The Jets are scheduled to be featured on HBO’s Hard Knocks in which a film crew will follow the team during training camp. Preparing for his reality TV debut, Jets head coach Rex Ryan has lost a staggering 40 pounds in the last three weeks.
Rex Ryan Drops 40 Pounds In Three Weeks Preparing For Hard Knocks
↵Sure, surgery helped but that’s still the approximate weight of someone’s entire leg.
↵Ryan’s surgery and subsequent weight loss have been well-documented. The coach attended the NFL owners’ meetings last week and, according to Yahoo! Sports, had “no interest in the breakfast spread.”
↵↵As HBO Sports president Ross Greenburg recently said, “We have our Brad Pitt, George Clooney and Mark Wahlberg in Rex Ryan.” Ryan didn’t seem to disagree. “I probably should’ve had the surgery maybe a year earlier. I’d be down to about 220 (pounds), and maybe I would get that opportunity to have that romantic scene with Heather Locklear one day.”
↵↵One day, coach, one day.
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