Rex Ryan talks Patriots and BB AGAIN

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Remember antony smith? He got picked on because he STUNK. The pats would have gone after him even if he didn't say anything.

Yes they would have, as part of the game plan. Where you see the motivation NE derived from his remarks was in the way they deliberately set about humiliating him. They burned him on play action for a TD, and they burned him on a trick play for a TD, then they burned him down in the red zone, though not as blatantly. Tom Brady celebrates with his teammates after a TD, he very, very rarely gets in a defender's face - and he was clearly in Smith's after the red zone play.

NE will send a message to someone who triggers their competitive juices - hi Anthony :bye2: - Sexy Rexy is working hard to pump his team up, but traditionally, blowing smoke up their skirts isn't a winning approach.

 

[5 Rings for Brady!!]

PREDICTION:

As long as BB and Brady are leading this team, the Jets gets crushed badly for all Ryan's locker room bulletin board quotes.

Maybe he beats the Pats one time in the next few years, by a score of 13-10 or something. But the rest of the time Ryan and the Jets get buried. Period.

 

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Cranky campers about to meet their irritable old counselor -- baltimoresun.com

Cranky campers about to meet their irritable old counselor

Kevin Cowherd
August 20, 2009

But what do you do when you're tired of smacking helmets with guys you've been living with at the sumptuous Westminster Best Western hotel?

Right, you go looking for someone new to hit. Which is why the Ravens are looking forward to Monday's second preseason home game against the New York Jets, who - speaking of being cranky - are practically the home office for irritability these days.

This is primarily because of the tone being set by their new head coach, Rex Ryan.

Ryan, of course, was the Ravens' popular, longtime defensive coordinator before replacing Eric Mangini as Jets coach. But somehow he has morphed into the NFL version of your crazy Uncle Gus, a guy who seems determined to give voice to whatever thought pops into his head.
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Now, just in time for Monday's game at M&T Bank Stadium, he popped off about Ravens rookie linebacker Paul Kruger.

I know, I know ... why would anyone pop off about Paul Kruger?
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Even more curious, as described in a recent article in Sports Illustrated, is the thing Ryan has for fighting.

According to the piece by Peter King, nothing makes Ryan perk up more than a good old knock-down, drag-out training camp brawl.

He has even coached his players on how they should react to these brawls: Offensive players should pull defensive players off the pile, and vice versa.
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He may be the NFL's new Captain Bizarro.