BY Kristie Ackert DAILY NEWS SPORTS WRITER  Updated Monday, September 28th 2009, 5:41 PM  Like many Jets, David Clowney used to use Twitter to update friends and fans about his daily routine, video games, his thoughts and his feelings about life and his job with the Jets.  The little-used speedy wide receiver seems to be holding back on his opinions about his team now, after being benched on Sunday for complaining about his playing time on the social networking site.  "I was upset with him, yep," Rex Ryan said Monday. "I was upset with him for a couple of reasons. One of them is that you'll hear things if a guy's unhappy or whatever. I am not a big Twitter guy, but you hear different things. To me it's about our team, and in understanding it's about our team, no individual is bigger than the team."  Hours after the Jets' 16-9 win over the Patriots on Sept. 20, Clowney wrote on his verified Twitter account: "1 play in the 1st Half, 4 plays in the 2nd half. A bit disappointed about my playing time but very happy and satisfied about the win."  Dozens of NFL players, including several Jets, use Twitter to communicate with their fans. It is so prevalent that the NFL came out with rules for player tweeting this season. The league prohibits players from using Twitter from 90 minutes before a game until after interviews after the game.  The wide use of Twitter has led to some interesting and embarrassing moments.  Jets safety Kerry Rhodes and the Bills' Terrell Owens, both prolific tweeters, have used Twitter to counter NBC analyst Rodney Harrison after the former Patriots safety criticized them. After Harrison said Rhodes was not tough, Rhodes tweeted: "I'm detecting a lil jealousy from (Harrison) he must wish he was playing 2morrow. My talent outweighs his ask belichick."  After Harrison called Owens selfish, the Bills' wide receiver taunted Harrison for his 2007 suspension for steroids and called him a loser in a tweet.  Last week, Cardinals receiver Larry Fitzgerald found himself having to apologize to his team for his younger brother's tweets. Marcus Fitzgerald had ripped Kurt Warner after Larry had four catches for 34 yards at Jacksonville.  Because he has just one NFL catch, Clowney's tweet did not catch much attention, but Ryan clearly took it personally. He wanted to see if Clowney could redeem himself on the scout team. "He could have come out and been upset and pouted, or he could come out and be a Jet and work his tail off and show me he wants to do it our way," Ryan said. "He did exactly that. He was phenomenal in preparation. In fact, I'll probably give him the Scout Team Player of the Week."  Clowney was not available for comment at the training facility in Florham Park, N.J., Monday, but he did go online.  "In the bed, ... Doc sent me home as soon as I walked thru the facility doors, ... Bout to take a mean nap," Clowney tweeted in the afternoon.
Jets coach Rex Ryan benched David Clowney against the Tennessee Titans after the speedy wide receiver tweeted about a lack of playing time.