By Tom Rock
As much as fans would like to think that players on opposing teams hate each other, Laveranues Coles said that’s just not the case. In fact, he said something that no Jets fan would ever even allow himself to think. He said it would be pretty neat if the Patriots ran the table for an undefeated season.
Now, of course he was wise enough to tip-toe around the delicate topic of his own team still having to face the Patriots. “You don’t never want to be a part of another team’s history,” he said. But he said that the Patriots have a chance to do something special and he isn’t begrudging it to them. “I’m not against anything they’re shooting for,” he said.
As for the perception (or perhaps "hope" would be a better term) that players hate each other, Coles said it’s simply not the case.
“Outside of when the clock is ticking and we’re on the field, guys get along a lot better than what people think,” he said. “We try to look out for each other, take care of each other.”
Coles, who has participated in only a handful of snaps in the last three games due to a concussion and then a sprained left ankle, was ginger in practice today. He did a lot of standing around and watching and couldn’t even do the agility drills over the blocking pads. He said mentally he was ready to play on Thursday against the Cowboys, but sometimes things are out of your control physically. My guess is he really wants to play against the Dolphins, but he’ll have to do some big-time healing to make that happen.
Comments (6)
Coles is simply lobbying to go get a ring with the Pats....Trade the punk, he blows anyway!
FIR MANMORON, FIRE GM, SELL THE TEAM AND START OVER !!!!
This just goes to show that we fans take things more seriously than the players.
It's ridiculous to think that we're going to have to pay $15,000 for a personal seat license...while the guys on the field care less about the game than we do and don't even care if their rival goes undefeated. There's something wrong here.
By the way, Tom, what's up with Darian Barnes...I read so many stories in the preseason about what an important pick-up he was, and it seems like he doesn't even dress for the majority of games. Any thoughts on that?
Re: Barnes
I'm pretty surprised by that as well. He's been inactive for most of the games and the Jets haven't had a legit fullback on the field the last two games (since Stacy Tutt went on IR). Barnes and Jones spend most of the arly practice working together, Peter. Not sure what the thinking is with the benching. I'd think he'd be able to help soften the defenses at least a little bit.
Hey, Tom, who's TR?
Re. Barnes - I think Schottenheimer is moving in the direction of 2 tight-end sets instead of the fullback. A lot of teams no longer use fullbacks. When we had Richie Anderson and then Sowell, they were a big part of the pass receiving options. Barnes is not a good receiver and takes that aspect of the game away.
SELL THE TEAM AND START OVER.
COACH BLOWS, PLAYERS DO NOT CARE, GM IS A MORON, OWNER IS SAILING AROUND THE CAPE........
TEAM MAKES ME SICK!