On Thursday New York Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez addressed the media.\u00a0 Here is the transcript courtesy of the Jets.<\/p>\n
On what the ideal time is to lift weights\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n I don\u2019t know. We\u2019ve done it in the morning. We\u2019ve done it after practice. I think if it\u2019s an upper body lift, I\u2019d probably prefer it after practice. I don\u2019t really like throwing right after we lift upper body. If it\u2019s lower body, legs and stuff, then you can do it pretty much anytime.<\/p>\n On lifting at 5:30 am with Santonio Holmes after they got back from Houston\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n I felt like we didn\u2019t play as much as we usually do in a regular game. I\u2019m starting to get where I want to be in good game shape. As soon as we got home, I just took a quick nap on the plane, I was ready to go. Then, I ran a little bit in the indoor (facility), just some shuttle runs and stuff to stay in shape. Our strength coach Bill (Hughan) was nice enough to stay and he said, \u201cIt\u2019s no problem. If you want to lift, go right ahead.\u201d<\/p>\n On whether he is working on throwing left-handed after throwing a left-handed pass to Santonio Holmes during walk-thru\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n No, that\u2019s walk-thru.<\/p>\n On if he thinks he is in the elite class of quarterbacks\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n I think that\u2019s for other people to debate. I know my skill set and I know I\u2019m getting better. Once we win a Super Bowl, then maybe I\u2019ll have an opinion on that, but until then, we\u2019re just trying to win games.<\/p>\n On having Plaxico Burress for a full practice yesterday\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n It\u2019s great. Just getting his legs back under him, he looked great. His ankle looked good. That\u2019s a big target. He looked great in one-on-ones. He did well in team drills, so he\u2019s coming along well. We just want to keep progressing. With him, Tone (Holmes), D-Mase (Derrick Mason) and Dustin (Keller) at tight end, that\u2019s a good looking receiver group.<\/p>\n On what progress he wants to see from himself this year\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n I think one of the offseason goals was really just my completion percentage and that alone is going to keep drives alive. It\u2019s going to convert for us in the red zone. It\u2019s going to get more touchdowns instead of field goals. It\u2019ll help us on third down. You put all those together and we can have a home playoff game. Looking at the film from last year, especially in the playoffs, Coach Schottenheimer and Coach Cavanaugh said, \u201cI can\u2019t believe you were a 54 percent passer last year. Man, 54 percent? That\u2019s no good.\u201d We need to complete more balls. I need to. That\u2019s been the focus and we got off to a good start against Houston, so that was nice, but I think that\u2019s been the main focus.<\/p>\n On being more experienced to handle several talented and accomplished receivers\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n I think putting more on a third-year quarterback\u2019s shoulders, being able to throw the ball is nice, so we have more chances to get the ball to receivers. The other thing is just completing more passes and guys get more catches. That\u2019s just the way it works, so that\u2019s important. I think these guys understand what we\u2019re here for. They understand our goal and our mentality, and it doesn\u2019t matter who has the most catches, who has the most yards or who has the most touchdowns. We\u2019re all in this thing together and we want to be balanced on offense, and these guys understand that, so it\u2019ll be somebody new everyday.<\/p>\n On facing Darrelle Revis in practice everyday\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n I can\u2019t say it\u2019s fun. It\u2019s competitive. He\u2019s just a tough player. He\u2019s nasty, man. He\u2019s so sharp. He reads routes so well. He can react so well. His instincts are probably the best in the league, so it\u2019s great practice for me. They keep saying, \u201cThe Revis rule, the Revis rule.\u201d Me, that\u2019s my chance to try and get after him in practice. That\u2019s when I can see what you can try to fit in, what you can get by with and there\u2019s not much. He keeps you sharp. He keeps you accurate and when you\u2019re not, he\u2019ll make you pay.<\/p>\n On whether the Revis rule is not to throw his way\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n That\u2019s what they would like it to be. I take short vacations to Revis Island when I can and try and get out of there as quick as I can.<\/p>\n On the difference between training camp in Florham Park and training camp in Cortland\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n The food (joking). The football side, everything has gone well. Everything has gone smooth. We have the best facility in the league, so there is no problem staying here. Guys are getting treatment. Guys are coming back from injuries immediately and being able to work out in our weight room with our machines that they just purchased for Bill\u2019s strength program, and that\u2019s huge. I thought everything has gone smoothly. We know where everything is. We know where the cafeteria is and we\u2019re fed great food the whole time. It\u2019s been a smooth camp.<\/p>\n On getting away from the grind of training camp\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n When you get an off day or your family is in town or your family comes to practice, you have time to get a bite to eat, whereas in Cortland, you didn\u2019t really have that luxury. This is nice to stay home, somewhere we are familiar with, and it\u2019s gone really well.