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Rivera embraces 'Riverboat Ron' at Kentucky Derby

With apologies to The Hooded One, Ron Rivera continues to lead the pack when it comes to great nicknames for NFL head coaches.

We're referring, of course, to "Riverboat Ron", a moniker that stuck a few years back when Rivera started to take a more aggressive approach to his playcalling on offense.

Rivera seems to run hot and cold in terms of his embrace of the nickname -- at least until he showed up at the Kentucky Derby on Saturday.

Riverboat seems like he's having a grand time at Churchill Downs.

Oh, and this happened ...

Riverboat wasn't happy with NBC's representation:

We'll update this post if Riverboat goes Full Welker and starts peeling off Benjamins for strangers. You never go Full Welker.