It’s been an eventful year of negative media coverage for Rex Ryan and his New York Jets.  First, he was caught on camera flipping off Miami Dolphins fans at an MMA event.  That was followed by a slew of outspoken, profanity-laden moments during HBO’s “Hard Knocks” series during the preseason; sexual harassment allegations by TV Azteca reporter Ines Sainz; lots of smack-talk with opponents and the “human wall” and Sal Alosi’s tripping of a Dolphins player.

Ryan’s had a number of instances where he’s stuck his foot in his mouth but after foot fetish videos surfaced on sports sites throughout the country this morning, that phrase may suddenly have a literal meaning.

According to a report on Deadspin this morning, Rex’s wife, Michelle Ryan, shown here modeling NFL gear for the Jets, has allegedly starred in a number of foot fetish videos that have appeared on the internet.  These foot fetish videos have appeared on YouTube and on the alternative lifestyle site alt.com under the profile “ihaveprettyfeet.” 

But wait, it gets better.

One of the videos seen at the Deadspin.com link above features Michelle sitting in a green SUV, wearing green (oh, the irony!) with her feet hanging out of the window.  Here’s the kicker, the cameraman/narrator sounds an AWFUL lot like Rex himself, just minus the F-Bombs.

The male in the video asks the lady about her feet:

“Can I feel them. . . can I smell them.”

Smell them! That’s where you may want to pull the plug on this whole type of fantasy.

When asked about this story earlier today in a conference call about Sunday’s game against the Bears with the Chicago media, Ryan responded, “It’s a personal matter and I’m really not going to discuss it, OK?”

Look, here at Sports Climax we’re not prudes and personally don’t care what people do in the privacy of their own home, so long as it doesn’t break any laws, harm others or involve the removing of mattress tags from mattresses.  But when it’s obnoxious Rex Ryan who we’re talking about here, if this is true, then we have to call him out.

Perhaps Rex should watch the new HBO Sports documentary, “Lombardi.”  That could teach him a thing or two about NFL head coaching and acting with class and in the meantime, if he really wants to do another foot-related video, perhaps he should follow in the footsteps of NFL coaching great John Madden who has a foot video of his own on YouTube.

Closing out here, as of now, there’s no truth to the rumor that these videos were leaked by former capable NFL quarterback and accused sexter Brett Favre, in retaliation for the Jenn Sterger incident.

And here’s hoping that Giants’ head coach Tom Coughlin sends the Ryans a very nice Christmas gift for getting him off the front pages of the New York tabloids for the rest of the week.

Just make sure it’s not shoes, Mr. Coughlin.

Used with permission of the author.

Chris Lardieri also covers the NFL for Sports Climax and the Los Angeles Dodgers for Examiner.com.  He has written about Major League Baseball for Inside Edge, a scouting company that provides content to ESPN Insider and Yahoo Sports. He previously wrote for 1766, the Rutgers Alumni Magazine, and popular blog, ‘The Outer Loop’.  Be sure to follow Chris on Twitter for more MLB and sports observations

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