There's no sense getting riled up over the comments. At this point, the guy clearly has a strategy. He's being deliberately provocative. This is not Rex "speaking his mind." This is a guy who has gone all in with his strategy of trying to be antagonistic in the press and trying to tweak the Patriots, Brady and Belichick in an attempt to get under their skin.
Will it work? History indicates no. Then again, they lost their last game to the Patriots 45-3, so what does he have to lose? Like it or not, Ryan does seem to have his finger on the pulse of what works with and for his team. He's 3-1 in the playoffs in one plus seasons, all on the road. And he's also largely teflon -- tripgate, footgate, it just makes him stronger. I thought his bluster during las year's playoffs had to be counterproductive, but it wasn't. He's clearly decided that trying to get his guys to play up to the level he sets for them outweighs any perception that it will fire up the other team.
He's doing it deliberately. Getting worked up about is like getting worked up about who wins or loses in pro wrestling. You're being put on. Getting too emotionally tied up in what Rex says is a losing game. It's the mental equivalent of wrestling with a pig -- the pig loves it and you get filthy. If the Jets win on Sunday, it will make you even more miserable. If the Patriots win, it's not going to change Ryan one bit or shut him up next time. If anything, it will just make him more outrageous.
