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New York Giants defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul's two-sack performance against the San Francisco 49ers in Week six was an impressive performance by a player who was relatively quiet in previous games. So, on Wednesday, when Pierre-Paul commented that the Washington Redskins rushing attack should not run his way, most people generally agreed. Most people, besides the Washington Redskins of course. Several members of the 'Skins had no problem making light of Pierre-Paul as both teams prepare for a highly contested divisional matchup.
Perhaps the biggest perpetrator was Redskins rookie running back Alfred Morris. Morris, who is averaging 4.6 yards per carry this season, did not seem too intimidated by the notion of going up against one of the best defensive ends in the NFL.
"I laugh at it," says Redskins rookie running back Alfred Morris. "No disrespect to him, but talk is cheap. That's why everyone can afford it."
The thing about that is, Jason Pierre-Paul backs up his talk on the field. He already has a Super Bowl ring to go along with a Pro Bowl appearance. Alfred Morris, while he is an exciting young running back, does not have nearly the credentials of JPP yet.
To the same point, the Redskins have a general misunderstanding as to how to talk about the Giants in the media. If they didn't notice last week, Big Blue was trashed on a daily basis by experts predicting them to lose to the 49ers. The Giants came out firing and shocked the pundits as they pounded San Francisco 26-3. While Pierre-Paul may have been out line with his comments, the last thing the Redskins should have done was give him extra motivation. Redskins tackle Trent Williams, who will be matched up with JPP at times on Sunday, was not so quick to engage in trash talk.
"They have the best front four that the league has to offer and that's a huge challenge," Williams said. "Their front four is the reason they win championships and we have to be on our best efforts to neutralize them."
The Giants have been talking to the media a lot lately. Last weekends matchup against San Francisco had an unbearable amount of trash talk leading up to it, and now this week has seen both teams firing back and forth at each other. It's about time the talk stops and both teams focus on the divisional bout that will determine who is in first-place in the NFC East come Monday morning.
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I see RG3 didn’t coach his fellow rookie. This is a nice motivational tool for the DL. I would be nice if just played great every week but I will take every edge I can get for our DL.
I really wish our team would just shut up, to be honest. Don’t stoop to the level of the Eagles and the Cowboys; just do your talking on the field like you always do.
I see that Canty was listed as one of the injured players who practiced today.
I guess that means that Scott has been officially placed on IR. Is that the case?
I think he can practice without being on the active roster, but I could be mistaken.
Oh excellent … thanks JPP. First the bit with Prince … now helping pump up our rivals. You’re a genius you are.
Hey- we got just as much bulletin board material in return. It evens out and probably doesn’t matter much anyway. Besides, if the players didn’t talk trash what would we get indignant about?
And you want to be mad about the tub, direct your energy towards Weatherford, the lovable idiot who uploaded something that should’ve stayed in house anyway.
Eh, the talk matters not at all. Trash away.
But if you want to find someone who should take umbrage at what Trent Williams said, it should be Eli Manning. The defensive line is why we’ve won championships? Well, yeah, that and having the best fourth quarter quarterback in the NFL’s history.
Get mad, Eli. Very mad. Make ‘em pay.
Jacobs active tonight for SF.
The only thing Yankee fans haven’t blamed ARod for in the last few days is global warming.
You wanna make $30 mil per, you better produce or feel the wrath of the hometown fans. That’s life.
Good thing you don’t have that obligation if you only make $10M.
dozens of guys make $10 per. If your gonna make 3x that, you better hit the damn ball!
Often!
And far!
Would love to see us stomp out Washington, but divisional games are almost always closer than the paper matchups suggest.
NFL Network announcers are terrible. Who are these guys. Trashing Wilson for making a great throw that should have put Seattle 1st & goal because he should have taken the yards? The punter was already in range to pin them, an extra 5 yards would accomplish nothing. He gave his team a chance to add 7. It’s not his fault the punt sucked and the coverage was worse.
The criticism made no sense, but people will believe it because the TV guy said it. Quite frankly, the Seahawks should be dominating this game but Wilson has had several money deep balls flat out dropped on him.
Norm — Canty can practice for three weeks without being added to the roster. Doesn’t need to be on the roster until he’s ready to dress for a game.
At the end of the three weeks, it’s either roster or IR…