Transcript: Brian Schottenheimer, 10.22
On what challenges Mark Sanchez is dealing with…
After the game he was very down, as we all were. We let a good opportunity slip away. He came back Monday focused and ready to work. We’ve talked about this. We didn’t hope that this would happen two out of three games like this. You have no choice but to learn from them. He came back with a good focus. We watched the film, we studied it, we went through every play, we went through every decision. There were some things we are looking at with his footwork, some of the progressions and decisions he is making. He is eager to get better and he wants to get better. He is hungry; he knows he can play better. He is focused. We had a very good meeting on Monday. Tuesday he came in and got a good grasp in the evening on Oakland and now we are in the week of prep for yesterday and today. He had a really good practice today. He’s an emotional guy and that’s what we love about him. He wears his emotions on his sleeve. I remember the first time him coming off the bench in Houston, he was gassed. He was exhausted because he was chasing plays all over. He wears his emotions on his sleeve and this is something that he’s excited about, taking on it, improving and getting better. I think he’ll do that this week.
On if Sanchez usually comes in on Tuesdays…
He does. He comes in at different times and always gets a scouting report, watches film on his own. We send him lists at night so he can get a head start on the game plan.
On why he called so many pass plays…
We had 76 plays in the game. As I look back on it, it was a situation where obviously our running game is going really well. That’s what we wanted to lean on and that is what we leaned on. We were getting a lot of post-safety, eight- and nine-man fronts. We thought we could get some isolation matchups to Braylon (Edwards). They did a good job and took some things away. Obviously we forced some passes. There are one or two that I would probably like to have back, or at least have the outcome back. When you are running the football, what you hope you can get is an aggressive defense and then get behind them on some run action or play action.
On “simplifying” the offense…
The big thing is with the alert game. We tend to carry a dozen things where he has to be alert in the running game. This week we cut a couple out, nothing major. The big thing we are trying to do is get back to the things that we do well. Oakland plays one front, one coverage. It’s in your face man-to-man so you don’t have to carry a huge package because you know where they are going to be. They are going to be in your face, man-to-man and have eight guys down in the box trying to stop the run. We are really looking at us this week, the things that we do well and feature those. Just allow him to go out there and play.
On if Sanchez threw to Braylon Edwards too much…
It’s hard when you come back off the Miami game and you see the catch that he made off the boundary. I don’t think so. I know the one down the middle of the field, he made a bad throw. It came out of his hands and floated up there. You have to guard against that. You have to know when the right time to do that is and when it’s not. A ball down the boundary in double coverage is a little bit safer than a ball down the field. We believe in that, even when Braylon is covered along with the other players, Dustin (Keller) and those guys, even when they are covered they are not really covered. You have to make tight throws sometimes, but you want to make sure that you put it in a spot where our guy can get it or nobody gets it. If a guy is running on my inside hip and you’re going to throw a back shoulder throw, you don’t want to miss it inside. If anything, you miss it a little bit wide so (that) your player gets it, or nobody gets it. That is something we’ll continue to work with.
On what the “alert game” means…
You’ll take in a game plan, a couple of runs, a couple of passes. Maybe a specific run is only good against a certain look. If I have a couple of guys over here and it’s too many, I don’t want to run that play because I am outnumbered, so I’ll check to a pass or vice-versa. Maybe I’ll run it the other way. That requires Mark to come up and assess what’s going on with the defense. When you play a team that disguises, that tends to make the quarterback go, “Oh.” You use your cadence and kind of look around, “Can I run this? can I run that?” Nick (Mangold) helps him quite a bit with that. He’s got a good feel for it, but we feel by cutting those back we’ll play a little bit faster and allow him to go out there and play his game.
On if an audible is the same as an alert…
The alert package is (an) audible. You package a couple of plays together, a run-pass, pass-run, sometimes it’s pass-to-pass. You have certain plays that you only want to run versus a specific front or coverage. ‘Hey Mark, if we don’t get this coverage, we’re not running that play. Check to the alternative play.’ We don’t carry a ton of them. Other teams do it all the time. It’s been pretty successful in the running game, so we’re not totally getting rid of them, but we have cut them out some.
On if the alerts are alternative plays…
Yes. We’ll call this play, alert, this play. We’re telling them the first play is the primary play. We want to run this run over here. If it doesn’t look good, alert it to this play over here, or to this pass. So you put two plays together.
On if Sanchez will call…
(Mark Sanchez) doesn’t do that much with it. Nick (Mangold) and the line, they do a great job with that. We ask a lot of the line, and in that regard, we ask a lot of our backs. He needs to know where his trouble (sports) are. He doesn’t have to do that much in that regard.
