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BOSTON (CBS) – A seemingly innocuous comment at a Super Bowl rally from Patriots quarterback Tom Brady is being turned into prime-time trash talk by the New York media.

The New York Post featured Brady’s face on the front and back pages of its Monday edition with the headlines “Tom talks trash” and “Tom’s Taunt.”

“We’re going down there for one reason,” Brady told the estimated crowd of 25,000 fans at Sunday’s rally at Gillette Stadium. “We’re going to give it our best, and hopefully we have a lot more people at our party next weekend.”

WBZ-TV’s Dan Roche reports.


After arriving in Indianapolis on Sunday afternoon, Brady was asked if he was trying to project confidence with his statement.

“Well, it was a pep rally,” Brady answered. “People were pretty excited.”

The New York Post, though, suggested Giants coach Tom Coughlin should use the party plans as bulletin board material for defensive linemen Jason Pierre-Paul, Osi Umenyiora and Justin Tuck, among others.

Last week, the Post reported that Giants players were inspired by Brady’s “arrogance” when talking to reporters prior to Super Bowl XLII. On Sunday, Brady went out of his way to compliment the Giants’ defensive line several times.

“Justin Tuck is as good as they come. Osi, week in and week out, he’s a player who can ruin a game for an offense,” Brady said in Indianapolis. “You look at the group they have now, and they have a ton of depth at the defensive line position. There were times this year when they weren’t all out there as a group, but they’re out there now and they’re playing extremely hard.”

[quote="shoemak38"]At Gillette, 25,000 fans showed up to send off their beloved Patriots to the Super Bowl. It was the opposite in New York, where just a handful of fans showed up on Monday to see the Giants off.
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Ummm it was a Monday....I'm just saying...

shoemak38 wrote:At Gillette, 25,000 fans showed up to send off their beloved Patriots to the Super Bowl. It was the opposite in New York, where just a handful of fans showed up on Monday to see the Giants off.

Well thats just silly (but OK here in this thread with "trash talk" in the heading!) because it implies that there was an organized "pep" rally (how cute!) and nobody showed up, when in fact there was nothing of the sort - just some fans cheering the team bus when it left the training facility for the airport.

Re the NY Post stuff, to call that Murdoch tabloid trash representative of the "NY Media" is pretty funny. Sometimes I cant tell the difference between the Post and The Onion, although that story of the Giants defense getting pretty steamed about that video of Brady visibly scoffing during media day 4 yrs ago that they would be held to 17 points (turned out to be 3 too much HA HA) did get play in other media outlets. I imagine that scoffing video had much more effect than pandering to a pep rally crowd would have.

Its kinda fascinating where pro athletes look for and get extra motivation. Michael Jordan was famous for taking anything that could be construed as a slight and making a mountain of motivation from it.

Re the game itself, there is so much talk about how high scoring it will be and you know how that works when everybody has expectations like that. Not so sure I would take the over on the 55 over/under.

Also, saw reports that Vegas is pretty worried about the Giants winning. Apparently during that mid-season losing streak, their odds of winning the Super Bowl went up to 100 to 1, and they got so much action on that spread that they had to lower it back down to 40 to 1, and lower still as they started winning again.

jmq

Should be a great game knew I would finally get reaction by posting sendoff clip

here is more
our players dress better
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have more fans

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New England Patriots: Top 10 Reasons to HATE Them

1. Bill Belichick
He’s the insufferable genius and social misfit who apparently doesn’t have time for civility, clothes shopping or shampoo. Have you ever seen one of his press conferences? The FBI will get more information out of Whitey Bulger.

2. They’re cheaters
When the Patriots were caught videotaping the Jets’ signals in 2007, the NFL slapped them with a $500,000 fine and confiscated a first-round draft pick — the stiffest penalty the league ever has dished out to an organization.

3. Pat fans are Red Sox fans
Remember, that obnoxious guy in the blue-and-red parka who is taunting Brandon Jacobs probably is keeping himself warm with three layers of T-shirts that say, “A-Rod Sucks!”

4. Mr. Perfect
The smile, the dimples, the hair, the composure. Tom Brady is the guy you’d create when you’re trying to win a high school genetics fair and your rival already has entered Derek Jeter.

