Wednesday
Running back LaDainian Tomlinson,
to Showtime, about the atmosphere fostered by Jets coach Rex Ryan and
GM Mike Tannenbaum, and the feud between quarterback Mark Sanchez and
wideout Santonio Holmes:
-- "I've been around some locker
rooms and quarterback-receiver situations and what-not, but it was as
bad as I've been around. I think the players could no longer do anything
about it.''
-- "[The Jets organization) created this. This
is the type of football team that they wanted. Mike Tannenbaum, Rex
Ryan are both brash, in-your-face, say-whatever-you-want,
just-get-it-done-on-the-field style. And then it leads to other things,
as guys are calling each other out and saying I'm not getting the ball
or whatever it may be.''
-- "I would say [Sanchez] is a bit pampered because he has no competition.''
Thursday
Owner Woody Johnson, to Jets beat reporters, on many things, including cooking and toxicity:
--
"Confidence is a very, very important thing in cooking and also in
managing quarterbacks. How many starting quarterbacks are pulled?''
--
"I don't feel a toxicity of the locker room. Would you love to have
total harmony? Maybe. But maybe it's good to have a little disharmony
too.''
-- "Do we overprotect Mark, or coddle? I don't think
we do. He's obviously a critical part of the team, so you spend more
time with him. Is that coddling? I don't know.''
Asked if Sanchez would be the 2012 opening-day starter, Johnson said: "Barring whatever, yes.''
Friday
Rex Ryan, to WFAN:
--
"Clearly, when you have a team that went to back-to-back championship
games, what else is there to go for? It's Super Bowl or bust. Well, we
busted."
-- "What I tried to do initially is put things on
me, on my back. If it doesn't work, it comes down on me, it doesn't come
down on our players. I tried to take pressure off of our players, but
in actuality, maybe I was putting more pressure on our guys.''
-- "Let's face it: The only thing I do well in my life is coach football.''
-- "I think we need to take a hard look at each other.''
On the weekend, their mouths rested.
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