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Stephon Gilmore defends Amari Cooper over Rex Ryan’s comment

We all know that Stephon Gilmore is good at defense.

However, the reigning Defensive Player of the Year played a different kind of defense on Friday.

The Patriots cornerback came to the defense of Cowboys receiver Amari Cooper after Rex Ryan called Cooper a “turd” on Friday.

“Come on Rex he one of the toughest receivers in the league to cover,” Gilmore, who played for Ryan when he was the Bills’ head coach in the 2015-16 seasons, wrote in a tweet on Friday. “His release game is probably top 2.”

Cooper had his worst game of the 2019 season when he and the Cowboys faced Gilmore and the Patriots in November.