Rex Ryan: Why the NFL Needs the Jets Coach To Take Down the Patriots

Rex Ryan, that Sultan of Smack, the Count of Controversy the Poobah of Puff, got the Peyton Manning jinx off this back, didn't he?

More appropriately, his team got rid of that Manning curse, at least for this season.

Yes, that was a thriller of a playoff game, that 17-16 victory at Indy with no time left for Manning or anyone else with a horseshoe on their helmet.

Game, set and match and the Big Boy racing to the center of the field with that huge grin on his fat face.

Yes, Rex Ryan, the living, breathing, boasting Quirky Quote Machine is still in business and what that means for the No Fun League is that we have yet another week of fun.

There's this rematch thing with the Patriots, a third meeting this season and yeah, it's up there in the land ruled by the Evil Hoodie, you know, Bill Belichick and his henchman, Tom Brady.

Yes, Ryan's already thrown Tom Brady under the Rex Express, that bus that just rambles along, hauling the Baron of the Bulletin Board and his men in green.

It's so much fun with Rex, isn't it?

Which leads us to this proposal:

Wouldn't it be a lot better for the NFL if Ryan and his Jets somehow survive this battle with the seemingly unstoppable P-men?

Let's face it, what makes everything interesting in this playoff stuff is not knowing what Ryan will say next. You've known people like him. He's that guy back in college that you could egg into doing anything. "Hey Rex, see those women over there, they're staring at you, they want you to join them." And lo and behold "that guy" would wander over and get the boot from the unsuspecting females. Hilarious to watch it all unfold.

Hey Rex, we dare you to eat these fire-from-hell chicken wings.

He'd throw 'em down then nearly croak as his head turned who knows how many shades of red.

Yeah, we love those guys like Rex Ryan. There's no end to the entertainment, no end to their overwhelming desire to enjoy the taste of shoe leather.

Yes, wouldn't this be a lot more fun if Ryan's team took down the P-Men?

If New England wins, it's simply the Evil Empire, the Dark Side of The Force stomping on Luke Skywalker. It's the guards beating the inmates by four touchdowns in The Longest Yard.

It's simply no fun.

It's the evil genius showing off his genius.

Come on, would you really want Rex Ryan leaving the party so soon? There are so many laughs awaiting us. "Hey Rex, you can't go home yet, you haven't pissed everyone off!" How can the life of the party leave?

This little humdinger with the Patriots already has great stuff. Sure enough, Ryan had the unmitigated nerve to throw rocks at Tom Brady.

"Nobody studies like (Manning). I know (Tom) Brady thinks he does and all that stuff. I think there's probably a little more help from Belichick with Brady than there is with Peyton Manning."

Yeah, Ryan said that. And he said it not knowing for sure if he could get the monkey off his back in Indy.

He did and here we are, ready for another week of Rex Almighty.

"Rex says a lot of stuff," is how Jets linebacker Calvin Pace put it. "I'm sure people look at him like he has three heads."

That's the beauty of Rex Ryan.

He comes up with enough outrageous stuff to keep three heads busy.

Doesn't he?

So why not keep this comedy hour going?

The No Fun League can use it.