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Category Archives: Press Conferences
Rex Ryan Press Conference – September 16
Yesterday, Rex Ryan spoke to the press and took questions after Friday’s midday practice at the Atlantic Health Jets Training Center. Here’s the transcript, provided by the Jets:
Injuries, let’s get this and get out. Fast Friday, right? Out: Logan Payne and Robert Turner. Questionable: David Harris with his toe. He was limited today in practice. All three of these guys were limited: David Harris, Santonio Holmes with his knee and quad, Eric Smith with his ankle. All those guys are questionable. Probable, the rest of them: Plaxico Burress, ankle, and they were all full practice. Plaxico Burress, Mark Brunell, calf, Marquice Cole, with an ankle, [John] Conner, ankle, [Jeff] Cumberland, hamstring, [Marcus] Dixon, knee, [Wayne] Hunter, knee, [Derrick] Mason, knee, Joe McKnight, finger, and Sione Pouha, knee and ankle. All those guys are probable.
I feel good about David playing. The other two guys, I think it’s questionable whether they play. I’m hoping they do, but we’ll see. I think if the game was today, it would be questionable that they would play.
On if Smith and Holmes would be more questionable than Harris…
David is questionable. I don’t know. You guys fill in the blanks. You saw him out there [smiling]. To read more of this story, click here
Rex Ryan Press Conference – 9/9/11
The following is a transcript of Rex Ryan’s news conference following Friday’s midday practice at the Atlantic Health Jets Training Center, provided by the Jets:
First off, there are three changes in the injury report. Mark Brunell and John Conner fully practiced today, so they are full participants. Santonio Holmes had an illness but he practiced full. So [the players who are] out, you have Logan Payne and Rob Turner. Everybody else on this list I read will be probable for the game, and they all practiced full. Plaxico [Burress] with an ankle, Mark Brunell, calf, John Conner, ankle, [Jeff] Cumberland, hamstring, [Marcus] Dixon, knee, Kenrick Ellis, hamstring, Santonio Holmes, illness, Derrick Mason, knee, Joe McKnight, illness, Brandon Moore, illness, Ropati [Pitoitua], ankle, Sione Pouha, a knee, and Darrelle Revis, hip. Now, a comment about that first game last night [Packers vs. Saints], it was just an average game, I thought, so it wasn’t that exciting to me [joking]. I thought our Giants-Jets preseason game was much more entertaining than that.
On if the Eagles-Jets preseason game was more exciting than last night’s game…
The Eagles-Jets game was probably right up there [joking].
On if he could be any happier about the current health of the team…
You never want to lose anybody. We’ve lost two guys, but you’re exactly right. We feel healthy, we feel strong. We’re ready to go. Our guys are flying around right now. To read more of this story, click here
Woody Johnson Press Conference – 9/9/11
The Jets have provided this transcript of owner Woody Johnson’s news conference after yesterday’s midday practice at the Atlantic Health Jets Training Center:
On his thoughts about playing on 9/11…
It’s just a big game for us. It’s a great honor to have been selected by the NFL to play this game. It brings back a lot of memories. We had our kickoff luncheon in New York City last Wednesday before we played the Eagles. Some of us had a chance to visit part of the site. You can’t get close to the site. It was pretty close to the site, but you could feel it through the people that were working there. The site just gives off a feeling of what happened. A lot of our guys were [young] when it happened. But for those of us who were there, it will be a poignant moment.
On what he remembers from 9/11…
Just how the country became focused instantaneously on one thing, and that was what happened at that site, on that day, at that moment. Everybody of course remembers where they were. I remember just the fact that New York, and the country, became paralyzed momentarily. The whole country. The bridges were stopped. My brother was over in New Jersey. He couldn’t get back. He was on his bike. He persuaded a fisherman and gave him a couple bucks to take him across the Hudson to get him back, and then he rode up. My wife, who wasn’t my wife at that point, but she was late to work. She was working for Sandler O’Neal. They lost I think 40 or 50 percent of their workers at Sandler O’Neal, typical of a lot of companies, and she just happened to be late because she was out with clients the night before and didn’t go in. And she talked to her boss as she was coming in late and he said, “Get the hell out of here.” And then the phone went dead. To read more of this story, click here
Highlights from Mike T's Press Conference
As I was listening to Tannenbaum’s press conference I took a few notes that I thought were interesting:
- In addition to tendering Edwards there is a possibility that the Jets will tender Leon Washington and Kellen Clemens.
