On Thursday New York Jets offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer addressed the media.\u00a0 Here is the transcript courtesy of the Jets.<\/p>\n
On the decision to start Mark Sanchez this weekend\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “I think the biggest thing for all our players is (that) we\u2019re not looking at this as a bye week. We\u2019re looking at this as a week to get better. We\u2019re looking at this as a week to prepare. I think if you look at where we are offensively the last couple weeks, we\u2019re kind of, hopefully, finding our stride. Mark\u2019s in a really good routine. His preparation the last two weeks has been outstanding. Just his focus and, obviously, working through the sore shoulder, he\u2019s just been really dialed in. More than anything, I think it\u2019s just the fact we\u2019re trying to keep the routine. I know there\u2019s a good chance maybe we play Saturday, so it could be a short week, but we want to make sure our guys feel good coming out of this week and even out of the game going into the next week.”<\/p>\n On whether Sanchez\u2019s struggles after long layoffs factored in the decision-making\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “I think, more than anything, it just comes down to that we\u2019re just trying to keep the routine. This is different than a bye week. The bye week, the players disappear for a couple of days. We, as a staff, disappear for a couple days, hopefully. That really has nothing to do with it. It\u2019s more just staying in the routine and (saying), \u201cHey, it\u2019s a normal game week for us.\u201d”<\/p>\n On whether they will play Sanchez sparingly like in a preseason game\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “I think that all remains to be seen. The easiest thing for us to do is to prep all these guys and have them all ready to go. Obviously, Rex has a plan of what he wants to get done. Again, I think a lot of it will be based on how we do. Again, we want our guys to play, but we also want to find out about some of the young guys. I know we\u2019re excited about seeing some of these young guys that we see every day in practice and we\u2019ve watched them this week, actually, do some things. There\u2019s some big eyes out there, but that\u2019s kind of fun, whether it\u2019s a guy like Jeff Cumberland, Joe McKnight, Vlad (Ducasse) (and) some (other) guys who are getting some work. It\u2019s good to see.”<\/p>\n On whether the routine and preparation this week is more important than the actual game itself for Sanchez\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “That\u2019s the thing that we\u2019re really big on. I know, myself, we just want his routine throughout the week to be the same. I know last Wednesday, you all knew he was really limited, threw some light balls. He\u2019s been the exact same the last two days this week that he was last week. That\u2019s all we\u2019re trying to do. Obviously, this is something that we hope continues on for a long time, up through the playoffs and into the Super Bowl. We just want to make sure he\u2019s kind of working his way through his routine and that routine, obviously, has worked for him. The game is going to take care of itself, whatever ends up playing itself out, but I\u2019m really pleased with how he\u2019s worked through these last two days and even going back to last week of trying to mirror those things up.”<\/p>\n On whether he thinks Braylon Edwards has been extra focused the last couple of weeks given his performances\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “He really has, even in practice. We always have cones out there. During the course of the week, when you catch a pass you finish your run and we always say to finish through the cones. Throughout the course of the year, the tempo, sometimes, going through the cones (changes). They run through the cone, but it\u2019s not always like a full-speed tempo. Braylon, the last couple of weeks, has been awesome, just playing fast, jumping in like he did last year, late in the year on scout team and he just looks like he can\u2019t get enough right now. Again, I think that\u2019s something. I think he\u2019s hitting his stride at just the right time, not that he had a couple weeks where he wasn\u2019t as involved. When you have so many playmakers, there are certain weeks where you just see guys stand out and he\u2019s done that. A couple of catches against Pittsburgh were unbelievable and then, obviously, made a bunch of plays for us last week. I think he\u2019s in a really good spot right now, just in mental framework, dialed in, whatever that term is, and I think he has a lot of confidence.”<\/p>\n On how Edwards playing on the scout team came about\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “He kind of just does it on his own. Obviously, he always likes to get over where the ball (is) circled. Usually, on the card, they circle where the ball is supposed to go, so you\u2019ll see him finagle his way into that spot sometimes. It\u2019s something he does (to) kind of keep his conditioning up and stuff and it gives our defense, obviously, a great look.”<\/p>\n On balancing LaDainian Tomlinson\u2019s workload between rest and trying to get 1,000 yards\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “I think it\u2019s a little bit like all the guys. We\u2019re not looking at LT (LaDainian Tomlinson). There are a lot of guys who are close on a couple of things here and there. You hear them all talking about it. Braylon (Edwards), I think, needs 100-and-something yards to get to 1,000. Again, the outcome of the stats doesn\u2019t matter to us. The biggest thing that we\u2019re trying to pay attention to right now, because that\u2019s what we control, is this week and the work week. Then, obviously, when Rex lets us know, \u201cHey, here\u2019s what I\u2019ve decided to do. Here\u2019s what I want to do,\u201d then it\u2019s just going to play itself out, but LT\u2019s been working along with Shonn (Greene) and the other backs. We\u2019re not going to chase anything if we feel like (he doesn\u2019t need it). He has a lot of 1,000-yard seasons, but if he goes and gets it, great.”<\/p>\n On if it is possible Shonn Greene gets more carries to get him playing like he did last postseason\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “Yeah, I think so. Obviously, you\u2019ve seen Shonn\u2019s kind of taken off. He had a great game last game. Again, I think it all depends. Not to be vague, but we just don\u2019t really know how it\u2019s going to play out. Hopefully, we go in there, we have a lot of success and maybe it\u2019s like, \u2018Hey, let\u2019s get them all out. Let\u2019s just get them all out and let these other guys go.