First, it was Flyers head coach Peter Laviolette voicing his displeasure with the Pittsburgh Penguins after Sundays late-game brawl between the two teams. www.authenticpackersteamshop.com/Khyri-Thornton-Packers-Jersey . Then Rangers head coach John Tortorella took a couple shots at the Penguins and whining stars Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin after the Rangers 5-2 loss to Pittsburgh Thursday night. On Friday, Crosby had a chance to fire back. "I dont know what hes talking about," Crosby said in his defence of Tortorellas claims. "If you want you can put a camera on us all game, and put a camera on (Rangers F Ryan) Callahan all game, youll see whos over there more. He should worry about his own players." Tortorella was upset over a Brooks Orpik knee-on-knee hit on Rangers F Derek Stepan. The Rangers head coach called the hit cheap and dirty before adding "I wonder what would happen if we did it to their two whining stars?" Tortorella was fined $20,000 for the comments on Friday. "Ill be the first one to admit it: my first couple of years I was pretty hard on the refs. But Ive come a long way since then," Crosby said. "To get those kinds of remarks every day is uncalled for and not warranted. I dont really know what I can say. I dont need to sit here and defend myself for something thats not going on, but if they want to try that garbage, try it." Crosby said he thought Tortorella may have just been blowing off steam after the game but also that comments like that - from both Tortorella and Laviolette - are as much head games heading into the post-season as they are anything else. "A lot of it (is gamesmanship). I dont know when this all started, if this is part of a new tactic heading into the playoffs, but its garbage. "If anything, theyre trying to persuade officials from not making calls or second-guessing things. It doesnt affect us, but I really hope (refs) are not listening to that because its nonsense. Theyre trying every way to gain an advantage; so be it, try it but were not paying a lot of attention to it." Pittsburgh and Philadelphia will meet each other in the first round of the playoffs and Crosby said hes used to that type of chatter from the Pens cross-state rivals. "Its coming out of Philly where its come out of for seven years since I played in the league." The two teams will also close out the regular season playing each other when Pittsburgh hosts the Flyers Saturday night. Crosby was asked if he expected any carry-over from their last meeting. "Not from us." Corey Linsley Jersey . Kevin Grosskreutz scored in the 66th minute for the defending champion, which lost to Hertha at home in the first half of the season, but has now won six straight. "I dont care if it wasnt pretty, the main thing is we won," Grosskreutz said. www.authenticpackersteamshop.com/Corey-Linsley-Packers-Jersey . That wasnt enough to save his job, not with the Texans mired in an 11-game skid that has dropped them back to the bottom of the league.FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- The boos poured down on Tom Brady and the New England Patriots at the end of a horrible first half. They gave fans plenty to cheer about with their best third quarter of the season. Trailing 17-3 after gaining just 59 yards, the Patriots quickly turned the game around after intermission with two touchdowns in a span of seven plays and beat the Miami Dolphins 27-17 on Sunday. "We really havent played good in the third quarter, but we did today," Patriots coach Bill Belichick said. "Things werent going our way in the first half. That was obvious, being booed at halftime." New England (6-2) rallied despite another mediocre performance by Brady, who completed more than half his passes for only the fifth time in eight games. But his 116 yards passing were the second fewest in game he played most of the way in since 2006. Brady completed 13 of 22 passes and threw a 14-yard touchdown pass to Aaron Dobson with 6:32 gone in the third quarter that began the comeback. He threw for more than half his yards, 76, in the third quarter when the team scored 17 points. In their first seven games, the Patriots were outscored 44-9 in that period. "I know a lot of people are frustrated," Brady said, but "to be 6-2 is not bad." And he brushed off a suggestion that he wasnt at full strength, with pictures showing possible swelling in his right hand. "Ill be out there next week," he said. "For the eighth week of the year, I feel awesome." The Dolphins (3-4) lost their fourth straight game. "Weve got to keep the same mindset the whole game," Dolphins wide receiver Mike Wallace said. "We just have to step on their throat." Trailing 17-3, New England got the ball for the second time in the third quarter after Caleb Sturgis 46-yard field goal attempt hit the right upright. "Maybe it changed momentum. Maybe it didnt," Miami quarterback Ryan Tannehill said. "That didnt matter. We needed to execute and needed to score points and we didnt." The Patriots took over and scored on Bradys pass to Dobson. They regained possession two plays after the kickoff when Logan Ryan sacked Tannehill, forcing a fumble that Rob Ninkovich recovered at the Miami 13. Demetri Goodson Jersey. It was one of six sacks against Tannehill, who began the game having been sacked an NFL-high 26 times. Three plays later, Bolden scored on a 2-yard run and the Patriots tied it at 17 with 6:42 left in the quarter. Stephen Gostkowskis 48-yard field goal made it 20-17 late in the third period. Then the Patriots got the ball back when Marquice Cole made an interception along the sideline, catching a ball tipped by safety Devin McCourty and managing to get both feet inbounds. They got a break on their drive when Olivier Vernon was penalized for batting forward a ball that Brady fumbled. The Patriots recovered at the Dolphins 45, but the penalty put the ball at the 13. That series ended with Ridleys 3-yard touchdown run. The outlook was much bleaker in the first half. "We werent playing good football at all. We had to start all over again," Ninkovich said. Bradys first pass was intercepted by Dimitri Patterson, setting up a 40-yard drive capped by Tannehills 4-yard touchdown pass to Brandon Gibson. But Gibson left the game later in the first quarter with a left knee injury when he jumped for a pass over his head. There was no update on his condition, but Gibson, on crutches after the game, said, "I jumped and I felt it right away." Tannehill made it 14-0 on a 5-yard scoring pass to Daniel Thomas about five minutes into the second quarter. The Patriots scored with 3:43 left in the half on Gostkowskis 34-yard field goal, but Sturgis connected on a 52-yarder 30 seconds before intermission. After the kickoff, Brady took a knee and was booed as New England let time expire. "I didnt hear much, truthfully. I just go off the field. Its a long game," he said. "Ultimately, youve got to wait til it all plays out." NOTES: Patriots starting right tackle Sebastian Vollmer didnt return after hurting his leg when defensive tackle Randy Starks fell on the back of his legs in the second quarter. ... Dolphins offensive tackle Bryant McKinnie started at left tackle as the Dolphins hoped for better pass protection. They obtained him last Monday in a trade with the Baltimore Ravens. ... The Patriots beat the Dolphins for the seventh straight time. ' ' '
