Brady on trash talk: 'It's how you play, not what you say'

Tom Brady is not interested in traveling the same verbal path as Jacksonville Jaguars cornerback Jalen Ramsey.

The New England Patriots quarterback kept the brash talk to a minimum on Tuesday, one day after Ramsey was "predicting" a Super Bowl win for the Jaguars.

"It's how you play, not what you say," Brady said on WEEI's Kirk and Callahan show.

Brady, whose Patriots host the upstart Jaguars in the AFC Championship Game on Sunday (3:05 p.m. ET), was complimentary of Jacksonville's stifling defense. After all, the Jaguars own the NFL's top-ranked pass defense (170 yards per game average), No. 2 scoring defense (16.8) and are second in the league in yards permitted per game (286.1).

"There is not a lot of time for the quarterback to throw," said Brady, who has five Super Bowl rings. "I think the whole secondary knows it. The linebackers know it. They're aggressive. They take chances. They get a lot of turnovers ... (QB) is under pressure all day."

Ramsey, who is a first-team All-Pro, was feeling quite boastful after the Jaguars posted a 45-42 win over the Pittsburgh Steelers in Sunday's divisional round game.

"I ain't got too much to say, but y'all make sure you bring that same energy out here next week and the week after," Ramsey said to fans at a rally at EverBank Field in Jacksonville, Fla. "We're going to the Super Bowl and we're going to win that (expletive)."

Ramsey is no stranger to trash talking, with his on-the-field barbs reportedly getting under the skin of Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver A.J. Green earlier this season. The two ended up exchanging punches and were thrown out of their contest on Nov. 5.

Jaguars coach Doug Marrone downplayed Ramsey's most recent comment, saying it was intended to fire up his team and not the opponent.

"You come back, and you've got all the fans here and things of that nature," Marrone said Monday. "Obviously that is something that everybody wants to do when you get this close. Whether they have to say it or not, the one thing they do know is the road to it always leads through New England, so our focus isn't on anything else but the New England Patriots. That's exactly what our whole team will be focused on.

"It will be a great challenge for us obviously, and we're going to have to have a great week."