I hope the Pats beat the ever living sh*t

[Nzoner]

out of the J-E-T-S this Sunday.

Hey Rex and gang when you finally sport some hardware,then run your mouth if you must.


Rex Ryan offers no apology for Cromartie's comments on Brady

cromartie_0112.jpgFOXBORO -- Jets coach Rex Ryan just finished his conference call with the New England media and offered no apologizes for his cornerback Antonio Cromartie, who in an interview with the New York Daily News used a crude slur to label Tom Brady.

"We're not apologizing for anything," said Ryan. "Did we vote [Brady] to be the starting quarterback in the Pro Bowl? Yes we did. Did we vote him for the NFL Player of the Year? Yeah we did, so there's plenty of respect but we don't have to be all lovey dovey and say, 'Oh he's the greatest thing since sliced bread.' We have a right to our opinion and a comment like that, it's no big deal. A guy makes a comment, big deal."

Unlike Bill Belichick, who doesn't like his players giving bulletin board material to opposing teams, Ryan doesn't have a problem with it.

"In this country you're allowed to have opinions and all that kind of stuff," Ryan said. "Obviously as an organization we respect Tom Brady, there's no question about it. But hey, is there dislike between us and Brady, and Brady against the Jets? Of course there is. Am I going to punish Cromartie for saying something or whatever? No. I know one thing, we respect New England but we don't fear them. A comment like that, it just [shows] that they're the enemy."

In the Daily News article, Cromartie said that the Jets took exception when Brady threw a fourth-quarter touchdown and pointed to the Jets sidelines during the Patriots 45-3 win in Week 13.

"We see that a lot. He does that a lot," said Cromartie. "That's the kind of guy he is. We really don't give a damn, to tell you the truth."

Cromartie said that he "hates" both Brady and the Patriots.

"Everything is personal with me and the Patriots," said Cromartie, who was a rookie with San Diego when the Patriots overcame a 21-13 fourth-quarter deficit to beat the Chargers, 24-21, in the Divisional round of the playoffs in 2006. "So I really don't care. I don't have too much to say about them. I'm just ready to play ball on Sunday."

Cromartie also gave a little hint for Sunday's game plan on how to stop Brady and his receivers.

"If I beat the (expletive) out of his receivers, he can't throw the ball," Cromartie said.
When asked if that was indeed the Jets game plan, Ryan said that the Jets players didn't get the game plan until today.

Ryan is a trash-talking coach and his players follow his lead.

"I think maybe they do follow my lead in the fact that, you know what, we can say what's on our mind or whatever," said Ryan. "I don't say whatever we do don't say this or don't say that. We're a transparent organization. We let our guys speak and we don't try to tell them what to say and what not to say."

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BRADY's RESPONSE...I love the last paragraph


Much like his coach, Patriots quarterback Tom Brady isn't about to get into a war of words with anyone on the Jets this week.

Brady spoke to the large media assembly at his locker this morning and was asked if he had any response to the obscenity-laced comments made about him by Jets cornerback Antonio Cromartie.

"I've been called worse," Brady said when informed that Cromartie called him an [expletive]. "I'm sure there's a long list of people that feel that way but he's a good player, [Darrelle] Revis is a great player. They've got a great secondary. They're one of the best defenses we face. We're going to spend a lot of time preparing for them.

"What they're capable of doing over there, shutting down the Colts offense like they did, was pretty impressive because we know how good that offense is, but we're going to get ready to play."

Brady was also asked about pointing at the sidelines after big plays and other so-called "antics" as described by Jets coach Rex Ryan earlier in the week.

"I'm an emotional player, so it's all in the spirit of the game and the competition," Brady said. "I don't know [if there's anything to Ryan's observations], he can probably answer that better than I could."

Brady was asked if it was a little more fun to face a team where there is strong dislike on both sides.

"Is it more fun? It's always more satisfying to win," Brady said. "Especially in games like this, not that you need more satisfaction to win in a game like this because it's the biggest game we played all season and I'm always satisfied when we win. I think there's certainly big games that we had against them. The last game at home was a very big game, that was very satisfying, so this one will be satisfying also if we win."

Regarding all the talk coming out of Jets camp this week, Brady wasn't fazed in the least.

"We're spending our time getting ready to play," Brady said. "I don't think we're spending our time figuring out what we can do to combat what people may say about us. Not everybody has great things to say about our team, or our organization, or certain players. And that's kind of the way it's always been so... we're just going to do our talking on the field. I think that's what we've always chosen to do."

Brady said the outcome of Sunday's game will determine if all the talk had any effect.

We'll see," he said. "We'll see on Sunday afternoon at 7:30 p.m. That's when everybody will be able to tell whether it played a role or not. We'll have to wait and see."