- He likes Erik Ainge and Kevin O’Connell as backups but would look into bringinning in some veterans to backup Sanchez.
- Expects TJ to be back.
- Says the team is undecided on Lito (but chances are pretty good that Lito won’t return, based on his performance and what the Jets will have to pay him come March).
- Expects Gholston to return but he certainly did not sound too confident about his future. Stated it will be an important offseason for Vernon.
- Expects Sanchez to be ready “well before” camp, sounds like an operation could be performed on Sanchez’s knee however the team hasn’t finalized anything.
- Expects Rhodes to return to the team but he didn’t sound confident about what he was preaching.
- Says secondary will be a priority after all “Rex loves DB’s.”
Edit: For those who wish to listen to Tannenbaum’s press conference for themselves, here is the link.
Transcript: Rex Ryan 8/14/09
Here’s a transcript of Rex Ryan’s postgame press conference:
Opening Statement
Like I told the team, I hate losing. I hate losing. I don’t care, preseason or not, whatever the case, it stinks. You have to give credit to the Rams. They did a good job. They made some plays. One running back was so quick, I never saw his number [laughing]. That was embarrassing. We made way too many mistakes on defense and with the third group. Sometimes unfortunately, this game is too big for some people at times. That’s why not everybody makes this team. I’m looking for Jets. I’m looking for guys that are passionate, tough people and are smart. We made way too many mistakes. It was embarrassing. Two touchdowns they got were off mental mistakes by us. I can’t handle getting beat physically but I can handle it more than when we get beat mentally. That was real unfortunate.
We’re going to have to practice harder with the third group. We got ‘an opportunity’ they call it around here, some scrimmage-type things at the end of our practices. We have to get better. We have to tackle better. I thought the “one” defense bowed their neck pretty good. After that first turnover, I think the Rams were zero-for-five on third down in the first half. The first defense did pretty decent, held them out of the end zone.
We turned the ball over too much, but other than that, I was really happy with the way our offense performed. When you consider that you have three starting offensive linemen out, our quarterbacks were outstanding, all three of them today. I’m disappointed I couldn’t get Harvard [Chris Pizzotti] in, but I’d rather win instead. That’s the way it is.
I thought David Clowney, we saw that speed. I guess they should have read the bio. He’s pretty dang fast. I liked the poise that all three quarterbacks had. [Mark] Sanchez, for a rookie to step in there and his first throw, to unleash one like that, was pretty impressive to me. Again, I was real happy with all three quarterbacks.
Transcript: Rex Wants Guys That Fit
Pardon me, but I’m still not totally used to Rex Ryan’s brutal honesty when speaking to the media. Mangini, Parcells, Groh and Belichick have brainwashed me not to expect anything substantial out of press conferences, interviews and saturday afternoon talk shows. So, when Rex speaks, it’s still new to me for him to be honest and upfront about what he wants and likes for the team. This specific quote stood out to me when he was asked Saturday what they looked for in undrafted free agents:
There are going to be some guys we release who may be able to play in the National Football League. We just don’t think they can play for us. We want guys that are just so passionate about it that they give everything they have. That kind of investment is what we are looking for. We’ve had some guys that might have been short on talent but they made up for it in everything else and they have a chance to make it.
What’s refreshing to me is you so often see teams just sign talent for the sake of talent. It’s become clear that Ryan is determined to sign players to fit what he wants, whether they’re the most talented or not. So often we see teams like the Cowboys or Redskins just throw money and talent at the wall and hope it sticks into something substantial. Pittsburgh, Indy and New England have found guys in late rounds, guys as free agents who just fit the team philosophy and who’s abilities are maxmized by the system. What that tells me is that perhaps he sees the young receivers on the roster as guys who may not be the “big name” or most talented, but guys who can fit into what they want to do on offense and develop into legitimate weapons — just maybe not in the traditional sense.
More Ryan quotes after the jump…
Mangini's Presser 11/20/2008
Mangini talked today about Leon’s progression, Keller’s confidence, and more.
Opening statement…
Today we are following our normal schedule, so we will be working primarily on third down. That will be the point of emphasis. Tennessee has always been very good defensively on third down since the time Jeff’s (Fisher) been there. It’s really no different this year and that’s an area we’ve made quite a bit of improvement on since the bye offensively. That will be a really good challenge for us. To read more of this story, click here
