New England Receiver Missed Part of Losing Game Because of Foot Fetish Jokes
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FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — New England receiver Wes Welker sat out the Patriots‘ first offensive series in Sunday’s playoff game against the Jets amid reports that he was benched for mocking New York coach Rex Ryan during the week.
Welker received a punt after the Jets’ opening drive stalled. But when the Patriots’ offense took the field, Julian Edelman was lined up at receiver.
In meeting with reporters Thursday, Welker made more than a dozen references to toes and feet, a not-so-subtle reference to recent foot-fetish reports involving Ryan and his wife. On the CBS television broadcast, the announcers said Welker was being punished for his comments.
Asked about the reports, Patriots spokesman Aaron Salkin said, “I guess we’ll see.”
New England’s opening drive ended when David Harris picked off Tom Brady. Welker was back in the game for the Patriots’ second possession.
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Mark Sanchez threw three touchdown passes, Tom Brady was sacked five times and the trash-talking New York Jets reached their second straight AFC championship game with a stunning 28-21 win over the New England Patriots on Sunday.
The Jets backed up coach Rex Ryan’s brash talk, forcing the team with the NFL’s best record into rare errors and setting up a date in Pittsburgh next Sunday against the Steelers.
New York led its fierce rival 14-3 at halftime before Brady’s 2-yard touchdown pass to Alge Crumpler and Sammy Morris’ run for a 2-point conversion made it 14-11 late in the third quarter. But Sanchez came right back with a 7-yard scoring pass to Santonio Holmes and finished the upset with Shonn Greene’s 16-yard touchdown run.
The Jets (13-5) kept Ryan’s prediction of a Super Bowl appearance alive. The Patriots (14-3) lost their third straight postseason game.
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Comments (62)
broncocasey
Posted on January 17, 2011 at 11:24amGo Steelers! How about that defence eh?
Report Post »black9897
Posted on January 17, 2011 at 11:21amI was soooooo happy when they lost!! I knew they would. Hahah..I hate Tom Brady.
Report Post »jpperuzi
Posted on January 17, 2011 at 11:04amSHOWTIME
Personally, I could care less if they played football
Part of the minority, I see….
Report Post »suzy000
Posted on January 17, 2011 at 9:52amSounds like another Obama with thin skin….lol.
Report Post »Alvin691
Posted on January 17, 2011 at 9:48amWell, at least Welker will have a comfortable seat for the Super Bowl. His couch.
Report Post »teddrunk
Posted on January 17, 2011 at 9:37amPeople who whine about certain stories being on the Blaze MUST be liberals. Because it may be of no interest to them, they want it banned, as being beneath their intellectual elitist attitudes to even be forced to read the story title. Whine, whimper, and then click on the story to comment about it when there’s a whole long page of other articles fot them to red and comment of.. Simply Pathetic.
Report Post »Oh, and Go Pack Go!
RedHarley
Posted on January 17, 2011 at 8:14amI think this story belongs at The Blaze for one simple reason……. To show that one has to take responsibility for their own actions, and that at least one coach in the NFL will make rules and then back up those rules with actions.
The only problem is that the league has rules as well, and Belichick has not really paid a price for violating them when it came to the videotaping scandal.
Steelers/Packers Super Bowl.
Report Post »Packers win.
chisoxfan
Posted on January 17, 2011 at 3:19amThe important thing to take from this story is that pretty boy Brady and the Pats are done for the season. As a Colts fan, I’m not exactly feeling the love for the Jets, but I can’t stand N.E. Hopefully they’ll beat the Steelers next (ugh, Roethlisberger) and then lose in the Super Bowl to either the Bears or the Packers. P.S., I’m new here, but I’ve noticed a lot of people complaining about the relevance of certain stories posted here. If you don’t care, don’t read it. Just because you‘re not interested doesn’t mean it’s not news. Not everything has to be darn serious all the time. Life might be tough right now, but it’s still life. You only live it once- you gotta enjoy it as much as you can.
Report Post »nomatter732666
Posted on January 17, 2011 at 12:25amGO JETS http://www.marcrubin.com/Hairmerica.ivnu
Report Post »NoVampires
Posted on January 17, 2011 at 12:10amActually, Wes is one of their better receiver. I am so glad they lost. I can’t stand the smug photos of Brady and his equally smug wife. What great pleasure they lost. Made my day, week. Now, I am hoping the Steelers beat the Jets. The foot fetish thing is just weird. Yuck. To be penalized one play is nor really a team penalty. What a joke.
