Jets coach Rex Ryan pranks Sammy Watkins on conference call
Look, the New York Jets are circling the drain. No one disputes this. The team is 1-6, and even in its best moments, it seems to somehow fall short and torpedo its own feet. But say this for head coach Rex Ryan: the dude still finds ways to remember that this is a freaking game, and games are, in theory, supposed to be fun.
Jets beat reporters were on a conference call with Buffalo Bills rookie Sammy Watkins on Wednesday at the Jets’ practice facility when Ryan, also in the building for his own news conference, walked by. Hearing who was on the call, and hearing Watkins talk about the Jets defense, Ryan decided to have a little fun with the rook.
Ryan’s son Seth played at Clemson last year with Watkins, and Ryan, without introducing himself, played the role of reporter:
“Sammy, I’ve got a question,” Ryan said. “How did you help Seth Ryan out? How did he do out there? And if you could really help him, you wouldn’t play this game.” (Watkins is the Bills’ leading receiver, so his absence would naturally help the Jets to some degree.)
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Ryan continued talking to a surely confused Watkins. “This sounds like Rex Ryan,” he said, “I know it does, but this is a reporter. How you doing Sammy, you all right?”
“How you doing?” Watkins replied, on what turned out to be the last question of the conference call.
Hey, take your laughs where you can get ’em, we suppose. Next Ryan ought to prank Sammy’s cell and tell him not to bother coming to the game.
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