On Tuesday New York Jets head coach Rex Ryan addressed the media.\u00a0 Here is the transcript courtesy of the Jets.<\/p>\n
Opening Statement\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n I\u2019m not going to say a word because I don\u2019t want to offend anybody else (joking). That\u2019s it. Hey, I saw you guys had Mike Pettine up here. I have to give you one inside, running joke we always have with each other, and it started with Pettine. My dad comes in for a game (when) we were in Baltimore, about eight years ago. He (Pettine) comes in, he says, \u201cHey, the real Coach Ryan is here.\u201d I\u2019m like, \u2018Oh, ok. There\u2019s a shot.\u2019 Little did Pettine remember though, his dad comes all the time. My dad comes about once a year. Of course, my dad comes in, he hits that line all the time. Every single time his dad comes in, he is a legendary coach in Pennsylvania history. He had a whole bunch of wins, a zillion times more than I\u2019ve won. Every single time he walks in, (I say), \u2018Hey, the real Coach Pettine is here.\u2019 I just make sure I do it in front of Pet. That\u2019s just a little running thing that we always have with each other. Pettine\u2019s a smart guy, but he messed up on that one. Either way, that\u2019s what we have to come up with when we go through walk-thru practices right (laughter.) Anybody else have anything?<\/p>\n On the difference between training camp here and training camp in Cortland\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n It\u2019s different. As you know, I prefer to have camp up in Cortland. The reason I always said that was it gives you a chance where all you have is football and each other. That\u2019s a great thing. You don\u2019t have your families or anything else. I think it\u2019s more of a bonding thing and you don\u2019t have that as much here. Obviously, our facilities can handle anything. These are phenomenal facilities. We have five full fields, so this is as good as it gets, but I still miss that part of it. The way the schedule is set up, we\u2019re getting mental work. We have meetings on top of meetings. Then, we have the walk-thru. I think we figured it was 24 practices as compared to 36 last year. That\u2019s kind of what you\u2019re (working with). Obviously, there are no two-a-days or anything like that, so it is different. We\u2019re meeting. Guys will meet until 10:00 at night, so it\u2019s similar as far as the time commitment, but you don\u2019t have the going back to your room. We used to do things (like) movie nights (and) different things. We\u2019d say, \u2018Ok, you get to vote on it. You have the night off, but you have to do some kind of activity,\u2019 whether it was going to a movie, whether it was a bible study or whether it was going out and drinking beer. You had to do it with a teammate, but you don\u2019t really have that now, which is a little different.<\/p>\n On how the offensive line is looking with Wayne Hunter at right tackle\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n Wayne is doing a great job. (He is) a talented guy. The thing that we looked at, I talked with Bill Callahan today, was that we have to make sure Vlad (Ducasse) is getting reps at tackle because he\u2019s going to be our backup tackle. We\u2019ve been having him at right guard. When we looked at it, we said, let\u2019s move Rob (Turner) in there to the starting right guard while Brandon Moore is out and working his way back. Then, we\u2019ll move Vlad back out. That\u2019s the big thing we needed to do, make sure that Vlad is getting work at tackle. For the most part, that group has looked pretty good. They had some tough sledding yesterday, to say the least, as we all saw, against that defense. Today, there is going to be more perimeter runs and misdirections. Nobody go tell the defense (joking). There (will be) little option (plays) and different things that will, hopefully, slow up that defense a little bit today. The second (offensive) line is the one that really has (struggled). That second (defensive) line, as I talked about, has really been whipping that second (offensive) line.<\/p>\n On whether there is a timeline on Brandon Moore coming off the PUP list\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n He\u2019s doing great. In the weight room, those guys are really excited about Brandon, so he\u2019s coming on. He\u2019s still a salty guy, like he always is, but I would expect him to be back out there soon.