Rex Ryan is still putting his best foot forward.
The ex-Jets coach is expected to make his normal “Sunday NFL Countdown” analyst appearance following his stint in a Nashville jail this week, ESPN said on Saturday.
“As of now, Rex will appear as scheduled, including on Sunday NFL Countdown,” according to a spokesperson for the network.
Ryan, 63, turned himself in Wednesday over allegations he ran over pedestrians’ feet with his car in an incident earlier this month.
Ryan has not publicly addressed the charges, which include leaving the scene of an accident, failure to give information/render aid and failure to obey a traffic control signal over a Nov. 5 incident in which two individuals claim he hit them with his pickup truck as they crossed Broadway with a “walk” signal.
In an exclusive interview with The Post, Michael Holland said Ryan “almost killed” him and his wife with his truck — complete with a “HIT QBS” license plate in a Jets holder — leaving them with scratched-up and bruised legs.
“If we had been six inches further out,” Holland said, “I’d be in a hospital right now and so would my wife.”
He was released shortly after posting $6,000 on Wednesday morning.
Over eight seasons as an NFL coach — six with the Jets and two in Buffalo — Ryan compiled a 61-66 record that included a 46-50 mark with Gang Green.
He led the Jets to their most recent playoff appearances in 2009 and 2010.
Ryan is perhaps most famous, though, for an off-field incident during his time with the Jets, in which videos posted to the internet revealed his foot fetish.
In his TV role, Ryan has often joked on-air about the December 2010 incident, which earned him the front page of The Post with a headline that read, “Agony of De-Feet.”
ESPN, his employer since he last coached in 2017, said, “We are aware and are in touch with Rex” in a statement earlier this week.
He is due back in court in December.
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