On Thursday New York Jets defensive coordinator Mike Pettine addressed the media.\u00a0 Here is the transcript courtesy of the Jets.<\/p>\n
On his emotions after seeing the defense give up so many yards\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n A bunch of different ones, mostly, obviously, negative. Disgusted, frustrated. That was well below our standards. I know Rex (Ryan) has already touched on that. Sometimes you can handle some technique mistakes, sometimes guys just (are) going against somebody that\u2019s better and coming up short. But when it\u2019s a mental error or whether it\u2019s a guy just being lackadaisical or it\u2019s an effort thing, those are the things that we consider unacceptable. We have our standards of play, and when we don\u2019t play up to them, to an effort standpoint, that\u2019s the most troubling and that was certainly something that we talked about on Monday when we watched the tape.<\/p>\n On how many issues were effort-related…<\/strong><\/p>\n It\u2019s hard to say, you\u2019d have to look at it play-by-play. But, it was a healthy mix. It was one where there were some plays where guys (weren\u2019t going) to the ball like our trademark is. We tell our guys, just because you have the decal on, there\u2019s nothing magical about it. It\u2019s how we practice and the mentality that we take. The disappointing thing for all the time we put into this, is that we only get a set number of opportunities to go out there and compete. So much time, so much (preparation) is put into one game, and to waste a game defensively like that and not play to our standards is obviously disappointing.<\/p>\n On where that lack of effort came from\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n I thought we had a good week of preparation, that\u2019s why, you talked about emotions, puzzling is another word that comes to mind. It\u2019s every once in a while that happens. I compared it to the Miami game from two years ago. When again, we had a great week of practice, went down there and just laid an egg defensively. Just made no impact plays in the game, and you look at this one, it was very similar. We had no interceptions, we didn\u2019t cause any fumbles. The only sack we had was when the quarterback tripped and fell and we touched him. So as far as impact plays, we didn\u2019t make any. And again, that goes against our M.O.<\/p>\n On if it is a good challenge that their next game is against another physical team\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n That was the one good thing, in the NFL, win or lose you have to move on. It was a situation, we watched the tape, we learned from it, we walked through some of the issues that we had and then we talked about putting it behind us and there was no better wakeup call than to look at the schedule and say, \u201cIt\u2019s Baltimore week\u201d. So, if you can\u2019t get pumped up for that one, if you can\u2019t get your juices flowing for this week, Bart (Scott) always calls these, \u201cdouble chin strap games\u201d, we tell our guys, if you can\u2019t get ready for this one, then you\u2019re sitting in the wrong room.<\/p>\n On him questioning the defense\u2019s effort as opposed to technique\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n It was isolated, I don\u2019t want to say it was overall like we were just lethargic, but there were sometimes where it was pick and choose, and it was across the board. And again, it was frustrating because I don\u2019t know if any of us had a good day. You could probably look at (Darrelle) Revis\u2019 game and say that he played well, but outside of that there was room for improvement, some more than others. Coaches included, we all stood in that room and said this is on all of us. I didn\u2019t have a good day. Our defensive staff, we didn\u2019t have a good day. And defensively, some more than others didn\u2019t have a good day. So that\u2019s something that yes, we\u2019re frustrated, but as Rex said in the team meeting, we\u2019re not going to let Oakland beat us twice and let the lingering effects of a poor performance defensively or a tough loss like that linger into the next week. Because this is the NFL, you better be able to hit the reset button in a hurry. And that\u2019s why we were able to do what we did Monday. Watch it, learn from it and then our guys, I think we reset and showed up Wednesday and we\u2019ve had a great week to date.<\/p>\n On if there are any planned lineup changes\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n No, nothing major. There might be some things from a depth standpoint where some of the backups might play a little bit more, roll more guys in to keep guys fresh. But other than that, from a starting lineup standpoint, there are no changes.<\/p>\n On Antonio Cromartie\u2019s size causing referees to call more penalties\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n I think there might be some merit to that given his size, but some of them were pretty obvious fouls and he\u2019s proven in the past that he can go through a game and not do that, so again I just think it\u2019s a matter of getting back to the basics with him and getting him right, not just physically, but from a mental standpoint.<\/p>\n On if a few of the penalties were not legitimate calls\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n Obviously, we submit the calls the league, we don\u2019t comment on how legit they were. That\u2019s a weekly in-house thing. Each week we evaluate the tape, we submit it to the league as you know and we get answers back. Sometimes it\u2019s, \u2018We\u2019re not sure. Why is this (being called)?\u2019 Maybe not questioning (whether) it\u2019s a call, but just, \u2018Please explain to us why you\u2019re calling this,\u2019 and that sometimes helps us coach it a little bit different.