Report Post »TPARTY RADIO
Posted on January 16, 2011 at 11:38pmPatriots Lost!!! Man, that toetally sucks toes.
Report Post »donh2
Posted on January 17, 2011 at 12:15amBill Belichick must be a Republican. Hold all the power . Take a big advantage and with mad determination find a way to shoot yourself in the foot.
Report Post »QuietRiot
Posted on January 16, 2011 at 11:28pmGLENN said he hired 40+ journalists to expand reporting yet we get sports on the blaze? We can do better…. I for one could care less about the football leagues. What will you do when they arent around next season due to lockouts? Watch America wither away like u are now…..
Report Post »encinom
Posted on January 17, 2011 at 10:57amWhat is Beck’s idea of a “journalist,” this should be fun to watch.
Report Post »dealer@678
Posted on January 16, 2011 at 11:11pmI live in Dallas but i love them Jets
Report Post »Center right
Posted on January 16, 2011 at 11:06pmThey played like crap
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Report Post »donh2
Posted on January 16, 2011 at 10:36pmHard to single out which Patriot stuck their foot in their mouth given how the whole team choked . Punishing Weckler for pre-game trash talk is absurd. Clearly it destroyed team moral, and cost the whole game . I hope Dick Morris made a grand betting Patriots to lose.
Report Post »bigbro
Posted on January 16, 2011 at 10:28pmThe Pats had the worst game plan I have ever seen.
Report Post »wisehiney
Posted on January 16, 2011 at 10:28pmPlease let something newsworthy happen soon
Report Post »Donald J
Posted on January 17, 2011 at 3:01amIt is, plz read: I think it is a good news story in the sheer fact that a player was attacking a fellow coach based upon media speculation and it was UNPROFESSIONAL and not something that should be done by someone in his position, a PROFESSIONAL who our children look up to. Personal attacks have nothing to do with the game whatsoever. I commend the coach for taking the hard right over the easy wrong. How often can you say that?? Chomp on that a bit.
Report Post »TumbleBumble
Posted on January 16, 2011 at 10:02pmGo Bears!!!!
Report Post »TPARTY RADIO
Posted on January 16, 2011 at 11:39pmAgreed
Report Post »TheRealElvis
Posted on January 16, 2011 at 9:45pmThe Jets owe their win to me. I had my hat on backwards, underwear on backwards and one shoe off, all for good luck to the Jets. It worked.
Report Post »And I’ve got more for the AFC championship game.
PatriotDaze
Posted on January 16, 2011 at 9:49pmThey’re All Shook Up!! Uh-huh-huh
Report Post »Idahocommonsense
Posted on January 16, 2011 at 10:53pmIt was nice to see New England lose. Crybaby Brady should hang up the cleats anyway its a mans game not a crybaby game. The sad thing is I was watching the womens game on MTV the other day and those girls hit harder then they allow in the NFL. If Brady played there he would still cry like a little girl.
Report Post »G.W. Dobbs
Posted on January 16, 2011 at 9:38pmI was disappointed in the Patriots oday. They lacked the PASSION of the Jets. And the foot fetish comments leaked into Wexler’s inability to CATCH THE BALL AND HOLD IT. Fire him.
Report Post »NickDeringer
Posted on January 16, 2011 at 9:33pmIn more important news: here‘s a little Chris Christie porn as he takes a veiled swipe at O’Barry.
http://tinyurl.com/6bgu7j7
Report Post »PatriotDaze
Posted on January 16, 2011 at 9:48pmtoo bad he is too much of wuss to take an unveiled swipe.
Report Post »PatriotDaze
Posted on January 16, 2011 at 9:29pmSee. Speech might be free…but it isn’t without a cost. Candidly, I’m not sure why this is on the Blaze, other than it is becoming the on-line version of a tabloid, albeit without proofreading, editing, fact checking or original content. Otherwise, it is completely different.
Report Post »TennesseeConservative
Posted on January 16, 2011 at 9:43pmSounds like someone is a little bitter. BOO HOO!!!
Report Post »PatriotDaze
Posted on January 16, 2011 at 9:47pmBitter? No way. I was for the JETS all the way. After all, cheaters never win.
