On Thursday 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 “Here\u2019s the injury report. Guys that did not practice: Eric Smith (concussion), he was jogging on the side doing much better, (and) Damien Woody (knee). I would say it\u2019s pretty safe to say both those guys will be out this game. Guys that were limited today: James Ihedigbo (knee\/ankle), Santonio Holmes (toe), Trevor Pryce (hip), Darrelle Revis (hamstring) (and) (Mark) Sanchez (shoulder). The thing about Mark, I think I underestimated where he was with that injury yesterday. He\u2019s sore. He has a sore shoulder. There\u2019s no question about it, but I thought he\u2019d be ready to go if were to have played yesterday. When I talked to John Mellody, he basically said, \u201cRex, no he wouldn\u2019t have been able to go yesterday.\u201d I misspoke. I just want to make sure that you guys are ok with it. I will never put a player out on the field if we think he hurt himself or he\u2019s injured. There\u2019s a difference between pain and injury, but if he is really injured, I will never put anybody out there that I feel is that way. With that said, he threw the ball today. It never had a ton of zip on it, but he threw the ball today. This one could be more of a game-time type decision than I thought it would be. I feel comfortable though. This is the best Mark (Brunell) has looked all year. I feel fine. If that\u2019s the case and we go with Brunell, I think we\u2019ll be just fine. Guys that were full today: Drew Coleman (groin), (Antonio) Cromartie (groin), Nick Mangold (shoulder), Brad Smith (hand) and then Tony Richardson and LaDainian (Tomlinson) come back like they always do, even though for Tony it\u2019s like another day off because we do third-down (plays) and he\u2019s not in there. He\u2019s got a great deal going here. There\u2019s where we\u2019re at with the injury report.”<\/p>\n On chance Sanchez has of playing\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “I still think he\u2019s going to play, but I was shocked a little bit. The fact that he played the game (and) he looked great, I think I made an assumption that maybe I shouldn\u2019t have. I think he\u2019s still going to play. To me, I expected more zip on the football. He was constantly moving his arm trying to keep it warm. That\u2019s why I just wanted to clarify that. Based on a percentage, I don\u2019t know, maybe 90 percent. It might be lower than that, maybe 80 percent.”<\/p>\n On if Brunell will be able to throw the football\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “I think so. He\u2019s smart. He\u2019s done it all. We\u2019re not talking about a guy who\u2019s never done it before in his career. This guy was a Pro Bowl quarterback for a number of years. Is he as good as Mark Brunell was back then? No, (if he was) he\u2019d be our starting quarterback. I feel comfortable with Mark. I absolutely do.”<\/p>\n On whether Brunell will start if Sanchez can\u2019t play\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “Right. For this game.”<\/p>\n On the report that Sanchez has a cartilage tear\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “I just know it as a sore shoulder. That is what\u2019s been told to me. Could that be a fact? I don\u2019t know. I\u2019m just telling you what was told to me. They break things down into laymen\u2019s terms for me. It\u2019s a sore shoulder. The technical stuff, I would try, but there\u2019s no way I could get any of that stuff out.”<\/p>\n On a cartilage tear being different from a sore shoulder\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “I never heard that. I feel it\u2019s a sore shoulder and he should be able to play. That\u2019s what was told to me. Mellody, when I talked to him today, that\u2019s when I was like, \u2018Whoa.\u2019 I told everyone here he\u2019ll play, no question about it. He\u2019s still got to improve before we\u2019ll be comfortable with him out there as our starting quarterback. Do we think he will? Yes, we do think he\u2019ll be better. This is what I\u2019ve said the whole time about it being a sore shoulder.”<\/p>\n On if the injury is a problem that could linger\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “He\u2019s sore. Hopefully, he goes through the game and he\u2019s better the next week than he is this week. Sometimes, that\u2019s how these injuries work. (It\u2019s) like Nick Mangold\u2019s shoulder. It got better each week. Hopefully, that\u2019s the case. Like I said, we saw the game. He finished the game. It wasn\u2019t like he got hurt at the end of the game. He got hurt at the beginning of the game and was able to push through it.”<\/p>\n On level of Sanchez\u2019s pain tolerance\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “I think he\u2019s a tough guy. I don\u2019t think there\u2019s any doubt he\u2019s a tough guy. If you take a look at the last year with the knee injury, he was still able to play the game. I think Mark\u2019s a tough guy.”<\/p>\n On if Sanchez will wear any type of support on his shoulder\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “No. I don\u2019t believe so.”<\/p>\n On if they\u2019ll have to change their offensive game plan to account for Sanchez not being able to make all the throws\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “We\u2019ll all have to discuss that, for sure. We\u2019re not going to have him throwing nine-routes if he can\u2019t get it there. There\u2019s no sense in that.”<\/p>\n On the run defense against the Pittsburgh offensive line\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “(Pittsburgh was) were pretty good that game. They came off and hit us pretty good. We knew they would. (On) a couple of their big runs, they dialed in the right call at the right time. For instance, they have a big overload, I called it overload from one side. They ran the worst play you could possible face into that exact call. You have to give them credit. I was just like, \u2018Oh, man.\u2019 The guy definitely beat me there. There were a couple like that, but that\u2019s a tough team. I knew they (were). Rashard Mendenhall is a good back. It\u2019s a give and take. Sometimes you\u2019ll give some in the running game to help yourself in the pass and then vice versa. Give them credit. They were able to knock us off the ball a little bit. They did a good job scheme-wise when they caught me in some overloads. They ran away from it, quite honestly. That\u2019s what happened a few times. Sometimes they guessed right and sometimes they guessed wrong. They had a couple of big runs where they did a good job against what I had called on defense.”<\/p>\n On Santonio Holmes and if he will be ready to play on Sunday\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “I think he\u2019ll be fine. He looked great when he was in there, but he had that toe (injury). I expect him to play.”