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Jets head coach Rex Ryan hopped in on Sammy Watkins's conference call with Jets beat reporters on Wednesday and asked a question. Watkins seemed to have no idea it was him. (William Perlman | The Star Ledger)

(William Perlman/The Star Ledger)

FLORHAM PARK — Rex Ryan already showed he isn't above switching places with reporters as a gag. Back in training camp, he even did it twice.

On Wednesday, Ryan did it again—and this time he roped an unwitting Sammy Watkins of the Bills into his routine.

The Jets might be 1-6, but there's still no stopping Ryan, their head coach, from trying to have some fun.

Watkins, the Bills' outstanding rookie receiver, was doing a conference call with Jets reporters on Wednesday just as Ryan came walking past the room where the call took place. Ryan was en route to his daily press conference.

A reporter motioned to Ryan that Watkins was on the call. And Ryan, whose son, Seth, was a teammate of Watkins's at Clemson University last year, couldn't resist. So Ryan ducked into the room to ask a question.

"Sammy, I got a question," Ryan began. "How did you help Seth Ryan out? How'd he do out there? And if you could really help him, you wouldn't play this game. This sounds like Rex Ryan—I know it does—but this is a reporter."

There was a pause.

"How you doing, Sammy? You all right?" Ryan asked.

There was laughter from the reporters in the room at Jets HQ.

"Hey, how you doing?" a confused Watkins responded.

And that's how the interview ended.

You can hear Ryan "interviewing" Watkins below. Ryan jumps in at the 5:03 mark.

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