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New York Jets: Todd Bowles discusses Week 1 matchup
Head coach Todd Bowles of the New York Jets is preparing for his regular season debut in his rookie season with hopes of turning the ship around for the team. The Jets last season posted an abysmal 4-12 record but now with a new leadership regime, impact players and a culture in place build on hard work, they are in a great place to have a rebounding season.
Thanks to the Media Relations Department of the Jets, we here at The Jet Press were able to get a complete transcript on what Bowles thinks about the incoming Cleveland Browns, injuries and much more across the entire team. Enjoy!
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On the injury update…
With the exception of (Stevan) Ridley, and obviously Geno (Smith) and Dee (Milliner), everybody practiced.
On if he anticipates Joe Haden will shadow Brandon Marshall…
He’s one of those types of corners, but schematically, depending on what they are doing, he’ll probably do some of it.
On Haden…
He’s one of the best in the league, even when he came out. He studies, he shadows, he’s tough, and he’s feisty. Even though he’s not as tall as some of the rest of them, he’s feisty, and he’s tough and he’s strong up top. He understands the game very well. He plays zone as well as man and he tackles. That’s a rare combination to have in today’s game, but he has it.
On what he expects from his defense…
I’m not expecting anything. I’m expecting us to play together, to play well and to play tough.
On how the secondary has jelled this season…
They’ve come a long way. I think they talk a lot more than when they first got here. They’ve gotten better by the week with the communication and we’re going to keep doing that going forward.
On Cleveland’s run defense…
I personally think they have some good players up front. They have the big guy they drafted in (Danny) Shelton. They have good linebackers. (Paul) Kruger has been tough for a long time, they have (Barkevious) Mingo, they are tough up front. It’s going to be hard to run the ball on them because they are hard to move. We’re expecting a tough game.
On how much Devin Smith did today…
He practiced.
On whether Smith will play…
No, he’s not ready to play. He just came back to practice. He practiced. He practiced today.
May 27, 2015; East Rutherford, NJ, USA; New York Jets wide receiver Devin Smith (84) catches a pass during organized team activities at Atlantic Health Jets Training Center. Mandatory Credit: Ed Mulholland-USA TODAY Sports
On whether Smith practiced during team periods…
Yes.
On whether it was Smith’s first day participating in team drills…
Yes.
On if Smith looked ginger…
We’ll you’re not hitting him, so he ran around well. Ginger depends on when he gets hit or not.
On what he has learned about Ryan Fitzpatrick so far…
Personally, I think he is in a good place as a quarterback at this stage in his career. I think he’s comfortable with who he is and he understands offense and what’s around him. He’s going to take what you give to him. Maybe early on in his career, he was trying to force some balls in, but he’s in a good place. He understands the offense pretty well and he’s jelling with everybody.
On how similar the Jets defense is to the Browns defense…
Without going into schematics or even seeing them in schematics, I know they run a 3-4 and they do a lot of things. We do a lot of things similar, but we do a lot of things different as well.
On Cleveland Head Coach Mike Pettine saying that looking at the Jets defense is like looking into a mirror…
No we have a lot of similarities, but there’s only so much you can do in a 3-4 and you tweak it depending on certain guys you have on that type of defense and where there’s similarities, there’s also slight differences. Depending on their blitz scheme and our blitz scheme, you could see some changes or you could see some of the same things.
On why Joe Thomas is so good and if Muhammad Wilkerson or Leonard Williams will be matched up with him…
He’s durable, he’s tough, he’s good in the run game as well as the pass game. He’s very smart, he rarely gets beat. He’s just one of those rare tackles. To find a left tackle like that is hard. We’re just going to play our defense and whoever lines up over there, lines up over there. We’re not trying to match or unmatch him. He’s a good player, he’s going to be a tough task for anybody.
On if he likes to keep players on certain sides of the field…
Depending on the game, they could switch or they could stay.
On whey there is so much unpredictability in Week 1…
We’ll, there’s a lot of the unknown. You don’t get to see anything in preseason so you’re going off of rules. By Week Eight you have enough film to get a bead on everybody and say they like to do this or that. Week One, Two and Three you don’t see enough of everybody to kind of get a gauge on them, so anything can happen in Week One.
On how much more difficult it is for a coach to prepare for Week 1…
You try not to overthink it. You see what you see, and you play what you play and then you play your rules on everything else.
