On Wednesday New York Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez addressed the media.\u00a0 Here is the transcript courtesy of the Jets.<\/p>\n
On if the game against the Giants is going to be special\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n It\u2019s a city rivalry and something that we take seriously here and you want to win the city, you want to win your division and you want to win the Super Bowl. So that is one of our goals each year, whether we play in the pre-season or in the regular season; this year we do it both times. We would love to play well both games and hopefully win them both, but we have a lot of work to do as a team and from a defensive standpoint, I saw they lost Terrell Thomas last week, a USC guy, so that\u2019s a big blow for them, but they will recover I\u2019m sure and have some good guys up front and they look tough.<\/p>\n On how last week was a good \u201cdress rehearsal\u201d for Dallas\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n This is a good warm up for Dallas. We need to play well through half time, maybe the third quarter, but that\u2019s the way it\u2019s gone the last two years. You play into the third quarter and we get to work a lot of different situations, maybe another two minute drill, hopefully a couple redzone situations and third downs, maybe goal line stuff. It\u2019s a good opportunity for our team to rep those situations and be comfortable with them by the time we play on September 11th.<\/p>\n On the first-team offense\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n I think we are coming along. We made a push in these last couple of days especially with the preseason games, you finally get to see another defense, get to see, as basic as it might be in the preseason, it\u2019s still a different defense so it\u2019s a little more exciting than playing your own team. After a week, it kind of gets old playing our defense. Those guys are so good it\u2019s frustrating at times. The offense came along slowly but surely and we made a good push the last couple of weeks.<\/p>\n On what he is looking for from the first-team offense on Saturday\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n I think getting ahead of the sticks on first down (is important). We were second-and-long almost all night against the Bengals. You look at our third-down conversions and it wasn\u2019t where we should be, but it\u2019s because we did so poorly on first down, whether it was an incompletion or a run for negative yards. That hurts. Second-and-long is hard. It really handcuffs the offense and it lets the defense do whatever they want. If we can just get to second-and-medium (or) second-and-short, it gives us a lot of opportunities on offense to play well and, hopefully, get a third-and-manageable.<\/p>\n On what the meaning of this week is to Plaxico Burress\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n Well, he\u2019s excited, but he\u2019s a pro, and he\u2019s done this for so long that he won\u2019t have any distractions. He\u2019s excited he\u2019s understanding the offense really well and starting to find his groove. So, we\u2019ll support him in any way we can, and we know a game like this has extra meaning, but each week, it\u2019ll be something. Whether it\u2019s Plax or Santonio, or somebody playing a former teammate, or Coach Ryan coaching against his brother, Rob, there\u2019s something every week. So, you just help those guys that week, make sure they\u2019re focused, and go out and play.<\/p>\n On whether he has any concerns about Burress tweaking his back\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n I don\u2019t have any concerns. He\u2019s fine.<\/p>\n On his relationship with Dustin Keller and how it helps on the field\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n Off the field, we\u2019re great friends. (I) had a blast at his wedding this summer. He\u2019s one of those guys that you love to be around. He\u2019s got a great family, his brothers are around a lot. So, I know him really well off the field. That helps when you get on the field. We always know that even in those tough situations when we\u2019re upset at each other, or I miss a throw or he misses a catch, it\u2019s never personal. We\u2019re just trying to win, and it helps when you have that off-the-field chemistry, too. On the field, he\u2019s grown in his route-running ability, he has all of the physical tools, he has great hands, he\u2019s got speed, he\u2019s got size and he\u2019s really learning how to block well, and his routes are getting better by the year, and by the practice. So, he\u2019s made it a point to really seek me out outside of meetings, \u201cHey, let\u2019s sit down and watch this,\u201d or, \u201cWhat are you thinking on this specific route?\u201d I remember when we had this (play) in the playoffs last year, \u201cWhy\u2019d you look that way, instead of this way? What can I do?\u201d If it\u2019s just tagging, saying his route before we break the huddle, trying to remind me that there\u2019s not just three really good receivers, there\u2019s a good tight end, too. He\u2019ll do stuff like that, too, one, to mess with me, and two, to try and get the ball.