On Friday 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 (ankle and knee) will be out this week. No surprise. Damian Woody did not practice. We listed him as questionable for the game with a knee. The guys that are probable that were full participants in practice were Shaun Ellis (knee), D\u2019Brickashaw Ferguson (shoulder), and Santonio Holmes with a back (injury). He\u2019s new on the list, but he\u2019s probable. (Nick) Mangold (shoulder), Sione (Pouha) (ankle), and Brad Smith (hand). I brought my sheet today (smiling).”<\/p>\n On how long James Ihedigbo will be out\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “He\u2019s getting better, he\u2019s tough and he\u2019s here all the time getting treatment. You never know, but he may be out there next week. You never know with that guy. It\u2019s an injury that should take longer with a high ankle sprain, but with him, I wouldn\u2019t be surprised if he\u2019s out there soon.”<\/p>\n On why Damian Woody didn\u2019t practice\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “No set back that I know of. We\u2019ve run that course the past two weeks. I think it\u2019s similar, but it might be a little worse than those two weeks. We\u2019ll see how he is.”<\/p>\n On why Damian Woody has \u201cWaldo\u201d on his locker\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “I have no idea.”<\/p>\n On if Emanuel Cook will to play in the Miami game\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “Yes. I hope he doesn\u2019t have to start or go in there, but he\u2019s coming in to play. That\u2019s why I said instead of looking at someone else\u2019s safety, we\u2019ll bring one of our own back. He was one of the guys. He was the choice to be up on our team. He does a good job on special teams. I hope that\u2019s his role. If he has to go in on defense, he knows what we do.”<\/p>\n On the secondary\u2019s communication\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “I think it\u2019s good. We\u2019ll have to prove it on Sunday, but our communication has been good. Our play back there has been good, so we\u2019ll see how we do.”<\/p>\n On if Jim Leonhard\u2019s injury impacted communication in the secondary on Sunday\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “It was a lot of physical things as well. It wasn\u2019t just (the loss of Leonhard). They did a lot of good things. Physically, they worked back to the quarterback and were able to get open. We might have had them initially covered and they separated from us and the (quarterback) threw the ball. I think knowing Jim and Dig (James Ihedigbo) aren\u2019t out there, you are able to focus in on the guys you think will be out there.”<\/p>\n On giving Dwight Lowery more safety responsibilities\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “(Dwight Lowery) has outstanding ball skills and great range. I think those are some of the things you notice in Dwight when he\u2019s back there. He has man cover skills as well.”<\/p>\n On what he expects after the loss against New England\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “I think we are ready to go. We just have to prove it on Sunday. I feel good about where we are right now.”<\/p>\n On how the Dolphins are different since the last time the Jets faced them\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “I think their defense is getting better. Mike Nolan has really gotten their defense going and playing hard. They know what they are doing. They are a physical group to begin with and they are playing pretty well.”<\/p>\n On Cameron Wake\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “Cameron Wake is tough. You know he\u2019s blitzing and you have to do something about it. He\u2019s doing a great job. He\u2019s a speed rusher, but he has inside moves and he does inside moves with power. He\u2019s really an outstanding rusher. I don\u2019t know if he is leading the league or not in sacks, but he has to be right there.”<\/p>\n On if there has been any change in the coach\u2019s approach because of the increase in interceptions\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “That\u2019s what you always try to do. Our blueprint is to protect the football and (produce) runs and completions. Everyone knows that. We\u2019ve thrown a lot more interceptions than we like. I think we\u2019ll tighten things down. I think (Mark Sanchez is) going to have a big game.”<\/p>\n On how his lunch with Mark Sanchez went\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “It was good. I just (thought), \u2018Give him a different perspective. Make sure that he knows exactly what I\u2019m seeing as a defensive coach. If there\u2019s some things that he can pick up on, then that\u2019s great.