In the day preceding the playoff game between the New England Patriots and the Jacksonville Jaguars, considerable attention was directed at the power rankings posted by Vic Ketchman of Jaguars.com.

At the bottom of the page, Ketcham included a designation that the Patriots “[c]heated in one game.”

Ketchman is at it again.  Asked whether it’s optional for defenses to use the new system of sending defensive coaching signals via radio signals into the helmet of one of the defensive players, Ketchman had this to say:

“You may elect not to use the transmitter, but that could be dangerous in a game against the Patriots, who no doubt have stolen your hand signals.  Of course, they’ll probably steal your transmission signal, so maybe it would be a better idea to use hand signals and have everybody on the sideline making hand gestures, that way the Patriots wouldn’t know who the real signal guy is.  You could do that, or you could do what the Giants did:  Rush the quarterback and rush the quarterback hard.”

Given the balance of the item in which that quote appears, it’s obvious to us that Ketchman was trying to be funny.  Still, we have a feeling that this kind of jab (in jest or otherwise) directed by the employees of one NFL team toward another franchise is frowned upon within the 32-member fraternity that is the NFL.

Moreover, we also have a feeling that Ketchman will be soon getting all sorts of colorful questions from Pats fans for his next “Ask Vic” column.