On Wednesday 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 Injury report. Logan Payne and Bryan Thomas are out. Obviously Bryan (is) out for the year. We haven\u2019t decided what to do with that spot on the roster yet. Guys that did not participate: Plaxico (Burress) did not participate, he has an elbow (injury). He woke up this morning, his elbow was huge. So he never practiced. He looks good, they fixed it or something, and it looks good. Garrett McIntyre did not practice, he had a concussion. He seems to be doing better each day, but he was out. Calvin Pace, abdomen, was out. I think he\u2019s going to be just fine, but he did not practice today. Nick Mangold was limited with his ankle, Muhammad Wilkerson was limited with his shoulder. And then guys that were full: (Antonio) Cromartie with his ribs. Mike Devito, shoulder. David Harris, toe. Eric Smith, tricep. But all those guys were full. So that\u2019s pretty much it, I\u2019ll go ahead and open it up for questions.<\/p>\n On what he is wearing\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n Oh, you noticed that? I forgot (joking). What it is, is a Hall of Fame blazer. So basically, so you have an idea, the Southwestern Oklahoma State University, I\u2019ll say this, anytime I got a letter from the office of the president, it\u2019s usually not a good thing, from that spot. But it says, \u2018Dear coach Ryan, congratulations. You have been selected by the Athletic Hall of Fame Selection Committee to be inducted into the Southwestern Oklahoma State University Hall of Fame.\u2019 So there you go. I just happened to have that there. If you guys want a copy of that, you can get that.<\/p>\n On the jacket being high-end\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n Absolutely. Now, the reason I think it\u2019s important to have the blazer and everything else is there\u2019s a lot of five-star matchups this week, when you have the New England Patriots against the Jets. But this one, so many times, comes down to as we say, it never does, but I always say, it\u2019s (Bill) Belichick versus (me). And I just wanted everybody to understand that you\u2019re talking about two Hall-of-Famers here. Because we know he\u2019s going to have a bust in Canton and all that, that other, minor Hall of Fame (joking). But, what I\u2019m talking about is Belichick, I don\u2019t know if you\u2019re aware of it, he is a Hall-of-Famer from Wesleyan University, now I\u2019m of course a Hall-of-Famer from Southwestern – two great athletes obviously. He was a center, I think, and a linebacker. I think I could have held my own with him on the football field. But I also saw that he was a lacrosse player, and I have no idea what I\u2019m doing in lacrosse. I do like the idea though, of hitting people with a stick, so I think I might have been alright, so he clearly has it. So it boils down to two Hall-of-Famers butting heads. So that\u2019s why I\u2019ll wear the jacket today.<\/p>\n On second half adjustments and the Jets lack of success in the second half against Baltimore\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n Or the first half for that matter. But, we\u2019re 2-2. That\u2019s where the team is, that\u2019s where the coaches are. We just want to be based on one thing and that\u2019s wins and losses. And at the end of the day, that\u2019s all that matters. Whether it\u2019s a coach, whether it\u2019s a player and all that, that\u2019s what our team is all about. Right now, we\u2019re at 2-2 with a huge challenge in front of us. I don\u2019t know what the number is, I\u2019m sure some people in here know it, on how many regular season home wins in a row they have in the regular season. I think it is 28 or something, I\u2019m not sure if that\u2019s right, but they have a bunch of them, so we know it\u2019s going to be tough sledding, but we\u2019ll see. I know one thing, the last time we played them at their place, we did beat them.<\/p>\n On if the offense has been too slow to make changes in the second half\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n I guess everybody has their opinion and things like that. Clearly, we\u2019ve only won two games. So for whatever reason we have to get better in a lot of areas.<\/p>\n On if they can use some elements of their game plan in the playoffs against the Patriots\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n This one is going to be the ultimate chess match, without question. We don\u2019t know exactly what we\u2019re going to get from them, they don\u2019t know exactly what we\u2019re going to give them, so you try to stay in front of the other guy, knowing that there\u2019s going to be changes, but both teams are going to make changes.<\/p>\n On if there is a common thread in the Jets wins and losses against the Patriots\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n You have to slow down their offense, that\u2019s for sure. Nobody stopped them completely, but they\u2019re averaging over 500 yards per game, a ton of points. I think that\u2019s the big thing. Now, what\u2019s interesting is everybody talks about us struggling offensively, but they\u2019re struggling offensively. They\u2019re second in the league in scoring, so their numbers are way down from where they normally are. (joking)<\/p>\n On Nick Mangold\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n We\u2019ve said it before, he\u2019s the best center in football. He has that size (and) strength. The other thing that he is, those are the only two games he\u2019s never played here. He started every game in his career up to that point. Colin Baxter came in and did an admirable job. He never even had training camp. (Mangold) has been a part of our system for a long time. Today, I was sitting back there with Bill (Callahan) and (Mangold is) coming up and he says, \u2018You know what we ought to do, is we ought to run this, this and this.