On Thursday New York Jets offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer addressed the media.\u00a0 Here is the transcript courtesy of the Jets.<\/p>\n
On what adjustments he made in the Dallas game\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n Yes, they did (pressure us). We knew that they would throw some things at us, but I think Rob (Ryan) did a great job. He had us off balance. He had me off balance for a while there, just with some of the exotic (looks) that he (thrown at us). There were things that he hadn\u2019t shown the previous times we\u2019ve played, and obviously, we hadn\u2019t seen in the preseason. I think the biggest adjustments that we made were that we tried to spread them out a little bit more. We got into more three-receiver sets. Obviously, we got a little bit into the no-huddle to try and force their hand and try to limit what they can do. Sometimes, when you spread people out, you can see things a little bit cleaner, just because they can\u2019t disguise as well. I think that\u2019s the biggest adjustment that we made.<\/p>\n On what advantage the three tight end set gives them\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n Obviously, they (Dustin Keller, Matthew Mulligan and Jeff Cumberland) are three good players, otherwise, we wouldn\u2019t use it. We have a couple of guys that play like tight ends and receivers. Dustin is basically a guy that can play tight end and he can play receiver. Jeff Cumberland is another guy that was a former receiver, so it gives you flexibility. You can play in tight, close both edges and have a power running attack. Then, the very next play, you can be in one-back and playing like sub or eleven. (It gives you) flexibility (and) guys that have been here in the system. They know it well. We\u2019re putting good players on the field, but they give you flexibility to move them around in different places.<\/p>\n On how effectively the three tight end set worked against stopping DeMarcus Ware\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n I think, more than anything, what neutralized him\u2014if you can say neutralized, I wouldn\u2019t use that word with him\u2014I think was the no-huddle. Every time they have to rush and the ball gets pushed, that kind of helps slow him down, but what a great player. Obviously, he got us on the first play. He\u2019s just a terrific player.<\/p>\n On whether he has thought about using the no-huddle offense earlier in games to get the offense in rhythm\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n We have and we talk about it every week. It\u2019s one of those things that you do for a lot of different reasons. This is something that we knew going in we would use at some point because of the fact that it was a new defense, some new players in the secondary and some of the starters that were coming back hadn\u2019t played much. Plus, you were wondering about conditioning. Sometimes, it\u2019s just that you want to change the tempo of the game. It\u2019s funny you ask that because the last time we opened a game in it was against New England on Monday night when we scored the three points. It\u2019s something that we talk about each and every week. It\u2019s always available. Mark (Sanchez) likes it. You can go back to Detroit, where we had the big comeback last year I guess, down by 10 with whatever to go. He\u2019s very comfortable in it. The biggest thing is that nobody wants to live in that world. It\u2019s hard to just live in that world. It\u2019s a tool for us that we can use and we\u2019ll get to it when we need to.<\/p>\n On the 16-game streak of not scoring a touchdown in the first quarter and if they have tried to solve it\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n Yes, we have (tried to solve it). It\u2019s one of those things where you try not to get too frustrated with it. We\u2019ve tried a lot of different things. We\u2019ll continue to work on things, with how we script openers and how we practice openers. The thing is, bottom line, we need to execute better, number one. Obviously, if you come out and give up a sack on the first play, that kind of shoots you in the foot a little bit and I need to call better plays. I think a lot of it just trying to get different guys involved. We\u2019ve tried all those things. I think somebody asked if it\u2019s mental, it\u2019s really not mental. You have to go and just take one play at a time, focus on that play and execute that play to the best of your ability. When you do that, you put one good play on top of the next and that kind of helps you get into the deal. You can\u2019t go into a game saying, \u2018Oh, we\u2019re going to start fast in the first quarter.\u2019 You have to focus on execution.<\/p>\n On how much of a focus the slow starts have been\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n When we are putting together the openers as a staff, we don\u2019t lose any sleep over it. We\u2019re, obviously, aware of it. You feel great when you go out and you play well early on. That\u2019s a given, but that\u2019s one part of the factor. We want to start fast and we know we can start faster, but again, we\u2019re still finding ways to win games and that\u2019s the most important thing. We\u2019re going to continue to look under all different holes and stuff, looking for the right answer. At some point, I really think we\u2019ll get it figured out. Until then, hopefully, it starts this weekend.<\/p>\n On whether he thinks that stat can be misleading because they do not start with the ball and do not have a large amount of first-quarter drives\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n Yes, we\u2019ve mentioned that to Rex before too (laughing). Again, there are some things we can do, (like not going) three-and-out (after) they had the long drive, initially. Yes, I think it can be misconstrued and misleading, but we do know that we can certainly play better than we\u2019ve performed in the first quarter. This is a new group. To go back and compare it to last year, 16 or whatever (games), it\u2019s a brand new group, so that\u2019s in the past. We really do, we look at it that way.<\/p>\n On Sanchez telling receivers during the Dallas game that he will get them the ball and if there is a danger to the mindset of trying to get every receiver the ball\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n I think that\u2019s probably Mark trying to be a leader or a motivator. I think, in his mind, he knows, \u201cHey, the first open receiver gets the ball.