<\/p>\n On Cromartie needing to be more consistent\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n You hit the nail on the head, that\u2019s the key word, consistent. We need him to be more consistent. We don\u2019t need the great game and then all the sudden it\u2019s a clunker the next week. We need to get (Cromartie) to the point where we can be a little bit more middle of the road with him where he\u2019s just solid. Learn from (Revis). (Revis) can, I think bounce back from a bad play. I think (Cromartie) sometimes, because he\u2019s so competitive and he wants to please. That (it\u2019s) one of those things where he feels he\u2019s letting everybody down and maybe that snowballs on him. But again, that\u2019s key with (Cromartie), is getting him consistent.<\/p>\n On Terrell Suggs and his development\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n I just think he\u2019s become such a complete player now. When he first came out of Arizona State, he was coming off of 22 sacks and we used to joke about his college end zone tape. We couldn\u2019t evaluate him because he lined up so wide that he was off the film. All he was about was rushing the passer. And then I think we understood that and wanted to take a year to teach him how to play the run. And that\u2019s what we did. He was third down only his first year in Baltimore. Until the end of the year when we had some injuries, I think Peter Boulware got hurt, he had to go in a little bit more full time. But he was just third-down only as a pass rusher and I think he ended up with 12 sacks, caused six fumbles, was Defensive Rookie of the Year, but that was primarily being a third-down pass rusher. But over time we were able to develop him into a complete player where it was, \u2018Hey let\u2019s learn how to play the run, let\u2019s learn how to study film and understand, am I getting run? Am I getting pass?\u2019 He doesn\u2019t want you to think that he\u2019s smart, but he\u2019s very intelligent. Especially from a football standpoint. He understands offense, he understands formations and blocking patterns and things like that. I think that\u2019s where he\u2019s really evolved over the years to a comfort level, that he\u2019s essentially been in the same defense now, that they were fortunate there when Rex and I left, that there was such a strong carryover on the staff, still that through Greg Mattison they essentially ran the same system and now through Chuck Pagano it\u2019s very similar. I know the terminology is all the same and how they play blocks and things like that, so I think that\u2019s really helped them, being essentially in the same system for so long.<\/p>\n On what it will be like walking into the stadium as a visitor\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n It\u2019ll be a strange deal now, for an actual game. I think we\u2019ve played down there in the preseason and that was strange enough. So yeah, it\u2019ll be different. I\u2019ll probably hang out in the locker room for as long as I can. Just being out, there\u2019s too many familiar faces, things like that. You\u2019re trying to get ready for a game. It\u2019ll be hard to see so many people that you spent so much time with. Again, Baltimore was, I think, very special to Rex for sure, Dennis Thurman, myself just because it\u2019s a great organization, a great place to work, a great group of people down there. They know how to take care of people. So again, that\u2019s tough, and you go down there and kind of see your guys defensively, guys like a Suggs that you drafted and guys you took under your wing. I just remember as a young outside linebacker coach, I had Terrell Suggs and Jarret Johnson and I\u2019m like, \u2018Wow, I\u2019m a pretty good coach\u2019 (joking). So it\u2019ll be difficult, I think, on both sides. Obviously, it\u2019s well-documented the loyalty there to Rex, a lot of those players on defense. And we hear from each other throughout the season. I already got one nasty text message from Jarret Johnson, so I know those guys will be ready to go.<\/p>\n On the numbers the Ravens offense put up last week and what stood out to him\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n Well, obviously the rookie (Torrey Smith), the kind of coming out party for the rookie wide out. The number of targets in the first quarter, it was an obvious thing (that) they wanted to get the ball to him. And he\u2019s a guy that, that\u2019s his strength, is that he can blow the top off the defense. I think they took maybe in the first quarter alone, five shots to him, and he caught three of them for touchdowns. So that\u2019s obviously well-documented, so again, I think they\u2019re throwing it a little bit more, but I think Cam (Cameron) is the type of coordinator, he\u2019s going to tailor his gameplan to what he thinks will help them win the football game. So again, if it\u2019s going to be an emphasis on the run, obviously he felt against St. Louis there was a weakness in the secondary and they exploited it, but that doesn\u2019t necessarily mean now all of the sudden they\u2019re going to be chuck and duck for the rest of the year. I think he\u2019s very smart in how he crafts his plans based on what the opponent is going to give you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" On Thursday New York Jets defensive coordinator Mike Pettine addressed the media.\u00a0 Here is the transcript courtesy of the Jets. On his emotions after seeing the defense give up so many yards\u2026 A bunch of different ones, mostly, obviously, negative. Disgusted, frustrated. That was well below our standards. 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