Today Jets QB Kellen Clemens makes his first-ever NFL start, and unfortunately for him it's against the league's best defense.
CLEMENS: There's not a lot of weak points in that chain. They're very talented. They'll be a challenge for us."
Baltimore's take:
TREVOR PRYCE: "If you let one of those random, unknown guys to build some confidence, they can hurt you badly. Some young guys don't really have enough sense to be afraid. They don't think about the consequences, so they just wing it. Sometimes you'll see a young cocky kid out there, and he'll say to himself, 'This is like high school. I'm the man!' That's when you know you're in big trouble. Trust me, you want to crush their confidence right away."
JARRET JOHNSON: "We definitely try to rattle young guys. With an older guy you know that getting hit probably doesn't bother him. That's not always true with a new quarterback, so you hit him to find out if he can take it or not. You want to be aggressive and try to intimidate him."
ED REED: "We're not a typical defense that you can pick up. It's something that takes time for a quarterback that's coming in for the first time. I'm sure he's excited, but at the same time somewhere in the back of his mind he's a little shaken up."
RAY LEWIS: "I don't know one person in this organization, as well as our city, that's thought about 0-2. The bottom line is the Jets pulled a bad draw. It's just the way it comes down."
CLEMENS: There's not a lot of weak points in that chain. They're very talented. They'll be a challenge for us."
Baltimore's take:
TREVOR PRYCE: "If you let one of those random, unknown guys to build some confidence, they can hurt you badly. Some young guys don't really have enough sense to be afraid. They don't think about the consequences, so they just wing it. Sometimes you'll see a young cocky kid out there, and he'll say to himself, 'This is like high school. I'm the man!' That's when you know you're in big trouble. Trust me, you want to crush their confidence right away."
JARRET JOHNSON: "We definitely try to rattle young guys. With an older guy you know that getting hit probably doesn't bother him. That's not always true with a new quarterback, so you hit him to find out if he can take it or not. You want to be aggressive and try to intimidate him."
ED REED: "We're not a typical defense that you can pick up. It's something that takes time for a quarterback that's coming in for the first time. I'm sure he's excited, but at the same time somewhere in the back of his mind he's a little shaken up."
RAY LEWIS: "I don't know one person in this organization, as well as our city, that's thought about 0-2. The bottom line is the Jets pulled a bad draw. It's just the way it comes down."
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