New York Jets coach Rex Ryan has got a lot on his plate.
With all the scrutiny surrounding last year’s hum drum season, he knows he and the team need to show up this year and play some excellent football.
And now that they have brought in new QB Geno Smith to join present QB Mark Sanchez, it brings back memories from last season when they brought in Tim Tebow and no one knew what that meant. Will Sanchez start? Will Smith starts? Who knows. Not sure Ryan knows. Ryan took questions from the media:
On his early impressions of (Geno) Smith…
I think first off is, sometimes you want to see when a young quarterback comes in, is it too big for him? I don’t think it’s too big for him. I think because there is a lot on your plate. You come in, you learn 50 plays or something like that, almost immediately – you learn different protections. I think he’s doing a great job. He’s on top of that. I think the way he throws the ball, obviously you notice his physical skills. He can throw it with anybody and I think that’s been impressive as well.
On media reports on the possibility of the team naming a starting quarterback prior to training camp…
I don’t believe that’s the case. I don’t think we’re close to that right now. And obviously the process is, you don’t have to make that move. Until we feel 100 percent comfortable with that decision, then we’ll just leave it to competition.
On the standings of the quarterback competition…
It’s way too early to say. Some days this guy looks good, some days this guy looks good.