Report Post »Donald J
Posted on January 17, 2011 at 2:56amI think it is a good news story in the sheer fact that a player was attacking a fellow coach based upon media speculation and it was UNPROFESSIONAL and not something that should be done by someone in his position, a PROFESSIONAL who our children are supposed to look up to. Personal attacks have nothing to do with the game and again, I commend the coach for taking the hard right over the easy wrong. How often can you say that?? Chomp on that a bit.
Report Post »conservativeme
Posted on January 16, 2011 at 9:27pmMan, this is just rediculous. We all have to walk on egg shells in this country, unless you’re slamming conservatives or Christians – then anything goes . . .
Report Post »PatriotDaze
Posted on January 16, 2011 at 9:34pmConservativeMe,
Report Post »It is about following the instructions of your employer. The Pats were instructed to lay-off these cracks. Welter disobeyed the rules of engagement. Speech might be free….but it isn’t without cost.
Donald J
Posted on January 17, 2011 at 2:57amHeere is what I say: I think it is a good news story in the sheer fact that a player was attacking a fellow coach based upon media speculation and it was UNPROFESSIONAL and not something that should be done by someone in his position, a PROFESSIONAL who our children are supposed to look up to. Personal attacks have nothing to do with the game and again, I commend the coach for taking the hard right over the easy wrong. How often can you say that?? Chomp on that a bit.
Report Post »Tennessee Veteran
Posted on January 17, 2011 at 11:58amYeah, I can‘t wait to see how the progressives tie Beck and Palin to Welker’s comments. They MUST have influenced Welker SOMEHOW!
Report Post »lcam67
Posted on January 16, 2011 at 9:25pmthe pats now have to beat feet all the way home…….
Report Post »newspapertaxis
Posted on January 16, 2011 at 9:32pmOne will have to hop, seems he stuck his foot in his mouth.
Report Post »PatriotDaze
Posted on January 16, 2011 at 9:34pmTo you both….very funny, very witty!!
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on January 16, 2011 at 9:58pmI thought their comments were witty, too.
Personally, I could care less if they played football without shoes on–or even clothes on. I can see no point in chasing a football up and down a field. I’d rather be reading TheBlaze or watching Fox News or the Texas border.
Report Post »Cobra Blue
Posted on January 16, 2011 at 10:04pmAnother quality news story.
Report Post »SoonerBorn68
Posted on January 16, 2011 at 10:32pmLooks like the shoe is on the other foot…
Report Post »booger71
Posted on January 16, 2011 at 10:36pmGo Jets
Report Post »RabidPatriot
Posted on January 16, 2011 at 10:57pm@Showtime
Report Post »I hope your a woman. Why you would even bring up the image of football players running around the field without their clothes on is beyond me. Coupled with the picture of your purse dog is not doing you any favors. And what does the Texas border have to do with anything? If you are not in any way interested in the story, why read it? It makes even less sense that your commenting on it.
click4cheapandeasyweb
Posted on January 17, 2011 at 12:26amI’m so glad the Pats lost. Go Steelers!
Report Post »TruthTalker
Posted on January 16, 2011 at 9:24pmMock the coach and you sit on the bench.
Report Post »MR_ANDERSON
Posted on January 17, 2011 at 6:48amIn more important news…
GO BEARS!!!
Report Post »oldguy48
Posted on January 17, 2011 at 6:50amSince we mock the King, I’ll bet he would like to do far more than bench us.
Report Post »Cemoto78
Posted on January 17, 2011 at 7:38amSorry, MR_ANDERSON,
Go Packers!
Report Post »Sam I am
Posted on January 17, 2011 at 9:14amAre you implying that Belichick has ethics?
Report Post »jpperuzi
Posted on January 17, 2011 at 11:01am…and in even MORE important news, GO PACKERS!
Report Post »CYCLONE
Posted on January 17, 2011 at 1:44pmJ…. E…. T….S……
JETS JETS JETS !!!!!! … Superbowl Bound !!!!
Report Post »Aither
Posted on January 16, 2011 at 9:47pmThe game was played on Patriots home turf. Sucks as a Patriots fan we saw them play a great post season only to lose in the playoffs. :(
Report Post »Hobbs57
Posted on January 16, 2011 at 9:56pmDon’t feel bad, The Pats would have lost to Pittsburgh anyways … As will the Jets… :)
GO STEELERS !!!
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