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Rex Ryan defends Jim Caldwell

Wednesday January 20, 2010 5:23 PM By Greg Logan

Jets coach Rex Ryan jokingly has thanked Colts coach Jim Caldwell for playing Santa Claus by pulling quarterback Peyton Manning in the third quarter of a game Indianapolis was leading, 15-10, in Week 16. The Jets' subsequent 29-15 win ended the Colts' bid for a perfect season and led to plenty of criticism for Caldwell and the Colts' organization. But Ryan went to bat for Caldwell in a conference...

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