As they normally do when the opposition says something you might post on a bulletin board Christian Wilkins Jersey , the New England Patriots reacted diplomatically Monday to Jacksonville’s Jalen Ramsey guaranteeing his team is ”going to the Super Bowl and we gonna win that b—-.”

”Man, that guy’s really good,” said a smiling Pro Bowl special teamer Matthew Slater, asked to react to Ramsey. ”He should be confident, because he’s very, very good.

”The good lord made that guy and he said, `let there be corner’ and there he is, so I’d be confident if I were him as well.”

That’s just the way the Patriots, who never say anything negative about their opponents, handle these things.

Safety Duron Harmon, asked the same question, said, ”Hey, man http://www.miamidolphinsteamonline.com/michael-deiter-jersey , Jalen Ramsey’s a good player. He talks a lot of trash, that’s part of his game and you can’t take it away from him. He’s confident – he should be confident in his team. He has a really good football team.

”The top two AFC teams are left and he’s a part of one of them, so . his approach to the game is different than ours, but we can’t knock him for it,” Harmon said. ”We know they’re going to come ready to play and we just gotta match their type of physicality, and also just their emotion and their readiness to get ready to play.”

The Patriots, appearing in their seventh straight AFC title game and seeking the sixth Super Bowl trip of the Bill Belichick/Tom Brady (in their 12th title game), got an early taste of the Jaguars way back in August. That’s when the teams held three days of joint practices before a preseason game won by Jacksonville 31-24.

”That was like eons ago, when you think about the course of a football season and how long it is and what happens over the course of the football season,” said Slater. ”You look at those joint practices, for example, Jalen Ramsey wasn’t even out there and this guy . he’s elite. There are different dynamics to both teams. I don’t know how much we’ll look at those practices and that preseason game; I’m sure we’ll take a look at it, but both teams are very different.”

Veteran offensive lineman Nate Solder was impressed with what he saw from the Jaguars on Sunday.

”Their front stood out to me, the way they get after the quarterback Garrett Bradbury Jersey , the way they stop the run . they were ball hawks, went after the ball on every play,” he said.

Looking back on the Jaguars in August and now in the conference title game, Solder said, ”It’s a unique scenario, but I’m not surprised because we knew that they were good then as we know that they’re good now.”

Asked about how impressive it was for the Jaguars to go into Pittsburgh and win, Patriots coach Bill Belichick said, ”Very impressive; yeah. They did a great job. Again, they do a lot of things well, play good defense, can rush the passer, can stop the run, turn the ball over, can run the ball Noah Fant Jersey , have a lot of explosive players in the passing game, they’re good in the kicking game, they’re very aggressive in the kicking game.”

”They’re well coached. I know that, for sure. They’ve handled the situations that have come up in those games very well – fourth-and-1 in the first quarter, things like that. They’ve really done a good job, so yeah, it’s impressive.”

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The Panthers have reinstated interim general manager Marty Hurney after an NFL investigation found no wrongdoing into charges of harassment by his ex-wife.

Hurney had been on a paid leave of absence during the investigation.

He is one of four candidates who have interviewed for the team’s permanent general manager position, which is expected to be filled soon.

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The NFL said in a statement Friday that its ”investigation identified no evidence to support an allegation of domestic violence or similar conduct that would constitute a violation of the personal conduct policy.”

The league said it requested to talk to his ex-wife Jeannie Hurney, but that she declined.

Marty Hurney said in a statement through his attorney that he’s ”grateful” to be headed back to work after what he called ”false claims” by his ex-wife.

His attorney, Kathleen Lucchesi, told The Associated Press in an email Friday Hurney was headed back to work immediately to begin preparations for the NFL draft and free agency.

Hurney’s interim contract is set to expire June 30.

”It’s been a very long two weeks for Marty and his family,” Lucchesi said in a statement emailed to AP. ”In this digital age, it’s nearly impossible to overcome suspicion, defend yourself http://www.cowboyscheapauthenticstore.com/trysten-hill-jersey-cheap , and clear your name once the court of public opinion gets a hold of a false narrative. The public scrutiny can be devastating and unrelenting. In this case, it was also unnecessary.

”Words cannot express how thankful Marty is for the love and unwavering support of his family. He is grateful to the NFL for conducting a thorough investigation. He is also grateful for the continued confidence and support of the Panthers organization. Marty is looking forward to getting back to the work of building a strong and successful Panthers team for the 2018 season.”

The NFL said its investigation included a review of available law enforcement and court records, sworn testimony in prior proceedings, and interviews of multiple people including Hurney.

The Panthers placed Hurney on paid administrative leave on Feb. 4 when the NFL began an investigation into whether Hurney violated the league’s personal conduct policy after Jeannie Hurney unsuccessfully requested a temporary restraining order alleging her ex-husband harassed her.

Hurney remarried in 2016 and has a 14-month old child at home.

At that time Lucchesi told AP in an email that Hurney was ”very upset” by the allegations ”first, because they are not true, and second, because she made them at a time she and the rest of Charlotte knew Marty was interviewing for the GM job with the Panthers.”

The Panthers brought Hurney back to be their interim general manager last July after then-owner Jerry Richardson fired Dave Gettleman days before the start of training camp to provide some stability in the organization.

Hurney was the Panthers GM from 1998 through 2012 and is credited for building the core of a team that reached the Super Bowl two seasons ago.

Along with Hurney, the Panthers have also interviewed Bills assistant college scouting director Lake Dawson, Texans assistant general manager Jimmy Raye III and 49ers senior personnel executive Martin Mayhew for its permanent GM position.

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