Jets Coach Ryan pays $50,000 for inappropriate gesture

The New York Jets head coach Rex Ryan was smiling while making the gesture of flipping his middle finger at a fan during a mixed martial arts event, but now it becomes hard for him to smile anymore as $50,000 will be taken from his pocket to console those who were angered by Ryan’s gesture.

It remains unclear who caught the scene with a cell phone camera, but I guess he did it on purpose and let the picture spread across the internet. Whatever, he could have been satisfied with the result- the Jets fined Ryan $50,000 and the league may also show Ryan the bill calling the gesture violating its personal conduct policy, just as they fined Tennessee Titans owner Bud Adams $250,000 for making an obscene gesture to fans during a game in November.

Anyway, paying so much and Ryan should have learned how to control his mouth and hands. Saying the Jets should be the favorite to win the Super Bowl when the playoffs began, however, Ryan led his team to a loss to the Indianapolis Colts; telling those in love with Miami Dolphins jerseys that the Jets would beat the team twice in 2009 season, Ryan had his team be beaten by the Dolphins in both meetings this season.

Jets NT Jenkins was placed on season-ending injured reserve

The New York Jets will play the remainder of the season without the big nose tackle, Kris Jenkins, who was placed on season-ending injured reserve Monday with a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee.

“That’s hard,” Jets Coach Rex Ryan said of the huge loss for one of the league’s top-ranked defenses. “It’s going to be hard to replace Kris. There’s not many Kris Jenkins playing in this league. Obviously, his impact is going to be felt.”

The four-time Pro Bowl selection was injured while making a tackle in the second quarter of the Jets’ 16-13 overtime loss to Buffalo on Sunday. The tackle now has to walk on crutches with his leg heavily wrapped and feels frustrated for not being able to play with his team. It was just his second season wearing the Jets jersey and he really hopes that he would be ready for the start of the team’s offseason conditioning programs.

Jenkins said it would be a few weeks later when the knee will be operated on and part of his hamstring would be used to replace the ACL.

Jets WR Clowney was benched for tweeting complaints

After a 16-9 victory over the New England Patriots, the New York Jets wide receiver David Clowney should not have complained about his playing time on his Twitter page, if he knew such personal saying would be considered as detriments to the team and a reason for benching him. He did not know, so he was benched by the Jets Coach Rex Ryan for the game against the Tennessee Titans.

What Clowney did was just to tweet a few hours after beating the Patriots last Sunday: “1 play in the 1st Half, 4 plays in the 2nd half … A bit disappointed about my playing time but very happy and satisfied about the win.” He added in a subsequent tweet that, “My team always comes first so I’ma just keep grinding.”

However, after hearing about the gripe, Coach Ryan felt that the receiver was not putting the team first and made the decision to put him down. Afterwards, Clowney was not in the locker room Monday during media availability.