Wes Welker Jabs Rex Ryan's Foot Fetish (VIDEO)

Patriots Star Disses Rex Ryan As Jets Prepare For Sunday
NEXT » Tensions have been heating up all week between the Jets and Patriots in anticipation of Sunday's AFC divisional round Playoff game. Rex Ryan is taking the game very personally, virile cornerback Antonio Cromartie has been trash talking Tom Brady, and The Post is so excited, they churned out one of their most epic Photoshopped covers in years! But yesterday, Patriots Wide Receiver Wes Welker may have gone a step too far: during an interview, he slyly referenced feet or toes in his ...

Hot Topic: January 14
With the Jets just days away from defending their hubris against the hated New England Patriots, Craigie has a surprise up his sleeve. Craig, believing the Jets can win, is picking the Patriots to take the game. After hearing about this stunning development, do you think Craig is still a real Jets fan? Wes Welker took a page right out of the Jets’ trash-talking playbook, firing 11 thinly-veiled foot references during Thursday’s Press Conference. Was Welker trying to get under Rex Rya...

Patriots Welker Chock Full Of Foot References In Presser
NEW YORK (WFAN) - Bill Belichick’s New England Patriots are well known for making trash talk a one-sided affair. Apparently, Wes Welker didn’t get the memo. While Welker never came right out and blasted New York Jets head coach Rex Ryan, he managed to make 11 foot references and metaphors during Thursday’s Press Conference. Ryan was embarrassed in December when foot-fetish videos that allegedly starred his wife, Michelle, were found online....

The Patriot Way
The Playoffs are Super Bowl or bust for the New England Patriots, who amassed a league-best 14-2 record this season, earning a bye to the second round while lesser lights squared off during the wild-card weekend. Last Sunday, I felt a bit of pride when New England hero-for-life Adam Vinatieri kicked what looked to be a game-winning field goal for the Colts against the Jets, but mostly I was filled with dread. Sure, the Colts were ruined by injuries and looked slow and lousy on both sides of the ...

Wes Welker Puts His Foot Up Rex Ryan A Real Tickler
The best trash talk in advance of the New York Jets' NFL Playoff game Saturday against the New England Patriots hasn't come from the usual suspects, like the Jets' Rex Ryan and Antonio Cromartie. No, it's from Patriot receiver Wes Welker, normally just a well-behaved foot soldier. Droll and deadpan at one of a hundred pre-game Press Conferences, Welker made fun of Coach Ryan's widely publicized foot fetish. Ryan's not the only white guy with sole. Click the jump for the foot-fetish video sta...

Green Lantern: Jets Have No Choice But To Avoid Eating Cro
NEW YORK (CBS 2) — Please forgive Antonio Cromartie for his mouth. He just hasn’t been himself all season. And it’s all Darrelle Revis’ fault. Well, at least that’s one theory. Cromartie may have the second most difficult job on the Jets next to Mark Sanchez. Every week he is targeted by the opposing Quarterback more than any other member of the secondary. It’s not because he is a liability or a weak link. Hardly. It’s because playing on the opposite sid...

J-E-T-S, JETS, JETS For Your Tummy
Green & White Cookies! (Jen Carlson/Gothamist) This weekend, the Jets will face their archrivals, the New England Patriots led by Coach Bill "Hoodie" Belichick and Quarterback Tom "Goldilocks" Brady. To celebrate this Playoff game, there are ways your stomach can pay tribute to Gang Green—for instance, instead of a classic Black & White Cookie, why not a Green & White Cookie from William Greenberg Desserts? They come in three sizes: Traditional, mini and oversized, which is 9 inches and ...

Rex: Game For Jets Second Only To 1969 Super Bowl
LORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — As if this thing needed more hype. —And, yes, the Jets would win. “I think it’ll be huge,” the coach said Friday. “This one will probably be the second-biggest in the history of the franchise.” Following a ho-hum week of name-calling, accusations and challenges, New York is looking to get past the Patriots and reach the AFC Championship Game for the second straight season. But Bill Belichick and Tom Brady might have something to ...

