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Rex Ryan Tugs On Super Manning's Cape
The playoff game this Saturday between the New York Jets and Indianapolis Colts just got 'personal' and Jets head coach, and alleged foot fancier, Rex Ryan is zeroing in on Colts QB Peyton Manning. Last year's crushing de-feet (it's just too easy) to the Colts in the AFC Championship Game must have left a lasting footprint in the sand of Ryan's mind. He is, plain and simple, tired of losing to the Colts.
Ryan ranted yesterday about his track record (he has lost 5 of 6) against the Colts going back to his Baltimore Raven days as a defensive coach. The brash coach called playing and losing to Manning "personal" and he vowed to "put the shoe on the other foot." Considering the recent foot fetish video allegedly made by Ryan and his wife making the rounds, it was an unfortunate choice of words.
Wasn't it just last week that the once blustery coach was quietly saying (six times) it was 'personal' in response to all the questions regarded the foot videos. Now Ryan is back to his old outrageous self. If it seems illogical to goad your arch-nemesis right before the big showdown, you don't know Ryan. Until the whole foot thing happened, there wasn't a microphone he wouldn't run to.
This might be the right time for Ryan to play Lex Luthor against Peyton's Superman. While Manning has scorched Ryan's defenses for 12 TDs and only 2 INTs in six games previous games, this year Ryan finally has a better team.
To avoid another loss to Indianapolis, the Jets traded for San Diego cornerback, and Manning's kryptonite, Antonio Cromartie. The former Charger joins Darelle Revis to form a formidable pair in the corners to foil the Colts short passing game. They also brought in safety Brodney Pool and former Dolphin foe Jason Taylor. The Gang Greens all here to stop Supermanning.
"I've waited a full year for this. We'll see what happens," Ryan said of Saturday's rematch. "I know I feel confident. I feel confident in the men around me," he said.
Ryan kept ratcheting up the heat. "I don't know when I'm going to beat him, but I want it to be Saturday night," continued Ryan in his best villain imitation, " Peyton Manning has beaten me twice in the playoffs. That's well-documented. You've got all the stats. But this is about this year, and I've waited a whole year for this."
The Jets are facing a Colts team which has won four straight after a series of injuries to key players (17 place on the injured reserve) had people writing them off a month ago. This is the team's ninth consecutive playoff appearance but, for the first time they look vulnerable.
Two of Manning's favorite targets, Dallas Clark and Austin Collie, are sidelined and the running game has picked up with the return of Joseph Addai but it won't have the Jets running in fear. Manning has been winging the ball like no other season before. He attempted a staggering 679 passes but was only sacked an amazing league-low 16 times.
Manning hasn't responded to Ryan's chatter, but he is still the master at countering blitzing schemes like Ryan's. In the end, Peyton Manning and the Colts will be trying to prove they are worthy too.
Ryan's outburst was relatively tame to some of his other raves in the past. Some say it calls attention to himself and puts pressure on the Jets players. Ryan's rant doesn't guarantee that the Jets will rise to the occasion or the defense will figure Manning out. It is a war cry for the redemption he craves and diverts attention from the foot-fetish hoopla. 'Personal' has a totally new context with Ryan now.
The Giants are out of the playoffs. The Jets are the only football team in New York. If Ryan can beat the Colts on Saturday, it will be quite a feet. I couldn't resist.
Wasn't it just last week that the once blustery coach was quietly saying (six times) it was 'personal' in response to all the questions regarded the foot videos. Now Ryan is back to his old outrageous self. If it seems illogical to goad your arch-nemesis right before the big showdown, you don't know Ryan. Until the whole foot thing happened, there wasn't a microphone he wouldn't run to.
This might be the right time for Ryan to play Lex Luthor against Peyton's Superman. While Manning has scorched Ryan's defenses for 12 TDs and only 2 INTs in six games previous games, this year Ryan finally has a better team.
To avoid another loss to Indianapolis, the Jets traded for San Diego cornerback, and Manning's kryptonite, Antonio Cromartie. The former Charger joins Darelle Revis to form a formidable pair in the corners to foil the Colts short passing game. They also brought in safety Brodney Pool and former Dolphin foe Jason Taylor. The Gang Greens all here to stop Supermanning.
"I've waited a full year for this. We'll see what happens," Ryan said of Saturday's rematch. "I know I feel confident. I feel confident in the men around me," he said.
Ryan kept ratcheting up the heat. "I don't know when I'm going to beat him, but I want it to be Saturday night," continued Ryan in his best villain imitation, " Peyton Manning has beaten me twice in the playoffs. That's well-documented. You've got all the stats. But this is about this year, and I've waited a whole year for this."
The Jets are facing a Colts team which has won four straight after a series of injuries to key players (17 place on the injured reserve) had people writing them off a month ago. This is the team's ninth consecutive playoff appearance but, for the first time they look vulnerable.
Two of Manning's favorite targets, Dallas Clark and Austin Collie, are sidelined and the running game has picked up with the return of Joseph Addai but it won't have the Jets running in fear. Manning has been winging the ball like no other season before. He attempted a staggering 679 passes but was only sacked an amazing league-low 16 times.