\u201d That\u2019s the way the passing game works. Now if you try to get cute and say, \u201cHey, I\u2019m going to get this guy the ball,\u201d (that is not right). The one interception he had, he was a little bit off with his read. He tried to say, \u201cOh, they\u2019ll probably cover that\u201d and he tried to come inside to Dustin on the basic. They were in a man-to-man coverage and Sean Lee was the free player. He just kind of read it because Mark\u2019s eyes got in there so fast. He just kind of read his eyes and came up underneath him. I\u2019m not so sure that\u2019s not Mark just being a great leader (and) a great teammate, saying, \u201cHey guys, hang in there. You\u2019re going to make a play. I\u2019m going to find you.\u201d In reality, the way the progressions work, \u201cReceivers, if you get open, you\u2019ll get the ball.\u201d<\/p>\n On Derrick Mason\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n He got open quite a bit too though, so that\u2019s a good thing.<\/p>\n On not running the ball well\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n From our standpoint as a staff, it\u2019s never changed. We go in wanting to be balanced and then we\u2019re going to do whatever (we need to win), however the game unfolds. Again, I think you have to give Dallas a lot of credit, they did a great job loading up the box trying to take away the run. The passing game kind of got hot. Mark made some terrific throws, the guys were making plays for him. Just because you go out and you have a great week doing one thing, you\u2019re not going to say, \u201cHey listen we have to go fix that.\u201d We\u2019ve worked to it, there are things we can get better at with the running game. We call plays here based off what we see, going with a good plan, which we normally do, and then however the game unfolds. We hope to come out 50\/50, but it generally doesn\u2019t happen that way.<\/p>\n On getting the running game going to help keep the defense away from Sanchez\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n Absolutely, that would help. Obviously, we feel like the running game will come. We have a great offensive line. That hasn\u2019t changed. If there\u2019s a group that you know has pride, it\u2019s that group, with how well they\u2019ve all played. The running game is something, it comes through time, it comes through work. Dallas was going to come in here with the mindset, they want to bring pressure from all different angles, trying to create penetration to get the running game knocked off. And what they did, they ended up singling their corners on the outside. That gave us the possibility of hitting some big plays.<\/p>\n On the balance between letting Sanchez audible to pass plays and sticking with the game plan to run the ball\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n In reality, Mark kind of got fooled. He thought maybe the guy was coming off the slot. That\u2019s a situation when you\u2019re in that close, and we talked about it on Monday, hey, if the run makes two or three more yards, Coach Cav (Matt Cavanaugh) and I try to put it in terms of, \u201cIt\u2019s like you dealing with a third-and-10. A 50-yard field goal is like third-and-10. If it\u2019s a 45-yard field goal or a 46-yard field goal, it\u2019s like third-and-six. Not a no-brainer, but you feel a little better about it. He understood that. He kind of got fooled thinking that guy was going to come. The first play of that drive we tried to run it and they got some penetration. There\u2019s a fine line, but when you give him that freedom, you\u2019ve got to give him the freedom to go and make that decision. It\u2019s not like we want him coming over all the time, \u201cIs that okay?\u201d No, make a decision and live with it. That\u2019s what he did, and quite honestly, he could have made probably a little better pass to Plax and gave him a chance.<\/p>\n On how LaDainian Tomlinson has handled a different role this season\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n He\u2019s been great. Congratulations, by the way, to him and LaTorsha on their baby girl. That\u2019s awesome. But he\u2019s been great, and I thought he played terrific in the game. I mean, I thought he played outstanding in the game. He\u2019s a competitor and he\u2019s going to get his touches a lot of different ways, but one of the things that we challenged him with when we got back was third down. And he made some big, clutch plays on third down coming out of the backfield that again, showed you that the guy can still help you win and he will answer the call every day, every game day, every practice. And we were pleased that he played so well, with six or seven catches I think, five or six catches for some big plays.<\/p>\n On how Tomlinson\u2019s game has changed\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n I think obviously he\u2019s still a great player, the only thing that I see maybe is just back then when he would break (away), you very rarely ever saw anybody on the screen with him. He\u2019s learned to use his quickness and stuff now. Still just a great player, and obviously a guy that\u2019s a first-ballot Hall of Famer.<\/p>\n On whether he is more likely to use the Wildcat offense this week\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n It\u2019s one of those things. We carry all kinds of different packages, like the (Antonio) Cromartie thing. We have a lot different packages that we have. We\u2019re comfortable with the Wildcat. It\u2019s something that you might not see it this week, but a week or two from now, you\u2019re going to see it four, five, six times. And then, three weeks down the road, you\u2019ll see it 10, 12 times. We have it. It\u2019s all based on how it\u2019s looking, how it\u2019s going, how the game\u2019s playing out, but we definitely have confidence in that package.<\/p>\n On whether they have a name for the Cromartie package\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n No, we need to probably ask him that. It\u2019s not going to be Seminole. I\u2019m done with Seminole. I\u2019m a Gator at heart. I can\u2019t believe I gave into that with Leon (Washington).<\/p>\n On whether he ever considered using a five wide receiver package\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n It\u2019s a good question. We do. We talk about it. Dustin (Keller)\u2019s an awfully good player. To take him off the field, to us, doesn\u2019t make a lot of sense. Plus, it just limits what you can do from a protection standpoint. Our defense check to some blitz that hits us in the face all the time. It\u2019s a little bit of what you go against every day in practice. It\u2019s like, \u201cOkay, let\u2019s take that package out. That was fun for a day. Rex and Pettine just got that, let\u2019s take that out.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" On Thursday New York Jets offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer addressed the media.\u00a0 Here is the transcript courtesy of the Jets. On what adjustments he made in the Dallas game\u2026 Yes, they did (pressure us). We knew that they would throw some things at us, but I think Rob (Ryan) did a great job. 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