On Thursday New York Jets defensive coordinator Mike Pettine addressed the media.\u00a0 Here is the transcript courtesy of the Jets.<\/p>\n
On going back to basics on defense\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “I think it had gotten to the point where, in light of the new faces we have in there, we needed to go back and do some of the teaching we had done and rebuild the foundation. Some of the things, we realized when we looked back. We summarized some of the mistakes and when the mistakes start to show up as things that are from Jets defense 101 as opposed to 401, that\u2019s when you need to go back and make sure. Sometimes as a coach, when you think guys know, you have to make sure. That\u2019s one of those things where we thought this week was a good week to do it. It was necessary, so we took some of the time that we normally would have spent either reviewing a script or maybe going over something new and (revisited) our core fundamentals. When you get to the end of the year, especially when you\u2019re out of pads, you get less individual time and it\u2019s more devoted to scheme. It was just one of those things and I think it caught up to us. We\u2019re fortunate this week that we were able to build it in. It\u2019s something, moving forward, we\u2019ll look to do even more of, just to make sure we have some of those basic things nailed down.”<\/p>\n On if the players were given any extra homework\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “It wasn\u2019t so much homework. It was more of a physical thing and a mental thing, whether it was footwork (or) stance. That was part of it. The other part of it too was practice tempo. We just felt like we needed to ratchet that up a little bit. Sometimes you get to this time of the year (and) the weather\u2019s bad. It\u2019s on us as a staff to fight that (and) to keep guys at a high level and not just out there putting in a day. Eventually, that catches up to you and it shows up on Sundays.”<\/p>\n On wanting to get the defense back to a high level before the postseason\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “That\u2019s part of it. There are some things that we\u2019re going to look at and some calls we\u2019re going to make that we feel good about moving forward. We\u2019ll do a self evaluation after the game, as well, and say, \u2018What are we doing well and what are we?\u2019 We\u2019ll lean towards things we\u2019re doing well and hopefully correct the things we\u2019re not. The things we\u2019re not (doing well), then take them out of the package. When you\u2019re in a playoff game, there\u2019s no margin for error.”<\/p>\n On how re-stressing the fundamentals can improve the pass rush\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “It\u2019s part of it, but I think the pass rush, we talked a couple of weeks ago about sacks coming in bunches, and they did where we were able to generate some pressure. It\u2019s been tough the last two weeks just because of the nature of the two fields we played on. If you look at it, Chicago and Pittsburgh are two pretty good pass rushing teams and I think, combined with the field, as well as our offense playing pretty well, (we) shut those two teams out. It\u2019s a concern at times and sometimes we understand what we have out there. We had (Mike) DeVito and Sione (Pouha) out there that a lot of times and weren\u2019t going to generate a lot (of pass rush), but we were willing to trade off that, \u2018Hey, we have big tackles in there. We know we\u2019re not going to get great internal pass rush, so it\u2019s got to come from the edges.\u2019 It\u2019s something that\u2019s been a concern, (but) we don\u2019t want to go blitz happy just to generate it. We\u2019re hoping that\u2019s something we improve on moving forward.”<\/p>\n On how the injuries to Shaun Ellis and Trevor Pryce will affect this week\u2019s game\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “It\u2019s an opportunity for us to potentially rest some of those guys. (In the postseason), it\u2019s all hands on deck. As of right now, we haven\u2019t had that meeting to determine exactly what we\u2019re doing. We\u2019ve really practiced everybody this week and used the back-to-basics mentality. We\u2019ve gone with more individual work as opposed to specific 11 guys out there stuff. The team reps (have) been distributed pretty well. We\u2019ve rested some guys. Shaun\u2019s rested this week and Sione (Pouha) has had a bunch of plays off and some with Trev (Trevor Pryce). It\u2019s a situation where we\u2019re looking defensively at peaking two weeks from now. This weekend for us, we\u2019re going to play well. We\u2019re going to go out there and compete. We want to win the football game, but at the same time, we don\u2019t want to be foolish and do anything that\u2019s potentially going to cost us down the road.”