Rex Ryan whacks Jets' Jace Amaro again: 'He's going to be accountable for his comments'

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Bills head coach Rex Ryan torched the Jets, whom he coached from 2009-14, in a recent "Sports Illustrated" interview. (AP Photo/Bill Wippert)

As ever, Rex Ryan just can't help himself.

Ryan, the former Jets head coach who's now with the Bills, finally had his say about his former employer in a Sports Illustrated cover story that's currently on newsstands.

But he certainly wasn't done.

Included in that SI piece was Ryan's angry response to tight end Jace Amaro, a second-round draft pick last year who had said the 2014 Jets lacked accountability. It was a veiled if obvious shot at Ryan, who was fired and replaced by Todd Bowles.

"He's full of s---," Ryan had said to SI, among other choice words.

A few days ago, Ryan didn't back down from those comments in front of the media in Buffalo. And in an interview with Kim Jones on WFAN-AM on Saturday morning, Ryan doubled down when asked again about Amaro.

"It's not the truth," Ryan said. "That kid's a little ... he's going to get ... we'll see what happens.

"I just know it's not the truth, and for him or anybody else to pop off like that, I think is absolutely a joke. Now, look, if David Harris would have said something, or D'Brickashaw Ferguson, Nick Mangold, or someone, I would be hurt by it. I would be absolutely devastated by it. But a kid like that? Nah. I know him, and that doesn't bother me one bit."

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It "doesn't bother" Ryan unless he's asked about Amaro's remarks, apparently.

Here's the thing: There's a lot of Ryan's famous bluster in all this. Mangold, the veteran center, had questioned the Jets' practice habits in the middle of last season. Inside linebacker Demario Davis did, too. Granted, Ryan was still Jets' the head coach at the time, and it's easier to come out blasting now that he's gone. But still.

Nothing stopped Bills running back Fred Jackson from also getting in on the act of ripping Amaro this week.

Ryan had one final, parting shot to fire.

"The kid's got some talent," Ryan also said in his WFAN interview with Jones. "I'm just going to leave it at that. I just know one thing: He totally misspoke, and talk about accountable, he's going to be accountable when we go to play him. He's going to be accountable for his comments."

Dom Cosentino may be reached at dcosentino@njadvancemedia.com. Follow him on Twitter @domcosentino. Find NJ.com Jets on Facebook.

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