<\/p>\n On who will make the decision if Sanchez can play on Sunday\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “(If) you remember how we have (decided) before, I think I\u2019ve learned that I\u2019m not going to do that. He can obviously have a voice in it. If he ever feels like he can\u2019t go than obviously he won\u2019t go, but I want the trainers and our medical people to have a voice in it as well. (If the trainers say) he\u2019s fit and ready and Mark wants to go than we\u2019ll play him. If that\u2019s not the case with any (of them), than he won\u2019t play.”<\/p>\n On if there is a sense of urgency to play Sanchez because he is a developing quarterback\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “I don\u2019t think it\u2019s essential (that Sanchez plays on Sunday). If this young man isn\u2019t ready to go or to protect himself or if he\u2019s not ready to zip the ball down the field, this is not a defense you want to (play with). You better be on the top of your game. This team right here (can) force a ton of turnovers and they attack the quarterback. I thought without question he would play, but if not, we\u2019ll move on and go with Brunell. I don\u2019t think it\u2019s essential that (Sanchez) plays. You would like him to play, but I don\u2019t think it\u2019s essential.”<\/p>\n On being a successful road team\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “We always say that if you want to win on the road, you have to bring your defense. I think (you need to just) bring a good football team. That\u2019s the key. It\u2019s pretty obvious, but that\u2019s how you win. Sometimes you\u2019re focused in on the road because all you have is each other. You don\u2019t have the fans or (anything else). It\u2019s just about you and football so hopefully that will continue this week. (Chicago) is a tough place to play with the elements, the fans and the excellent football team. We will see. I think our guys will be up for it. I know it\u2019s going to be a great challenge. I would like for our record at home to get better because we (want) to be a good football team at home as well. Hopefully we\u2019ll get (better at home) as well.”<\/p>\n On possibility of capitalizing on Jay Cutler\u2019s mistakes\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “We haven\u2019t had a pick in I don\u2019t know how long. If you talk about a guy with rare ability, this guy has rare ability. He probably has the best arm. Jeff George had that kind of arm and John Elway had that kind of arm. This guy is special. He thinks he can put the ball in tight spaces, which he can. Every now and then (the ball) gets away from him. When he\u2019s hot, he\u2019s as good as there is. Hopefully we can do something about that where he is not as comfortable as he would like to be.”<\/p>\n On if Sanchez had a setback\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “No. He was (doing) well yesterday moving around. Today, I could tell he was a little sore. We threw more with him today. He never really had the zip on it. I guess I was expecting maybe a little more zip on it. I think it\u2019s more my fault than anybody else\u2019s. I jumped to a conclusion because I\u2019m basing it on how he finished the game. He was playing great. Then, he was flying around and was really upbeat yesterday. Then, when it was through, I said, \u2018If he can\u2019t throw better than this or zip it more than this, I\u2019m not going to put the kid out there if he\u2019s that sore.\u2019”<\/p>\n On if Sanchez threw more today\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “Oh, yes, a lot more.”<\/p>\n On if they\u2019ve thought about sitting Sanchez this week so he is better for next week\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “We just want to do what\u2019s in the best interests of him and this team. Obviously, if he\u2019s healthy and we think he gives us the best chance to win, he\u2019s our guy.”<\/p>\n On if Sanchez will be healthier if he sits this week…<\/strong><\/p>\n “I thought he was going to be healthy. My 99 percent is already down to 80, which I apologize for. I would have been upfront about it. I talked to John Mellody and he said, \u201cHe\u2019s right where we thought he\u2019d be.\u201d He\u2019s still confident that he\u2019s going to be fine. I just saw him and if he stays the same, I don\u2019t feel like I can play him.”<\/p>\n On if Brunell took all the snaps in team reps\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “It wasn\u2019t really all the snaps. Mark (Sanchez) took all the runs and he did all the walk-thru snaps throwing the ball left-handed. I don\u2019t know the exact percentage. If you guys talk to Brian (Schottenheimer), he\u2019ll tell you. Brunell still took a good chunk of the pass reps today.”<\/p>\n On Brunell\u2019s passes\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “He was just zipping that ball. He really was.”<\/p>\n On saying earlier in the week that Sanchez\u2019s MRI didn\u2019t show anything\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “Again, they tell me what I can understand. If it\u2019s more technical than that, which obviously it would be, it\u2019s a sore shoulder. That\u2019s how they explained it to me.”<\/p>\n On needing help at this point last year to get in to the playoffs\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “Maybe I should say right now, we\u2019re out of the playoffs (laughter). Let\u2019s just get it out of the way.”<\/p>\n On only needing to win to get into the playoffs\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “That\u2019s it. That\u2019s what you want as a coach. You want to be able to control your own destiny. If we win one of the next two (we\u2019ll make the playoffs), but we\u2019re focused on this one. We want to win this game and we\u2019d be in the playoffs. That\u2019d be great. This is going to sound crazy, but I don\u2019t think in all of the years that I\u2019ve coached, that I\u2019ve ever gone into the last game making the playoffs where that (game) didn\u2019t really matter. Who knows? All games matter. You\u2019d be in the playoffs, even though you\u2019re a Wild Card team, it\u2019s not a bye, but you\u2019re able to rest your players. I\u2019ve never been in that situation. I hope it happens.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" On Thursday New York Jets head coach Rex Ryan addressed the media.\u00a0 Here is the transcript courtesy of the Jets. Opening remarks\u2026 “Here\u2019s the injury report. Guys that did not practice: Eric Smith (concussion), he was jogging on the side doing much better, (and) Damien Woody (knee). 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