\u2019 I know (Miami Defensive Coordinator) Mike Nolan well and I know (Pittsburgh Defensive Coordinator Dick Lebeau well, so maybe the next two weeks, we\u2019ll see if that helps.”<\/p>\n On what they had to eat\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “It was really disappointing because we never really had anything. It does make for a better story if we had it all. Nachos, burritos, tacos, you name it, it was stacked up. That\u2019s really what it was, who am I kidding? We all know that (joking).”<\/p>\n On if Caf\u00e9 Ryan is out of business\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “Caf\u00e9 Ryan, it\u2019s like some of those fancy restaurants in New York. You think you own that table, but you really don\u2019t. You\u2019re leasing it. Maybe you get an hour every two months or something, but it\u2019s hard to get a spot there.”<\/p>\n On if the rain forecasted Sunday will make it a ground-and-pound type game\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “It could be. They (Miami) are going to have a lot to say about that, as well. I think we\u2019ve had some success throwing the football against Miami, as well, so it\u2019ll probably be similar to how we\u2019ve been playing. It\u2019s more balanced, but again, I always like to be able to run the ball.”<\/p>\n On if he sees Joe McKnight getting motivation from people who criticized the team for keeping him and waiving Danny Woodhead\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “I don\u2019t know. I think this guy is going to need an opportunity. Danny (Woodhead) got an opportunity in a system that really features his type of skills. I think this young man (McKnight) here has a similar skill set, but he\u2019s faster. He\u2019s just going to need an opportunity. I think you saw late in that game, we gave him a couple of runs. You saw what we\u2019ve been seeing in practice.”<\/p>\n On if McKnight is close to receiving time as a running back\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “I think so.”<\/p>\n On if McKnight will have to wait until the 2011 season for an opportunity\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “No, I\u2019m not saying that. With LaDainian (Tomlinson) and Shonn (Greene), two excellent backs, sometimes those reps are going to be tough to come by, but I think he\u2019s ready to get some more opportunities back there.”<\/p>\n On how happy he is with the progress that McKnight has made\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “I\u2019m very happy. He\u2019s a different guy. Before, he was sloppy with the ball. We\u2019d always try to get him to carry the ball up and he\u2019d have it down and he\u2019d fumble. That drove me crazy, but the thing that I love, is that he\u2019s like, \u201cOk, I\u2019m going to show you,\u201d and he has. He\u2019s protecting the football. He looks great on the practice field. I think it helped him going and actually playing both ways on the practice field, being a corner, being a running back (and) playing on special teams, I think it helped. I think the bench helped. Here\u2019s a guy that was one of the highest-rated athletes coming out of high school (and) had great success at USC, (was) an instant success there. I think it was probably pretty humbling to him and he responded exactly how you would like to see him respond. He just went right to work and he looks great. I think his teammates respect how far he\u2019s come, as well.”<\/p>\n On how much of a weapon Santonio Holmes is as a punt returner\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “He does (have great speed) and when you put Jerricho (Cotchery) and him back there, they\u2019re really good back there together. If you have a short punt, then obviously, J-Co (Cotchery) can field it. If you hit it long, then he can basically be a lead blocker for Tone (Holmes) and it\u2019ll be hard to get to him. That\u2019s an interesting duo back there.”<\/p>\n On if he is worried about injuries to Cotchery and Holmes as punt returners\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “Somebody has to get back there. We had the same thing with Jimmy Leonhard. We\u2019re trying to generate offense with those two guys back there. Jerricho did a great job back there last year for us. The one thing is, I always said Jim Leonhard would catch it in a hurricane. Well, Jerricho will catch it in a tornado, so we feel pretty good about him being back there.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" On Friday New York Jets head coach Rex Ryan addressed the media.\u00a0 Here is the transcript courtesy of the Jets. Opening remarks\u2026 “James Ihedigbo (ankle and knee) will be out this week. No surprise. Damian Woody did not practice. We listed him as questionable for the game with a knee. 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