On Monday 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 First off, I\u2019m wearing the Titans stuff because we are 5-1 in those throwbacks. That went according to plan, so that was good. Plus it was a 4x, so I feel good about that. Injury update, Nick (Mangold) did have his MRI and it showed a high ankle sprain. So I would say his status for the game would be, I assume, very iffy. I don\u2019t think it looks very good as far as playing this week. But, with that being said, he thinks he can go. And he\u2019s started (82 consecutive regular season games). We\u2019ll see how it progresses. I wouldn\u2019t count him out. He\u2019s a tough guy, but the trainers will always do what\u2019s in the best interests of the player and we\u2019ll never put a guy out there that shouldn\u2019t be out there. With that said, I think it\u2019s iffy whether he plays or not. With all due respect to Nick, there\u2019s where we are on that. Eric Smith and David Harris and Santonio (Holmes), they\u2019re no worse now than they were, so I think that\u2019s a good sign that they\u2019ll play. I hope to get them better and be ready to roll, so we\u2019ll find out. Other than that, I can\u2019t think of any other injuries off hand right now.<\/p>\n On Mangold\u2019s high ankle sprain and if it could be a long-term injury\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n I guess you\u2019re always concerned when you get an ankle, but I guess if you asked Nick the question, he thinks he can go. We\u2019ll see. Things affect guys differently. I\u2019m sure if he were a running back, that would hold true. The fact that he has to run in a small area, we\u2019ll see. It\u2019ll be interesting now, because as being the head coach of the Jets, he\u2019s always been the center. It\u2019s Mangold. He\u2019s always going to be out there. Just like Brandon Moore, he\u2019s always going to be out there. D\u2019Brickashaw (Ferguson too). I hope he can go, but we\u2019ll see.<\/p>\n On if there\u2019s a risk of swelling if Mangold returns too early\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n That\u2019s something, again, that\u2019s why you put it in the trainers\u2019 hands. The players, a lot of times, from the competitiveness of the guys, (it\u2019s like) \u201cI have to go\u201d. You have to lean on the experts on this, and that\u2019s what we\u2019ll do.<\/p>\n On if he\u2019ll need to simplify the offense for Colin Baxter\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n I think Baxter did a great job in that game. Considering he (was) thrown in there, I\u2019m sure he (was) a little nervous. You kind of get thrown to the wolves there, but he played three-quarters of the game. (He) had a couple of mental mistakes, snapped the ball early that one time, but I was proud of the way he jumped in there. And, we\u2019ll always say, whether it\u2019s Nick or Baxter or whoever, we go on and there\u2019s no excuses. If he can\u2019t go, remember last year, it\u2019s almost a similar thing to when we lost Darrelle Revis in the second game of the season when he pulled a hamstring. And now you have to replace Darrelle going forward, and we were able to do that. Same thing with Nick. You probably have, well, no probably about it. The way Darrelle Revis is the best corner in football and it\u2019s undisputable, the same thing you can say about Nick Mangold as a center. But, we\u2019ll find ways to get it done and it\u2019s just what we do. That\u2019s the New York Jets. When you have that decal on your helmet, you have to step in and do the job.<\/p>\n On if Caleb Schlauderoff would be the backup at center to Baxter\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n Right, he could and it could be (Matt) Slauson too. Slauson\u2019s done that. He backed up, we worked him as a center before and Schlauderoff maybe could play guard. We feel okay there.<\/p>\n On if they will look for options outside of the team to fill in offensive line depth\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n I\u2019m comfortable with the guys we have. I feel good about what we have.<\/p>\n On if he thinks the running game was better and if the offense will be balanced again next week\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n Well, we\u2019ll see. Again, that team Jacksonville did a pretty good job of holding Chris Johnson to 2.4 (yards) per carry. Sometimes a staple of a team (like) Jacksonville is the way they run the football and they stop the run. So regardless of how many guys they have down there, that\u2019s who Jacksonville was. So I thought we did run it more efficiently this week than we had last week. And also, I\u2019ll tell you the guy I was really happy with was (Mark) Sanchez. The three runs for 29 yards, (and) he also had another big one called back. But I thought he ran the ball well. We\u2019ve been trying to get Mark, (when) you face certain coverages (and say) \u2018Hey, don\u2019t be afraid to just take off with it.\u2019 And he did that. Because I can tell you, that stretches your defense out.