<\/p>\n On why the team placed Isaiah Trufant on the active roster\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “He\u2019s a guy who practices really well. He has something about him and makes plays. He has very unique movement skills. Here\u2019s a guy that is very small in stature and there is a million different nicknames for him that the guys have. He\u2019s a guy that has shown to be productive. That\u2019s what we talked about. We say \u2018Play Like a Jet\u2019 and that\u2019s how he practices. Hair on fire, making plays, whether he\u2019s on the scout team or if he\u2019s now mixed in with the defensive side of (the ball). He\u2019s a guy that we felt down the road, Pittsburgh (played with) five receivers on us, New England played a lot of small ball against us. We want to make sure we don\u2019t have a guy sitting right here on our practice squad that can potentially help us. We want to get him active and take a look (at him). Test drive him. We have the opportunity to do it and get him out there for some reps on special teams and some defensive reps. Here\u2019s a guy that you don\u2019t accidentally become an MVP of a league that you play in. Here\u2019s a guy that had a lot of production in the UFL. You can see why. (He\u2019s) a unique blend. He has good ball skills and has a good knack for football. It was intriguing enough for us to recommend to find a way to get him up just to see what we have. I think it will also help from a depth stand point, being banged up on the secondary, (Dwight) Lowery having to be a safety full time. (Darrelle Revis) a little banged up, (Antonio) Cromartie a little banged up this time of year. We have some extra options now.”<\/p>\n On Kyle Wilson\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “Kyle is going to be a big part of what we are doing Sunday. He\u2019s been practicing really well. I think he\u2019s going to get a good amount of reps. The thing with Trufant (and Wilson) to me is two separate things. He\u2019s practiced well and hopefully that will carry over to the field.”<\/p>\n On Wilson\u2019s confidence level\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “I think it\u2019s better because I see him make plays against Braylon (Edwards) or Santonio (Holmes) in practice. He goes up, competes and knocks a ball away from Dustin Keller. Those are things I think can help him. I think, as we talked about before, it\u2019s a position of confidence and it\u2019s hard to have especially as a rookie when you have some bad things happen to you. He\u2019s handled it well. He\u2019s a guy that hasn\u2019t sulked or retreated from anything. He\u2019s coming to work every day and attacked his problems head on the way he should. I think good things will come from Kyle.”<\/p>\n On holding back on some of the defense\u2019s calls before the playoffs\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “I think it\u2019s a combination. We\u2019re not going to be vanilla. We had a pretty solid plan the first time we played Buffalo, so that was a good starting point for us. What worked in that game? What didn\u2019t? Our whole thing, game-plan wise, it\u2019s like we\u2019re custom tailoring a suit. We\u2019re not going to pull the same game plan off the rack for Indy that we would for Kansas City, that we would for Buffalo. The nature of our system, we\u2019re not going to be, \u2018This is what we run.\u2019 Some teams are like that and it works for them. We\u2019re constantly going to highlight different areas of our call inventory for a particular opponent. This week is no different. We prepared no different. If we do end up with some different guys in there, the plan has not been in any way, shape or form watered down.”<\/p>\n On Stevie Johnson\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “The first thing is he has great chemistry with the quarterback. When it\u2019s crunch time, especially since Lee Evans went out, they have a good relationship. I think (Ryan) Fitzpatrick trusts him and knows where he\u2019s going to be. He runs very good routes and he has good ball skills. There\u2019s the one obvious (drop) against Pittsburgh where he had the game in his hands and he dropped it, but he\u2019s a guy that has made a lot of plays (and) had a Pro Bowl type year. I think he just went over 1,000 yards. That\u2019s kind of hidden because of where he plays, but we\u2019re very aware of him. He was kind of under the radar when we played them the first time and he\u2019s kind of exploded since then.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" On Thursday New York Jets defensive coordinator Mike Pettine addressed the media.\u00a0 Here is the transcript courtesy of the Jets. 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