Rex Ryan and the Jets Shut Their Mouths
January 19th 2011 18:48
Rex Ryan maybe one of the best coaches in the NFL today, but everyone knows that's not what he's most known for. Ever since he got the head coaching job in New York for the Jets, the coach has never shied away from the cameras, and has never been short of controversial qoutes against that weeks' opponent.
After saying his match-up with Peyton Manning was "personal", he took his shots this past week at Bill Belichick. He's had his share of pokes and prods at the New England coach, and Belichicks' quarterback, Tom Brady.
After the Manning remarks, and his and Antonio Cromartie's trash talk against New England, the Jets are still standing. But with Pittsburgh in front of them in the AFC Championship, the Jets are suddenly clamping down their yappers and shutting their pie-holes.
The question is, why would you change something that seems to be working? Well, the fact that he probably doesn't have anything on Steelers coach Mike Tomlin might factor in. But what about Ben Roethlisberger? There's plenty of off-field things to pick on him about. But that might seem a bit elementary, even for Ryan.
Not only is there no trash talking going on, but Ryan and the Jets are complimenting the Steelers, with Ryan saying how hard Roethlisberger is to bring down and gameplan for, and showing ut-most repect to Tomlin.
So is this a big love-fest between these two teams, or just reverse-psychology? And even weirder question would be, should the Steelers feel disrespected for not being bad-mouthed by the Jets and Ryan?
My guess is Pittsburgh could care less if Ryan was talking trash or not this week, and I'm going with them to win. In fact, I don't even know why I would write a blog about this. Anyway, preparation and execution will be the keys as always, not the words (or lack of) coming out of Ryan's mouth.
After saying his match-up with Peyton Manning was "personal", he took his shots this past week at Bill Belichick. He's had his share of pokes and prods at the New England coach, and Belichicks' quarterback, Tom Brady.
After the Manning remarks, and his and Antonio Cromartie's trash talk against New England, the Jets are still standing. But with Pittsburgh in front of them in the AFC Championship, the Jets are suddenly clamping down their yappers and shutting their pie-holes.
The question is, why would you change something that seems to be working? Well, the fact that he probably doesn't have anything on Steelers coach Mike Tomlin might factor in. But what about Ben Roethlisberger? There's plenty of off-field things to pick on him about. But that might seem a bit elementary, even for Ryan.
Not only is there no trash talking going on, but Ryan and the Jets are complimenting the Steelers, with Ryan saying how hard Roethlisberger is to bring down and gameplan for, and showing ut-most repect to Tomlin.
So is this a big love-fest between these two teams, or just reverse-psychology? And even weirder question would be, should the Steelers feel disrespected for not being bad-mouthed by the Jets and Ryan?
My guess is Pittsburgh could care less if Ryan was talking trash or not this week, and I'm going with them to win. In fact, I don't even know why I would write a blog about this. Anyway, preparation and execution will be the keys as always, not the words (or lack of) coming out of Ryan's mouth.
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