On Wednesday New York Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez addressed the media.\u00a0 Here is the transcript courtesy of the Jets.<\/p>\n
On his preparation for the game against Buffalo\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “I\u2019m preparing like I\u2019m going to play, watching film, taking as many reps as possible and still being smart about my shoulder, so until he says, (I\u2019m) not in, I\u2019m treating it like a regular game.”<\/p>\n On if he wants to play Sunday to keep the momentum from his last two performances going\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “I think all of us on offense, we\u2019ve kind of found a good rhythm here and it\u2019s important to watch the same amount of film, prepare like we\u2019re playing and that\u2019s all we know until he (Coach Ryan) says anything different. It\u2019s important to keep up with our routine and you just use this game as preparation for our next playoff game.”<\/p>\n On how his shoulder is feeling\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “Good, it\u2019s feeling all right.”<\/p>\n On how his shoulder feels compared to last week\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “It\u2019s feeling better. It\u2019s just sore, so we\u2019re being smart with it.”<\/p>\n On making the playoffs his first two seasons in the league\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “It\u2019s a tremendous honor and not the easiest task, so we\u2019re proud that we made it this far. We would\u2019ve liked to win a couple of more games during the season and position ourselves a little better in the playoffs, but you take what you can get. We\u2019re in the playoffs just like last year, we have to get ready to play on the road and we\u2019ve done pretty well at that.”<\/p>\n On how irritated he would be if Coach Ryan pulled him during the game on Sunday\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “He (Coach Ryan) has a good feel for things and he knows what he wants out of us. He also wants to be smart with injuries and, at the same time, keep us in our same rhythm. My routine has been good these last few weeks. (I have) felt good when game day came and I want to feel that same way this Sunday and not miss a beat, so until he says anything, I\u2019m preparing to play. I\u2019m ready to go, and then if I do indeed get pulled, I\u2019ll be (Mark) Brunell and Kellen\u2019s (Clemens) biggest cheerleader.”<\/p>\n On how much value there is in starting and playing some on Sunday rather than knowing he will not be playing\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “It changes your mental approach. If you know you\u2019re not playing, if he tells you early in the week and just says, \u201cHey, you\u2019re resting all week,\u201d it might change your mental approach. Even if he says it on game day, I want to be able to go through the warm-ups (and) go through all the footwork stuff. I want to keep my feet sharp. I\u2019ve been a lot better with two hands on the football, little things like that, working on fundamentals and this is the perfect week to get back to it. It definitely helps, all the reps you can get.”<\/p>\n On whether playing three Sunday games in a row has helped him settle into a routine\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “Absolutely, you just kind of hit a rhythm. I felt confident going into each Sunday. I just felt good with the calls, they were rolling off the end of my tongue. I\u2019m feeling great in the pocket. The offensive line is doing a great job run-blocking (and) pass-blocking, so it\u2019s all of us kind of feeling a rhythm on offense. We don\u2019t want to disrupt that. We want to hit the playoffs in stride, so that\u2019s just the game plan this week and we\u2019ll keep going with it.”<\/p>\n On whether he has changed his routine at all the past couple of weeks\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “No. I don\u2019t know, we just kind of hit a groove and we\u2019ve felt good with everything. I know what calls are coming from Schotty (Coach Brian Schottenheimer), I\u2019m getting the ball out of my hand quickly, I\u2019m getting to the check-down when I need to (and) little things like that. It\u2019s important to stay sharp this week because we might play a Saturday game the next week and we just need to be ready for a short week if that\u2019s indeed the case.”<\/p>\n On whether he would play and how much he would play if it was up to him on Sunday\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “I\u2019m glad I\u2019m not a head coach. I don\u2019t know, I mean I always want to play. I like practicing, I like playing and that\u2019s all I think about. I love doing it. I just want to be smart with my shoulder and make sure that the reps I get are quality reps, that nothing slips during the week of practice in my preparation, film study and then on game day, do as much as Rex needs. If it were up to me, I have no idea. I\u2019d see how it feels on Sunday first before I did anything. I just want to be ready for the playoffs and I know what kind of a grind that is from last year. I need to play even better than I did in the playoffs last year, this year, for us to win. We\u2019ll see. It\u2019s going to be up to Rex and that\u2019s a tough decision. I don\u2019t want to be in his shoes.”<\/p>\n On whether he has looked at his possible playoff opponents\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “It\u2019s still pretty early and that entire week is going to be dedicated to whoever we play. We\u2019ll cross that bridge when we get there, but it\u2019s not worth looking over a Buffalo team that\u2019s playing pretty well. Their defense is active. They look good. Their nose tackle (Kyle Williams) does a heck of a job. (Paul) Posluszny does a great job. (Jairus) Byrd, in the back end, he\u2019s making great plays like he did last year. These guys are a good group and those are the guys I\u2019m preparing for.”