Manning hasn't responded to Ryan's chatter, but he is still the master at countering blitzing schemes like Ryan's. In the end, Peyton Manning and the Colts will be trying to prove they are worthy too.
Ryan's outburst was relatively tame to some of his other raves in the past. Some say it calls attention to himself and puts pressure on the Jets players. Ryan's rant doesn't guarantee that the Jets will rise to the occasion or the defense will figure Manning out. It is a war cry for the redemption he craves and diverts attention from the foot-fetish hoopla. 'Personal' has a totally new context with Ryan now.
The Giants are out of the playoffs. The Jets are the only football team in New York. If Ryan can beat the Colts on Saturday, it will be quite a feet. I couldn't resist.
Monday, January 3, 2011
New York Giants Pack It In, But Coughlin Staying Put.
The New York Giants finally won but, at the same time, lost. They beat the Washington Redskins 17-14 at the same time the Green Bay Packers were defeating the Chicago Bears. It was a bittersweet end to the Giants indescribable perplexing season. The final dagger to the Giants lost season came at 7:06 EST when the score board at FedEx Field tauntingly flashed the score: Packers 10, Bears 3.
The Giants (10-6) season ended with a victory, but it was the 68 minutes before Sunday's game that really charted their destiny. The 28 point comeback by the Philadelphia Eagles two weeks ago and last week's blowout at the hands of the Packers really sealed the Giants fate. They will not be in the playoffs for the second consecutive season. The Giants have no one to blame but themselves and it looks like the Giants owner sees it that way too.
The calls for head coach Tom Coughlin's head grew over the past few weeks while the Giants were doing their annual version of a swan dive for the third straight season. Former Pittsburgh Steelers head
coach Bill Cowher's name was tossed around more loosely than an Eli Manning interception.
After yesterday's loss, Giants owner John Mara immediately made it clear Coughlin will be around to finish the final year of his contract and maybe more. Mara confirmed it by saying "there was never any doubt" Coughlin would be back in 2011. Looks like New York won't be a Cowher town after all.
The Giants who finished with 10 wins had to watch as the Seattle Seahawks--a team they routed earlier in the season--squeak into the playoffs with a losing record later that evening. The Seahawks (7-9) won the NFC West by beating the St. Louis Rams yesterday. The Giants became only the seventh teams with at least 10 wins to not make the playoffs since 1990.
Mara, the Giants co-owner, is sticking with his head coach despite another late season fizzle. "I'm obviously disappointed that we didn't make the playoffs, " he said, "Everybody in this locker room is disappointed. But that doesn't mean you blow the whole thing up. he's still the guy we want as our head coach."
The owner even visited Coughlin after the game and reassured the 61 year old coach. "Don't listen to all the nonsense. You're going to be back next season. We still believe in you and we want you as our coach."
Mara said he knows it's not easy to win ten games. He has stuck with Coughlin before. In 2006 the Giants beat the Redskins to get into the playoffs and save Coughlin's job. The next season the team won the Super Bowl.
The Giants players and Coughlin will have the whole off-season to look back at their mistakes and get the team back into the playoffs next year. Mara can only hope his belief in his coach will pay off.
The Giants (10-6) season ended with a victory, but it was the 68 minutes before Sunday's game that really charted their destiny. The 28 point comeback by the Philadelphia Eagles two weeks ago and last week's blowout at the hands of the Packers really sealed the Giants fate. They will not be in the playoffs for the second consecutive season. The Giants have no one to blame but themselves and it looks like the Giants owner sees it that way too.
coach Bill Cowher's name was tossed around more loosely than an Eli Manning interception.
After yesterday's loss, Giants owner John Mara immediately made it clear Coughlin will be around to finish the final year of his contract and maybe more. Mara confirmed it by saying "there was never any doubt" Coughlin would be back in 2011. Looks like New York won't be a Cowher town after all.
The Giants who finished with 10 wins had to watch as the Seattle Seahawks--a team they routed earlier in the season--squeak into the playoffs with a losing record later that evening. The Seahawks (7-9) won the NFC West by beating the St. Louis Rams yesterday. The Giants became only the seventh teams with at least 10 wins to not make the playoffs since 1990.
Mara, the Giants co-owner, is sticking with his head coach despite another late season fizzle. "I'm obviously disappointed that we didn't make the playoffs, " he said, "Everybody in this locker room is disappointed. But that doesn't mean you blow the whole thing up. he's still the guy we want as our head coach."
The owner even visited Coughlin after the game and reassured the 61 year old coach. "Don't listen to all the nonsense. You're going to be back next season. We still believe in you and we want you as our coach."
Mara said he knows it's not easy to win ten games. He has stuck with Coughlin before. In 2006 the Giants beat the Redskins to get into the playoffs and save Coughlin's job. The next season the team won the Super Bowl.
The Giants players and Coughlin will have the whole off-season to look back at their mistakes and get the team back into the playoffs next year. Mara can only hope his belief in his coach will pay off.
Sunday, January 2, 2011
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The World’s Most Expensive Streets, Avenue Princesse Grace, Monaco, ..Still the most expensive street in the world, expect to pay at least $120,000 per sq/m on the iconic Avenue Princesse Grace for a modest apartment with one of the most spectacular views in the world.
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