"Brian Schottenheimer had been out of New York for little more than a week when his former head coach, Rex Ryan, delivered a parting gift. Or parting shot.

In the wake of a late-season collapse that left the Jets at 8-8 and out of the playoffs, Ryan told a New York radio station that Schottenheimer's verbiage — the language of calling plays and discussing the offense — was too complicated.

On Tuesday, during his introductory conference call as the Rams' new offensive coordinator, Schottenheimer returned volley.

Asked if his verbiage was too complicated, Schottenheimer replied: "I don't. I really don't. I think it's one of those situations where as you go through the thing, we're going to do things that our players know and understand well.

"I do not think that the verbiage is a problem. And if it ever became that, I would hope that somebody spoke up and came to me and said, 'Hey the verbiage is too much.' But that's never happened in my career."

A 'somebody" like, say Ryan."