On Wednesday New York Jets head coach Rex Ryan provided an update on Nick Mangold’s ankle injury, as well as provided insight on how the team will replace the All-Pro center.\u00a0 Here are some of the quotes from the press conference.<\/p>\n
On whether Nick Mangold\u2019s status for Sunday has changed\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “His status hasn\u2019t changed at all. He\u2019s off of crutches, which is a good sign, but I just think we\u2019ll see. I\u2019ll never say never, but I don\u2019t see it happening this week.”<\/em><\/p>\n On how much Mangold is lobbying to play\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “Pretty well. He\u2019s smart. We\u2019ll lean on the trainers to help us there (with), obviously, traveling across country and everything else. Again, we\u2019re not 100 percent ruling him out, though. He seems to be doing pretty well.”<\/em><\/p>\n On if Colin Baxter seems to be picking up things \u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “I think so. This is only the third week that he\u2019s been here, but he seems to be doing well. I\u2019ll tell you who\u2019s been a big help for him is Rob Turner. Rob comes in like he\u2019s playing. He still does, and he\u2019s been great. He sits beside him (Baxter) in the meetings, does extra things with him and he\u2019s been outstanding. You could always kick (Matt) Slauson in there to play center and put Vlad (Ducasse) at guard. (Caleb) Schlauderaff is coming. I don\u2019t think he\u2019s there. I think he\u2019s a little behind where Baxter is, just for the simple fact that he\u2019s coming from a much different system. I think once he catches up to speed, he\u2019s going to be a guy that we\u2019re happy with.”<\/em><\/p>\n On potentially moving Slauson to center\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “I mean, we could do it. There\u2019s nothing prohibiting us from moving Matt to center and Vlad (Ducasse) to guard because they do have more experience. That\u2019s certainly a possibility, but right now if Nick can\u2019t go, our first option would be to put Baxter in there. Again, I think the young man is just going to get better and better. You talk about a crash course now, I mean he was just kind of thrown into it. Rob Turner yesterday was telling me, he\u2019s like, \u2018I\u2019ve been around Mangold forever, he\u2019s played 82 straight games, right, he\u2019s never missed a start.\u2019 Unfortunately Rob\u2019s hurt. He\u2019s like, \u2018Why didn\u2019t you do this when I could have gone in there?\u2019 But that\u2019s the way it goes. And we\u2019ll need our entire roster. Before it\u2019s all said and done, everybody on the practice squad is going to have to step up and all the backup roles. That\u2019s what happens every year. Again, this is the National Football League, every single guy is going to have to contribute.”<\/em><\/p>\n My take:<\/strong> <\/em>While I appreciate the fact that Mangold is doing his best to get onto the playing field, there is no way he should play on Sunday.\u00a0 It is a very long season and the last you want is to lose an All-Pro center for an extended amount of time. In addition any plan that includes Vlad Ducasse on the field is a bad one, end of story.<\/p>\n Sanchez discusses Baxter and the Raiders-<\/strong> In his Wednesday press conference quarterback Mark Sanchez discussed how the Jets will handle playing without Mangold.<\/p>\n On preparing for the game knowing Nick Mangold may not play\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “We\u2019ve got Colin Baxter rolling with the ones. He did a great job. He\u2019s getting more and more comfortable. It wasn\u2019t an easy position for him to come in last week. It\u2019s one thing for somebody to go down in the fourth quarter, and take a couple of snaps, one or two drives. He came in for 50-plus snaps. For his first go, he did a pretty good (job). We\u2019ll get the snap count down, and little things like that. The nerves are gone. He\u2019s ready to play. He\u2019s doing a great job. He\u2019s playing confident. That\u2019s the thing. We\u2019re just building him up all week. He\u2019s shown great strides already since Sunday.”<\/em><\/p>\n On whether he has spent extra time with Baxter this week\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “Yeah, after practice, talking over some stuff, going over some calls. In my head I\u2019m thinking, \u201cWhat would Nick want me to do?\u201d It\u2019s good for me to brush up on some of those protection issues and be ready to roll.”<\/em><\/p>\n On how Mangold\u2019s absence will affect the running game\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “Nick does a good job of pointing things out and communicating. It just puts more pressure on the rest of us. That\u2019s good for us. That\u2019s a good challenge. We\u2019re spoiled having Nick Mangold in there. He\u2019s the best in football. Hands down. He\u2019s awesome. It\u2019s a good test for me, brushing up on some MIKE points and understanding exactly how some of these plays are blocked, and putting us in the best play possible. Those guys are doing a great job helping Colin and Colin\u2019s doing really well for himself.”<\/em><\/p>\n My take:<\/strong> <\/em>It is going to be very interesting to see how this plays out as the Raiders are going to test Baxter early and often.\u00a0 If Richard Seymour and company start getting penetration, Sanchez and the Jets offense could be in for a long day.<\/p>\n Cromartie wins award- <\/strong> Coming off of a two interception performance New York Jets defensive back Antonio Cromartie was named AFC Defensive Player of the Week.\u00a0 Hopefully AC will continue his high level of play as the Jets prepare to take on some of the best teams in the AFC.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" On Wednesday New York Jets head coach Rex Ryan provided an update on Nick Mangold’s ankle injury, as well as provided insight on how the team will replace the All-Pro center.\u00a0 Here are some of the quotes from the press conference. 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