Wes Welker ribbing Rex Ryan with 11 'foot' references?

[rondohondo]

Here's a look at Welker's references:

    * On Tom Brady's experience: "Having Tom in there – it goes without saying, the guy is who he is and he does a great job of making sure everyone is on the same page and putting their best foot forward going out there and playing well and doing what they can out there."
    * On teaching young players about the playoffs: "It's a playoff atmosphere and you can't just stick your toe in the water..."
    * On last year's playoffs, one week after he tore an ACL and MCL: "I had my foot up in the air trying to get the swelling to go down and things like that."
    * On being healthy for this year's playoffs: "This is what you spend all year getting ready for and you want to go out there and put your best foot forward."
    * On Jets Pro Bowl CB Darrelle Revis: "He's got great feet, he moves around well and [he] does some good things out there."
    * On how the team has grown since its last loss in November: "I think we have had some younger players really step-up this year."
    * On Revis (again): "I think he is very patient. He has good feet. He moves around really well."
    * On fellow Patriots WR Deion Branch: "He is another guy with great feet and he can really move around and do some great things out there."
    * On maintaining momentum after the Patriots' bye last week: "... you never know when you will get the chance to run it again before the game, so you want to make sure that you are putting your best foot forward out there and making it happen."
    * On having a playoff atmosphere in practice this week: "Yeah, absolutely. (We're) really moving forward and we're going out there being good little foot soldiers."
    * On combating the Jets' blitz packages: "(They) move people around and do a lot of blitzes. A lot of teams you don't see all year, so you definitely have to be on your toes and make sure that you're ready to go."

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/thehuddle/post/2011/01/wes-welker-ribbing-rex-ryan-with-11-foot-references/1

haha this is great, the pats are even better trash talkers than the jets. Cant wait to see the Pats stomp them 

[CelticG1]

TP that is very funny

[Jon]

Love it.  And infinitely more classy and funny than the crap coming out of Revis and Ryan's mouths. 

[boom]

I'm thinking it is a coincidence, but it is hilarious. I just dont see Welker as that type of person, but what do I know?

[fairweatherfan]

Meow that's just silly.

[Boris Badenov]

My greatest hope for this game, other than a Pats victory of course, is that at some point the Jets are in short yardage, one of the announcers says something like "Ryan looking for a foot or two here," the camera flashes to Ryan, and everyone in the booth just breaks down laughing.

[Jon]

I'm thinking it is a coincidence, but it is hilarious. I just dont see Welker as that type of person, but what do I know?

I disagree.  If you look at the entire interview, he's clearly forcing the words "feet," "foot," and "toe" into answers that clearly don't call for it.  Plus, he has a reputation for being a prankster. 

And what exactly do you mean by "that type of person"?  If he's obliquely teasing Rex Ryan about his foot fetish, that doesn't remotely put him in the same boat as someone like Antonio Cromartie. 

[incoherent]

I don't watch Football what is the joke here?

NM I think I'm putting it together.

[CelticG1]

the foot soldiers line is where he seems to force it the most. Hilarious

[rondohondo]

[KobeShesNotConsenting!]

i thought maybe it was coincidence too until the 'foot soldiers' line. Cus he takes SOOO long to get to the word 'foot' with all of these lol. And i agree i really didnt know Welker to be someone like this, especially with hoody lookin over his shoulder, but i love it.

[boom]

I'm thinking it is a coincidence, but it is hilarious. I just dont see Welker as that type of person, but what do I know?

I disagree.  If you look at the entire interview, he's clearly forcing the words "feet," "foot," and "toe" into answers that clearly don't call for it.  Plus, he has a reputation for being a prankster. 

And what exactly do you mean by "that type of person"?  If he's obliquely teasing Rex Ryan about his foot fetish, that doesn't remotely put him in the same boat as someone like Antonio Cromartie. 

Jon - where did I write anywhere above that "that type of person" = same boat as Cromartie?

I wrote exactly what I meant, Welker doesn't seem that type of person to force jokes into an interview, going by the OP. In the OP, there's only text, and all the replies appear to be standard responses I'd expect from almost any member of the football team. I know in my experience along with viewing others, people tend to repeat the same phrases and expressions over and over when talking to the media.

Granted, after getting a chance to watch the video, I have to agree that it was a little intentional ribbing. Not that there's anything wrong with that, as I wrote above I thought it was hilarious (but originally just a coincidence).

In the future, please dont over-analyze my posts. It's not that serious.

[Finkelskyhook]

This has Belichick written all over it.  Dry humor.  Calculated.  Classy but funny.