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].

On how he feels about Harris’ chances of playing…

I do feel good about David playing. I think with Tone [Holmes] and Eric Smith, they’re questionable. They looked good early in the week in practice, but right now, they’re questionable. They did get kind of hurt in practice. It wasn’t a game thing, I don’t believe, with either one of them. Eric just rolled his ankle.

On if he thinks Jacksonville should not even prepare for Holmes playing against them…

That’s probably a good message to send to them, and Plax, too [joking]. I know it says probable here. That happened to me one time, playing Dallas. I won’t say who the coach was, but he was a big dude. Anyway, the guy was listed as out the whole time. Then, all of a sudden, not only did he play, he had 30-something carries in the game. I was like, “How does that happen?” That’s the miracle of medicine. That was one of the all-timers [joking].

On Jacksonville WR Jason Hill saying Darrelle Revis was overrated…

He said he was overrated? Well, the good news is we get to find out. He’s coming in here and that’ll be fun. I can tell Jason Hill this, and anybody else. There are a lot of good receivers in this league and all that. The best corner in football, and it’s not close, is Darrelle Revis. We’ll see how he feels after the game.

On Jason Hill being doubtful for Sunday…

You’re kidding, right?

On the notion of a reserve wide receiver calling out Revis…

We like it because Darrelle will take care of himself on the field like he always does. Chad Ochocinco used to call me out and would always call Bart [Scott] out and say he would punch him in the face and all that. Those were always fun. I don’t know if that’s this guy’s humor or not. With Chad, you knew it was.

On how he thinks the offensive line might respond this week…

I think we’ve always prided ourselves on it. One of the units I’m most proud of, obviously everybody talks about the defense, but it’s the offensive line. The first picture I ever had up there, and it’s still up there, is that offensive line because I think you win games right there, your offensive line and your defense. I think it’s a prideful group. The fact is we won the game, yet we know we’d like to win it in a different fashion, probably. That’s a great offensive line. We’re going against a tremendous front obviously, especially based on last week and what they were able to do to Chris Johnson. It’s going to be a big challenge, but I have faith in our offensive line.

On how many hits he thought Mark Sanchez took against Dallas…

It seemed like he got knocked down about 10 times.

On how concerned he was to see Sanchez knocked down 10 times…

Right, you don’t want your quarterback to get hit that many times, that’s for sure. That’s a true statement, no doubt.

On why he thinks the Jets still have a top defense in the NFL despite its performance against Dallas…

It’s based on fact. The proof is in the pudding. You don’t bluff your way into being the number one defense in the league two years ago, being 3 [in 2010] and having a history of being a top two or three defense in this league every year. I just know that’s what we have, that kind of ability. I believe in our coaching staff, the continuity. There is no reason to doubt it. That team was like third of fourth in the league in offense last year and they got a lot of opportunities with the ball. They’re going to move the ball on a lot of people.

On if anything went wrong with the defense against Dallas…

We made more mistakes than we’re accustomed to making, that’s for sure. I always think it’s a joke when the other coach will be talking about a team and not give the proper credit to the other side. The Dallas Cowboys are pretty darn good and everybody that plays them will figure that out.

On if the “seven glaring defensive errors” he mentioned during Thursday’s news conference were an exact number and if those were errors by the secondary…

No, I wasn’t talking about the secondary. They made less mistakes than the rest of them. That was my unofficial number. [Mike] Pettine thinks it’s more or whatever. I understand, but that’s the number I had.

On what is classified as “glaring”..

Well, a mental mistake would be glaring. When a guy goes for like 64 yards, it’s glaring. There were other ones, maybe even the first play of the game, there was a mistake. There were some of those things. We made mistakes as coaches, as well. We’ve got to get better and each week that’s the challenge to everybody, not just the players, but the coaches as well.

On if the defense is more capable of rushing the passer this season…

I’m not sure. Our leading sacker, we’re playing him this week, with Drew Coleman. He’s on the other team. I feel good about our pass rush. I feel good about being able to stop the run. We’re going to have to this week, so we’ll see. But I’ll take this defense.

On if Maurice Jones-Drew reminds him of anybody…

It’s tough because he’s part Jim Nance. I go back to that, because he’s like a bull. Yet, he’s got speed and little-man moves and all that. Jim Nance was huge, but a bulldozer-type guy that can run you over, and a neck. He’s just short. He’s kind of like that. I’ll throw in, a combination of Emerson Boozer and Jim Nance. We’re in the throwback mode, we’ll go back a little bit.

