NFL Wild Card Weekend: Battle of the Underachievers

[tyven]

HASSELSTACHE

[Moss]

[Xajii]

11/10 amazing

[Rhinox]

Ron chico rivera the new hc at Carolina

Grats the guy definitely deserves it and and the Panthers are lucky to have him

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[Correction]

I enjoy the part where he finally has a good game.

I enjoy the part where Hasselbeck gets away with a block to the back.

[Moss]

I enjoy the part where Hasselbeck gets away with a block to the back.

you can't let something so trivial in the way of history!

Rivera gets his chance finally.

[Chun Liroy]

block in the backs only occur on kick offs, duh.

[tyven]

THE STACHE DONT CHEAT

[Valisk]

John Fox signed 3 year extension with Panthers.





























Miz rage.




Ok, kidding.

Ron Rivera new head coach.

[Demosthenes11]

"LT and mark sanchez are as soft as rex ryan's wife's feet"

lol

[Demosthenes11]

cromartie is the dumbest sack of shit lol.

It didn't take long for Round 3 of Jets-Patriots to escalate. And this time it wasn't Rex Ryan doing the talking.

No, it was Jets cornerback Antonio Cromartie, who called Patriots quarterback Tom Brady an "ass----," according to the New York Daily News.

Cromartie was asked about Brady pointing to the Jets' sideline after throwing a touchdown pass on the first play of the fourth quarter, which gave New England a 38-3 lead in its eventual 45-3 win on Dec. 6.

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

Asked what kind of guy Brady is, Cromartie said "ass----," according to the Daily News.

Why?

"That's what I think about him. I don't really give a damn about him," he said, according to the report. "I don't have to play against him. I play against the receivers."

In the locker room in Foxborough on Wednesday, Brady said: "I've been called worse. I'm sure there is a long list of people that feel that way.

"But he's a good player. [Darrelle] Revis is a great player. They have a great secondary. They're one of the best defenses we've faced. We spend a lot of time preparing for them, and what they're capable of doing over there. To shut down the Colts' offense like they did is pretty impressive, because we know how good that offense is. We're going to be ready to play."

Asked about his on-field demeanor, which rubbed the Jets the wrong way on Dec. 6, Brady said: "I'm an emotional player. It's all in the spirit of the game and the competition."

During a conference call, Ryan said he was unfamiliar with Cromartie's comments and asked media members to fill him in.

"First off, in this country, you're allowed to have opinions, and all that kind of stuff," he responded when told of the remarks. "Obviously, as an organization, we respect Tom Brady, there is 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's just the fact they're the enemy, as we look at them this week."

Ryan was then asked if he felt those remarks crossed the line from fun trash talk to something else.

"Realistically, I'm sure that's basically what it was, just a comment that he made," Ryan said. "Trust me, they're saying a lot worse about me and others here, maybe it just wasn't printed."

While watching Patriots game film, Cromartie said the Jets have noticed Brady's penchant for pointing.

"He's doing the pointing at our defensive line and stuff like that," Cromartie said, according to the report. "That's the kind of a guy he is. He's a competitor, he loves what he's doing. He's going to compete. When you're competing, you are not worrying about anything else, about what anybody else is doing. You're just worried about what you have to do."

The Jets' Shaun Ellis also said he saw Brady pointing during the Dec. 6 rout, according to the New York Post.

"When they scored, he'd look over to our sideline and do a little body language and all that," Ellis said, according to the Post. "He was fired up for that game. We're going to get the same thing this week. It's for us as a defense to go out there and shut him down."

Cromartie's comments follow Ryan's assertion that Sunday's AFC playoff game is "personal" between him, Brady and Patriots coach Bill Belichick.

The Patriots coach replied that it won't be him or Ryan trying to make plays on the field.

But Ryan did indirectly knock Brady last week during the Jets' preparations for the Indianapolis Colts, saying Brady didn't study game film as much as the Colts' Peyton Manning.

"Nobody studies like [Manning]. I know Brady thinks he does and all that stuff," Ryan said. "I think there's probably a little more help from Belichick with Brady than there is with Peyton Manning."