On if there is a downside to showing emotions…
I think he sees it. He’s the leader of this football game, one of them. It’s the game of football. There are going to be good plays and bad plays. Every quarterback is going to throw interceptions. They don’t want it to be five in one game, but when that happens and when you throw it, everybody is looking to see how you respond. We talked a little about it. He has to have the ability, when things aren’t going well, to find that comfort zone. He is so talented. The throw he made in overtime, as poorly as he played, he came out and made a great throw. We were backed up. He made a great throw to Braylon on a big in-route to kind of get the drive started. Keep hammering away at it. He did enough in the overtime to get us into field goal range. Of course, we had the penalty. It would have been great to get the win and still have him perform that way and teach off it.
On if he was aware that Rex Ryan thought about pulling Sanchez…
I was not.
On if the team will run more…
I have no problem calling 50 runs or 50 passes. Mark is our starting quarterback and I trust him. I’m not afraid that Mark is going to go out there and screw things up. I don’t have that sense. When I call a pass, I expect that he will execute it. He doesn’t have to do more than drop back and find the open guys. We have some good players. We’ll do whatever it takes to win. That’s the flexibility of the system. We have a couple of different ways to cause problems for people matchup-wise with Leon (Washington) and Dustin (Keller). With Braylon (Edwards) now, he adds a whole new element to that. The running game, everybody wanted to see where the running game was. We popped some big runs and the line and Thomas (Jones) did a great job.
On where Sanchez is right now…
We went back and looked. Somebody put the stats on my desk and it compared Mark after six games to Eli (Manning), Peyton (Manning), Carson (Palmer) and a couple of other guys. It’s amazing the numbers. They are not identical, but they are almost identical. They all have about half as many touchdowns as interceptions, their passer rating is about the same, in the 50s or 70s. Some have more yards than others. I don’t think that this is something unusual. I think this is what happens. We were all excited with the way we started and the way he started. Has he taken a couple of steps back, sure. When he took a couple of steps back against New Orleans, he stepped right up and played well enough for us to win on Monday night in Miami. I think he’ll do that again this week.
On Thomas Jones…
The first thing about TJ (Thomas Jones) is that we all know how he works. He takes care of his body. That is probably a standard shelf life for running backs, 30 (years old). He gets mad when we call him the old man, he doesn’t like that (laughing). I don’t know if he is trying to fight father time. He takes great care of his body. He is great in the weight room, he’s great with treatment, things like that. The good thing to see from him that we haven’t seen this many this early is all the big runs. I was tickled to death. Terrance McGee had an angle on him and they were running. It was close, but Thomas has done a great job making big plays. Just a great worker. He’s really worked with Anthony Lynn getting a good feel for some of the reads. We have some new wrinkles with a new running backs coach. The guy is just a pro and gets better with age.
On why David Clowney did not have a pass thrown to him…
That’s something that we always look at. We talk about trying to move people around. There are a couple of things that were dialed up for him and the ball got checked down. The long check down to Leon was a deep shot that he came off of and didn’t like it. We’ll look at that. We want balance. When progressions are working really well, you look at the stat sheet after the game and you see six, seven or eight guys involved. We haven’t had that. We’ve had a couple to the backs, a couple to Braylon, a bunch to Dustin last week. We’re aware of that, we’re trying to plug guys into the right spots and make sure the ball gets around because there is no question, you need to keep defenses off balance.
On Clowney’s role…
David (Clowney) is a starter for us. Even in three-receiver sets when JCo (Jerricho Cotchery) comes back, he is a starter for us. It’s a situation where his speed is still something that keeps people off balance. You are able to do some things with that. We’ll do some things with him in different spots this week, which we have designed. He’s played so much on the outside, opposite of Braylon. We’re going to move him around this week. Everybody is getting more and more comfortable with Mark, and Mark is getting more and more comfortable with everybody else. You guys will probably laugh, but the me-to-you factor, there are a couple of things that we are still missing on. It’s been neat to walk off practice and stand back and watch to see who stays after and works. There are a lot of guys wanting to get the quarterback after practice with them to kind of walk through some of those little things that are getting missed. Hopefully that helps the me-to-you factor and helps the passing game a little bit.
21 Responses to Transcript: Brian Schottenheimer, 10.22
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Brendan says:
Refer to the above post. It’s not Schotty, it was Sanchez’s lack of execution.
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Fire shotty is such an oversimplification. Shotty could have called better plays, but it is so easy to second guess afterwards. If he keeps running the ball and they stuff it, everyone calls him too conservative. I think shotty made mistakes like everyone else, but to pin the blame solely on him is silly.
