Rex Ryan: "Welker's benching at the start of the AFCDG was out of respect for me"

[NYCPatsFan]

I agree. It was about a demonstrated lack of concentration on the task at hand, which was getting ready for and being focused on the next game. Everything and anything else is a distraction. You can't have players demonstrating publicly that they aren't exclusively focused on the next game. It sends the message to the rest of the team that it is OK to do this.

The subject matter was irrelevant.

Wish our O got that message before that game.