against outstanding teams.”<\/p>\n On offense having slow starts during the first quarter and if that relates to the coin toss decisions\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “I\u2019m not sure, but I give in. We are going to take the ball. If we win the toss, we will take the ball. That\u2019s a definite. I\u2019m tired of hearing about it. There is some truth to it on starting fast. Maybe I\u2019m not sending the right message by not taking the ball. We\u2019ll find out if that works and if it does and we get off to a fast start, we\u2019ll do it the next week as well. We\u2019ll be on defense anyway.”<\/p>\n On if he has taken the ball after winning a coin toss since he became head coach of the Jets\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “No, never.”<\/p>\n On Defensive Backs Coach Dennis Thurman and the performance of the safeties\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “We are challenged as a coaching staff to try and get things fixed. There are things that are more technique, but truly blowing assignments completely, I don\u2019t know if that has been the case. It\u2019s been some technique and the finer points of what our coverage would be. For instance, there are different times if you\u2019re going to get what we call a \u2018Speedo\u2019, a certain route combination, that a safety will drive a \u2018Speedo.\u2019 Then there are other times, depending on coverage, where he won\u2019t on the exact same rout combination. Those are the finer points of playing that position that you have to know. Some of that has been getting done and some of it hasn\u2019t. Those are things that we have to keep building on. All of us will be challenged, Dennis (Thurman) and myself.”<\/p>\n On his comments that Thurman is the best secondary coach in the league\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “I agree. I know he is.”<\/p>\n On how he can think he is the best secondary coach based on the performance of the secondary\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “I think you have to look at (Thurman\u2019s) body of work. I think that\u2019s where you get who\u2019s good and who\u2019s not. I think the body of the work of Dennis Thurman, that speaks for itself. That\u2019s the same guy that taught Ronnie Lott how to study tapes. The same guy that coached Troy Polamalu and Ed Reed. If you look at it statistically, this is unfamiliar ground for us. We\u2019re usually first or second in the league for pass defense. We\u2019re not there yet. Dennis Thurman, our secondary coach, we ought to be proud to have him.”<\/p>\n On accepting the ball if we win the coin toss\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “I haven\u2019t spoken to (Coach Brian Schottenheimer) about that this year. I think when we first mentioned it, he wants the ball, but I was like it is much better to take it during the second half. It\u2019s much better to play defense first. We will try it.”<\/p>\n On the team\u2019s physicality in the New England game\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “I\u2019m not even going to talk about it. I\u2019m moving on. This week, we will play physical. We are playing a physical football team. We are really similar teams. They want to run the football and we want to run the football. They play physical on defense and we play physical on defense. It\u2019s going to be a good match up.”<\/p>\n On whether he has communicated with Jim Leonhard\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “I spoke to him before the Patriots game. I went to the hospital and saw him in there. He\u2019s in great spirits. He\u2019s all upset and wishes he was playing. Hopefully, he\u2019ll be able to join us on the field sooner than later.”<\/p>\n On Santonio Holmes as a punt returner\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “He\u2019ll definitely be back there part of the time with Jerricho (Cotchery). You saw Joe (McKnight) back there. Joe has improved so much being on the scout team and doing all the special teams stuff. We saw it a little bit when he was running the ball this past week. 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