Darrelle Revis isn’t the only Jets defensive starter whose status is in question for Sunday in Denver. Linebacker Calvin Pace’s surgically repaired foot remained “really sore” yesterday, according to Rex Ryan.
Pace, who played for the first time this season on Monday night and had 1.5 sacks, didn’t practice full yesterday and is, like Revis, day to day.
Ryan, in fact, said that Pace played more snaps that he would have liked on Monday.
“It’s tough, because he was playing so well and you didn’t see a drop-off in his play,” Ryan said.
“Right now, it would be tough for [Pace] to play. I think he’s going to get better and better as the week goes on.”
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WR Santonio Holmes
, who in a magazine article was implicated by a former agent for taking money from him, vehemently denied it, saying, “The allegations are false. I don’t know [the agent]. Never met him. Don’t care to know him.” … Safety Jim Leonhard
has a gash over his left eye thanks to a collision with fellow safety Eric Smith
. “Friendly fire,” Leonhard joked. He, too, has bruised left biceps muscle. “Battle scars,” he said. … The Jets will travel to Denver on Friday, a day earlier than they usually do for a road game, to get acclimated to the altitude and time change. They’ll stay on East Coast time. “A lot of teams make the mistake of just showing up, treating it just like another opponent,” Ryan said.
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Ryan opened a vein while speaking to Denver reporters about himself.
“I’m just an average person,” he said. “Am I perfect or do I not make mistakes? No, I make mistakes every day. But at least I’m working at it.”
Asked if he was worried he’d never get a head coaching job because of the reputation his father Buddy carried, Ryan said, “When dad punched [Kevin] Gilbride on the sideline I thought I’d never get the chance to coach in the NFL, because there is an assumption [I’m] going to be a loose cannon or going to do whatever. Look, I’m not angel by any stretch of the imagination. But I know I’m a heck of a football coach.
“The one thing I can do is coach and I’ve got a lot of limitations. I’m dyslexic, I’m all that kind of stuff. But I’ve been blessed to be able to do this. I inherited a lot it. Kind of like anybody else inheriting the father’s business. I’m a lot different than my dad. I’m so proud of my dad and his accomplishments and all that but I’m a different person.
“I’d be a lot tougher guy if I had grown up in the same situation that my dad did. My dad was 18 years old and he was a master’s sergeant in the Korean War. And luckily I never had to do anything like that. I’m sure I would have been much different had a I grown up in those circumstances.”