The Patriots quarterback was also asked about comments made earlier in the week by Ryan that questioned Brady's commitment to studying the game.

"I do what my coach asks me to do and however he feels I need to prepare, he'll let me know," Brady said. "We try to win games, you know? Look at what we've accomplished over 10 years and I think that speaks to the whole preparation of our team. That's why we play, we play to win games more so than anything else. You're not trying to do anything other than win. The goal of playing football is to win, every time you take the field, score more points than the other team, however you need to get that done, that's what you need to do..."

"We don't engage in it very often," Brady said about all the pregame talk. "Every once in a while maybe someone will say something, but for the most part our team has just stayed the course, spend our time preparing for the other team... We can sit here and say a whole bunch of things, too, but I think we realize it's really not the point of what this team's all about, what this organization's all about, all the way from the owner of our team, to the head coach of our team, and that trickles down to the players.

"Now other teams may have a different view or perspective of how they want to handle things. When you're representative of the organization like the Patriot team is, that's how we try to conduct ourselves."

[LiveSteam]

Originally Posted by JD10367

And I think you're a ****ing ignoramus with the IQ of a cumstain. I addressed a comment about running up the score. You stuck your nose in with "Patriots lost to the Giants, ha ha!". So if the post said, "Brady isn't as good as Manning," and I said, "Brady's better than Manning," would your contribution be "Belichick is a cheaty-cheat!!1!"? You ****ing tool.

And it's not about the '07 SB. I could give less of a shit. I freely admit it was one of the most humiliating losses in sports history. I think the Patriots choked like a hungry Rottweiler going after a guy wearing a steak suit. I think all Patriot-haters should revel and joy in that Super Bowl. But what really ****ing annoys me is people with no debating skills who can't follow a two-post flow of thought. As witnessed by this post here, taking an uncalled-for shot at another website. Go suck a tailpipe.

If the Patriots are 1/2 as fired up as you are right now. Im going to be very happy at the end of the game Sunday.
Pats 34
Jets 17

[JD10367]

Originally Posted by jettio

Cromartie is fast and a good cover corner and he helped the kicking game last week when Brad Smith was hurt, but he does not tackle, and a dude that plays soft like that ought to keep his mouth shut. It is not like he is going to hit anybody.

Jets add some entertainment value, but it will be interesting to see if the game is contested going into the second half.

The problem for the Jets is depth. The Patriots can literally throw any formation onto the field they want to try. They hit the Jets last time with Woodhead and Welker in the backfield. They can flank out Hernandez as a receiver, or have Gronkowski block and then go out for a pass. They can run the ball and, just for shits and giggles, they can throw to the running backs. If the Pats come out five-wide and their O-line pass-blocks well, which they almost always tend to do (aside from a few instances, like that ****ing Giants SB), they'll be manning up a very capable pass-catcher against a nickel or dime back. Even if they lock Revis on one WR (either Branch or Welker), that leaves the other guy for Cromartie, and then they have to worry about Gronkowski, Hernandez, Woodhead, Tate, Edelman, a ball thrown to BJGE or Morris... I think there's just too much there for the Jets to defend.

The only way the Jets win this game is if:

1) Their O-line plays balls to the wall and they run the ball and control the TOP and keep Brady off the field, and

2) They somehow get pressure on the QB (which their D has done little off all season) and

3) They win the turnover battle (which the Pats haven't lost all season).

That's a lot of "if"s. Can it happen? Sure. Will this game be closer than the last blowout? More than likely. Will the Pats still win by 14-17? I think so.

[JD10367]

Oh, yeah, and if the music dude running the AV at Gillette has any sense of humor, instead of "Thunderstruck" or "Crazy Train", as the Patriots take the field--led by Brady--he'll play Dennis Leary's "Asshole".

[DBOSHO]

Originally Posted by Over-Head

And we destroyed the Chiefs at home....your point?

Lol what is your point? The pats demoralized one of the best, toughest teams in the nfl on their home turf. Its not a guarantee, but i would bet on the patriots in that sutuation.

[LiveSteam]

[mlyonsd]

I hope NE kicks the ever loving crap out of NY. I hope the pats leave Brady in and he breaks his own record for TD passes in one game.

I hope jesus gets sacked 182 times.

[Halfcan]

Brady had a MVP season and I will be surprised if he does not get it.

I think the Pats maul them 49-14.

[kysirsoze]

Originally Posted by Bugeater

I've never once seen Peyton pump his fist after getting a flag nor have I ever seen him duck a postgame interview.

That's because he's way classier than Brady, or at least his public persona is.

[DBOSHO]

Tom has too many things to do, like bang his supermodel wife while shining his superbowl rings to be at a press conference.

