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Richard Sherman found himself in the middle of several controversies during Monday night's win against the Bills. The first came in the waning seconds of the first half, when he jumped offsides and promptly steamrolled Bills kicker Dan Carpenter.

Inexplicably, Sherman wasn't flagged for roughing the kicker (the referee tried to explain that decision afterwards). Predictably, Rex Ryan lost his ever-loving mind, and understandably so.

Fast-forward to the second half, following a Sherman interception, and here's the Westworld-ian Sherman-Ryan standoff:


And if you're into the whole film noir thing:

In addition to countless other problems with how the game unfolded, Ryan also took issue with how Sherman comported himself in the clip above.

"He's mean-mugging like he's always doing and whatever," Ryan told reporters after the game, via NFL.com. "Guy's a great player, but he does, you know. I guess it wasn't as bad as I thought, I thought he roughed our kicker. It was a ridiculous play, no question. Then he's over on the sideline basically taunting us, so I had some words. I think I said 'You're too good a player to act like an ass.' I think that's what I said."

Yes, it is with some irony that Ryan thinks Sherman went overboard with the theatrics

Sherman's response to Ryan's response: "I didn't hear what he said. I'm sure he said something, you'd have to ask him. I didn't hear him. Our stadium is too loud, and they were going crazy right there. I didn't say anything, I just looked at him."

Technically, yes, Sherman did look at Ryan. And while we don't have any real problem with it, we're also surprised the officials didn't flag Sherman for taunting. Then again, maybe taunting, at least in the eyes of the NFL, is less troubling than twerking, where a zero-tolerance policy seems to be in effect. Here's what commissioner Roger Goodell said last month about about excessive celebrations, whether they be of the hip-gyratin' or simulated-violence variety.

"It comes down to balancing a lot of issues, the professional standards that we want to uphold," he said. "We do believe that our players are role models and others look at that at the youth level. So that's important for us to hold that standard up. And it's part of being a professional. So that's one element of it."

Of course, maybe the officials just missed the call on Sherman; they weren't exactly at their best on Monday night. Referee Walt Anderson didn't think Sherman should've been flagged for roughing the kicker, but he also admitted that he lost track of the play clock after he wrongly penalized the Bills for delay of game in the very same series.