Ryan getting blitzed by new diet
CORTLAND, N.Y. - Decked out entirely in black, Rex Ryan pretended he had just run a few laps around the block, jogging into yesterday's session with the media. Immediately, the room burst into laughter.
"I was getting my jog on," Ryan said. "I would have been here a little earlier, but I had to slow up a little."
Saturday marked the second day of Ryan's new diet, which calls for an all-liquid intake for the first five days. So when someone asked the Jets' first-year coach how things were progressing, he acted as if someone were dangling a T-bone steak with a side of mashed potatoes in front of him.
"Why'd you bring that up?" Ryan said sternly before breaking into a laugh. "Let me tell you this: The vegetable part of it - way worse than I even thought . . . It's Day 2, so we'll see."