<\/p>\n On whether he helped push Mike DeVito to mentor Muhammad Wilkerson\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n No, you\u2019re giving me way too much credit, but that\u2019s a natural thing that happens. You will look at guys who have been there and done that. It\u2019s funny because when I came here two years ago, Mike DeVito and Bo (Sione Pouha) were looking at other people. When I brought in Marques Douglas, it was because he knew our defense and because I knew he would be a good mentor because he works hard. That\u2019s what these young guys are seeing because they are going to follow who the leaders are, which are Bo and Mike DeVito. Those are two great guys. It reminds me of when we drafted Haloti Ngata in Baltimore. Who was his mentor? Kelly Gregg, who was a heavyweight wrestling champion and just a hard-working guy. That\u2019s what we have now, so we\u2019re breaking in these two guys right. All they have to do is look at DeVito, the hardest-working guy out there, him and Bo.<\/p>\n On Joe McKnight, Derrick Mason and Donald Strickland all having wraps on\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n Joe, he has an ankle (injury), so we\u2019re going to look at that. He will go through some individual (drills). We\u2019ll see, (but), I don\u2019t think he\u2019s going to be going through team. As far as D-Mase (Mason), he\u2019s fine. That\u2019s just a precautionary thing. I did tell him though, \u2018Listen, we have the best training staff in the league. I want you to go in and see those guys. It\u2019s not one of those things where you have to stay out of the training room. We have 30 guys in there and we\u2019re as healthy as can be.\u2019 Guys know how good our training staff is and take advantage of it.<\/p>\n On how Strickland is feeling\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n I think Strick\u2019s fine. He got kicked in the calf yesterday and got stepped on. That\u2019s nothing (laughter). It\u2019s probably something to him, but that\u2019s nothing.<\/p>\n On whether Plaxico Burress will fully participate in team drills today\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n I don\u2019t think (so). I don\u2019t think full yet. Again, I\u2019m just trying to avoid that big setback, but he is doing more and more.<\/p>\n On whether the loss of Brad Smith will affect their use of the Wildcat formation\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n I think we have three candidates for (the Wildcat), three good candidates. Will they be as good as Brad? I don\u2019t know about that. Brad was a really special athlete. I\u2019m going to say it for the last time until we play Buffalo. (He) was the only guy at the time in college football who rushed for over 4,000 yards and passed for over 8,000 yards. He was ideal in that role, for sure, but I think LT (LaDainian Tomlinson), he\u2019s thrown touchdowns. All you have to do is ask my brother (Rob Ryan) (about) that, because he threw a bunch against him, so he can do it certainly. Then, Joe McKnight is an explosive athlete like Brad. I think he\u2019d be good in that role. Then, (Jeremy) Kerley did that in college, so I think we have three guys (that can fill the role).<\/p>\n On whether he talked with Kyle Wilson about his confidence at any point\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n That\u2019s something you have to do individually. I think Kyle is there. Kyle has that confidence back. It\u2019s funny because you see it all the time, especially playing at corner and especially in a new system. You come into a new thing and you\u2019re learning two different positions, outside corner and nickel in a brand new system. Then, all of a sudden, you\u2019re not quite having the success that you had in college. It kind of snowballs on you. That\u2019s why we kind of gave him a, \u2018Hey, you don\u2019t have to be there yet.\u2019 I think, right now, he\u2019s different. He\u2019s carrying himself differently and I think a lot of that came with the added strength that he has. I think he got stronger in the offseason and I think he feels good about it. He knows the system, so I think you\u2019re going to have a confident football player there.<\/p>\n On if Wilson put on any weight or muscle during the offseason\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n I just think he looks different to me. I\u2019m not sure if he did or not, but he looks different.<\/p>\n On LaDainian Tomlinson\u2019s third-down role this season and his willingness to accept that role\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n I think that shows how special he is and maybe this helps him play another year, two years or whatever. You don\u2019t have to take that constant pounding that you\u2019ve taken through the years on first, second and third down. Now, he can do that. We all know he can do that. He showed it to us again last year, but when you have the big back in Shonn Greene, I think he\u2019s ready to emerge in that full-time role. Then, let him play the third-down role because, to me, he\u2019s still one of the best third-down backs in the league. He\u2019s great at protection. Now he can get beat like anybody, but he can catch the football out of the backfield and he has those great running skills. I think he\u2019s an ideal guy that you would put in that third-down role. Then, you add Joe McKnight to back up both those guys and then (Bilal) Powell. I think we\u2019re just now starting to see why we took Powell as high as we did. He has some great running skills and he\u2019s a tough kid, so I think he\u2019s going to be a contributor on special teams.