New York Jets head coach Rex Ryan addressed the media after the team made their cuts down to the 53 man roster.\u00a0 Here is the transcript courtesy of the Jets.<\/p>\n
On whether LB Aaron Maybin\u2019s performance against the Eagles secured him a spot on the roster\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n Certainly, he did have some moments in that Philly game. He had a sack-and-a-half and he actually missed another one, but certainly, he played well and again, he\u2019s on our roster so he\u2019s one of those guys we had talked about. (We) had probably three spots open and I thought his play rushing the passer (was good) and that\u2019s what landed him on the roster.<\/p>\n On what led to the Jets trading away S Dwight Lowery and why they traded for G Caleb Schlauderaff\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n First off, Dwight, when we looked at our secondary, we\u2019re pretty much loaded when you have Brodney Pool and Eric Smith come back, along with Cookie (Emanuel Cook) and obviously, Jimmy Leonhard is healthy, and we have depth at corner now. I just think that as an opportunity for Dwight to go to a place where he\u2019s really going to be used, competing for that starting nickel job. So, I think it was kind of good for Dwight to go to Jacksonville to get more playing time, and then for us, we just felt that we had the depth that we needed in the back end. And as far as Caleb, and there\u2019s no way I\u2019ll get this (pronunciation) right, Schlauderaff, I believe, we had targeted him, he was a guy we were interested in drafting. We had some high grades on him coming out of Utah. Mike (Tannenbaum) and I watched the tape. Bill Callahan watched the tape today. We were excited to get this young man, and so we proposed a trade to Green Bay. Mike pulled another trade off and we were able to get the young man. I talked to him, he\u2019s excited to be a Jet, and we\u2019re excited to have him.<\/p>\n On carrying three injured players on the roster\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n Well, each of those guys, with Rob (Turner), Logan (Payne) and Greg (McElroy), right now they have no plans to place any of them on injured reserve at this time, so we\u2019ll see. It\u2019s hard to tell exactly when guys will be back and things like that, but we\u2019ll take a look at it, but right now, we have no plans to put them on injured reserve.<\/p>\n On how long McElroy will be out and the team\u2019s plans for a third quarterback\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n Well, I think right now, he\u2019s kind of out indefinitely. We\u2019ll just kind of see how it plays out, but for now, the number three guy would be, it would be hard to say, but we\u2019ve got a couple of guys that could go back there, but I would guess it would be (Jeremy) Kerley if we had to (play a third quarterback). He\u2019s a young man that can take snaps. We did have him take some snaps underneath center, as well as we all saw, out of shotgun, so that would be our number three right now.<\/p>\n On whether he thinks the team will bring in a third quarterback this week\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n I don\u2019t want to speculate on any of that. Certainly, we\u2019ll look at every scenario, like Mike always does. If we think that it\u2019s a way to improve our football team, we\u2019ll certainly look at all possibilities.<\/p>\n On whether they will keep TJ Conley as their punter\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n Yes, I think so. We feel good about him. TJ, it\u2019s funny, because the longer training camp went, the better he punted. We\u2019re excited about TJ. I think he has earned that right. I did notice some other veteran punters, but we like the way TJ punted.<\/p>\n On whether John Conner will be healthy for the opener\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n We certainly hope so. I think he has spent like 15 hours a day in treatment, so he\u2019s trying to get back and I would never bet against him. I\u2019m anticipating that he\u2019ll be back, but we\u2019ll know later in the week as things get going if that\u2019s a real possibility. I believe it is, though. Again, he\u2019s doing everything in his power to get back.<\/p>\n On whether they will make any more roster moves in the next couple of days\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n That\u2019s always a possibility. I think the way Mike is, he does a great job and has his guys looking at every possibility. When we get those rosters of all the teams and the guys that were let go, then we\u2019ll look over them. If we think there is an opportunity to upgrade our football team, then, obviously, we\u2019ve had a history of doing that and we\u2019ll certainly look at all possibilities.<\/p>\n On preparing for the game against Dallas\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n Getting prepared to play the Dallas Cowboys, obviously, that\u2019s what we\u2019ve been doing. Our focus has been getting ready for Dallas. Our coaching staff, we\u2019ve been preparing for them for quite a while now, so we\u2019ll be ready to roll.<\/p>\n On whether Caleb Schlauderaff could be the backup center\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n I think, when we looked at him and evaluated him coming out of Utah, we thought that he could play center and guard. He played both guards for Green Bay. He did practice as a center at University of Utah, so we think he\u2019ll be able to do that. Will our best option be to put Matt Slauson at center if something happened to (Nick) Mangold? Maybe so, but we\u2019ll see what we have here. Certainly, when we were looking at him and evaluating him off the college tape, we thought he had that kind of ability. When we watched the pro tape, we thought the same thing.<\/p>\n On Kellen Clemens and Kevin O\u2019Connell as options as a third quarterback\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n Well, certainly we\u2019ll look at all of the options that are out there, whatever presents itself, regardless of the position. You know the way Mike is, he\u2019ll look at everything and if we think there\u2019s a player that can help us, we\u2019ll certainly consider it.<\/p>\n On McIntyre and Bellore making the team\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n Both those guys, they came in, we told them that they\u2019d be given an opportunity and they were running with the two\u2019s the day they came here to practice. It was their job to keep it and they did. Both (of) those guys did extremely well in the preseason, they\u2019re tough, smart football players and they earned it. They came to a team with, in my opinion, the best defense in football. So, those two guys really stepped up. They also did a nice job for (special teams coach Mike) Westhoff on special teams. So they have a lot to be proud of.<\/p>\n On if he feels comfortable going into the season with only four wide receivers\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n I think, again, we\u2019ll look at everybody out there. There\u2019s no question about that. But would I be comfortable with those four? Absolutely. When you look at gameday, active (rosters), there\u2019s probably, I don\u2019t know the exact percentage, but a lot of teams will go with four. There will be some teams that go with five receivers and obviously in our situation we just have four right now. But again, things can change and it\u2019s a possibility (they could) change. We\u2019ll make sure that Mike will always check out what\u2019s available to us and if we think there\u2019s a young man that warrants us looking at him and adding to our team, we\u2019ll certainly look at that.<\/p>\n On if the trade for Schlauderaff means that he is worried about the offensive line depth\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n I think this helps us, I think without question this helps us. This is a young man that we really were interested in and when we watched the tape we were excited about him. I feel better about our depth now than I did, that\u2019s for sure.<\/p>\n On Bellore being the only undrafted free agent to make the team…<\/strong><\/p>\n I think (Garrett) McIntyre was a free agent as well, but absolutely he was a young man that we liked. Coming out of college, he was a guy we were definitely considering drafting as well. But when he came here, he had to earn it. We put him in from day one. He was running with the twos. We had him and Josh Mauga as the second string linebackers and the young man, you have to give a ton of credit to him and to Bob Sutton, who did a great job of getting this guy up to speed. And Nick is a smart guy, he\u2019s a tough guy, very competitive, and was flying around, making tackles all over the place. He definitely earned his spot here and you\u2019re exactly right, this is a tough team, a tough roster to make, so you really have to earn it, and he did that.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" New York Jets head coach Rex Ryan addressed the media after the team made their cuts down to the 53 man roster.\u00a0 Here is the transcript courtesy of the Jets. 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