FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – Tom Brady just wants to talk about football. The New York Jets won’t let him.

Day after noisy day, the mouths to the south keep moving. Brady tries to evade their onslaughts as if they were 300-pound pass rushers.

The latest blitz: Jets cornerback Antonio Cromartie called the leader of the New England Patriots an expletive.

“I’ve been called worse,” Brady said, brushing it off like the heavy snow that fell on Foxborough. “I’m sure there’s a long list of people who feel that way.”

Cromartie made his comment Tuesday to the New York Daily News and didn’t back off Wednesday, although he said he’s never met Brady.

“Why should I regret it? That’s how I feel,” he said. “As long as I’m in the NFL and he’s in the NFL, there’s going to be a hatred.”

Brady just keeps plowing forward.

The Patriots’ most valuable motorist, who was involved in a car collision three days before the opener but made it to practice, traveled treacherous roads and arrived at work on time Wednesday.

“It was tough conditions for everyone,” Brady said. “But everyone’s here, ready to work and get ready for the biggest game of the year.”

Does anything faze this guy?

Jets Coach Rex Ryan hopes to be as successful outwitting Bill Belichick of New England on the field as he is off it when they lead their teams in Sunday’s divisional playoff game.

Ryan already has opened wide his bulging playbook of colorful remarks by throwing verbal jabs at Brady, who simply shrugs them off but may not forget.

Last Thursday, Ryan said “nobody” studies like Indianapolis quarterback Peyton Manning. Brady, Ryan said, “thinks he does” but gets more help from Belichick than there is with Manning. Brady acknowledged that he gets “a ton” of help from his coach.

On Saturday night during the Patriots’ bye week, Brady attended the Broadway play “Lombardi” about Green Bay’s legendary coach Vince Lombardi and missed part of the Jets’ 17-16 playoff win over the Colts on television. Ryan said on Monday, with a grin, that “Manning would have been watching our game.”

He also said Brady “took a shot at me by his antics on the field.” Did he mean Brady pointed at the Jets’ sideline or looked at them after scoring? “I don’t like seeing that; nobody does. No Jet fan likes to see that. And I know he can’t wait to do it. He’s not going to say anything publicly,” Ryan said.

He’s right about that.

“It’s certainly not my intent. I’m sure there’s 50,000 cameras on the game. If I did that I’m sure they’d show it,” Brady said. “I don’t think I’ve ever pointed at anybody. That’s not my style.”

Even if he did rub it in by gesturing to the New York sideline after scoring during a 45-3 win Dec. 6, it could have been prevented by the Jets themselves.

“He was pretty demonstrative when we played him up there last time,” Jets linebacker Jason Taylor said. “I come from the school of thought where if you don’t want someone to celebrate or be excited or say something to you or do something that you might perceive as offensive, then don’t let them score.”

Cromartie said he hopes Brady tries to pick on him Sunday for his remark.

But is there a line that can be crossed that goes beyond trash talking?

“I’m sure there is,” Belichick said.

And what is that?

“I don’t know,” he said. “In my mind right now it’s the New York Jets Sunday at 4:30.”

Might all the jabbering have an effect on the Patriots’ performance?

“We’ll see on Sunday night at 7:30,” Brady said. “That’s when everybody will be able to tell whether it played a role.”

It will be Brady’s first postseason game since the worst one in a career in which he’s 14-4 in the playoffs with three Super Bowl championships. He lost in the first round last season to Baltimore, 33-14. In the first quarter alone, he threw two interceptions, lost a fumble and was sacked twice as Baltimore took a 24-0 lead. Even his home fans booed him.

He hasn’t talked much about whether that loss motivates him but he appears more driven this season. He’s thrown 36 touchdown passes and only four interceptions, just one more than the Ravens picked off in that rout.

“That’s hard to do in this league,” Jets cornerback Darrelle Revis said, “and he’s doing it like a piece of cake.”

Ryan keeps saying he respects Brady as a player but won’t punish Cromartie.

“We don’t have to be all lovey-dovey and say he’s the greatest thing since sliced bread,” Ryan said. “We have a right to our opinion and a comment like that, it’s no big deal.”