On Thursday New York Jets offensive coordinator Brian Schotttenheimer addressed the media.\u00a0 Here is the transcript courtesy of the Jets.<\/p>\n
On whether you can still see Rex Ryan\u2019s influence in the Ravens defense\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n Yeah, I think so. A lot of the schemes are the same. They have excellent players. They are very well-coached. Definitely, there\u2019s things that we see, that we\u2019re like, \u201cOkay, that\u2019s this.\u201d We obviously know what our guys call it now, because of going against it for a couple of years. You\u2019re like, \u201cOkay, yeah, I see that. Oh yeah, that would be Bart (Scott). Or that would be this, that would be that.\u201d Absolutely. They\u2019re like our defense. They disguise things well. They move around fast. They play at an excellent tempo.<\/p>\n On whether playing against a similar defense in practice will help\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n I mean, it does, because we\u2019ve seen a lot of these things. You\u2019ve gone against a lot of them. I think that works on both sides. Obviously, our system is very similar to what Cam (Cameron) runs in Baltimore. You still have to go out and perform on Sunday night.<\/p>\n On how much of a challenge it is for Mark Sanchez to face a defense that is versatile in that atmosphere\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n It is. It\u2019s a great challenge. You look at their record at home, it\u2019s like 20-5 or something. The crowd noise obviously helps them. They\u2019re excellent up front. Extremely strong, great get-off. So it\u2019s quite a challenge. As Mark (Sanchez) grows and gets more and more comfortable, he\u2019s used to playing in big games, he\u2019s used to playing against teams who do quite a bit of stuff. Things don\u2019t catch him off guard as much as they used to.<\/p>\n On Sanchez having to account for Ed Reed\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n We try to tell Mark, Ed is a guy who has a lot of freedom back there, a great player. (He) roams around a lot. He hasn\u2019t played against Ed, but he\u2019s played against guys that are similar, Troy (Polamalu) is very similar in Pittsburgh. They have a lot of freedom, they\u2019ve been in the system a long time. Obviously, a great player, and we\u2019ll be looking for him.<\/p>\n On assessing Sanchez\u2019s play through three games\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n I think he\u2019s played well, with the exception of probably a dozen or so plays. With Mark, (he\u2019s) such a perfectionist, he wants to be perfect. The interception last week is not what we expect from Mark. It\u2019s not what he wants. We\u2019ve continued to work through the competitiveness. I break out, there\u2019s nobody\u2019s open, I\u2019ve got to say, \u201cuncle.\u201d We had the big punt return to get down there. That affects momentum. Other than probably, honestly, a dozen plays or so, I thought he\u2019s played well.<\/p>\n On whether struggles running the ball are a result of the offensive line play or Shonn Greene\u2019s performance\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n I\u2019ll be honest with you, when you look at the numbers, the numbers aren\u2019t where they\u2019ve been in the past. It\u2019s not Shonn, it\u2019s not just the offensive line. It\u2019s a whole unit. We\u2019re looking at a lot of different things. We\u2019re looking at some of our core runs, and what are we really good at. We\u2019ve talked a little bit about some Seminole stuff. That\u2019s always been good. We have an idea of kind of what their checks would be versus Seminole. We\u2019ve run the ball well in stretches. Last week was hard (to judge on). You come out of the game and the last nine or 10 minutes you\u2019re in no huddle because you\u2019re down two scores. It\u2019s just hard to get in the flow. There\u2019s been good stretches throughout the course of the season where we\u2019ve hit some good runs. We just have to put more of those plays together back to back.<\/p>\n On whether it\u2019s difficult to establish a run game when you want to keep your playmaking receivers on the field…<\/strong><\/p>\n I wouldn\u2019t say it\u2019s difficult. I think it\u2019s different. Obviously, running out of multiple receiver sets is different than always having two tight ends and two fullbacks and things like that, but it can certainly be done. You guys know how I feel about the staff, Bill (Callahan) and Anthony Lynn, those guys. We go in with great plans. Our guys work extremely hard. It just hasn\u2019t paid the complete dividends that we expected it will in the near future. And it won\u2019t be any easier this week. They\u2019re excellent up front. They\u2019re a force to be reckoned with.<\/p>\n On whether Sanchez\u2019s competitiveness is something he may not be able to change, much like Brett Favre\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n I don\u2019t think so. I think that Brett (Favre) was awfully stubborn, and I got him really late, so I (couldn\u2019t) change it. (joking) I really do think Mark has matured. You hate to see the one last week. He knew it. The thing was, he knew it. He knew it the minute he did it. He was like, \u201cGod, that was so dumb, I shouldn\u2019t have done that.\u201d It\u2019s something that we have to continue to stay on him about. You can definitely learn that. I think being around some other quarterbacks. Drew (Brees) was that way. He got benched four or five times one year in San Diego for turning the ball over. It\u2019s a maturity process. He doesn\u2019t do it as much now as he\u2019s done it before, in the past. I totally think he\u2019ll get it, he\u2019ll figure it out. Again, the fact that he knew it the minute he did it, makes me feel like, okay, we\u2019re good, let\u2019s move forward.