Well it looks like the New York Jets and New England Patriots version of the Hatfields and McCoys continued during the week, just in a more subtle way.
During an interview leading up to the game this weekend, Patriots wide receiver Wes Welker spent most of his time on the mic throwing shots at Jets head coach and foot-lover, Rex Ryan, making references to feet. These comments were timed just weeks after it was discovered that Ryan and his wife Michelle were making foot fetish videos and placing them on You Tube and around the internet.
The interview was played several times during the ESPN Mike & Mike Show sharing Welker’s comments that included:
Revis has “great feet.”
Branch is “another guy with great feet.”
The playoffs are so serious that “you can’t just stick your toe in the water.”
His team, the Patriots, were “good little foot soldiers” in practice all week.
Referring to quarterback Tom Brady he said Brady makes sure his teammates are “putting their best foot forward.”
And referring to he and his team, “you definitely have to be on your toes” in the post season.
After listening to the interview, you could almost hear Rex yelling in typical Rex fashion:
“Hey Welker, how about a foot up your f**ing ass!”
Refusing to take these jabs without fighting back, Jets’ center Nick Mangold used his Twitter account writing: “Wes Welker is a great player. He’s really taken advantage of watching film. If we don’t keep a Spy on him, he could really open the Gate.”
The player was of course referring to the Patriots coach Bill Belichick and the video “Spygate” scandal in 2007 when the patriots were busted for secretly tathat resulted in costing the Pats $750,000 in fines and a first-round draft pick. . . .and ironically the taping for taping the Jets’ defensive signals.
Let the war of worlds continue but the real battle between these rivals will take place on the field in Foxborough this weekend.
Can’t wait to hear the post game news conferences no matter who wins the game.
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Jay Donetelli is a Tampa-based freelance sportswriter and contributor to Sports Climax. With an opinion sharper than an Ovechkin skate blade with the sting of an Ali jab, Donetelli has a loyal cult of readers who have found a way to love him.
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