Keefe To The City: Chat With Jeff Howe
The Jets and Patriots will meet for the third time this season in a rubber match that will decide which team goes on to the AFC Championship and which team goes home. It’s a game that everyone in the tri-state area and New England hoped would take place and now it is just a couple of days away. Rex Ryan and Antonio Cromartie have made their feelings about the Patriots and Tom Brady known over the week and now they will have the chance to back up their words and avenge the 45-3 loss on Mond...

NFL warns teams about trash talk
CHICAGO (AP) — The NFL has warned players to cut out the trash talk, specifically when it threatens other players. “Ray Anderson reminded players that comments of a physically threatening nature are always taken into account in evaluating discipline for any illegal physical contact on the field,” league spokesman Greg Aiello said Saturday. NFL executive vice president of football operations Anderson is the league’s chief disciplinarian. He told teams, including all eight ...

New York vs. New England: Jets Go Jedi, De-Feet Puns Keep Coming in Newspaper War
​The New York Post today, ever the connoisseurs of great covers, features one for the Hall of Fame, especially for those who care at all about New York sports, football specifically. Pitting the New England Patriots as the Evil Empire in a Star Wars-themed graphic, Bill Belichick gets the Vader treatment with Mark Sanchez in the Luke Skywalker role ahead of Sunday afternoon's Playoff game. Inside the Post, the fantasy is even more detailed (Rex Ryan is Han Solo, his wife Princess Leia) i...

Brady shrugs off criticism from Jets Cromartie
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Tom Brady just wants to talk about football. The New York Jets won’t let him. Day after noisy day, the mouths to the south keep moving. The Quarterback tries to evade their onslaughts as if they were 300-pound pass rushers. The latest blitz: Jets cornerback Antonio Cromartie called the mop-topped leader of the New England Patriots an expletive. “I’ve been called worse,” Brady said, brushing it off like the heavy snow that fell on Foxborough....

There's Nothing Left to Say About the Pats and the Jets
We're through the looking glass now, boys and girls. Reggie Jackson, the man who helped usher in the era of the bombastic modern athlete, is upset about how much chatter is going on around the Jets and Patriots. He weighed in with a call for Jets cornerback Antonio Cromartie to tone down his words in advance of Sunday's game which is kind of like hearing Richard Pryor criticize Chris Rock for working a bit too blue. Jackson's stern words aren't stopping people from throwing fuel onto the fire. M...

Keefe To The City: A Giants Fan For Jets
Jets. Patriots. Someone must win. This really is my nightmare. There are people that wonder why I despise the Patriots since they play in the AFC, and there are people that wonder why I despise the Jets since they represent New York. Well, let me explain… I grew up as a Giants fan and therefore it’s a Birthright to not like the Jets. I am not a New York fan that likes all New York teams just because they are New York. To me, there is no such thing as having an AL team and an NL team ...

Jets Fans Get Pumped For Sundays Big Game
NEW YORK (CBS New York) - It’s all green, all the time as the Jets embark on their road to glory. The weekend just can’t get here soon enough for Jets fans. The Jets and Patriots will clash in New England Sunday for the third time this season. The last time Gang Green traveled to Foxboro it was a fiasco — the Patriots won 45-3 — but fans in New York aren’t worried. “Everybody has a bad game,” one man said. “That was ours and that’s the ...

Jets Blog: Jets-Patriots Preview
The Jets (12-5) and Patriots (14-2) split their two Regular Season meetings, but the last game was a no-contest as the Pats routed Gang Green 45-3 on Monday night December 6th. It was a complete domination by New England, but was there one particular reason why the score was so lopsided. One person thinks so. “After really looking at it, I realize that I was out-coached in that game,” said Ryan. “It’s a recognized fact that (Bill) Belichick is a Hall-of-Fame coach and he&...