\u2019 Shonn\u2019s kind of hitting his peak right now. LT\u2019s still playing really well, so it remains to be seen.”<\/p>\n On the interception to end the game at Chicago\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “We got them to jump offsides on first down and we ended up coming up with a four-verticals play and Mark just kind of got a little greedy, to be honest with you. They played Tampa-two (coverage), we were trying to isolate it and Mark thought he had a good feel for the safety and could get him to stay inside. He tried to make a \u2018hole-shot\u2019 throw outside to Santonio (Holmes) and just never saw (Chris Harris), the safety. To have it back in that situation, it\u2019s first-and-five, like we talked to him about, \u2018Hey, they played wide. They played soft. Just check it down to LT, get us a first down and then we\u2019re off and running.\u2019 I think he kind of forced it. I think he tried to make a play and would like to have that one back.”<\/p>\n On Chris Harris seemingly not having a man to be responsible for on the interception\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “No, (he did not) because Jerricho (Cotchery) was running a route adjustment. Sometimes, we\u2019ll run a high-stretch off of the safety, but based on this concept, with the coverage that they were playing, Jerricho ran a route adjustment that curls him up on the numbers. There was no hold, which is why the ball shouldn\u2019t go out to Santonio (Holmes) because the safety didn\u2019t have anyone holding him inside.”<\/p>\n On Joe McKnight seeing more time on offense this weekend\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “I think so. I think, again, not knowing how the game is going to play itself out, Joe\u2019s gotten some work. He\u2019s earned that. He\u2019s earned that through what he\u2019s done on special teams. He\u2019s earned that with the way he\u2019s performed on the scout team and so I think when he gets his number dialed, I think we\u2019re all excited to see what he does. He has a ton of natural ability. He\u2019s great with the ball in his hands. He\u2019s explosive. He\u2019s a guy that can go the distance any time he touches it, plus, he\u2019s a threat out in space. The biggest thing with some of these young guys is, obviously, just playing, for some of them, in their first real-NFL game, not a preseason game. When they get called, if they get called, I think they\u2019ll be ready to go. Joe is like a lot of those guys. I think he\u2019ll go in and play well and we\u2019re expecting that of him.”<\/p>\n On the job the offensive line has done the last two weeks giving Sanchez time\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “It\u2019s been unbelievable. I think it\u2019s not just been with that (pass protection). I think when you look at a couple of the run defenses that we\u2019ve played, Pittsburgh and Chicago, they\u2019re dominant up-front. I think they really, as much as it hurt Rex to call them out, we were giving him a hard time about that because that\u2019s (the offensive line) his pride and joy, those guys really responded. They are great players, but they take a lot of pride in what they do. When Rex called them out in front of the guys, you just saw something kind of change in them. I think we have the best (offensive) line coach in all of football in Coach (Bill) Callahan. Obviously, you have a couple of Pro Bowlers up there (Nick Mangold and D\u2019Brickashaw Ferguson). I think it\u2019s unfortunate, it\u2019s a shame, that Brandon (Moore) doesn\u2019t get as much of a nod as he deserves. You\u2019d be hard-pressed to find a better guard than him in all of football, but they\u2019ve just been outstanding. That was one of the goals we had with Mark (Sanchez), with the sore shoulder, is you want to keep him upright and I think that they\u2019ve done a great job. A guy like Wayne Hunter, how can\u2019t we talk enough about him with the job he\u2019s done stepping in against a couple (of good pass rushers), (LaMarr) Woodley in Pittsburgh (and) (Julius) Peppers lined up on his side more times than not. They\u2019re just playing really well right now and I think a lot of it, obviously, was Rex challenging them.”<\/p>\n On whether he has done any preparation for the potential playoff matchups\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “That\u2019s the thing, when you look at it, it\u2019s hard to look ahead. Like I\u2019m saying, this is not a bye week for us. This is a week we\u2019re playing. We\u2019re playing a defense that\u2019s given us some problems in the five years I\u2019ve been here. They play hard. They\u2019re playing a lot better right now. You see some of the numbers might not point to that, but they\u2019re playing well, so we\u2019re focused on this game. Plus, if some of the young guys play, they deserve to have us being really focused on that, which is where we are right now.”<\/p>\n On how important it is to keep the offense playing well going into the playoffs\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “I think that\u2019s a big part of it, as well. We want to have some success. I think the biggest thing, for us, is that the guys that are in there, that they go out and they play like a Jet. They play the way they\u2019re coached to play. I think you\u2019ve seen us play very physical. (We\u2019ve) talked about it, up-front. We\u2019ve been almost dominant up-front. The backs are finishing runs. Braylon (Edwards), for all the catches he had last week, I think one of the biggest plays he had was a block right down our sideline on a 12-yard run that Shonn (Greene) had. Those guys are doing the little things right, whether it\u2019s Mark (Sanchez) or ends up being (Mark) Brunell or however the game unfolds, those guys, we want them to play like Jets because we want to continue the identity that we\u2019ve gotten back to the past couple of weeks.”<\/p>\n On how the rotation of quarterbacks would work on Sunday\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “We\u2019re still talking about that stuff, but yeah, that\u2019s probably the way it\u2019ll play itself out (with Brunell coming in to relieve Sanchez).”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" On Thursday New York Jets offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer addressed the media.\u00a0 Here is the transcript courtesy of the Jets. 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