<\/p>\n On whether he thinks the quarterback has to be a dominant personality in the locker room for a team to be successful\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n No question, that\u2019s (my) goal and it\u2019s growing every day. I\u2019m getting more and more comfortable each day, with each season. Reads and progressions seem to come with ease (and) the game starts to slow down. You really start to understand the dynamic of the locker room when it\u2019s time to say something in front of the offense, when you need to grab a couple of guys on defense and (say), \u2018Hey, talk to your guys about this\u201d, when to pump somebody up or when to stay quiet, when to put your head down to work and lead by example. It\u2019s been something natural for me and it\u2019s been a natural progression, but I think that\u2019s the reason Rex made me captain early in the offseason, or as soon as we got back from (the) lockout, because he knew the kind of work I put in and he knew I was ready for that role.<\/p>\n On whether he was ready to be a leader last year\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n I think I was getting there, but you need to, at least, establish yourself on the team first. I think when the team saw how I reacted to almost getting benched, how I reacted (to the) shoulder injury, it\u2019s just not in my nature to kind of bow out from something like that. I\u2019m not going down without trying to play, and they saw that. They saw my energy and my fire. They saw me elevate my play in the playoffs. That helps you establish yourself on this team, and that\u2019s the most important thing. On a national scale, that\u2019s for people to debate and that\u2019s fine. As long as these guys understand what I\u2019m all about. I think you have to do that first.<\/p>\n On whether he has always enjoyed being a leader\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n I think so. It\u2019s come pretty natural. When you\u2019re young and you\u2019re on a field trip and you\u2019re the first one in line or you hold the door for somebody when you\u2019re younger and all the kids come into class, that\u2019s just kind of the way it\u2019s been. With my dad, especially, we\u2019d have a little league banquet and you\u2019d give the coach an award. He\u2019d make me go on a stage like this and say thank you to the coach in front of the team and say something to him and present his gift certificate to wherever and the trophy or a plaque or something. That\u2019s kind of the way I grew up and that\u2019s all I\u2019ve ever really known.<\/p>\n On what the teasing about the GQ article has been like\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n The hazing, I knew, would come. It\u2019s fun for the guys. It\u2019s for me because they know I can take it. The best part about the GQ shoot (is) we didn\u2019t say too much about it. I\u2019m still learning about this kind of stuff, how exactly they release things. I didn\u2019t know if the magazine just comes out and then they could explain where it came from or they start teasing little bits of the article and that\u2019s what they did. The next thing I know, I\u2019m in a 12-round bout with Rex here. When we heard about the opportunity, we wanted it to be more than just a modeling shoot. So, we partnered with Hugo Boss, who gave us the clothes for the cover. They provided those. We are partnering with Tuesday\u2019s Children, which is a charity organization for the staff of 9\/11, for youngsters who lost their families, parents and guardians in the tragedy. We\u2019re nearing the decade (anniversary), so we figured the September issue would be great. We\u2019re going to have a little event September 2, before the first game. Basically, Hugo Boss is going to help us with that and donate all the proceeds to Tuesday\u2019s Children. Sure, it was fun. The photo shoot was great. We got to show off the new stadium and it\u2019s going to help people that desperately need it.<\/p>\n On if he tries to balance the personal recognition that he gets with the team\u2019s goals\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n Absolutely, as much as you\u2019re the face of the franchise and this organization, you need to deflect a lot of that. I felt, especially when it comes to football, when things don\u2019t go right, I\u2019ll take ownership immediately. When things go well, there\u2019s a lot of reasons why they went well, not just me. So I think that\u2019s the most important thing. I think when it comes to extra-curricular stuff, when you can absorb some of that spotlight and then start to deflect it on maybe something outside of the team like a charity organization, then it works. Then it\u2019s not just, hey let me put on some tight white pants and go take a bunch of pictures. That\u2019s not all it was, believe it or not. Some of the guys were surprised.<\/p>\n On Plaxico being available for the Cincinnati game\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n I think we want to establish ourselves and our tempo early like we did last game. The sack in the red zone, there\u2019s no excuse for that. I\u2019ll take ownership for that one. Having him back, we want to get him involved as soon as we can. (We\u2019ll) see how he plays, see how he feels with some full speed action and understand that it\u2019s just preseason so not to run him into the ground and make sure that we\u2019re complementing him with plenty of Derrick Mason and Dustin (Keller) and LT (LaDainian Tomlinson) and Shonn (Greene) and all of our guys, Santonio, getting everybody rolling. Establishing our tempo was important last game, getting off to a good start with completions. That\u2019s the same goal.<\/p>\n On the injury to Rob Turner\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n Losing Rob definitely hurts our depth at line. But it also provides a huge opportunity for Vladimir (Ducasse) and this could be a big year for him. God forbid any of those guys go down, hopefully we have Ducasse there to pick up the slack. He\u2019s coming along and showing really good flashes of being a dominant lineman. If anybody can get him to be one of the best, it\u2019s Coach Callahan. So we\u2019ll hopefully keep guys healthy. 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