Jets-Patriots: Time For NY To Back Up Rexs Hubris
NEW YORK (AP) - As is their custom, the New York Jets have been doing plenty of talking leading up to Sunday’s divisional Playoff game against the New England Patriots. When these AFC East clubs renewed their rivalry last month, New England’s play on the field spoke volumes. The Jets seek to back up their words Sunday and pull off a second consecutive road upset of a perennial AFC power - a task that won’t be easy against a top-seeded Patriots team that’s run ...

Kraft: Patriots Stylistically Different Than Talkative Jets
NEW YORK (AP) — Don’t expect to hear the New England Patriots use an expletive to describe an opponent. That’s not his team’s style, owner Robert Kraft said. “I don’t want to speak to how other people do things or be judgmental about what motivates other people,” Kraft said Thursday in an interview with The Associated Press. “But stylistically, I think we do things a little bit different than the folks we’re playing this weekend.” That ...

The Problem With Classy NFL Franchises
I’d like to confess something here to you NBC folks: I hate classy sports teams. Hate them. HATE them. I hate any team that is lauded for doing things the “right way,” like the Steelers, and the Spurs, and Duke, and any other team that has been elevated by the media beyond the status of mere sports team and placed in the realm of moral examples for the rest of humanity. I can’t stand teams like this, because I know full well they’re just as flawed as any other. And ...

Brady On Jets, Cromartie: Ive Been Called Worse
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Tom Brady just wants to talk about football. The New York Jets won’t let him. Day after noisy day, the mouths to the south keep moving. The Quarterback tries to evade their onslaughts as if they were 300-pound pass rushers. “I’ve been called worse,” Brady said, brushing it off like the heavy snow that fell on Foxborough. “I’m sure there’s a long list of people who feel that way.” Cromartie made his comment Tuesday to ...

Pats owner Kraft builds steady, successful team
New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft says he always gets a bit uneasy in the Playoffs, knowing one loss can end the season. Fortunately for Kraft, the Patriots have done more than their share of winning. Kraft's team has reached the playoffs in 12 of his 17 years. The Patriots had the best record in the NFL this season at 14-2 and are heavily favored over the New York Jets in Sunday's matchup at Gillette Stadium. Kraft says he has the best coach in Bill Belichick and the best Quarterback in T...

Jets Ihedigbo On Brady, Patriots: Its Payback
NEW YORK (WFAN) - Jets safety James Ihedigbo joined Boomer & Carton on Friday morning to preview New York’s huge Playoff matchup against Tom Brady and the New England Patriots. “The tables have turned now. It’s an opportunity for us to go down there, we know it’s payback, and that’s what we’re taking this game as,” said Ihedigbo. “It’s really a payback day.” Ihedigbo had some pointed words for New England Quarterback Tom Brady...

It won't be cold in Foxborough, Pittsburgh
New England Patriots Quarterback Tom Brady (12) runs during practice at the NFL football team's facility in Foxborough, Mass., Wednesday afternoon, Jan. 12, 2011. The Patriots will play the New York Jets in an AFC Divisional round Playoff game Sunday in Foxborough. Forget the cold. It's going to be smokin' hot in the AFC playoffs this weekend. No one is trying to shove aside the action in the NFC, but the verbal activity heading into Ravens-Steelers on Saturday and Jets-Patriots on Sunday has r...

Fireman Ed Leads Boomer & Carton In J-E-T-S!
NEW YORK (WFAN) - “Fireman Ed” Anzalone joined Boomer & Carton on Friday morning to lead the WFAN studio in his Trademark “J-E-T-S” chant, despite morning show host Craig Carton picking the New England Patriots to win on Sunday. “I thought [Carton was] definitely going to pick the Jets,” said Fireman Ed. “I don’t know how you go into this game not thinking they’re gonna win the game.” Anzalone made waves earlier this week on t...

Bloomberg Predicts: Jets To Super Bowl
NEW YORK (AP) — New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg predicts the Jets will go to the Super Bowl this year. The mayor said on his Radio Show Friday that you heard it from him first. The Jets face the New England Patriots this Sunday in the divisional Playoffs. The winner of that game will play either Baltimore or Pittsburgh in the AFC championship. The Super Bowl is Feb. 6....