Ryan had already set these gasbags off last week, offending their sensitive souls, when he had the onions to compare his team’s “Monday Night Football” defeat to the Bears’ 38-24 “MNF” loss to Miami in 1985. Such blasphemy. How dare Ryan compare his team to the ’85 Bears, his critics raged.

First, they should all calm down. Then they should take their own advice and shut up.

Where is their imagination – and sense of humor? More importantly, do those clearly encouraging Ryan to channel his inner Mangini get it? If Ryan ever attaches a filter to his mouth, a quote-gushing machine suddenly goes dry. If he tones it down he would also be telling his team he’s a two-bit phony.

– Bob Raissman, N.Y. Daily News.

Here, Raissman pretty much nails the great N.Y. media paradox. An athlete or coach keeps quiet and he’s deemed aloof or incoherent or otherwise scorned for his inability to create good copy. An athlete or coach speaks up and says interesting things and eventually his words are thrown back in his face.

The good news is it doesn’t really matter at all. When the Jets are winning, Jets fans will love Ryan. When they’re losing, fans will question him. The N.Y. media in this equation is essentially Samneric, operating in lockstep, drifting with the tide.