In what’s guaranteed to be the weirdest story you’ll read today, there’s a good chance that NFL coaching twins Rex and Rob Ryan were switched at birth and probably several times during their formative years.
According the to the Buffalo News — which ran a story on Rex, the Bills new head coach — ‘the twins’ birth certificates show Rex was born five minutes ahead of Rob. But there is no guarantee which one truly is which.”
The Bills’ new coach might actually be Rob. The Saints’ defensive coordinator might actually be Rex.
There’s a good chance Buddy and Doris mixed them up. On multiple occasions. For a while, Rex and Rob were identified as Baby A and Baby B in the hospital.
“The nurse would take one away when I was done feeding and bring me the other one,” Doris said, “and I’d swear, ‘I think I just fed this baby.’ ”
As long as they were switched an even number of times. If not …
“I would’ve had a better name,” Rex said. “We’ve laughed about it before. I probably really am Rob, and he’s Rex. Isn’t that funny, though? Who knows?”
Not that it would matter. Rex and Rob Ryan practically are the same person. They once were so inseparable they shared the same wallet (Rob carried it) and the same car key (Rex always drove because he was older, at least in theory) into their 20s.
“We were at the same place anyway,” Rex said. “So if we’re going out to eat, we don’t need two wallets. We lived out of that.
“The first time I really carried my own wallet was the day I got married.”
So there you have it. Rex might be Rob. Rob might be Rex.
Finkle is Einhorn.
The possibilities are endless.
[h/t: Buffalo News, Complex]