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Rob Ryan got his Dallas Cowboys penalized 15 yards last weekend for cussing at Bengals lineman Andre Smith on the sidelines. The penalty only led to three points for Cincinnati, but nevertheless it was stupid and regretful. Ryan acknowledged that this week.

“That was an embarrassing moment for me. I don’t ever want to do that, be a detriment to the team,” Ryan said Friday, according to The Dallas Morning News. “That’s a mistake. That’s something I’ll learn from and it won’t happen again.

“I was ready to play that game. I think we all wanted to fight, even though you’re a coach, the whole situation made everybody a little on edge. … I was a little over-excited and I was a little bit more ready to fight than probably I should have been.”

Ryan also said he believed the emotions of the fatal car crash the day before played a role in his spirited reaction. That may be the case, but he’s been known to get fired up quite frequently regardless of circumstance.

Luckily the Cowboys won the game so Ryan didn’t feel like he cost his team a victory. He better keep himself in check to ensure that it doesn’t happen again.

Rob Ryan’s potty mouth made a triumphant return to NFL sidelines on Sunday, only this time it actually cost his team.

The Dallas Cowboys defensive coordinator could be seen cussing out Bengals offensive lineman Andre Smith on the sideline during the third quarter of his team’s 20-19 win in Cincinnati. Ryan was called for unsportsmanlike conduct, moving the Bengals inside the 10. Luckily Ryan’s defense held the Bengals to a field goal, otherwise he might have been a big goat in the game.

Afterwards, head coach Jason Garrett reportedly said Ryan was reacting to the Bengals players who were yelling to them. Good to know maturity is a trait shared by the Ryan twins.

GIF via The Big Lead

Sean Lee is set to undergo season-ending surgery to repair a torn tendon in his big toe next week, which is a major blow to the Dallas Cowboys defensively. Lee is one of the most important players the Cowboys have on defense and easily their best tackler. Dallas ranks 15th this season in rushing yards allowed, and that ranking could fall even further with Lee on the shelf.

It comes as no surprise that defensive coordinator Rob Ryan is upset by the news. How upset? If you ask brother Rex Ryan, extremely upset.

While discussing Bart Scott’s toe injury, Rex Ryan says his brother Rob was, “crying on the phone” about Sean Lee’s toe injury.

— Andrew Siciliano (@AndrewSiciliano) October 24, 2012

Rex could mean “crying” in the sense of complaining, but I wouldn’t rule out actual crying. Dallas looks like a mediocre team at the moment. Already without one of their best offensive playmakers in DeMarco Murray, the timing of Lee’s injury couldn’t be worse. With a divisional game upcoming against a Giants team that has run the ball well behind Ahmad Bradshaw, we could see an immediate impact from Lee’s absence. Let it all out, Rob. There’s no shame in a grown man shedding a tear or two.

Rob Ryan is every bit as fiery as his twin brother Rex. The Cowboys defensive coordinator gave us one of the best GIFs of the new NFL season by belting out “F— yeah!” twice following Dallas’ successful goal-line stand in the second quarter, and yelling across the field at the Giants “go for it, f— face!”

Ryan should have been fired up — the Giants had the ball at the one and not only didn’t score a touchdown, but they also lost three yards and settled for a field goal. F— yeah indeed.

Other interesting moments from the NFL season opener:

-Giants rookie cries after losing a fumble
-Jerry Jones has a personal eyeglass cleaner

via Gifulmination

Even though his dad, Buddy Ryan, allegedly used bounties for his players as a coach with the Bears and Eagles in the 1980′s, Rob Ryan says he doesn’t want any part of bounty systems that made the New Orleans Saints the most-discussed NFL team this offseason.

“We always teach properly,” the Cowboys defensive coordinator said, according to the San Antonio Express-News. “I respect the game. The best thing about the game is the players. (Bounties) never concerned us. Warren Sapp played for me (with the Raiders) and he said if he ever heard a coach talk about that he’d walk out on a coach and beat the (expletive) out of the coach. I’m here. And I haven’t been beat up yet.

“I teach the game properly and I respect the game. I love the game. And I love the players in it.”

Other than avoiding bounties because you respect the game and its players, there’s also those parts about being exiled from the league and becoming a pariah that don’t sound much fun. That’s exactly the deterrent the league hoped to establish with the punishments it handed down to the Saints. But it would be naive to think every coach has the same mindset as Ryan.

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Rob Ryan is becoming as notorious as his twin brother, Rex, for having a big mouth. During an interview last weekend, he said he would make a better coach than his brother. Sometimes he doesn’t back up his talk like when he said his Cowboys would beat the Eagles. Dallas got crushed by Philly on Sunday night. It’s predictions like that that had Eric Mangini uneasy anytime Ryan, his defensive coordinator with the Browns, spoke to the media.

“Rob said some things last year that just weren’t covered very heavily,” Mangini said Monday on ESPN Radio. “Friday for me was always the most stressful 15 minutes when he had his press conference because I didn’t know what he was going to say, and someone would inevitably call me and say, ‘Hey, Rob said this quarterback can’t do this.’ Rob was still Rob. It might have been toned down a little bit and not covered as heavily as it is now.”

Mangini is exactly right about the difference in media coverage. Rob Ryan isn’t too different now from how he was last year. But now that he’s coaching America’s team, the things he says receive more attention. That’s fair warning for any team that dares to hire him as a head coach. You may be getting a good coach, but you’ll also be getting one with a big mouth who will draw attention. If that’s what some team owners want, then Rob will be a perfect fit.

With all the hype that constantly surrounds Rob Ryan in Dallas, you would swear he is the Cowboys’ head coach.  Jason Garrett is barely ever mentioned in the media, but folks love to talk about Ryan.  The Ryan family has developed somewhat of a celebrity status because of their big mouths.  Couple that with Rob’s reputation as a solid coordinator, and he is likely to get a head coaching job offer in the near future.  When he does, he is confident he will be more successful than Rex.

“I mean, I don’t think it’s going to eat much further,” Rob said during an interview with Al Michaels on Sunday when asked if a lack of head coaching offers eats away at him. “My chance will come. It only took my dad 25 years to get a chance and hell, he’s better than me and (Jets coach and his brother Rex Ryan) put together. (Rex has) had an opportunity. He’s done great with it. I’ll be better than him, so I’ll get my chance.”

A Ryan brother making a guarantee? Now there’s something you don’t see every day.  Rob insists Rex is already jealous of his success, so you can imagine what the Jets coach will feel like once his brother is a better NFL coach than he is.  Rob also added that he’s becoming the “best assistant in football” this season, which may be true if you ignore Sunday night’s debacle against the Eagles.

The real story here is how annoying it’s going to be to have another Ryan as a head coach in the NFL. He’ll have complete control over a team and more power than ever to make guarantees he won’t live up to.  At the moment, Rob’s most useful trait is the ability to take heat off Garrett for a Cowboys team that is headed in the wrong direction.