On the key to stopping Jones-Drew…

You better have a bunch of guys on him. The thing is, too, he hits. You have to wrap him, because he’s a spinner, too. He’s got great body control and power and balance and speed. It’s a great combination.

On if he’s concerned that Darrelle Revis didn’t know who Jason Hill was…

If you gave him his number, he’d know. I think that’ll be it. That’s how he studies film. He really doesn’t care who he’s goes up against. We’ve all seen it. Who are we kidding? He’s the best in the league. It’s not close. Jason Hill, [Kassim] Osgood, any of those guys that are out there, will find that out. Just like they do every week when they go up against this guy.

On if Kenrick Ellis will play this week…

That’ll be a decision we’ll make at gametime.

On if he’s concerned of a letdown against Jacksonville…

No. There’s no chance of this. When you look at it, I’m not denying it was a very emotional game last week, there’s no doubt about that. But if we’re not at our best, we won’t win this game. The last time we played them, they beat us at our place. That’s all we have to go back to. We were a playoff team that went to the AFC Championship game. That’s a good football team. They’ve got the same record as we do right now.

On if their defense should’ve performed better against Dallas since the Cowboys had three new players on the offensive line…

I guess if you look at it that way, then sure. That team’s loaded. You can say what you want. Look at any angle you want. That team is loaded up front. When you look at the way they protected against us, it was six and seven-man protections a lot of times. If you’re just going to base everything on how many sacks you get or whatever, then you’re looking at the game, maybe differently than I do. I look at it as an overall unit. That team is pretty good. You’ve got two good receivers. The one kid’s got great speed. You’ve got one of the best tight ends in football, caught 100 balls. The running back runs about a 4.3 in the 40. That’s a good group any way you slice it and they’re well coached.

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.

On the offensive line…

Well, [there is] the one new starter in Wayne Hunter, but he did start four of the biggest games of the year for us last year, so we feel really confident with Wayne there. [We are] breaking in some backups. Our depth probably isn’t as experienced as you might like, but they’re young, ascending players. Our starting five’s been together now for a while. I feel great about it.

On what Nick Folk showed during training camp to win the kicker battle…

Nick Novak kicked really well for us, so it was good. I think competition sometimes brings out the best in everybody. I felt great about Nick Folk all along anyway, but that Novak kid, I think, will be kicking in this league. The young man did a tremendous job for us. I feel great about where Nick Folk is right now. There’s so many Nicks it gets confusing [joking], but Nick Folk was a Pro Bowl kicker his first year, [then] kind of had an off year. He kicked well for us last year, hit some game winners for us, broke the all-time record, longest field goal in Jets history. There’s a lot of things to like about Nick Folk.

On Folk playing against his former team this Sunday…

I think there always is something extra. I don’t think there’s any doubt. Maybe he doesn’t realize it, but it’s going to be special going against them. It’s almost like, “Well, I’ll show you.” You’re right. When I go back to Baltimore, even in that preseason game, I want to win. [I] never did. You want to show them that, “Hey, you made a mistake.” I think that’s human nature.

On how he would’ve handled the situation between Burress and the Giants…

I don’t really want to deal in the what-ifs and all that kind of stuff. I don’t think that’s fair to anybody. You got the hindsight being 20-20. I’d rather not comment on that.

On how he knows his team is ready for Sunday’s game…

I think everything. Just seeing the way guys are, the energy that they have in the huddle, even. Guys running the ball. You see the defense is almost to the point it’s ridiculous. Our guys are flying to the football, and then they fly back to the [spot of the] ball. They challenge themselves to get better every day. That’s what I’m seeing. Today was our best practice. So that’s where you like it. Our offense, with Plax and Mason and all of those guys, I think we’re going to do some great things.

On how much information he really got from recently-signed Andrew Sendejo, a former Cowboy…

Nothing. I loved Romo’s comments, because he knows that I know, that it’s like, “Who cares?” And then when I mentioned yesterday about how we stole their hand signals and all that. If they flinched for one second, that is amusing to me. I hope my brother did, I hope he flinched a little bit on it, but I don’t think so.