<\/p>\n On if he would like to see the running game get going against Oakland this week\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n I\u2019ll take winning by 29. I\u2019ll take winning by one, so I wasn\u2019t disappointed in the way we ran the ball or did anything offensively. I thought we did a great job in all phases of the game. Will they (Oakland) anticipate that? This reminds me of when we played Detroit, when they had given up a bunch of rushing yards to some team. They came in and they put everybody down there. (Detroit Head Coach) Jim Schwartz was down there (joking). Will that be what they do? I\u2019m not sure. We\u2019ll find out.<\/p>\n On how much of a leap it will be for Colin Baxter to be prepared for a starting role on Sunday\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n I think he has a good grasp of our system, anyway. The fact that the terminology is similar to that of where he came from, San Diego, I think he already has a decent grasp of it. The thing about that young man is you can tell he doesn\u2019t want to make the mistakes. Two mental mistakes, or whatever he made, was too much for him. You love that mentality that he has. He certainly understands that he doesn\u2019t want to be the weak link. He wants to go in there and compete.<\/p>\n On if any tests were performed on Mark Sanchez\u2019s shoulder because of the sack\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n No, he\u2019s fine. (It\u2019s just) a bruise or something.<\/p>\n On whether he regrets trying to get Plaxico Burress the ball late in the game\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n Yes, you don\u2019t like to get your quarterback hit. If I knew he was going to get hit, would I have just run the draw or something like that? Yes, probably. I still like (the decision). I\u2019m glad we tried to get (Burress) a shot and tried to get him a pass in there. He did a great job. It\u2019s just that (Dawan) Landry did a good job. He got just enough of a piece of Plax to disrupt the pass or that\u2019s going to be a touchdown, the first down play. But, yes, I would love to take the third down back because you don\u2019t want to get your quarterback hit. That\u2019s on me. That was my call. It\u2019s interesting though when you look at Plax. Here\u2019s a guy that has been out of football for two years, yet let\u2019s see the kind of respect people have for him. Almost every single snap in that game, he was doubled. Almost every single snap. That just shows, does he still have that respect and everything else? Absolutely. He is a special player and people know it, the fact that he has been out of the game for two years and he still has that kind of respect. You kind of wish, \u2018Hey, no, just single him up there,\u2019 but they\u2019re no dummies. (Jack) Del Rio is a smart coach and he knows that this guy can hit you on a big play immediately, as soon as you put one guy out there. I think I was more frustrated about it than anybody because I want to see him catch the passes and all that kind of stuff. I think we all do, but I think the coverage dictates it sometime a little bit.<\/p>\n On if Burress\u2019 ego was the reason that he wanted to get him a catch\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n No, it would be more my ego than his, for sure. He\u2019s great because of how he affects the thing. I see how he affects the game. He\u2019s been great for us, not because of the catches he\u2019s had, but by how he\u2019s affected the game. You look at Dustin Keller and Dustin does a great job. He had a huge game and all of that, but some of that is due to Plax playing outside of him. The way he is, we\u2019re going to get more seven-man spacing, so I think that will open up the running game as well.<\/p>\n On how big a challenge it is to have accomplished receivers who are used to getting the ball\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n Everybody signed up to come here to win, so that\u2019s the beauty of it. So far, we\u2019re 2-0. That\u2019s good. The thing is, every one of those guys is really competitive. They all want to win. They all want the ball thrown to them. Yet more than anything, they want to win and they want their teammates to be successful. Santonio Holmes was coming over to me, saying, \u201cRex, let\u2019s get the ball to Plax.\u201d I\u2019m like, \u2018Yes, but you\u2019re seeing the same coverage he\u2019s seeing.\u2019 He knew how hard it was, but he\u2019s just a great teammate. These guys just pull for each other and that\u2019s fun to watch. You\u2019re exactly right. All three of those guys are accomplished receivers. There is no doubt. They\u2019re all Pro Bowl receivers and, yet, they are there for the common good and they\u2019re all happy with it. Whether it\u2019s Patrick Turner making a catch, they\u2019d be happy with that.<\/p>\n On why the team seems to enjoy playing on the road\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n If you bring a good team with you, you have a chance. I think that\u2019s the big thing and that\u2019s what we bring to the road. We\u2019re bringing a good football team with us. We\u2019re not intimidated by any surroundings that we go into. Now, we\u2019ve been together for going on our third year, we know what it takes, we know how to prepare going on the West coast, so we\u2019re confident on the road, but we\u2019d much rather play the game at home.