Posted on 01/06/2013 8:38:42 AM PST by Uncle Chip
New York Jets coach Rex Ryan has been hiding a secret up his sleeve and it involves his wife and embattled quarterback Mark Sanchez.
It's a racy tattoo on his right arm depicting his wife, Michelle, wearing nothing but a green Jets jersey bearing the number '6' - an unmistakable reference to Sanchez.
The tattoo was revealed in a photo by the New York Daily News as Ryan, who typically sports a long-sleeved white tee and green sweater vest that would cover the ink, vacationed shirtless in the Bahamas.
He was photographed on a swim with his wife and sunbathing poolside. The Daily News ran a front-page photo Friday and by lunchtime it was an Internet sensation.
USA Today called the tattoo 'the worst use of ink by a member of the Jets since the team signed Sanchez to a contract extension that guaranteed him $8.25 million in 2013,' and ESPN referred to it as 'Tattoo-Gate.'
That's pretty much the way the NFL team's soap-opera season played out.
Ryan was criticized for sticking with Sanchez despite losing efforts when Tim Tebow was available.
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How can you tell it’s his wife? It looks like a low budget cartoon. You’d think he could afford a Von Kats job.
That's what I'd like to know...how can you look at that crude cartoon and conclude it looks like any particular woman? Did he get tattooed by a middle-schooler?
If it’s not his wife, then he’s in bigger trouble than first thought.
The Jets are a freak show.
No wonder Ryan never gave Tebow a chance.
Fire Rex Ryan
I don't think that's Tebowing. I'll try to keep this PG, but I suspect if you turn that tattoo 90 degrees counterclockwise that's the "position" in which it's intended to be viewed. Which would make it even more disturbing.
Mike & Mike on ESPN radio sure had some fun with it.
I heard it too. Enjoyed Golic’s comment that it had to be a fake, because Ryan was reading a book in the picture. Classic!
Got to love the favoritism and throw Tim Tebow under the bus. I would not want to be a QB for that coach !
It's a racy tattoo on his right arm depicting his wife, Michelle, wearing nothing but a green Jets jersey bearing the number '6' - an unmistakable reference to Sanchez.Or, maybe he thinks of himself as Mark Sanchez' bitch.
The coach may be saying more about his wife (and himself) than he should.
I’m a life-long Giants fan, and pissed that we blew a three game lead in the NFC East and missed the playoffs. Inexcusable. But when I see the three ring circus that is the New York Jets, I realize things could be much, much worse. Pretty safe bet that Tom Coughlin doesn’t have a tattoo of his wife wearing an Eli Manning jersey.
And amazingly, Rex STILL has his job and the Jets are on the hook to pay Sanchez $8 million next year. As the prophet Bugs would say, “what a bunch of maroons.”
Ironically, Vince Lombardi's father, Harry Lombardi, was covered with tattoos:
"The ornamentation of his flesh is what truly announced Harry's presence. He was covered with tattoos. They rose up from his forearms, a swirling blue and red mural. . . . He even had messages tattooed onto his hands, one letter per finger in a row above his knuckles." (page 15 of "When Pride Still Mattered: A Life of Vince Lombardi")
That would be Coach Ryan. Don't denigrate our new coach.
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