Brady agreed. "I get a ton of help from our coaches," he said during his weekly appearance on Boston sports radio station WEEI. "Of course we do. I think we have the best coach in the history of football. We have a great offensive staff, a great defensive staff that get all the players prepared."

Cromartie isn't the first player to drag the word "hate" into the Jets-Patriots rivalry. During the preseason, Brady said he wasn't watching HBO's "Hard Knocks" because he hates the Jets.

"Honestly, I haven't turned it on. I hate the Jets, so I refuse to support that show," Brady said.

On Wednesday, a reporter asked Ryan if he felt players followed his lead and that he incites such remarks. Ryan laughed.

"Yeah, of course," he said. "Maybe they do follow my lead in the fact that in that we can say what's on our mind or whatever. 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 don't try to tell them what to say or what not to say."

Ryan was then asked if there was a risk in making such remarks, because it could make the Jets look bad if they don't win.

"We're going to be watching somebody else play, so it really doesn't matter. You either win or you don't. In this league, if you don't win, it's over. Your season's over," he said. "To think that a comment here or there is going to incite them to play at a greater level or something like that, I don't believe that's true. ... It doesn't matter what would come out of New England's locker room or anybody else's locker room, because you can't be more motivated than we are, and you can't be more motivated than New England is."

A reporter then asked Ryan if Cromartie's comments are the type that show respect to Brady.

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

Brady said he'd stand on his record when it comes to getting ready to play.

"Look, we try to win games, you know?" he said. "You look at what we've accomplished over 10 years, I think that speaks to the preparation of our team. That's why we play, to win games, more than anything else."

Brady said he's not really concerned about all the talk coming from the Jets.

"We're spending our time getting ready to play," he 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 organization, or certain players. That's kind of the way it's always been. We're just going to do our talking on the field. That's the way we've always chosen to do."

When asked if what another team says can have an effect on the outcome of a game, Brady said: "We'll see Sunday at 7:30."

Antonio Cromartie calls Tom Beeby an "A--hole." Rex Ryan's entire library of foot porn can't take the heat off that.

[Moss]

Rivalries where the players literally hate each other are refreshing, makes me more excited for the game.

[AidenCarby]

Least he does his talking on the field, Jets are all about press conferences.

[Demosthenes11]

oh god rome is ripping cromartie continent a new asshole

[Cleverness]

Cromartie says alot on the field, look at this
http://thebiglead.fantasysportsven.n.../01/5kkln4.gif

I kid, but honestly if this were Revis I'd probably say something more, Cromartie hasn't been too bad this season from some of the games I've watched and honestly I see nothing wrong with a Division rival talking shit up before a big game. Just cause Brady and Belichick try to be gentlemen and never say much means that should be the standard, mud slinging before a big game is good, gives the winner nice ammunition for shit talking at the end.

[Demosthenes11]

Cromartie says alot on the field, look at this
http://thebiglead.fantasysportsven.n.../01/5kkln4.gif

I kid, but honestly if this were Revis I'd probably say something more, Cromartie hasn't been too bad this season from some of the games I've watched and honestly I see nothing wrong with a Division rival talking shit up before a big game. Just cause Brady and Belichick try to be gentlemen and never say much means that should be the standard, mud slinging before a big game is good, gives the winner nice ammunition for shit talking at the end.

ask the steelers old safety what talking shit to brady does. You don't talk shit to brady before a game. You don't talk shit to hoodie before a game. I see brady having 3 TD and 300 yards - I was thinking the jets would probably make this a close game but now I'm very confident. biebs is going to pump those double moves all day

[Xajii]

lol, I do love the rivalries. When asked about Roethlisberger, Ravens coach Harbaugh said he's "glad they broke his nose".

[Valisk]

Had a dream that Belicheck was so mad at hafltime during the upcoming Pats/Jets game, that he told the reporter during his halftime interview that they were going to embarrass and hang 100 on the Jets. Would be so badass if a team did that just because they could. At the end of my dream, the final score was 101-17. Tom Brady shattered the record books by throwing for 11 TDs and 1,028 yards.

[Stiker]

This just in, heated rivalries are heated.

[Rhinox]

Who the fuck still listens to jim rome? Didn't even know he was still on. Guy is annoying as fuck. Only thing worse is his dumbass listeners who try to talk like him like it's cool.





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