Devin McCourty Destroys Rex Ryan, ESPN For ‘Nonsense’ Amari Cooper Comments

Rex Ryan made a mistake at the very same moment he criticized Amari Cooper. Patriots superstar Devin McCourty stepped in defense of Amari Cooper.

Ryan smashed the Dallas Cowboys wideout during his appearance on “Get Up!” He called him a “turd” who “doesn’t love football.”

McCourty went on his “Double Coverage” podcast to discuss Ryan’s comments.

“I just wanted to call ESPN and say, ‘ESPN, listen. You have the Jordan documentary (the highly anticipated ‘The Last Dance,’ which was moved up from June to April with the NBA season suspended) coming out. You don’t need to air Rex Ryan,’” McCourty said. “Like, you don’t need that. Ratings are going to go through the roof. When you drop the Jordan doc, it’s a wrap. As soon as Rex Ryan said that, (ESPN) should have cut it, should have never had it on air. Whatever (they) had to do, just cut it. Throw it in the trash. The Jordan doc is going to drop. We don’t need any extra hits for nonsense.”

Jason McCourty defends Amari Cooper too

Jason agreed with his twin brother. According to him, Ryan crossed the red line. He disapproved the idea of sharing his comments on Twitter.

“To me, the crazy thing was after he said it, ‘Get Up!’ posted it on Twitter, ESPN retweeted it on Twitter,” he said on the podcast. “Everybody was all-in on this ‘turd’ comment. I guess, at the same time, it’s all about entertainment — how can we get more viewers, how can we get people to click this, click that? But at what point in the game can you call somebody a turd? Whether he’s a good player or not a good player, it was just bad ball all around.”

The McCourty twins aren’t the only players to defend Cooper. Patriots cornerback Stephon Gilmore did the same thing on Twitter.

Of course, Ryan became aware of the criticism pointed in his direction and offered an on-air apology to the Cowboys’ wideout.

“I can’t believe I said that, used that word,” the former New York Jets and Buffalo Bills head coach said on “SportsCenter.” “Obviously, it was a poor choice by me to say what I said about Amari.”

We really hope that Ryan learned his lesson. His comments shocked the NFL. He went too far with this one.