<\/p>\n On what his relationship with Eli Manning is like\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n We\u2019ve talked, I guess, sparingly, but most of the time, it\u2019s either at a charity event or something at the Super Bowl, unfortunately, neither of us have been playing in it. We see each other doing promotional stuff, whether it\u2019s for Toyota or for whoever, but it\u2019s always good, we\u2019re always cordial. I saw him at a benefit with (Mark) Brunell, I took Brunell as my date (laughing). He was there with his wife and daughter, I believe, so they were great, seems like a great family. We\u2019re not best buds or anything. There\u2019s nothing wrong with it, we\u2019re just not that close that way.<\/p>\n On whether he was impressed by Burress\u2019 performance against the Bengals\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n I don\u2019t know, I think it\u2019s kind of what we expected. Not that there\u2019s anything wrong with that. He\u2019s a great player, and that\u2019s just what you expect. The other thing was, to me, everything came out so positive from that game, but there\u2019s still plenty of stuff to work on, and it\u2019s a preseason game, and we\u2019re playing a Cincinnati game that didn\u2019t have Keith Rivers, that pulled a lot of their starters pretty early. Sure, we won the game and that\u2019s great, but that\u2019s not anything to hang your hat on. We still have a lot to prove.<\/p>\n On whether there was any significance to him wearing a \u201cFDNY\u201d shirt\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n Sure, if you guys remember the Muze clothing company. They made that \u201cWonder Boy\u201d shirt that I wore a couple of years ago that got pretty popular. So, we teamed up again, and we\u2019re helping a charity here in New York, right around 9\/11 time and this 10-year anniversary. We wanted to make a shirt that we could sell online and all of the proceeds would go to the New York Police and Fire Widows & Children\u2019s Benefit Fund. So, we\u2019re selling it on the Facebook Pro Shop site, so it\u2019s Facebook.com\/OfficialMarkSanchez and then for the benefit fund, it\u2019s AnswerTheCall.org, and basically, we\u2019re selling shirts and all the proceeds are going to the widowed families of these rescue workers and first responders. So, it was a cool idea that Muze kind of came up with. The FDNY let us use their logo and saying, \u201cYou go, we go.\u201d So, I\u2019m happy to be a part of it. It\u2019s a cool-looking t-shirt, so I\u2019ll be wearing it. Hopefully I\u2019m not the only one.<\/p>\n On whether it is special to play the regular season opener on September 11\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n No question. My dad, obviously is a firefighter, but my stepmom\u2019s daughter\u2019s husband, so like a step-brother-in-law, like a brother-in-law, is a firefighter, also, and he\u2019s up in Oakland, Michael Donner. He\u2019ll be out here that week. Their celebrating, doing some stuff with firefighter rescue workers that they met and have been friends with for 10 years now. And then having my dad here, the firefighters I\u2019ve met, whether it was somewhere around the city or firefighters back in Orange County that I know, it\u2019s an exciting time. That week it\u2019s Rex (Ryan) vs. Rob (Ryan), Jets\/Cowboys, and 9\/11, so there\u2019s going to be a lot going on. As much as we want to respect that anniversary, we need to stay focused for the game and honor that 10-year anniversary with a great performance, hopefully.<\/p>\n On the most challenging part about trying to score in the red zone\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n I think it\u2019s just the same thing, and one, not to get too caught up in it, sometimes we build it up, now it\u2019s like, \u201cWe haven\u2019t been good in the red zone, we have to do something.\u201d That doesn\u2019t mean you have to do something big. It could mean a four-yard run on first down. It could mean, complete a flat route to LT (LaDainian Tomlinson) and watch him break a tackle and run for six yards. That\u2019s fine, that\u2019s a victory, just getting something positive on first down, and then getting into a third-and-manageable, having our checks and alerts up when (teams) all out pressure us, and be ready to play. Other than that, we have weapons, we have a big target in Plax (Plaxico Burress), we have a slot guy in Derrick Mason, who really knows how to do well in the red zone, and Santonio, I mean, that\u2019s all the guy does, is find the ball in the air and get in the end zone, so we have all of the tools. It\u2019s important not to get too caught up in it.<\/p>\n On what Mason does in the red zone that makes him dangerous\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n It\u2019s one of those situations where obviously, the defensive backs, they know there\u2019s less field to cover, so as a receiver, just being fast doesn\u2019t help down in the red zone, you\u2019ve got to know spacing, you\u2019ve got to understand what concept you have on, understand the coverage and really be able to read the defense on the fly and those are all his strong suits. So he\u2019s quick, he\u2019s shifty, he knows how to screen a defender away, and keep his body in between the ball and the defender, and that\u2019s what you need. He\u2019s one of those guys who knows how to make a big catch, he\u2019s got great hands, a solid receiver, so he can be a great help for us.