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Jets’ Antonio Cromartie, Shaun Ellis: Tom Brady taunted us 01.12.11 at 7:21 am ET
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On Monday, Jets coach Rex Ryan said Tom Brady “took a shot at me” and the Jets during the Patriots’ 45-3 rout last month because, “He always points to everybody after he scores.”

The media went to the Jets locker room Tuesday looking for support for that statement and found two players willing to back up their coach: Antonio Cromartie and Shaun Ellis.

Cromartie was the most vocal, calling Brady an “ass—-” and adding, “[Expletive] him.”

Said the controversial cornerback of Ryan’s taunting accusation: “Yeah, [Brady] does it a lot. That’s the kind of guy he is. We really don’t give a damn, to tell you the truth.”

Cromartie went on to say he didn’t care about Brady, because he plays against the receivers. When it was noted that Brady is the one throwing to those receivers, Cromartie said: “Yeah, but if I beat the [expletive] out of his receivers, he can’t throw the ball.”

Ellis’ comments seemed tame compared to Cromartie’s, but they were pointed nonetheless.

“Yeah, he was taunting us,” Ellis said of Brady. “He was.”

Explained Ellis: “It wasn’t too much. It’s just his his body language and things like that. When they scored, he’d look over to our sideline and do a little body language and all that. He was fired up for that game. We’re going to get the same thing this week. It’s for us as a defense to go out there and shut him down.”

Asked if Brady had demonstrated similar behavior previously, Ellis replied: “He doesn’t like the Jets. Any time he gets a chance to rub it in our face, he’s going to do it. For us, it’s just a matter of we want to see him on the ground as much as possible.”

Ellis and Cromartie did not have much support for their accusations in the Jets locker room.

Said cornerback Darrelle Revis: “I’ve never seen him point at somebody. Like, after they score a touchdown, I’m not looking at Tom Brady. I don’t know. I just go off to the sideline and make the corrections as best as we can. I’ve never heard him taunt or trash talk when I’ve been around him, no.”

Added linebacker David Harris: “He’s not a real big trash-talker. He just goes out there and plays his game.”

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  • http://www.cromartieschildsupport.com 5kids5woman

    Someone please tell Antonio he owes me 30,000 this month for little Vernon.

  • PatsGal

    So not only are the Jets trash-talkers but they’re whiners too? Talk about dishing it out and not being able to take it! It’s no wonder that everyone thinks the Jets are a joke!

  • just me

    Exactly…..”Tom pointed at us”…which was Tom pointing out where the “mike” was or where blitz was coming from.
    I looooooove having the Jersey team first in playoffs!!!

  • Al

    Didn’t Edwards give Butler (or Arrington can’t remember) a “dougie” when they played in week 2? And continued to do so even after getting flagged for taunting. They can dish it but can’t take it. The Jets are a bunch of hypocritical cry babies.

  • http://Enteryourwebsite... Patsfan265

    I find it hard to trash any team cause it almost always backfires on you. This reminds me of the steelers when we played them in the playoffs they just don’t know when to shut up. They can’t do it so the Pats will do it for them. Rex is doing a great job with the jets. Now he needs to shut up. Patriots 34 Jets 14. Speaking for myself, my patriots will win.

  • Taunton5

    Cromartie should ‘pony up’ some money for all the kids he has brought into this work and really work on the ‘defense’ of keeping his zipper down ! ! !

  • MadBull

    Maybe he should go have another half dozens kids that are all the same age with 6 different women.

  • me

    it sounds to me like there are some people who are terrified of tom brady

  • Ken

    What an ignorant idiot!

  • exit0

    Both teams are garbage one spygates (still) and the other is an obnoxious bunch whlo don’t know when to shut their mouth, they also cheat…remember alosi, plus u know whr the jets got that idea from,,,yep the spygate….sanchez is overrated and brady is good cause he’s been n thesame system forever…I hope they both bothend up nowhere near the sp…

  • ron

    It’s obvious which head does all the thinking for cromartie

  • genau

    Madbull – Stumbled upon this gem on Twitter.. @TodaysBullshit “Tom Brady should take Antonio Cromartie’s “f— him” comment serious. After 9 kids with 8 women, that dick may try to blitz his blind side.”

  • PatsGal

    The Jets are afraid of Brady’s “Finger Of Celebration” but the real question is which finger was it? I know what finger I would have used!

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