Rex Ryan isn’t exactly fond of these twinkle toes.
When discussing Chiefs wide receiver Kadarius Toney’s costly penalty in Sunday’s loss to the Bills, the former NFL head coach poked fun at his highly publicized passion for feet during Monday’s installment of “Get Up.”
“I just said this is a toe I don’t like. You know I like toes. I don’t like this toe,” Ryan said on the ESPN program, which left co-hosts Ryan Clark and Mike Greenberg in stitches.
Clark, who couldn’t contain his laughter as he covered his face with a sheet of paper, then remarked, “Kadarius Toney, if you turn Rex against feet, you’re a bad man.”
With the Chiefs down by three with less than two minutes to go in the game, quarterback Patrick Mahomes connected on a pass to tight end Travis Kelce, who then lateraled to Toney for what seemed to be the go-ahead touchdown.
Because Toney lined up in the neutral zone, the play was called back and Mahomes subsequently exploded on the sidelines over the officiating.
“It’s tough to swallow,” Mahomes said after the 20-17 loss. “Not only from me, and football in general, to take away greatness like that, for a guy like Travis to make a play like that, you want to see the guys on the field decide the game.”
Ryan — who made headlines during his time as the Jets coach in 2010, when he and his wife Michelle were at the center of a foot fetish video controversy — believes officials made the right call.
The Chiefs, now 8-5 and third in the AFC playoff race, will face the Patriots (3-10) next Sunday in New England.