<\/p>\n On whether he is looking forward to practicing at Hofstra tomorrow\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n It\u2019s great. You get a lot of fans on Twitter and people you see in passing in the city or in New Jersey, wherever, \u201cI\u2019m from Long Island, I wish you guys were still out here.\u201d So this is kind of us paying respect to them and thanking them for being great fans for such a long time. Sure, we moved to New Jersey, but that\u2019s still our home over there too, so we\u2019re excited to go back.<\/p>\n On Santonio Holmes\u2019 catch in practice yesterday\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n It was sweet. That was a sweet catch, oh my God. I called my brother right after practice, I thought it was better than the Super Bowl catch that he had a couple of years ago, I thought it was better than the Houston Texans catch. It was sick. Even guys on defense looked like, \u201cMan…\u201d You get a guy who does that in practice, it\u2019s no surprise why he can do it on game day. There was no communication about that, that was something that just kind of happened, and the last play of the game and he makes a huge catch, so that\u2019s pretty cool.<\/p>\n On whether he purposely underthrew the ball\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n Yeah, just kind of led him. Everything was jumbled up there in the middle and it was the last play of the game so you either throw a jump ball for somebody and hope it works or you just wait for Tone (Santonio Holmes) to move around somewhere and find a hole, but that\u2019s something Derrick Mason can do, that\u2019s something Plax can do, and having all of them back at one time will be nice.<\/p>\n On what has been his best throw of camp so far\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n Let me think. Maybe the one completion against Revis is like a little victory. Kind of went like 1-for-50 (against Revis).<\/p>\n On whether he is bothered by Revis in practice\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n Darrelle? Heck no (joking). It\u2019s good because you get to really work against a solid corner. You got to be perfect. A lot of times it\u2019s where your guy can get it or nobody, and your guy\u2019s going to have to make a good catch to secure the football and get a completion. So, it\u2019s a good test for us every day in practice and when you play that premier corner on the other team, you\u2019ve had good work at it all week, and it gives (Antonio) Cromartie a lot of work, too, so he\u2019s looking really good.<\/p>\n On whether he\u2019s noticed Kyle Wilson\u2019s improvement\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n He\u2019s done a much better job. One of the things that I noticed right away, at the beginning of camp, it might have been just day one or that first week, just the way he communicates on defense. He\u2019s talking a lot more, and last year he was so quiet. You tend to get that way, I\u2019m more vocal, obviously, at the line. I\u2019m understanding coverages and stuff, so it\u2019s just natural to want to talk to Nick (Mangold) and remind guys what they have going on. Well, he\u2019s the same way. Before, you\u2019d try to pick on Kyle, and understand exactly what they\u2019re doing on defense, and he\u2019d kind of give it away. You can\u2019t help yourself, you don\u2019t want to be wrong and you\u2019re new, so you\u2019re just looking inside, and you\u2019re supposed to be pretending to cover a receiver, but you\u2019re looking inside, looking inside, and it\u2019s obvious he\u2019s coming on a blitz, so we\u2019d adjust the protection, and you\u2019d send Wayne Hunter out there and he\u2019d just knock him over. That\u2019s what happens (in your) rookie year. Well, now, he\u2019s moving around in the slot, him, and Dwight Lowery and Jim Leonhard. They\u2019re all like the same player, moving all over the place, so it makes it a lot more difficult, and so he\u2019s come through a couple of times clean and just totally fooled us. He\u2019s having a great camp and he\u2019s a first-round pick, he\u2019s supposed to be a stud. And we saw flashes of it last year and now he\u2019s starting to be more consistent, so he can really help us in the slot, and he\u2019s got great help around him.<\/p>\n On being compared to Eli Manning\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n That\u2019s okay. That\u2019s fine. And in our division you\u2019re compared to (Tom) Brady, and guys who have done it before, who have been successful. He\u2019s won a Super Bowl, so that puts him in that category and (gives him) a certain status. There\u2019s a lot to live up to in this town, whether it\u2019s on your own team, or a crosstown rival. There\u2019s always going to be a Joe Namath comparison, an Eli Manning comparison, a Tom Brady comparison. So, that\u2019s the world we live in, playing for the Jets and being the quarterback. I respect him a lot. I think he\u2019s got great feel for the game. He\u2019s definitely a leader on that team, and they all look to him to make plays in crunch time, and in crucial situations, and he does that. He\u2019s put up big numbers, and we have a lot of respect for him.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" On Wednesday New York Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez addressed the media.\u00a0 Here is the transcript courtesy of the Jets. 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