\u2019 And he\u2019s even talking about the formation, the nasty split, bringing a guy in. I mean, he knows the whole picture and I think that gives you confidence as well.<\/p>\n On what it was like celebrating on the Patriots\u2019 field\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n You\u2019re so happy that you were able to get a win and you\u2019re moving on. It doesn\u2019t matter who you play, the fact that we were moving on to the AFC Championship Game, that was it. It was a huge game. Obviously, you\u2019re having to beat a great opponent. And I mentioned before, I thought they were the best team in football that year. Their record indicated. They were 14-2 or something like that, and they run roughshod over people. It was our day, we had a great plan, but it took everything we had. And that\u2019s what it\u2019s going to take. For us to win up there, we know what it takes. It takes everything.<\/p>\n On if shutting down Tom Brady made it more satisfying\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n Not really, that would be probably more narrow-sighted. We want the big picture. We were just happy, it wouldn\u2019t have mattered who we beat. The fact that it was New England and all that, we were just happy to be going on.<\/p>\n On if anyone believes that\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n (I\u2019m) trying my best.<\/p>\n On if he was surprised that the Jets are such a heavy underdog\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n I don\u2019t know what the line is or anything else, but we got beat by Oakland by 10 points (and) got beat by Baltimore by 17. Maybe people don\u2019t think we\u2019re very good I guess. I don\u2019t know.<\/p>\n On if he really thinks it all comes down to him and Belichick\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n No, but I will say this, part of it is. Part of it is your coaching staff versus their coaching staff. He\u2019s the best coach in football. If it comes down to us, he\u2019s going to win it. And I don\u2019t have a problem saying it. I\u2019m not in that class. But, we talk about it all the time, I\u2019m going to compete. I\u2019m going to give him everything I have and that\u2019s what we\u2019re doing as a staff as well. I mean every single person. We know it\u2019s going to take everything we have, and then we\u2019ll see if it\u2019s good enough.<\/p>\n On getting back to the running game and if they changed anything\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n We\u2019re just working extremely hard, trying to fix it, looking at it over and over. Whether it\u2019s repeating plays in practice, whatever it is, we\u2019re trying to get back to being able to run the football.<\/p>\n On if the limited padded practice rules could hurt the run offense\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n I guess it could, it seems like this league is throwing it all over the place. So I guess that could be. Your technique is not really working, coming off, firing off and hitting people as much as you\u2019ve done in the past. But again, there is no excuse. We know how to run the ball, we just have to get back to it.<\/p>\n On Burress\u2019 elbow…<\/strong><\/p>\n He said today, when I was talking to him, and you guys will see him. He just said that in the game he fell on it and that was it. But last night, I guess around 3:00 in the morning, he\u2019s like, \u2018Oh, what is going on?\u2019 He couldn\u2019t sleep or anything else. So he came back in. They, somebody fire a word out that it makes sense to do? Drained it? Drained it is good. We\u2019ll go with that. So drain, I think so. But he feels fine now, but obviously you worry about infection and everything else.<\/p>\n On if Bryan Thomas is done for the season and what they will do moving forward roster-wise\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n Right. We\u2019ll see. Mike (Tannenbaum), I\u2019m sure is working on that as we speak.<\/p>\n On if Darrelle Revis will cover Wes Welker\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n I\u2019m not going to let that one out. I just think it\u2019s safe to say that whoever Revis covers, we feel good about Revis covering anybody in this league. Whether that\u2019s Welker, (Chad) Ochocinco, (Deion) Branch, whoever. And I mentioned to the Boston writers about Randy Vataha. It doesn\u2019t matter who is out there, whoever he\u2019s on, we feel good about that matchup.<\/p>\n On not typically using Revis on slot receivers\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n Well, sometimes you can run pick routes or what looks kind of like pick routes, something like that. So that\u2019s something that\u2019s hard to get. He\u2019s so good. I mean, Welker has 40 catches and it\u2019s like, \u2018What, is the season three-quarters over?