[kysirsoze]

Originally Posted by LiveSteam

This is actually something that made me like Brady a lot more. I love it when players take rivalries personally. And it is different than Cromartie who made a personal attack.

I don't really like either of these teams. And I'll admit that the cheating isn't the only reason I root against the Patriots, but also because they win so much. That goes for any team. Obviously the Chiefs cannot compare with the Pats or the Steelers when it comes to success as a franchise, but I hold out hope that someday they will. In order for that to happen, those teams have to STOP WINNING ALL THE TIME GODDAMMIT!

It's not being a hater, it's just hoping that as a fan I can someday get a little ****ing bragging rights. Perhaps it's a fools hope.

[kysirsoze]

Originally Posted by Halfcan

Brady had a MVP season and I will be surprised if he does not get it.

I think the Pats maul them 49-14.

Actually I also really liked Brady saying the MVP award doesn't make sense and that it is further discredited because it's basically a QB award. Just generally I'm OK with Brady's off the field stuff, it's just his on field antics that are a hair less annoying than Rivers.

[LiveSteam]

I dont care what he does on the field, as long as they win. My biggest worry for this game against the Jets,is the 1 week layoff. & they play out of rhythm ,make a bunch of bone head mistakes. ect.
Its the only way I see the jets winning this game.
& god forbid if Rex were ever to win a SuperBowl. REX will never shut up

[JD10367]

Originally Posted by kysirsoze

That's because he's way classier than Brady, or at least his public persona is.

Yeah, when he's not sexually harassing female trainers.

Oh, BTW, Manning is the absolute master of the "throws up both hands and looks at the ref" move. He does it after every friggin' incomplete where he thinks one of his precious receivers got breathed heavy on. His Emperor Palpatine, a/k/a Bill Polian, has the Competition Committee in his pocket and gets the rules tweaked as much as possible to benefit the Melonhead (anyone remember the "Patriot Rule", so called because, right after a playoff loss to the Pats where the Colt WRs got manhandled, Polian got them to tweak the rules?). Between Polian and Manning, it's actually shocking that they've only managed to win one Super Bowl.

[JD10367]

Originally Posted by DBOSHO

Tom has too many things to do, like bang his supermodel wife while shining his superbowl rings to be at a press conference.

Don't be ridiculous. He was getting his hair done.

Seriously... he seems like a nice guy, but he's definitely a Type A personality. He supposedly hates to lose, at ANYTHING, even a game of checkers in the locker room, and when he loses he gets really pissed off. I think it's probably that whole dual personality thing where he has both a giant ego and yet paradoxically huge feelings of inadequacy due to splitting time in college and being drafted late (which to this day he admits motivating him). You're talking about a guy who was on the Patriots' roster as the #4 QB who supposedly introduced himself to Kraft while walking by carrying a pizza and saying something like, "Drafting me is the best thing you ever did." In his weekly radio interviews he's like Belichick's Mini-Me: self-deprecating, almost never saying anything bad about another team or his teammates, and whenever they try to bait him into it he literally simply answers a different question (e.g. this week they asked if Cromartie's comments irritated him, and he responded with a bland paragraph summing up as "the Jets are a very good team"). And on the other hand, he scored a supermodel wife. He might actually BE an asshole on occasion, but begging the refs for a flag every now and then probably doesn't qualify him as one.

Now, Belichick, on the other hand.... probably a GIANT asshole.

[Amnorix]

Originally Posted by JD10367

The problem for the Jets is depth. The Patriots can literally throw any formation onto the field they want to try. They hit the Jets last time with Woodhead and Welker in the backfield. They can flank out Hernandez as a receiver, or have Gronkowski block and then go out for a pass. They can run the ball and, just for shits and giggles, they can throw to the running backs. If the Pats come out five-wide and their O-line pass-blocks well, which they almost always tend to do (aside from a few instances, like that ****ing Giants SB), they'll be manning up a very capable pass-catcher against a nickel or dime back. Even if they lock Revis on one WR (either Branch or Welker), that leaves the other guy for Cromartie, and then they have to worry about Gronkowski, Hernandez, Woodhead, Tate, Edelman, a ball thrown to BJGE or Morris... I think there's just too much there for the Jets to defend.

I think that's an excellent point. Cromartie isn't half of what Revis is, and the drop off from Cromartie to the next guy is tremendous. Their ILBs can't match up with our TEs down the seams, and I think that puts them in a tremendous amount of trouble.

That's a lot of "if"s. Can it happen? Sure. Will this game be closer than the last blowout? More than likely. Will the Pats still win by 14-17? I think so.

That's what I see too, though don't forget the Jets special teams, which are very good.

but yeah, I think 31-17 or so is about right. Hard to figure how they score enough points to keep up with us. The 2010 Jets defense is NOT as good as the 2009 edition.