On his initial feeling on Jets General Manager Mike Maccagnan and his working relationship with him…
When we first sat down to meet and we started talking, first we had a lot of things in common, obviously going back to the Redskins days, but we see players the same way. We can see things on film the same way. We understand the business part and the football side the same way, trying to make them merge together. If I say something, it’s like it was going to come out of his mouth and if he says something, it almost comes out of my mouth. Mike’s been great. Mike’s been outstanding. Working with him has been totally nothing but joy.
May 8, 2015; Florham Park, NY, USA; New York Jets general manager Mike Maccagnan (left) and head coach Todd Bowles watch rookie minicamp at the Atlantic Health Jets Training Center. Mandatory Credit: Brad Penner-USA TODAY Sports
On if he noticed that element right away about working with Maccagnan…
Yes it is, because you don’t take a job if you really don’t jell with the guy that you’re going to working for, and Mike and I jelled right away. That was one of the biggest reasons I took this job – him and Mr. (Woody) Johnson.
On if being on the same page with player evaluation is rare…
I don’t think it’s rare. I just think it’s hard to match up. I’ve seen some great over the years, I’ve seen some not so great over the years.
On if Brandon Marshall’s comments on Inside the NFL are a distraction…
No, it’s not a distraction. I read what he said and I heard what he said. Brandon and I had a talk about it and we’re fine. We’re both fine. He’s fine. The team is fine too. It’s no big deal.
On why he had a talk with Marshall…
He brought it up to me. It was a normal conversation so we talked about it in depth like two grown men and we let it go. I read the article, he understood where I was coming from and I understood where he was coming from and we moved on.
On if he agrees with what Marshall stated…
I think his opinion is well warranted in what he said. I’m sure you have cases back when I played. I’ve seen some things just as he’s seen some things, but I’m not on that platform, he is, and he’s got to be smarter.
On why Marshall has to be smarter…
Yes, he does have to be smarter. He can express his opinion outside, I have no problem with it. But I’d just like him to be smarter going forward that’s all.
On if he needs to be smart in not making headlines…
In terms of how he says things. You can say things and they come out a different way than what you mean it. Just got to be smarter that way.
Aug 21, 2015; East Rutherford, NJ, USA; New York Jets wide receiver Brandon Marshall (15) runs with the ball during the first half of their game against the Atlanta Falcons at MetLife Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Ed Mulholland-USA TODAY Sports
On why the team is not talking about New England and is focused on Cleveland…
That’s what we are. It’s not for us to talk about. We don’t play New England until later on in the year. It doesn’t even bother us, it doesn’t affect us. It’s not on our team, it’s not around our team. Anything outside of what do as ourselves takes away from our preparation for the game.
On if he’s bothered by Marshall speaking on public forums…
No, I’m not.
On if Marshall conveyed he didn’t mean what he said…
No, he didn’t convey it at all. He just told me what he said, and I told him I read it and we talked and we moved on.
On if Quincy Enunwa is the primary number three receiver…
We’ve got a lot of guys rotating depending on certain packages. But he’s in one of them. To say we have a primary number three, I’d say no we don’t have a primary number three. We have a bunch of guys that can play number three.
On if he’s concerned only having two tight ends…
Not unless they get hurt. We have different packages just in case somebody gets hurt to do certain things, but if we find a third tight end in a couple weeks, great. If we don’t, the guys stay healthy, we’ll go with what we’ve got.
On if Jeremy Kerley is returning punts on Sunday…
Right now, he’s been back there. Him and (Eric) Decker. We’ve got a couple other guys we’ll look at tomorrow.
Dec 14, 2014; Nashville, TN, USA; New York Jets wide receiver Jeremy Kerley (11) rushes against the Tennessee Titans during the second half at LP Field. Jets won 16-11. Mandatory Credit: Jim Brown-USA TODAY Sports
On if Leonard Williams will be on a pitch count…
He’s not on a pitch count.
On if Wilkerson will be on a pitch count…
Mo’s not on a pitch count, either. He’s healthy.
On if he has an issue with players sharing their opinions…
No, I don’t.
On who is the emergency center…
We’ve got (Dalton) Freeman. We’ve got a couple of guys taking snaps. We’ve got (Dakota) Dozier, not Freeman, I’m sorry. We’ve got Dozier taking some snaps at it.
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