<\/p>\n On losing the likes of Brad Smith, Shaun Ellis and Jerricho Cotchery\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n You hate to lose those guys. There is no question, but I certainly understand it. Sometimes, like I said before, you only have a certain amount of revenue and I don\u2019t know if there is another baseball team that can afford to bring everybody they want in, just throwing it out there (laughing). That\u2019s why (the NFL) is so competitive year-in and year-out. You can take a team that was at the bottom and go to the top in this league. It\u2019s hard and I understand it. They have commitments to their family and all that. As tough as we want it, wherever guys go isn\u2019t necessarily their permanent address. That\u2019s the way business is. Hopefully, guys that play here will want to stay here the rest of their lives, but quite honestly, some guys will go even as much as those guys liked it. I guarantee you, every one of those players that actually left and went to different teams loved their stay here. That\u2019s because they\u2019re treated well from top to bottom, from Woody Johnson all the way down. You\u2019re treated with respect and everybody does the most for that individual. That\u2019s why there is no way they can\u2019t appreciate that.<\/p>\n On whether there may have been miscommunication with Shaun Ellis\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n Boy, that thing (his comments on not wishing Ellis well in New England) shows up in print a little different than I think the intent of it was. Everybody in here knows me and knows that I say that about every single player that leaves. It could be my son and I would be like, \u2018I want him to be healthy, but I don\u2019t wish him well,\u2019 if he\u2019s playing for our archrival or whoever. I guarantee you that could be Seth (his son) walking through there. The Shaun deal, you know how I feel about Shaun Ellis and everybody else that really has been a part of us. The success that we\u2019ve had is based on how those guys have played and that\u2019s it. I\u2019ll always have that respect and admiration for those players. It\u2019s so tough, like we talked about. Would I have loved to have Shaun Ellis back? Absolutely. How about Drew Coleman? How about Brad Smith? Sure, absolutely, but it\u2019s not reality anymore. How about Damien Woody? I would have liked to have had Damien back, but he retired. He chose to retire and go about his life\u2019s work, which will be in broadcasting. There is always things that come up that are different. You wish guys could play forever. That would be great.<\/p>\n On reports that the Jets are $9 million under the salary cap\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n Well, (people) a lot smarter than me figure all that stuff out.<\/p>\n On what player has improved the most from last season\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n Hard to say, because we haven\u2019t played a game yet. I think from a confidence standpoint, Kyle Wilson, I see that back in him. Let\u2019s see how it works out. Maybe in a couple of weeks, I\u2019ll be able to answer that question better.<\/p>\n On the first preseason game\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n See, we were just thinking, this time next week, we\u2019ve already played a preseason game. Kind of feels like you\u2019re behind a little bit. Like I said, I really haven\u2019t even thought about it. We\u2019re trying to get things installed, and catch up, evaluate guys. We get this kid, (number) 99 (Eddie Jones)\u2014now you know he\u2019s shown some things if I know the name already, but he comes on the scene, we just threw him in there, and he\u2019s running through people. So, we\u2019re just trying to evaluate guys right now, as well.<\/p>\n On whether he is concerned there will be some falloff at fullback with John Conner taking over\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n We\u2019re going to find out. T-Rich (Tony Richardson) was one of the all-time greats. Tremendous person, tremendous leadership, so we\u2019ll see. I think John has got the physical ability. One day maybe he\u2019ll be a Pro Bowl fullback like T-Rich. They\u2019re different. T-Rich was so smart, he knew how to set guys up. 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