Rex Ryan Mouths Off Day After Jets Controversial Win

Rex Ryan always finds a way to stick his foot into his own mouth.

A day after the Jets were awarded a 29-15 victory by the Indianapolis Colts, the Jets coach tried to sell to the media that the Jets earned the victory.

"We won the game," Ryan said. "We ended up doing what we had to do, whoever was in the Colts' jerseys. I think that there's very little credit that our football team's given, and that's unfortunate."

Ryan feels that his team was not awarded the game, that they worked very hard to beat a team that basically gave up on the game. Ryan, like a lot of Jet fans, are giving crediblity to the idea that because the Jets were close, the team would have still found a way to win the game, even if Peyton Manning had played all 60 minutes.

Ryan went on to say that the Jets victories over Tampa Bay and Carolina were equally impressive because both the Bucs and Panthers have played better lately. However, Ryan fails to realize that the Panthers benched Jake Delhomme, who threw four interceptions against the Jets, and have been winning with Matt Moore at quarterback.

Ryan's excuses are idiotic. He and any Jet fan is crazy to believe that the Jets would have still won the game with Peyton Manning in the contest. Manning shredded the Jets D early in the third quarter, leading the Colts back from a 10-9 deficit to take a 15-10 lead before being removed. Manning would have ripped the Jets apart if he had stayed in.

As for the Jets offense, they could only muster three points against the Colts first string defense; they didn't roll up 200 yards on the ground until the Colts raised a white flag in the third quarter.

The game was an embarrassment to the NFL and the Colts. The Jets received a gift, they should be 7-8, and have no business justifying a game that they did not earn in victory.