<\/p>\n On whether any defensive players received game balls this week\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n Yes, they\u2019ll be a couple of game balls out there. I think we all know one in particular that will get one. The Cromartie kid did okay, I guess. (joking)<\/p>\n On whether he has been around a player with Cromartie\u2019s type of athleticism\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n Ed (Reed) was a different type of returner. He\u2019ll go down as, he probably already does, (having) the most interception return yards of anybody in the history of the game. Ed\u2019s a ball hawk. He plays safety. The thing that Ed is real crafty about, is once he gets it, he\u2019ll take off and if it\u2019s a deep pass, he\u2019ll set you up one way and then bring it all the way across. He\u2019s a different kind of returner. He\u2019s never down until he\u2019s down. Cro (Cromartie) is zero to 60 in a second. His explosiveness is unreal. It\u2019s funny. You compare those two. They have the longest returns in the history of this game. I think Cro returned a kick 108 yards or 109 yards, or something, and Ed returned an interception, I think, 108 (yards) one time. They\u2019re both rare. They\u2019re really exceptional. Look at Cro. He averaged 42 yards a kick return (vs. Jacksonville) without popping a big one. That says a lot about him, as well.<\/p>\n On whether Cromartie has earned the right to return any kick even if he is deep in the end zone\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n What Mike\u2019s (Westhoff) basically saying, is that\u2019s the standard deal. (If) it\u2019s six or more (yards deep in the end zone), you probably leave it in, but I\u2019ve also heard Mike say, with Cro, he\u2019s got a green light. He can bring it in from the parking lot. That\u2019d be alright with us. He\u2019s going to make you defend it. We do a great job of blocking. Our guys blocking up front have been tremendous, absolutely tremendous. Cro doesn\u2019t need much, but our guys are doing a great job blocking the safeties, coming back doing a great job with their one-on-one battles, so we\u2019re confident in our kickoff return (unit).<\/p>\n On Sanchez\u2019s decision making on his interceptions\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n Well, we can be better there, that\u2019s for sure. I think he was over 70 in his completion percentage, which was good to see. He probably wished he has two throws back, but you have to give them credit, as well. They were able to make the plays, especially the second pick. I think the young man did a great job of reading the route and made a great break on the ball.<\/p>\n On Shonn Greene and the team\u2019s running game\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n We\u2019re close. First play of the game, Dustin (Keller) trips over the quarterback. (John) Conner ends up tripping over the guard a little bit, and (Greene) still goes for three yards. Maybe that\u2019s a five, six, seven yarder. We\u2019ve had some. We had a couple penalties on a long run. I think we\u2019re close. I think we are. I think we\u2019re getting better each week, and quite honestly, when you go back and really look at it, it\u2019s not like we\u2019re humming on all cylinders to start the season. We get a little bit better each week and we then finally find our grove. Our confidence in our running game will take off.<\/p>\n On Wayne Hunter\u2019s penalties\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n I think it\u2019s all of us. We can all learn from a guy making a mistake. I guess (Wayne Hunter) had a facemask penalty and a holding call, but those are things we try to clean up. The week before we had no penalties. This week, I think we had seven. We want to pride on ourselves in being the least penalized team in the league. Not just Wayne, but that\u2019s for all of us. Sometimes, an offensive lineman, unfortunately, the only time you really notice one is when there\u2019s a penalty or you give up a sack or something like that. It wasn\u2019t all bad, the way Wayne played, he had a lot of good moments, as well. Unfortunately you see the penalties and the hit on the quarterback.<\/p>\n On choosing to receive the ball to open the game and if that will be a trend for the future\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n I think we could switch it up sometimes. It was just a challenge that we put out there to our offense and it was something I wanted to change. When I saw the stats and all that jazz, it was like, \u2018I know we\u2019re much better than this.\u2019 I wanted to issue the challenge to our guys and they stepped up and did it. And after they scored, they were kind of giving me the business. That\u2019s why our defense had to go out and score on their first position, with the safety. But we say it is a team deal. It\u2019s not just the offense. It\u2019s the team. The defense gets the ball back, creates turnovers, creates field position. Special teams as well, and that\u2019ll help the offense, but the offense did a great job. (We) had a great kick return by (Antonio Cromartie) and then they marched right down the field and scored, so that was great. (It was) about as good a start as you can ever ask for.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" On Monday New York Jets head coach Rex Ryan addressed the media.\u00a0 Here is the transcript courtesy of the Jets. Opening Statement\u2026 First off, I\u2019m wearing the Titans stuff because we are 5-1 in those throwbacks. That went according to plan, so that was good. 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