He's the perfect quarterback for a team that likes to run it. Because he's big enough to stand there and shake off tacklers and get 4- and 5-yard passes off, which you need to do a lot of when you're a running team because you're in a lot of third downs.

He's a more rested quarterback this year. He admitted it; he was tired last year.

It's his team now, his personality. As a quarterback, he has ownership and he likes it.

It's not a threat, if that's the word, ... All people need to know is that our backup quarterback, Luke McCown, is only in his second year in the NFL and second year in the system. Rattay has been in this system before and coach wants a guy who's been around the block.

I'm not a guy that believes you've got to have a lot of experience to have success in the playoffs.

No one else knew him like the Jets did. And it's important that you hire people you know sometimes because it gives everyone in the organization a level of comfort. You know this person has the level of belief in the things you want carried out.