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Rex Ryan avoids pregame Buffalo Bills-Jets scene, but IK Enemkpali gets warm welcome

EAST RUTHERFORD — Rex Ryan, the football coach and larger-than-life personality who made the Jets matter again, returned to MetLife Stadium on Thursday night.

He brought with him, of course, an absurd, outsized storyline — in the person of Bills linebacker IK Enemkpali, who is best known (only known?) for punching Jets quarterback Geno Smith in August, when they were teammates.

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Ryan, naturally, named Enemkpali a co-captain for Thursday night's Bills-Jets game.