Get ready for the hype.
The Jets are treating this game on Sunday, in the Meadowlands, as if it is a playoff game.
Coach Rex Ryan is backing off his ridiculous “I won’t kiss Belichick’s rings” comment a few months ago, but he’s not letting up when it comes to hyping this game up. He is all but beggin the fans to come out and make it difficult on the Patriots, particularly Brady.
Here are few questions and Coach Ryan’s answers at yesterday’s press conference:
Are you looking forward to playing the Patriots?
“I’m looking forward to it. They’re better than us in two spots that I know for sure and that’s at head coach and quarterback. But we’ll find out who has the better team right now. We’ll see.
We need our fans to show up. Our team is going to show up and we need our fans to show up. We need to be loud and make it miserable on them. We know Brady has a lot of poise. The pressure isn’t just on one man. You want to make it on a whole unit to where they’ve got to pick the hots, all the communication and all the protections. I believe in our fans, too.
Our guys are going to show up and our fans are going to show up and it’s going to be on. We want to have a place where it’s just absolutely miserable to come to. That’s what I’m looking forward to. We’ve had the preseason games, but we’re holding off. Let’s see how we do. Let’s see how our fans perform. I’m looking forward to it because I’m expecting huge things out of them, too, just like I did this football team.
If we all get on the same page and we make it loud, players are going to pick up from our enthusiasm of our crowd as well, obviously be juiced up from their own enthusiasm but when our crowd is with you on top of that, it makes it tough. I’ve been in those stadiums where it seems like you’ve got 14 guys on the field on defense. The offense can’t communicate. Your crowd is so into it, it almost seems like that.
Is it hard to admit that New England has a better head coach and quarterback than the Jets?
“No, I’m saying that. I believe that to be a fact right now. It’s not about me against Belichick, that would be one sided, but I think I’ll compete. I know I’ll compete. He’s going to get everything I’ve got. I think New England will get everything Sanchez has too. When you’re putting a little check, you put the check by quarterback, you put the check by coach. That’s fine.”
What about the rest of the team compared to New England?
“We’re going to find out.”