<\/p>\n On how Coach Ryan\u2019s reconsideration of his playing time affected his preparation today\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “Really, for a Wednesday, if anything, I did more. With the exception of throwing it, I probably did more. Footwork, ladder drills, drops with the bags and just fundamental stuff, keeping two hands on the ball and then, just getting a few less throws and saving my arm; I\u2019m preparing like I\u2019m ready to go on Sunday and it didn\u2019t really change anything.”<\/p>\n On Coach Ryan\u2019s initial thought being to rest him this week\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “That\u2019s good that he sees that I\u2019m playing well and he wants to keep me in a good place. Just like a shooter in basketball, you start shooting a good percentage or higher, you start hitting all your shots, you start hitting all the throws, making the right decisions, you have to keep rolling. You don\u2019t want to change anything. You eat at the same places, good to bed at the same time.”<\/p>\n On his completion percentage being on the rise\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “That\u2019s what (Coach Ryan) has been getting at, whatever you\u2019re doing, don\u2019t change. The way you get your haircut, how you brush your teeth, I\u2019ve done that, just keep it the same. (Coach Ryan) is big on that and obviously he\u2019s more superstitious than I am, but we\u2019ll keep everything as routine as possible.”<\/p>\n On long layoffs causing problems for the offense\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “It would never hurt to get those reps (by playing in the game this week). (Struggling offensively after a layoff) looks like it\u2019s been a pattern, it\u2019s something we\u2019ll look at, at the end of the year and Rex will examine how we want to do our bye week schedule. That\u2019s (Coach Ryan\u2019s) call. Mr. Tannenbaum and Mr. Johnson, that\u2019s their call. As for us, that first group got after it today. We looked good on offense, we looked sharp. Injured guys, healthy guys, they were flying around. That\u2019s the most important things, it\u2019s what we can control. It\u2019s important to notice that from those games and understand that we need to go full speed this weekend and make it real.”<\/p>\n On if he can maintain the rhythm he\u2019s had the last two weeks without playing this week\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “If (Coach Ryan) thinks (me not playing) is the best then, during pre-game, I\u2019ll go through an entire practice script or two of them, just to get the footwork down, just to run around on the field again and make it as real as possible. I don\u2019t know what he\u2019s going to say on Sunday, but I\u2019ll be ready to play.”<\/p>\n On the Brett Favre fine\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “It sounds like it\u2019s a league matter and they\u2019ve made their decision. He\u2019s no longer with our team and I don\u2019t know what else to say except that it\u2019s (the NFL\u2019s) decision.”<\/p>\n On how he feels this week compared to the same time last week\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “I feel better (today), definitely better. It was about the same amount of throws, definitely less than a normal Wednesday, but more footwork, more drills. Every play that I wasn\u2019t in, I\u2019m giving (Mark) Brunell the call. I\u2019m going through the footwork on the side when the defense is going. I\u2019m making it \u201cgame-like,\u201d making it like I am taking every rep.”<\/p>\n On the windmill motion he uses to get warmed up\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “It\u2019s just keeping it warm, keeping it loose. Once it\u2019s loose, once it\u2019s feeling good, staying by the heaters, that stuff helps. Once you get on the field, you\u2019re just going on adrenaline and you\u2019re just playing, but any kind of warm-up you can do helps. It has kept it warm the last week and the week before that, against the Steelers. I\u2019ve just been trying to throw as much as possible on the sideline and keep it loose.”<\/p>\n On if his shoulder will get tighter if he doesn\u2019t do those types of things\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “I think so. It\u2019s just cold outside. It\u2019s like anything, you want to stay warm, your legs, everything. You go back out there cold and you just won\u2019t have your best series. You don\u2019t want your first pass of the series to be a warm-up. You want to get those on a sideline and then go in ready to go. Especially during TV timeouts, you just stand out there. It\u2019s important just to stay loose especially with an injury.”<\/p>\n On going to the playoffs in his first two seasons\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “It hasn\u2019t really hit me. I saw what Coach Sean Payton said the other day, that they expect to be in the playoffs, expect to be in the Super Bowl. That\u2019s what Rex has taught us, that we should be in the playoffs. That\u2019s the way we want to feel. Of course we\u2019re very proud and we know how exclusive that group is to get there, how fortunate they are, how many breaks you have to get and how hard you have to work to get to the playoffs. That\u2019s what we want. Last year we didn\u2019t quite get as far as we wanted, this year we are trying to take it one more game and one more win. It\u2019ll be a good push but it\u2019s something you look back on, hopefully when I\u2019m Brunell\u2019s age, and think, \u2018it\u2019s great, two years in a row, your first two years, that\u2019s awesome.\u2019 As soon as next year starts, I\u2019m thinking playoffs again. Let\u2019s take it as far as we can. 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