Stop me if you have heard this one before. New York Jets coach Rex Ryan is again spouting off at the mouth.
There were no promises of Super Bowls even before he knew who would be on his team. There are no comments about him being the best defensive coach in the NFL. No, this time he is comparing one of the great young defensive players in the league to someone whose draft stock dropped like the weight of Ryan after his surgery.
Jason Pierre-Paul is not just one of the best pass rushers in the game, but he also is stout against the run and has an unlimited motor. He never gives up on plays, even when he seems to be out of one. So it’s nice that Rex says “It’s funny, when you look at the numbers when Pierre-Paul came out and when Quinton Coples came out, the measurables are almost identical, except that Quinton is an inch taller and 20 pounds heavier.” That’s all well and good. Congratulations Rex, you read the scouting reports. But what counts is what happens in between the lines. What counts is what happens on the gridiron.
With that said, Coples does seem to have a big upside. In no way am I trying to downplay what he has done in camp or his impressive first preseason game. He recorded five tackles, five QB hits, one sack, a forced fumble and a tackle-for-loss. But again, Ryan seems to be putting the cart before the horse.
I am usually a Ryan fan. The boisterous Ryan makes the game more fun, more intriguing and often more noteworthy. But where Ryan often goes wrong when he spews about things even he knows he can’t take seriously. Telling the world that his Jets are going to win the Super Bowl before he even signs his own free agents is just one example.
Earlier in the month it seemed as if Ryan had been doing a complete 180 when it came to talking to the media. He was holding back predictions; he was not taking the bait and going on and on about what his team would accomplish this year. He was even scolding players for talking out of turn to the local media. Ryan seemed to be given orders from higher in the organization about writing checks his team could not cash. He has stuck to the script for the most part, but as we get closer to September, the zipper on Rex’s mouth seems to be getting pulled open.
After claiming the Jets would no longer be the little brothers of New York, how MetLife Stadium is their house, and after making it clear that the Jets would own the town the team, the Jets have done nothing but own the back pages. With the addition of Tim Tebow, but doing nothing to shore up the offensive line (their biggest need) the Jets have done the one thing the Giants love most. They have made the Giants the afterthought. The Giants would love nothing more than to keep it that way.
The Giants don’t look for the back pages. The Giants are not looking to win the war of words. The Giants only look to add to one column, the win column. Everything else is a non-factor. Something the Jets might look to put more emphasis on. I mean if the Giants really wanted to win something that wasn’t on the field, <a href="Stop me if you have heard this one before. New York Jets coach Rex Ryan is again spouting off at the mouth. There were no promises of Super Bowls even before he knew who would be on his team. There are no comments about him being the best defensive coach in the NFL. No, this time he is comparing one of the great young defensive players in the league to someone whose draft stock dropped like the weight of Ryan after his surgery. Jason Paul-Pierre is not just one of the best pass rushers in the game, but he also is stout against the run and has an unlimited motor. He never gives up on plays, even when he seems to be out of one. So it's nice that Rex says "It's funny, when you look at the numbers when Pierre-Paul came out and when Quinton Coples came out, the measurables are almost identical, except that Quinton is an inch taller and 20 pounds heavier." That's all well and good. Congratulations Rex, you read the scouting reports. But what counts is what happens in between the lines. What counts is what happens on the gridiron. With that said, Coples does seem to have a big upside. In no way am I trying to downplay what he has done in camp or his impressive first preseason game. He recorded five tackles, five QB hits, one sack, a forced fumble and a tackle-for-loss. But again, Ryan seems to be putting the cart before the horse. I am usually a Ryan fan. The boisterous Ryan makes the game more fun, more intriguing and often more noteworthy. But where Ryan often goes wrong when he spews about things even he knows he can't take seriously. Telling the world that his Jets are going to win the Super Bowl before he even signs his own free agents is just one example. Earlier in the month it seemed as if Ryan had been doing a complete 180 when it came to talking to the media. He was holding back predictions; he was not taking the bait and going on and on about what his team would accomplish this year. He was even scolding players for talking out of turn to the local media. Ryan seemed to be given orders from higher in the organization about writing checks his team could not cash. He has stuck to the script for the most part, but as we get closer to September, the zipper on Rex's mouth seems to be getting pulled open. After claiming the Jets would no longer be the little brothers of New York, how MetLife Stadium is their house, and after making it clear that the Jets would own the town the team, the Jets have done nothing but own the back pages. With the addition of Tim Tebow, but doing nothing to shore up the offensive line (their biggest need) the Jets have done the one thing the Giants love most. They have made the Giants the afterthought. The Giants would love nothing more than to keep it that way. The Giants don't look for the back pages. The Giants are not looking to win the war of words. The Giants only look to add to one column, the win column. Everything else is a non-factor. Something the Jets might look to put more emphasis on. ">JPP could just challenge Coples to a back-flip contest. We know that’s another thing the Giants team could take from the Jets, and it wouldn’t even include a 99 yard Victor Cruz TD pass.
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August 14, 2012