On how often he speaks to his brother, Dallas Defensive Coordinator Rob Ryan, during the year under normal circumstances…

Probably three or four times a week, at least.

On if he has spoken to his brother yet this week…

Oh yeah. The usual. Business as usual with each other, that’s for sure.

On if he is worried about trading secrets with his brother…

No, we rip each other. That’s what this week’s about. You’re just ripping each other. The rest of the time you’re comforting, you’re asking questions, you kind of pick each other’s brains a little bit, but this week is strictly about ripping the other guy.

On if he’s gotten a particularly good rip on his brother…

I have, but, really, this being the tenth anniversary of 9/11, I just want to share those with my brother and back and forth, because this game is so special to so many people and I certainly don’t want to take away from that.

On Sendejo commenting that if Rob lost weight and cut his hair he would look more like Rex…

That’s what I’m talking about. I like the way you build people up, because that’s what I’m always about. I appreciate that. [joking]

On the team running back to their positions after a play in practice…

Literally, running back to where you spot the ball. It’s just one of those things, I don’t think I’ve ever seen it. “Jog back,” well, no, our guys are sprinting back to it. They want to be great. They want to be champions. They’re going to try find a way to see that happen this year.

On Shonn Greene being able to carry the load this season…

I’ve said all along, I feel he’s ready. I don’t think there’s any doubt. We have only a first-ballot Hall of Famer [LaDainian Tomlinson] behind him, but he’s also going to be a primary guy in third down. Shonn’s ready. There’s no doubt. It’s going to be interesting to see how people play us. If people want to play us back there in seven-man space and guard against our weapons on the outside, then you may see a whole lot of Shonn Greene. Having Shonn back there, I think people are going to still have to stop the run first. I think that’s going to open up things on the outside for us.

On if he referred to Joe McKnight as a first-ballot Hall of Famer…

I wasn’t going to say Joe right now. He might be a first-ballot Hall of Famer at his high school [joking]. Joe’s got talent, there’s no question, but I think LT has earned that right.

On what he has seen from DE Muhammad Wilkerson…

I think we knew we were going to be real fortunate if he fell to where we were picking. But he has come in, he understands what we want from that position. I think he has great leadership with Sione Pouha and Mike DeVito. He’s come in here, he works every day and he has some God-given ability. This guy, let’s face it, he can touch both walls here. He has a lot of things that are good. And he reminds me a little bit of Shaun Ellis. He does, he reminds me a lot of Shaun.

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.

Memories of the appearance of 9/11, we saw the buildings go down. Before they went down you saw the little post-its come down and people jumping. And the cops. It’s tough. I was at the memorial dinner on Wednesday and there was one tree that made it. And that tree is going to be in the memorial, it’ll be on the memorial site. I served for the last 10 years on the memorial board, so I’ve watched this thing. I’ve had a chance to meet a lot of the families and talk to them about their kids or their wives or husbands that were lost.

And then going through the process of building it, and it seemed forever to get it done, but that’s what it takes. We had a lot of different constituencies that wanted and should have had been a part of the discussion and they were a part of the discussion because we took the time. The process lent itself to creating something that will, I think when you see it, there’s no way to describe it. When you see it, you’re going to feel it immediately.

On if his wife’s office was in one of the towers that got hit…

Her office was in the tower.

On which building his wife’s firm was in…

I don’t really recall which one it was.

On if his wife’s boss was lost…

He was lost. Some of them made it out, because I guess they saw the side of the building. They could see the other building. I guess it was Building 2, it was the second building to get hit. They saw it, and so those guys went down and they just made it apparently.

On him relating a pretty harrowing story about 9/11…

Everybody has a story. There are thousands of stories from that day.

On playing football Sunday…

We will be playing football on Sunday. I think it’s a great honor in light of that and in light of this 10th anniversary.

On if he spoke to the NFL about being selected to host a game on 9/11…

Did I speak to them? No, I didn’t ask specifically for this. But the previous year I was asking for things, if you remember [joking].

On the security measures for the game, since it occurs on 9/11…

I can tell you that we, for every game, do everything that we know to protect our fans and to protect the stadium. We are extremely rigorous, our security people are in [contact with] all the security forces in the world as far as I know. Anything that comes up, we know about. So we’re very well plugged in with New Jersey, New York and other areas. Our job is to create a safe environment and we fully intend to do that.

