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Rex Ryan calls Seahawks fan who heckled Bills assistant Kathryn Smith 'classless'

Rex Ryan is used to criticism. The Bills coach says he doesn't let it bother him.

But when a misogynistic Seahawks fan heckled Bills assistant coach Kathryn Smith, Ryan took issue.

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"I get ripped all the time. I'm free game. That's cool. But I think that was really classless," Ryan told reporters during a media conference call on Tuesday.

As Smith, the NFL's first full-time female assistant coach, ran onto the field for Monday night's 31-25 loss to the Seahawks, a man above the Bills tunnel recognized her and began yelling, "Hey, waitress!