Upset Rex

Coach Rex Ryan of the Jets is quite unhappy with the Pats for driving for another score late in Sunday's game. He thought the long toss to Randy Moss, with Tom Brady working out a shotgun formation, was an attempt to run up the score of 31-14. There was less than 30 seconds left in the game.

Apparently, it angered Coaach Rex enough to shout obscenities on the sidelines and take a time out with 5 seconds left in the game for one more pass by QB Mark Sanchez.

As long as I've followed the NFL, its teams and players have placed great emphasis on the issue of "respect". It's nothing new and it won't change. Piling up points is one of Coach Belichick's trademark beliefs. You can never have enough points. Tom Brady often compares his coach with a driver with his foot on the gas pedal to the floor.

Coach Rex and others must realize that teams put the offense on the field to score points. With the fast and violent nature of NFL play, anything less than full speed would be a hazardous way to play the game.

This is not youth football. Everyone doesn't get a trophy at the end of the season. There is only one trophy. Maybe the Jets might need to wait at least another year to make their trip to the White House.