When Jets coach Rex Ryan was walking off the field at the end of last week’s victory over the Steelers last weekend, cameras caught him sharing a piece of his mind with someone who wasn’t on the screen.
One of the words Ryan chose to express his thoughts has reportedly gotten him in hot water with the league. Ryan was seen saying “f— you” and Chris Mortensen of ESPN reports that he’s been fined $100,000 as a result.
It’s not the first time that Ryan has landed in the league’s crosshairs for the use of profanity. He was fined $75,000 in 2011 for directing the same expletive at a fan, which likely played into the decision to go six figures this time around. Ryan also was fined $50,000 by the Jets for flipping the bird at an offseason MMA event in 2010 and Mortensen reports that fine was also taken into account when the league handed down this punishment.
Ryan expressed dissatisfaction with the officials during and after the game, drawing an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty in the second half, because he felt they were not as protective of Jets quarterback Michael Vick as they were of Ben Roethlisberger.