\u2019 It\u2019s ridiculous the numbers he\u2019s putting up, but you asked me before, they\u2019re using him the exact same way. People are running different coverages on him. That\u2019s why you saw him catch so many seven routes, the corner routes last week, because the coverage dictated it. And they\u2019re so good at reading coverage, reading leverage and Welker is so competitive and him and Brady, he knows where to look and the kid\u2019s open. And he\u2019s their number one target, and really that (Rob) Gronkowski is probably their number two right now.<\/p>\n On if the coverage has dictated Welker\u2019s high yards-per-catch average\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n I think this past week in particular, they ran a lot of Cover Two and he ended up beating them with some corner routes as the inside slot receiver. So a lot of times you think of Welker as doing all the dirty jobs underneath. Pivots, option routes, drives, all that kind of stuff which he still runs, but he\u2019s also running vertically.<\/p>\n On if he has talked to Mark Sanchez about bouncing back from Sunday night\u2019s performance\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n Well, I don\u2019t think it\u2019s just Mark, it\u2019s all of us in general. And we picked a fine time (joking). We\u2019re playing New England at New England. But you know what, we know what\u2019s at stake, we have to beat these guys for us to have a chance at the division. We know we have to find a way to beat these guys, and obviously it\u2019s a huge challenge. But we all have to bounce back, it\u2019s not just about one guy.<\/p>\n On if wins early in the season against New England were signature victories and momentum boosters\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n I don\u2019t know, I guess that\u2019s true. We\u2019re playing at home and we had a couple of big wins against them, there\u2019s no question. I think both games were Week 2 of the season. I wish we would have played them Week 2 (this year) I guess (joking). Obviously, if you get a win over New England, that doesn\u2019t happen very often in this league. Two last year. That\u2019s a big win, there\u2019s no doubt.<\/p>\n On the Patriots defense\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n Well, they\u2019re really multiple. They brought in Shaun Ellis, they bring in (Albert) Haynesworth, they bring in (Andre) Carter. So they can be real multiple. They can go from an odd defense, a 3-4 defense, to a 4-3 defense. And they do a great job of mixing things up, and that\u2019s obviously a trademark of Belichick. When you think about them, bend-but-don\u2019t-break and all that, that\u2019s a lot of their philosophy, but they\u2019re always really high in takeaways. And this year, I think they\u2019re third in the league in interceptions. So that\u2019s kind of their trademark on defense. They\u2019re playing better in the red zone than they have in the past. But the numbers are what they are. They\u2019re first on offense and 32nd in the league on defense. I think they\u2019re much more talented than that, but they have had some issues.<\/p>\n On if he was surprised at how much they confused Brady in the playoffs\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n No, I think when you go into it you have a plan and you have to be multiple. You can\u2019t just give Brady the same coverage over and over, the same front, you just can\u2019t do it. When you look at them this year, stats will tell you that they\u2019re probably going to run the ball more. The way they\u2019re running, I think they\u2019re eighth in the league in rushing the football now. First in passing obviously and then I think they\u2019re eighth in the league in rushing. So, it\u2019s not just that it\u2019s a one-dimensional approach, they\u2019ve been running the ball effectively as well.<\/p>\n On being able to get the best of Brady in the playoffs\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n That\u2019s by design. I think Shaun Ellis had a huge game in that as well. Like I said, it\u2019s a chess match. If he knows what coverage you\u2019re in, and knows what front, knows what pressure you\u2019re in, then he\u2019s going to carve you up. The chance you have is if there is some confusion there. You don\u2019t present an obvious picture to him, and I think that\u2019s what you have to do. If you\u2019re just going to line up, I don\u2019t care how good your defense is, and run certain pressures or whatever, he\u2019s just going to light you up.<\/p>\n On if there is anything to the fact that he has seemed more subdued this season until today\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n You know what, I\u2019m just going to be me. And sometimes if I feel like putting the Hall of Fame thing on, which very few people in this world can say (joking), then I\u2019ll wear it. But I\u2019m just going to be me, and I said that from day one. Nothing is going to get me from being me, and that\u2019s it. I\u2019m going to be true to myself number one, true to this football team, and that\u2019s how I\u2019ll always approach it.<\/p>\n On who will introduce him at the Hall of Fame ceremony\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n Well, unfortunately I found out my brother got the same letter. (joking)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" On Wednesday New York Jets head coach Rex Ryan addressed the media.\u00a0 Here is the transcript courtesy of the Jets. Opening statement\u2026 Injury report. Logan Payne and Bryan Thomas are out. Obviously Bryan (is) out for the year. We haven\u2019t decided what to do with that spot on the roster yet. 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