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jimsopen says:
guys, i think FIRE SCHOTTY was a joke….and a good one at that
i have faith in him and sanchez….were gonna be just fine
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I never called for B-Schott to be fired…..but what i will say is this guy has got to learn to understand the flow the game….
This is the 3rd or 4th game in recent years where our RB’s are slashing the D and he tries to get cute. i dont care if there are 10 men in the box. they never stopped our running game
30 pass plays in that game with that weather is uncalled for and B-Schott needs to be held accountable for it
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Can it be Sunday so we can find something new to talk about?
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hank/naples says:
Brendan:
Once in a while you amaze me !! You are right !!!
Why is it that some people can’t understand that it is plain , in black and white, infront of their noses?
Last year Shotty had a QB that did whatever he wanted at the line of scrimage.
This year he has a QB that still doesn’t know what he wants or is too intimidated to see what he needs !!! (I believe all along is the latter)
How many times does it have to be said that play calls “……requires Mark to come up and assess what’s going on with the defense. When you play a team that disguises, that tends to make the quarterback go, “Oh.” You use your cadence and kind of look around, “Can I run this? can I run that?”
If that is not plain enough proof positive then read this:
“….‘Hey Mark, if we don’t get this coverage, we’re not running that play. Check to the alternative play.’ We don’t carry a ton of them. Other teams do it all the time”
So all you Schotty bashers/wagoneers get off the “Fire Schotty” bandwagon. It is time to give it a break and enjoy Schotty for a little while ’cause he is gone at the end of this year. Then what?
Remember, the more thing change, the more they remain the Same…………Old Jets
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Hank,
While I guess we agree on the culprit, I disagree with you on the reason. I don’t think that Sanchez is intimidated, just inexperienced. I think his TD scramble against the Titans is proof enough that he has the ‘nads to do what it takes to win. But he’s still a yungin’ and needs to continue to play before he can make the right decision (almost) every play.
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I’m encouraged that B. Schott is looking at Sanchez’s footwork. He has a tendency to not transfer his weight from back foot to front, even when the pass rush is not pushing. I think it often stems from a rookie’s tentativeness. The results are high, floated passes (which have increased over the last 3 weeks), under throws, interceptions and hanging your receiver out for a big hit. He needs to trust the strength of his arm or, as per Carson Palmer’s text to him, “Keep on slinging.” Additionally, just as mental tentativeness can affect physical mechanics, the reverse, somewhat counter-intuitively, can also be true: Correcting mechanics can correct a bad mental state.
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Q says:
This team is fine. Rex and Balt started 3&3 lat season and here we are now. We have an amazing team. Shotty is great. Support the team come to the games and be loud. Any negativity will not fix anything. The jets will be 11 – 5 when it’s all done.
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Jetski says:
If Schotty blows this game then can he please be demoted and Callahan given the play-calling!!!!
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I’d rather have Paul Hackett than Schottenheimer!!!!!!!
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Brendan:
I respect your opinion ,however as we know inexperience can be corrected with time but Franchez’s problem of intimidation involves LOTS, LOTS more than time.
Take a look at Bassets column above and post you opinion there after you read it
http://www.thejetsblog.com/2009/10/23/link-on-emotion-learning-and-sanchez/
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Belvey631 says:
Who… Paul “cant” hackett?
Ill take Schotty over Hackett ANY DAY.
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Belvey631, Paul Hackett would have beat the Bills last Sunday simply because he called run plays 99% of the time!!! There’s no way Hackett is losing that game for the Jets like Schotty did!!!!
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Ok ski, I do agree Hacketts conservative playcalling would’ve been effective last week. I just remember being consistently frustrated with him in a lot of situations. Which i can understand is probably how you feel about Schotty now.
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Paul Hackett wouldn’t have scored the points needed to make his running attack effective. 3rd and 15 draw plays only surprise the defense when you do it once or twice a game.
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Brendan, that is exactly what im talking about. I understand doing that for field position, but Hackett was always good for that.
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I still think that Curtis wouldn’t have had to retire early if they gave Lamont Jordan a few more handoffs.
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James in TN says:
Fire Schotty after the season, maybe we can get Eric Berry.
If Scitty is sucha guru why did he have a South Cal. QB throwing long passes in 33 degree weather dealing with 25 mph winds? Was I the only one who noticed the tattered flags blowing?
Defend the idiot but he still hasn’t done anything since 2006.
I bet Marty thinks he sucks too.
FIRE SCHOTTY