On Wednesday New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady addressed the media.\u00a0 Here is the transcript courtesy of the Jets.<\/p>\n
On his reaction to Antonio Cromartie\u2019s comments…<\/strong><\/p>\n “Someone asked me today and I said I think I\u2019ve been called worse. (Coach Bill) Belichick has called me that, our offensive coordinator has called me that. I know that they (the coaches) like me, so maybe he (Cromartie) really likes me, because there are people who have called me that a few times.”<\/p>\n On if the comments provide any extra motivation for him\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “I don\u2019t think it has much impact on the game. I know the way it turned out when we played Pittsburgh that year and those plays just kind of came up as they did, I don\u2019t think that is us playing from the call sheet to go after a particular player, I just think that\u2019s the way the reads went and he (Anthony Smith) happened to be there in those situations. No of it really means anything. I think what\u2019s most important for us is how we\u2019re practicing, yesterday, today, tomorrow and Friday and how prepared we are for the game because that\u2019s what is going to determine who wins this game, the preparation that we put in and ultimately how we go out and execute under the pressure on Sunday.”<\/p>\n On Coach Ryan and Cromartie\u2019s comments that he pointed to the sidelines after scoring a touchdown\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “I don\u2019t remember that. I\u2019m very emotional as I play, I don\u2019t think I\u2019ve ever pointed at anybody, that\u2019s definitely not my style. I think there is definitely an emotional aspect to the game. I\u2019m sure I\u2019m excited and certainly excited when we score touchdowns. I really think that it\u2019s a damn good defense that we played and I\u2019m excited when we can score against one of the top defense\u2019s in the league. (They have) certainly given us a lot of problems over the last few years since Rex (Ryan) has been there and Rex gave us problems when he was at Baltimore. It\u2019s a great scheme with some great players, so I do get excited when we score against that team. That gets me more excited than anything.”<\/p>\n On if he feels he is being disrespectful when he points after scoring a touchdown\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “I hope not. That\u2019s certainly not my intent. I don\u2019t remember ever pointing. I\u2019m sure there are 50,000 cameras on the game, I\u2019m sure if there was a problem doing that then they would show that. I have a lot of respect for those players and for their scheme and their coaches and the way they get their team prepared. Maybe that\u2019s just a source of motivation for them but I certainly don\u2019t feel that way. There is enough for me to worry about. The skill of the players and the coaches, that\u2019s where my energy is spent this week.”<\/p>\n On expecting to see a different Jets team from the one they beat 45-3\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “I\u2019m sure (the Jets) looked at the game and think, \u201cThese are the things we need to do better.\u201d We looked at the game and think that there are plenty of plays where we need to do better ourselves. We\u2019re going to make our corrections from the last game, just like they are going to make their corrections from the last game. We\u2019re putting together a plan that we think takes advantage of some of the things that we think we can exploit and they are doing the same thing. It\u2019s going to be a very different game in many respects. Certainly the stakes are much higher than they were the last time. How well we are able to play under pressure. Each can execute, certainly, at a very high level against great competition and that\u2019s going to be part of the reason why there is going to be millions of people tuned in for the game on Sunday.”<\/p>\n On if Cromartie saying he wanted him to throw 10 balls in his direction\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “I try to just throw where the guys are open. I don\u2019t think I pick out players. I look at the match ups that we have and the routes that we have versus the defense that\u2019s called and I determine where I am going to throw it based on the reads. More so than anything, that\u2019s my job as quarterback to find the most open guy. I don\u2019t think it\u2019s, \u2018Man, I\u2019m not going to throw at this, I am going to throw at this guy.\u2019 That\u2019s not normally the way that I\u2019ve ever played.”<\/p>\n On the change in their offense without Randy Moss\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “I don\u2019t think it\u2019s changed a whole lot. I think we just execute it a little bit better. We try to run it, we try to throw it, we try to play action, we try to throw it quick, throw it deep, screen people, draw people and trap people and we do pretty much everything, we always have. I just think we\u2019re executing better. The line is blocking great. They\u2019ve played tremendous all season. That\u2019s where the work starts from, those guys up front and how well they\u2019re able to perform each week. They\u2019re very consistent, they\u2019ve been a very durable group and we rely on them so much to keep our offense going in the right direction.”<\/p>\n On his reaction to the disapproval of him playing the entire game the last time the Jets faced the Patriots\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “I don\u2019t think we were trying (to rub it in). Our job on offense is to get the ball in the end zone. They put us out there to score points. They don\u2019t put an offense out there to run three plays and then punt the ball. The object of football is to score points. That\u2019s why we\u2019re out there playing. I\u2019m just trying to do my job and that\u2019s really all we were trying to do out there.”<\/p>\n On if he was surprised he played the entire game regardless of the score during the last game against the Jets\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “No. That\u2019s my job to play football and to play quarterback for this team. There are 45 guys on the active roster and everybody is in there playing. We\u2019re going to play until there is no time left on the clock. We\u2019re trying to make improvements as a football team and trying to execute under pressure. The more snaps we have as a unit the better and more consistent I think we try to be. I don\u2019t think we are trying to do that at all. We\u2019re just trying to get better at what we try to accomplish all season.”<\/p>\n On Darrelle Revis\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “Since he\u2019s come into the league, he\u2019s been an incredible player. In his rookie season, I remember playing against him and realizing how talented he was. He\u2019s had a great year and last week, holding Reggie Wayne to one catch was a great performance. He\u2019s everything you look for in a corner. He has incredible skills, discipline, great hands, he makes the offense pay and he takes away great receivers. He\u2019s a great player.”<\/p>\n On Coach Ryan saying that Peyton Manning would have watched the Jets game instead of going to see a Broadway play\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “Maybe Rex is right. Maybe Peyton would have been watching.”<\/p>\n On if the Jets defense has simplified\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “I don\u2019t think things have simplified for them. I think they have a variety of calls each week. For example, in the Indy game they felt they could play a little less blitzing than they have in the past, but for us, I think when you play a blitzing team, you have to expect blitz on every play. Going back and watching all their games this season, they\u2019re very much the same defense they\u2019ve been all season. What we need to do as far as our level of execution, I thought we executed much better in the second game than we did in the first, obviously, which led to us scoring more points. I think the execution is what\u2019s going to determine this game as well. They have a bunch of players who have played well and executed well for them all season. That\u2019s why they are in the position they are in. That\u2019s why they\u2019ve won these big games. We have to go in there and match that level of execution and that\u2019s where we work on spending our time.”<\/p>\n On if he has spent one-on-one time with Coach Belichick this week\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n “Yes. We did. We went through our last game against the Jets and the first game against the Jets again. I enjoy getting his perspective on the games and what he sees from a defensive perspective. 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