On if the terror threat caused the team to increase security…

As far as I know, no. Our security is already at a pretty high level. We’ll wait to see any recommendations any of these security forces make and we’ll, of course, go by that. We’re prepared.

On if there will be any kind of national security presence at the game…

I can’t go in to specific details, but yes. I think you’ve been around me long enough to know that we’re pretty thorough.

On if players should be allowed to wear special equipment commemorating 9/11 without getting fined…

I’m not aware of this controversy, but shoes don’t seem like a big thing to me.

On Coach Ryan saying that he hopes no Cowboys fans are in the stadium…

Yes, I heard that. You know Rex, Rex didn’t mean it that way. Rex is enthusiastic. He’s very confident in his team. He has a high degree of affection for his team and I think it was coming from that light rather than the other. We have to provide safety. I don’t care what jersey you’re wearing, you’re going to be safe at our stadium. That’s just the fact of the matter. We have a responsibility to protect you and make sure you have a good time, as well, so he didn’t mean it that way.

On how ready his team is to begin the season…

It’s our team. This is the fans’ team.

On how ready he thinks the team is to begin the season…

They look good, they really do. It’s a Friday practice, so it’s when you see it all come together, so they looked ready. They’re ready. They can’t wait to play a real game. It’s Sunday night at 8:20.

On where he was on Sept. 11…

I was working out.

On if he was in New York City…

I was in the city. I was working out. I saw it [on television]. I saw a little thing hit the building and, like a lot of other people, I thought it was just like a little Cessna or something. I didn’t know what happened.

On if he saw it on television…

I saw it. All the women, they were all on the machines and they were looking at this thing and I was somewhere else. I remember hearing this collective gasp that got everybody’s attention. We all walked over to see what was going on. It wasn’t until a few minutes later that people started to realize the potential enormity of this. At first it didn’t seem like it was that much of a [problem].

On if the people in the room saw it on the television…

They saw it on the TV. It came on and then by the time I made it back to Fifth Avenue, it was totally bizarre because people were walking the wrong way on Fifth Avenue. Fifth Avenue had been closed. The bridges had already been closed. It’s amazing how fast you can shut this place down, the whole country down. Then, it was everybody being glued to their TVs trying to figure out what is going on here.

On what he thinks this team has that can put it into the Super Bowl…

Number one, it has another year with Rex and our great coaching staff, with the coaching staff, essentially, intact. All of the veterans are back, almost, so you have the same team with more experience and more desire really, because they know how close they’ve been.

On if it’s the Super Bowl or bust for this team…

I don’t know about bust. We’re always going to set our goals the highest possible way. That’s the only way to lead. You don’t lead your troops in to come in 47th.

On if he would consider the season a failure if he does not get to the Super Bowl…

I never consider it a failure because we always get 100 percent. We give it everything we have to give, so that’s all I can ask of our guys to do.

On if he ever thought the season would start on time during the work stoppage…

To be quite honest, I wasn’t sure. I don’t think anybody had a total fix on it because what you do with each agreement is you never know until both parties sign on it. There is no way to know that. We could hear sides and this and that, but really until you sign the thing, you don’t know. I’m happy it worked out, particularly for the fans.

On if he thinks his hiring of Rex Ryan has sparked others to hire head coaches who are not from the typical head-coaching mold…

Absolutely, I think we’ve led in a lot of different ways with the things we’ve done. You can never judge a book by its cover. Although with Rex, I judged it by its cover because when I saw the guy and talked to him for two minutes, he was 45 minutes late to the interview, and even with that, in two seconds you got past that and just could realize that this was a natural leader. He has an affection for the players and he has the Xs and Os, for sure. Beyond that he was always a top defense for the last three years. He had that. I thought he could connect with the players.

On if he thinks the NFL will see more coaches that act like Ryan…

I think Rex is who Rex is, so I think if anybody is going to try to be Rex, that’s not going to work. I think if you are authentic, it’s going to work. If you’re not authentic, the players are going to see right through you, right?

On what he expects from QB Mark Sanchez…

Mark is a very talented young guy and once again it’s his third year. He’s very talented and I think if his confidence level and all that keep going, I think it’s an upward projection for him. He’s going to continue to do very, very well. I could just see him today. He looks good.

On what specifically he saw…

Just his reads and how quickly he’s doing it, and all that.

On if he is happy that he drafted Sanchez…

Absolutely.