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 “Guys that did not practice today were Shaun Ellis (lower back), James Ihedigbo (knee and ankle), Damien Woody (knee). Those guys did not practice. Guys that were limited, (Antonio) Cromartie (groin), Sione (Pouha) (back), Trevor Pryce (hip), Darrelle Revis (hamstring), (Mark) Sanchez (right shoulder), Eric Smith (concussion). Guys that were full at practice were Santonio Holmes (quad), Nick Mangold (shoulder), Brad Smith (hand) and (Bryan) Thomas (ankle).<\/p>\n One thing I had time to think about (was) we have gone to the playoffs in back-to-back years. Is it a big deal? Yes, it really is a big deal. That\u2019s what you shoot for-to get in this tournament if you will. (You want) to be one of those top teams. There are going to be a lot of good football teams that don\u2019t make the playoffs this year. Just like every year. (You always have to) feel fortunate when you get (into the playoffs) because you have a chance. That\u2019s all you want is to get a chance to go after it, to go after the championship ring. That\u2019s what it\u2019s all about. We always feel fortunate to have that opportunity. It should be exciting every time you make it. I know I\u2019m excited about it.<\/p>\n Today was a good practice. I think with the players, I told them that everyone needs to be ready to play this game. The only guy I count out in this game is James Ihedigbo. I would say there is no way he plays this week. Even Damien Woody, we will see how he progresses. (We might) get him out there. It\u2019s probably a little iffy, but the rest of them should be ready to play. The reason I say that is that this is not a preseason game where you have a ton of people and a ton of players. It\u2019s hard (to say that) we\u2019re going to sit all of these players. That\u2019s hard to do. Somebody has to play. That\u2019s why I\u2019m telling them right now to prepare like you are playing and as the week goes on, we\u2019ll do what I think is in the best interest of our team. Who\u2019s down and who\u2019s up. Will the young guys get to play a substantial amount? I would say absolutely. I want our guys going into this game thinking that they are going to play. How long that is? We\u2019ll determine that later.”<\/p>\n On if he will play Mark Sanchez\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “I\u2019ll just say this about Mark, he\u2019s much better now than he was last week at this point. He\u2019s feeling pretty good about it. He kind of does have that hot hand and, more than anything, I want him to make sure that he\u2019s ready to go. There is a good chance we\u2019ll play on Saturday in the playoffs, so you don\u2019t want to look at this like it\u2019s a short week. You have to be preparing yourself (to be) rolling. From the preparation, from what you do in the classroom, on-the-field and this is not a bye week by any stretch of the imagination, so we\u2019ll see. I haven\u2019t decided that he (Sanchez) is going to play x amount of plays or if he\u2019s going to play at all (or) whatever it is. I\u2019m leaning to think that maybe he\u2019ll play some, but we\u2019ll see.”<\/p>\n On any chance that Sanchez will play the entire game\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “No, I don\u2019t see that.”<\/p>\n On any chance that Sanchez would not play in the game\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “Yeah, if he\u2019s not (100 percent). Remember this time last week when I saw him throw and I (said), \u2018Whoa.\u2019”<\/p>\n On whether Sanchez will play if he is healthy\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “I think we\u2019ll see. I think we will play him.”<\/p>\n On what the delay is in deciding whether Sanchez will play Sunday\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “I don\u2019t want to ever (say something too soon). Like last time, I jumped to conclusions (and) said (there) was a 99.9 percent chance he was going to play that game, which was true, but remember, after I saw him throw, I was like, \u2018Hey, wait a second now. He doesn\u2019t look healthy.\u2019 The next day, he comes out and we all saw it. He was throwing it great. I\u2019m not going to put him in a situation where he\u2019s going to get hurt. If we don\u2019t think he\u2019s 100 percent or right at it, then no, (I\u2019ll have) a tough time playing him. I don\u2019t think that would be appropriate.”<\/p>\n On whether Sanchez has expressed interest in playing Sunday\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “All competitors want to play and Mark\u2019s no different.”<\/p>\n On if Sanchez is still speaking to him right now\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “Well, you see the eye (joking). I don\u2019t know what happened. Somebody said, \u201cMaybe you were screaming during the game.\u201d I (was) like, \u2018Oh, really, not that the three touchdown passes in a row might\u2019ve had something to do with it?\u2019 I think that\u2019s probably what happened there.”<\/p>\n On the difference between winning 10 and 11 games\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “Obviously, you\u2019d like to win. I go in every preseason game wanting to win. In the long, long haul, does it make that big a difference? Probably not, because we\u2019ll probably be the sixth-seed one way or another. There\u2019s an outside chance we could be the fifth. I want to win, but our place in history, winning the 11 games and all that kind of stuff, no. You know what I want to do. I want to win the big ring. We\u2019re fortunate. We\u2019re in the playoffs. We get a chance that a lot of teams don\u2019t get, but that\u2019s the thing that I want.”<\/p>\n On any preference for who the team plays in the first round of the playoffs\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “(Laughing) You know what\u2019s funny? Even if I really did, I don\u2019t know if I\u2019d say it, to be honest with you. Whoever it is, we\u2019re playing a division-winning team at their place. Both teams are tough to play, so I would say no.”