<\/p>\n On why Santonio Holmes was only thrown two passes last game\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n You guys know I always say this, \u201cI want guys that want the ball.\u201d We have huge plays and huge packages in for Santonio. You got to give the Raiders some credit with some of the things that they did to take him away. Once we got up on them, they started playing a lot of zone. We had hit kind of a stale spot. There were clearly some things that I wish we probably would\u2019ve recognized as a staff quicker. Tone (Holmes) is a huge part of what we do. He\u2019s a guy that we want to get the ball to. I feel like every week when I walk in there, there\u2019s going to be a guy that\u2019s disappointed, (because he) didn\u2019t get enough balls. That doesn\u2019t bother me. I want guys like that.<\/p>\n On whether he has noticed Holmes\u2019 success against the Ravens in the past\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n Absolutely. You can\u2019t be a fan of the league to recognize a punt return here and a big touchdown to win the game a couple of years ago on fourth down. He\u2019s a great player. He\u2019s had success against a lot of teams. That doesn\u2019t change the focus. It doesn\u2019t change what we do. We go in with our plan. You don\u2019t want to see Plax (Plaxico Burress) get shut out the week before. Sometimes it happens. The main thing we\u2019re concerned about is not stats, it\u2019s winning games.<\/p>\n On whether he spoke with Holmes about adjustments to the offense this week\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n He and I talk all the time. I talk to all the players just about different things. One of the things about being around a guy for a second year is our relationship is so good that we could talk about things. I knew he was frustrated and I get that. The beautiful thing about it is we were all here last year for the three or four games that he helped us win. Believe me, it\u2019s something that we want to do. I\u2019ve talked in here, it\u2019s something that I can think about, but it\u2019s nothing that the quarterback needs to worry about. He needs to go through his reads and throw it to the open guy and not force the ball to anybody. We have good players. They\u2019ll get open and when they get open, they\u2019ll get the ball.<\/p>\n On Derrick Mason and his role thus far\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n I\u2019ll tell you what, I think he\u2019s had a great week of practice. Obviously he\u2019s extremely motivated this week going against his old team. I think there is a comfort level now with him with the system where he\u2019s feeling really good, moving him around to different spots and stuff, but again (he\u2019s) just another great player that I think you saw late in that game last week he stepped up and did some really good things for us, made a couple big plays late in the game in the two-minute drive and again, I know one thing, we feel very comfortable and Mark feels great and he sees (Santonio Holmes) on one side with (Plaxico Burress) and Mason is on this side, he has Keller and Shonn and (LaDainian Tomlinson). We feel pretty good about that because we know we have good players.<\/p>\n On Burress\u2019 blocking\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n Well, it\u2019s funny because you know he\u2019s a big guy, but I didn\u2019t know him for being a great blocker. But it\u2019s been every game, we do a thing where we always pull physical plays out of the gameplan. There\u2019s always been a clip or two. I think the peel back block that he had the other day was great. He got Mike Jenkins in the opener. It\u2019s been a very pleasant surprise. He just loves to play, he\u2019s truly a joy to be around on gameday. He just loves to play. He loves to compete and you see that fire in him.<\/p>\n On success running to the outside against the Ravens\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n Obviously (the Raiders are) extremely big inside with (Tommy) Kelly and (Richard) Seymour, but they played a lot of man-to-man and things like that and we have backs that can run on the perimeter. And so, we did a nice job a couple times of kind of getting the thing washed out from the outside-in and getting the backs out in space. That helps, but again it\u2019s a weekly gameplan thing, but we were very pleased with our perimeter runs.<\/p>\n On the matchup at center\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n Well, I think Colin (Baxter) is learning awfully fast that in this league, every week is going to be a challenge. You go from Richard Seymour and Tommy Kelly to Haloti (Ngata) and they\u2019ll move all those guys around. The thing I\u2019ll say, it was fun to watch Colin play. He battled his tail off, he did a terrific job in there. It was fun to watch him compete. And there was a play I know late in the game where we threw a little under route to Derrick Mason and he and Brandon Moore, and the Raiders kind of had Mason\u2014they were holding him up, and they (Baxter and Moore) just kind of came down and just kind of blew up the pile. He plays extremely hard and if he plays it\u2019ll be another great matchup for him.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" On Thursday New York Jets offensive coordinator Brian Schotttenheimer addressed the media.\u00a0 Here is the transcript courtesy of the Jets. On whether you can still see Rex Ryan\u2019s influence in the Ravens defense\u2026 Yeah, I think so. A lot of the schemes are the same. They have excellent players. They are very well-coached. 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