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White Joe Thuney Jerseys , because he likes money. But since he doesn’t have to worry about being fined for complaining about the media, Kitchens will complain at will.Kitchens complained on Friday to the media about the manner in which the media interpreted receiver Jarvis Landry‘s “we’re gonna win” remarks from Thursday.“I would like to address that,” Kitchens said regarding the concept that Landry guaranteed a win. “I think I do a pretty good job of communicating with you guys and telling you as much as I can from a truth perspective. I would just like the same in return from you guys when you are talking to our players. Everybody in here knows that Jarvis was not guaranteeing a win. He was asked what do you want to accomplish after the bye, and he stated we would like to go win or something in that realm. New England was never mentioned so for you guys to do that, I think it was very unfair.”Well, Freddie, in the interests of respecting the truth, here’s what Landry was asked: “Now that you guys are all rested up, what’s your sense for how the Browns are going to do coming out of the bye?”And here’s what he said in response to that question: “Well Joe Thuney Jerseys 2019 , we’re gonna win. We’re gonna win. It’s just that simple. We’re getting guys back healthy again, and we’re gonna win.”Kitchens can try to say that Landry said something other than what he said, but that’s what Landry said. He was either specifically guaranteeing a win in their next game, or he was generally guaranteeing a win in every game to be played. Regardless, he repeatedly said, “We’re gonna win.”And yet Kitchens, reflecting the two-plus-two-is-five vibe that currently dominates partisan politics, insists that there was no guarantee.“We do not guarantee anything,” Kitchens said. “These guys have never guaranteed anything. They have guaranteed that they would go out and give their best White Michael Bennett Jerseys , and I think that is what they have done.”That’s fine. But Landry said what he said. The toothpaste has violently escaped the tube, and nothing Kitchens says now is going to scrape it off the wall.Wouldn’t it be better to say, “I know what Jarvis said and Jarvis knows what he said, but he didn’t mean it that way”? That could be far closer to the truth than what Kitchens said Friday. Besides, it would make his attack on the media for not residing within the boundaries of the truth slightly more credible (or slightly less incredible) if Kitchens were doing the same. He’s not.And it’s not as if Landry has never made a bold claim when it comes to the Patriots. In 2017, Landry vowed that the Dolphins would sweep the Patriots. And he later reiterated his position during the 2017 season, as the two games against the Patriots approached.The Dolphins did not sweep the Patriots in 2017. The Browns, who already were going to have their hands full with the Patriots on Sunday, will face an even stiffer challenge Michael Bennett Jerseys 2019 , because no matter what Kitchens says now, the Patriots regard Landry’s remarks as a guarantee. As does anyone with eyes and/or ears and common sense. The bad-rule-applied-correctly on Sunday created a screwy outcome for one reason and one reason only: Nobody bothered to pick up the ball that ended up on the ground loose after what turned out to be a catch and a fumble by Bears receiver Anthony Miller.Most if not all players are coached to do otherwise. Patriots coach Bill Belichick again coached his players to do it on Monday, consistent with the practice characterized by former Patriots safety Rodney Harrison at halftime of Sunday’s game.“We hit it again today,” Belichick told reporters on Monday. “As Rodney said, we鈥檝e been through it a thousand times but we went through some of those things again today just to make sure everybody understands what we want to do and how important it is to do the right thing in situations like that or other game-type situations. Again, there are so many close plays in all these games — fumble, no fumble, score, no score White Danny Shelton Jerseys , catch, no catch, did it cross the goal line, did it not cross the goal line. It seemed like there were a dozen of those kind of plays just in this weekend so every inch, every little thing is so important. We鈥檝e emphasized it before and we鈥檒l continue to do that.”And that’s one of the reasons why Belichick and the Patriots have five Super Bowl wins, and why they’ve been getting ready for a game in the round of eight every January for the last nine.