<\/p>\n On stressing fundamentals in practice today\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “Even in the meetings, like I even asked, \u2018Hey Pett (Coach Mike Pettine), let me run the base (defense) meeting today.\u2019 I just want to talk about things, how we do things, our way and all that kind of stuff, just because it\u2019s like sometimes when you get going along so much and the practices are cut down a little bit, the thing that you should lean on most, you get away from. That\u2019s your technique. The alignment-assignment techniques, they become big things, big issues and that\u2019s where we have to dial in. I challenged all the players this week to get better, individually get better, set out to get better individually.”<\/p>\n On if winning the game without the regular starters provides real momentum going into the postseason\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “I just want to win. I think everybody wants to win. Winning 11 games, like you said it\u2019s been done three times or something in this club\u2019s history, that would be great. That would be a nice accomplishment. Going 4-2 in our division this year, reversing those numbers, I think we were 2-4 last year in the division. Winning two more games than we did last year in the regular season, I think would be good. Just that little edge that we did win our last game, I think there is some truth to the fact that there is momentum. How much that really matters? I\u2019m not real sure. You look at the teams that were in the Super Bowl last year (New Orleans and Indianapolis), lost their last two. I don\u2019t want to do that, though. I want to win this game.”<\/p>\n On if he ran defensive meetings today\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “No. I just ran a part of it. I just sat in there. They could tell I was itching to go, so they let me run the base defense. I just wanted to get back a little bit. Sitting in there, (I said), \u2018Hey Pett, I got this one.\u2019 Pett did all of the subs. He ran the whole meeting. I just took a little bit of a part of (it). I wanted to do it because the base defense is what it is. It\u2019s almost the same every week. This is what we do. This is how we expect it to be played. (We) almost went back to minicamp-type things. I want them to understand the importance of what we\u2019re talking about. These are things that we\u2019ve talked about since Day One since we\u2019ve been here. They had to listen to me for an hour going over base calls that they know. The point is you can\u2019t ever make the assumption, whether it\u2019s a player (or) coach. This is one of our staples. This is how we play base (defense) and we have to get back to it.”<\/p>\n On if he\u2019s run portions of the defensive meetings before\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “I don\u2019t remember off-hand.”<\/p>\n On the percentage of reps Sanchez played today\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “(Laughter) I\u2019m so bad at this. It wasn\u2019t as many as he had last (week) because we split them. It was close to that. He did a lot of handoffs. He did all the walk-thrus and handoffs. It\u2019s real similar to what it was last week.”<\/p>\n On if Sanchez is throwing right-handed in walk-thrus\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “No, (he\u2019s throwing) left-handed again. It was the same.”<\/p>\n On how Sanchez looks throwing left-handed\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “To be honest, I thought it looked a lot like he did the next day. Remember when I got a little worried? He\u2019s fine. He\u2019s feeling better, though. He\u2019s feeling a lot better than the previous one.”<\/p>\n On what factors will go into the decision on whether Sanchez will play\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “We\u2019ll see. As the week goes on, we\u2019ll see about it. We\u2019ll make sure we\u2019re thinking about everything. Maybe I\u2019ll have a better answer later in the week.”<\/p>\n On sounding like Bill Belichick by not saying if Sanchez will play\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “If I knew the answer right now, I\u2019d tell you, but I really don\u2019t know the answer.”<\/p>\n On Sanchez playing well despite being hurt\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “Something has clearly worked. I think he feels good about his routine right now. I think that\u2019s a thing that\u2019s overlooked sometimes. It\u2019s actually hard to do. When your schedule has been like ours has been, playing Thursday, Sundays, Mondays, sometimes it\u2019s hard to get in that routine. We\u2019ve been focused in playing the Sunday games and I think it\u2019s good. He takes the late bus to games now and not the first bus. He feels good about that. He gets stretched and warmed up and then he feels good. Every player is different. You have to find what your best routine is and lock in. I think he\u2019s pretty much locked in right now.”<\/p>\n On whether the team\u2019s struggles after a layoff has factored in his decision-making regarding playing time for Sunday\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “The difference is we\u2019re practicing the whole time, so I think that\u2019s going to be a big difference, but absolutely. It\u2019s not a bye week. Like some of those, the bye weeks are not just meant for that game, they\u2019re meant for the rest of the season. That is an interesting thing and, certainly, I\u2019ve been reminded of it a bunch, but our guys are practicing now and we have a game coming up, so it\u2019s not like it\u2019s a bye week by any stretch.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" On Wednesday New York Jets head coach Rex Ryan addressed the media.\u00a0 Here is the transcript courtesy of the Jets. Opening remarks\u2026 “Guys that did not practice today were Shaun Ellis (lower back), James Ihedigbo (knee and ankle), Damien Woody (knee). Those guys did not practice. 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