Browns defensive coordinator Rob Ryan, when asked about T.J. Ward's hit on Bengals receiver Jordan Shipley, said the Bengals have no room to talk when accusing Ward of a cheap shot. Ryan said Bengals guard Nate Livings was the one playing dirty, not Ward, who was fined $15,000 for the hit. In fact, Ryan pulled out a sticky note during his news conference detailing incidents in which he said Livings had used foul play on Scott Fujita. "There's a big hullabaloo about [Ward's] penalty but ... those guys need to shut up," said Ryan. "This is our team, they don't coach our team. We do. ... If they want to worry about a cheap shot they ought to look at first-and-10 on the 35, third quarter, 4:24 left — make sure you get that down — and watch their guard Nate Livings. "Our kids played great the whole game. They want to [complain] about [Ward] and he hit a guy in the face. This kid hits our guy in the back after he got a sack for a forced fumble, Fujita, and a blocked field goal over him. "Then this kid dives and hits him in the back of the legs. If you want to talk about cheap, talk about this [expletive]. Excuse me, Nate Livings. We are the least penalized defense in football. If we aren't, we are always one of the tops. That's how we teach. We teach a hard, tough, smart brand of football. We don't give away yardage. "People think we are out to hurt them, we are out to hit them. We are not out to hurt anybody or maim anybody, we are out to hit them and they are going to get hit. To be honest with you, I think we took Cincinnati's best shot, and we won. That's the facts." Source: Cleveland Plain Dealer