5. They run up the score
No lead is big enough for Belichick, who keeps his regulars in lopsided games. He paid for that pettiness two years ago, when wide receiver Wes Welker was injured in a meaningless season finale and sidelined for the postseason.

6. Too big for one city or state, they’ve claimed an entire geographic region
Or maybe, as New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo teased last week, nobody wants them: “Isn’t it interesting that no specific state identifies with the team?” Cuomo said. “Why didn’t Massachusetts say, ‘It’s our team?’ ”

7. They win ... a lot
Along with those five Super Bowl appearances and three titles since 2002, the Patriots are 76-20 over the past six regular seasons. Nobody likes a show-off.

8. The Belichick acorns
Among those the Patriots coach has mentored is Eric Mangini, who was similarly media-challenged and flamed out with the Jets and Cleveland Browns.

9. They’re run like the Kremlin
When Rob Gronkowski’s father discussed his son’s high ankle sprain with the media, he violated Belichick’s Zip-Your-Lip Code. So, don’t be surprised if the tight end’s dad shows up in a cast this week, too.

10. Aerosmith lead singer Steven Tyler
They allowed him to screech the national anthem before the AFC Championship Game at Gillette Stadium. And they call themselves “Patriots”?

(from The Star-Ledger at nj.com)

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jmq wrote:New England Patriots: Top 10 Reasons to HATE Them



3. Pat fans are Red Sox fans
Remember, that obnoxious guy in the blue-and-red parka who is taunting Brandon Jacobs probably is keeping himself warm with three layers of T-shirts that say, “A-Rod Sucks!”

jmq love the list on #3
paper has it wrong the t-shirts read Yankees suck

#6-at least the NE Patriots play in New England. Why did New York send their Giants to New Jersey?

JMQ. I don't know you but I love you.... GO BLUE!

jayseadee wrote:#6-at least the NE Patriots play in New England. Why did New York send their Giants to New Jersey?

Ha! They haven’t played in NY since 1975 when they played a season in Shea Stadium while Yankee Stadium was being renovated, after which the terms of their lease with Yankee Stadium & Boss Steinbrenner got worse, so they started a search for a location to build their own stadium so they could keep all the ancillary receipts.

NYC in the mid-70s was pretty much a hell hole on the brink of bankruptcy and with land at a premium in NY, the Meadowlands in NJ emerged as an option (probably with tax/infrastructure incentives) so they built Giants Stadium 7 miles from midtown Manhattan, since replaced by the new Met Life Stadium last year (and site of a real wintertime Super Bowl in 2 years).

Long time NYG season ticket holders still gripe about the ridiculous cost of PSLs (Personal Seat Licenses) required. A lot of long time (20, 25, 30+ year) season ticket holders couldn’t afford the PSL and the stadium now has a lot more “new” fans off the LONG waiting list that had the big $$$ to buy.

When ownership talks about how much they appreciate the devotion of the generations of “the fans”, its pure lip service. Why not put your money where your mouth is and discount the PSLs like X% for each year over 10 years that some loyal fan has been a season ticket holder? I know several families for whom the Giants season tickets were their one “extravagance” who no longer get to go to games because they couldn’t really afford to put up the initial $10,000+ just for the right to buy 4 seats every year.

BOSTON (CBS) – Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski’s ankle injury has prevented him from practicing thus far, but according to a report, that will not prevent him from playing in Sunday’s Super Bowl.

My pool numbers GI 7 Pats 0 , Pats 4 & GI 1 and finally Pats 7 and GI 6

Re Gronkowski’s injury: high ankle sprains can be pretty brutal and take a long time to fully recover from. A “sprain" by definition is a tear in a ligament. When the foot rolls inward as the replay showed, the ligaments can tear. If the inversion is severe, not only can ankle ligaments tear but so can the connective tissue that holds the two bones of the lower leg (tibia and fibula) together. This is called a "high" ankle sprain.

So, even if he plays, he will be limited in some way i.e. not as many yards after catch; # of plays; plus he has deal with the extra long halftime; etc.
But, you assume the Pats are game planning for that probability. Somebody else will have to step up and make plays.