If Ryan wins at all, he may have his own reality show on Comedy Central. His press conferences are that good. Thursday, he joked about his weight — asking how a men’s store calls itself a men’s store if it doesn’t have a size 4X. Also, he said he thought he was in French class while sitting in on an offensive line meeting recently.
And his showstopper was when he imitated coaches who are stiff in front of the cameras while speaking in a monotone and handing out canned answers.
At one point, he stood ramrod straight to make his point and mockingly uttered, “It’s an open competition,” referring to the quarterback battle between Clemens and rookie Mark Sanchez.
The room erupted in laughter because to many of us he sounded a lot like former coach Eric Mangini, but Ryan quickly pointed out, “It’s not a shot at anybody.”
Ryan had nothing but praise for holdout running back Leon Washington Thursday, but he wasn’t as effusive about Washington’s agent, Alvin Keels. Ryan, speaking publicly for the first time about Washington’s decision to boycott organized team activities, admitted that he was taken aback by the move and hinted that Keels was at the root of it. “I was disappointed,” Ryan said of Washington’s absence following an OTA session at Florham Park that was open to the media. “But again, it’s voluntary camp. Things like this come up every year on every team. Again, Leon is a great guy. Who knows where he’s getting advice from. “I don’t know who is telling who anything,” Ryan added. “I can just tell you when Leon is in the building he’s a terrific person and he’s the kind of player you’d love to have on your team.”
Washington’s Agent has been tracking the talks on his twitter page. Here are the tweets.
Everybody needs to relax on this Leon Washington situation. Believe (Rich Cimini), this deal will get done. Prediction, Washington signs a long-term extension, averaging $4.5 million per year with $15 million in guarantees, by the start of the June 9 mandatory minicamp.
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