New York Jets Head Coach Rex Ryan - Ingles

January 19, 2011

Opening statement…

Here's the injuries: Jason Taylor did not practice today with a concussion. He's been cleared though. I expect he'll practice tomorrow, and obviously he's going to play on Sunday. He finished the game, so it's just something like he had some signs of a concussion later that night so we're just being, however you want to say it, cautious or whatever. But he has passed the test, so he's ready to roll.

Guys that were limited today: Drew Coleman with a knee; Darrelle Revis, hamstring; James Ihedigbo, knee‑ankle; Brad Smith, groin. All of those guys are limited. Guys that were full: (Antonio) Cromartie, groin; Mike DeVito, neck; Santonio Holmes, quad; Nick Mangold, shoulder; Sione (Pouha), back; and (Mark) Sanchez, right shoulder. So that's the injuries.

This week, it's weird. I'm not going to tell a lie. This is exciting to be here again in this position. It feels a little different though this year than it did last year. I think the reason for it is I think we're the only ones who really believed in each other last year. There are more people that realize the Jets are a good football team, and I think the expectations are extremely high, not just by us in this organization and our building, but people obviously around the country that know the Jets are an excellent football team, so that feels a little different.

The fact we're playing against the Pittsburgh Steelers with about as rich of history as there is in this league, as far as having Super Bowl success, playing them at Pittsburgh, we know it's going to be a huge challenge for us. There's no doubt. But this is, we've called it before, a triple chinstrap game, a straight-ahead, no fair dodging game. Both teams are built the same. It's going to be one heck of a game to watch. All I want to do is find a way to win, by one point, whatever. We want to be a part of that. I want that green and white confetti coming down. We want to hold the trophy, the Lamar Hunt Trophy. We want that to be ours. We want the hat, we want the T‑shirts. We want to experience that. We know it's going to be one heck of a battle. We understand that. But that's our mission. That's what we want to accomplish. With that, I'll open it up for questions.

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