On Tuesday Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning addressed the New York media.\u00a0 Here is the transcript courtesy of the Jets.<\/p>\n
On Rex Ryan\u2019s comments about this game being personal\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “I haven\u2019t been aware of it. It\u2019s obviously has been a short week and we just finished playing Sunday and yesterday. It\u2019s a short week so you have a short time to prepare. I wasn\u2019t aware of it. I don\u2019t really have a response for you.”<\/p>\n On why he has had success against the Jets defense\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “Those are you\u2019re words as far as saying success. It\u2019s really about the Jets. The Ravens have different players and are a different team. I played (the Jets) twice last year and they are as good as they advertise. They are excellent from a scheme standpoint and I think player-wise, they are better than they were last year. They\u2019ve added some really good players and from the film I\u2019ve seen so far, we are cramming to get caught up since it\u2019s a Saturday night game. They are playing really well on defense. Statistically, they are ranked high in all the categories so it\u2019s going to be a tough challenge.”<\/p>\n On looking at Rex Ryan\u2019s defensive tendencies while he was at Baltimore\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “I don\u2019t know about tendencies. When you play, a coach in his first year at a (ball club), it\u2019s worth while to look back at (where) he has been, especially when you play against them. It\u2019s a part of the normal routine from a studying standpoint. There are plenty of films from this year to look at and they continue to give you a lot of different looks. They have played lots of different people, but I still think offensively or defensively, it\u2019s still about the players that you have. They have good players and that\u2019s what allows their defense to do some of the things that they do because they have so much confidence in the abilities of their players and they should.”<\/p>\n On the difference between the Jets defense this year and last year\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “I\u2019m still making those determinations. There\u2019s still plenty to study. They are an aggressive defense and they create a lot of plays. They allow negative plays for the offense. They can get you in a lot of bad downs and distances. A lot second-and-longs and third-and-longs and those are just hard to overcome. Like I said, the addition of some new players, has made them even better I think.”<\/p>\n On his offense\u2019s success over the past month\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “It\u2019s hard to pinpoint one particular thing. I think we have played better on offense. We have a little bit more consistency with our running game. Dominic Rhodes has been a nice addition. Donald Brown has (become) better through the season. We\u2019ve had Joseph Addai back the past two weeks so that certainly helps. As you think it would be, young players, guys like Blair White and Jacob Tamme, have continued to improve. Experience, I think is still your best teacher. Those guys have been thrown into the fire and it\u2019s Tamme\u2019s first year of playing even though it\u2019s his third year and White is a rookie. Those guys had to play some games to see how fast defenses are and how complex they can be. Those guys have improved throughout the season. I would say it\u2019s a combination of things.”<\/p>\n On if he has made any adjustments to help out young players\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “I\u2019m always working to get on the same page as the receivers you are throwing to. Whether it\u2019s Reggie Wayne, who I\u2019ve been with for 10 years and we\u2019re always working a lot (together), or Pierre (Garcon), Cornelius (Brown), who is still very much a young player. It\u2019s his second year as a starter and he\u2019s been injured some this year. He and I continue to work (together). When you add new guys like Tamme and Blair White, it\u2019s a cram session to try and get on the same page as them and work with them during practice and after practice. You have to gain repetition together in order to grow together and to improve the timing. We\u2019ve had some games that have helped us improve, but we are still continuing to learn together and grow together. It just takes time.”<\/p>\n On how much pride he takes in being able to read defenses\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “I think that\u2019s part of a quarterback\u2019s responsibility is to be able to read defenses. Certainly, that\u2019s part of your job and your job is to try and get the ball into those guys\u2019 hands, in order for them to make plays, like you said. It might be a short pass to Joseph Addai or a medium pass to Reggie Wayne and let those guys go on and break tackles and make the plays. It\u2019s the ultimate team game and the quarterback has to do his part, and certainly, reading defenses is part of that.”<\/p>\n On whether he finds it strange that Coach Ryan would come out and say playing Peyton Manning is personal\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “I don\u2019t know. Like I said, it\u2019s really hard for me to answer, I guess. I don\u2019t really find anything really strange anymore. I guess when you play long enough, you sort of have to be ready for anything. Everybody is going to be excited for this game. We feel very fortunate to be playing this week. There are teams that are not playing and we feel lucky and fortunate to be in the playoffs, especially considering the season that we\u2019ve had, a kind of up-and-down season and some of the injuries that we\u2019ve had. It looked pretty bleak there for a while, so we really felt like these last four weeks have been playoff games. That\u2019s really how we\u2019ve treated it, so in some ways, we feel this is a continuation of sort of our playoff games because, really, if we would\u2019ve lost any of the last four (games), we probably would\u2019ve been out of it. At least, we thought we would have, so it\u2019s really a continuation of that and both teams are going to be excited.”<\/p>\n On being 5-0 against Coach Ryan\u2019s defenses when he plays the entire game\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “I don\u2019t have really a good explanation for it. I know that he is an excellent football coach. I\u2019m not sure who the defensive coordinator is or what the title is, but like you said, it is his scheme and it is an extremely difficult scheme. Every time we played him, he\u2019s always had good players, but I\u2019m not sure he\u2019s had players as good as he has now. He has excellent corners when you talk about (Antonio) Cromartie and (Darrelle) Revis outside, those are two excellent cover corners that can play man-to-man and just make a lot of plays. They have experienced linebackers, so it\u2019s a combination. They have a great scheme and great players and that\u2019s why it will be tough. I really think last year, or years past, I don\u2019t think it carries a lot of weight when you\u2019re talking about this 2010 team. We\u2019re a different team. We have some new players, too, so there\u2019s plenty on our plate.”<\/p>\n On Mark Sanchez\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “I really have not seen a lot. We haven\u2019t had as much Jets offensive film in common opponents. They\u2019re a little bit different offense from we are, so (we) just haven\u2019t studied them a lot. Obviously, for any young player, I think playing is the best way to learn. Whether it was Eli (Manning) playing as a rookie, or me playing as a rookie, (you) saw Sam Bradford this year playing as a rookie, and the fact that Mark got to play last year as a rookie, I know that was a huge benefit to him. I think you just use that to your advantage. I think just playing is the best way to learn.”<\/p>\n On the matchup between Darrelle Revis and Reggie Wayne\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “He (Revis) is an excellent cover corner. He has all the skills that you want, big, strong and fast. You can probably go on-and-on with the adjectives to describe him and he is a difference maker. He\u2019s a guy that you have to be accurate (with) when you\u2019re throwing the ball. A lot of guys have not thrown his way this year at all. You can see that on film, that they have not thrown his direction a lot because when you do, you better be accurate with the football. 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