Great article on ESPN on Ryan. Writer nails it.
http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/13704595/bills-rex-ryan-never-talk-way-title-bill-belichick-watch
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. - Rex Ryan can coach the Miami Dolphins when he is done riling up the masses in Buffalo. He can complete the cycle of non-New England jobs in the AFC East and earn a living in the division for another dozen tumultuous years, and nothing will change about this cold, hard truth:
He will never talk his way to a title on Bill Belichick's watch.
It's not happening. Ever. Ryan can keep prattling on about his fearless team, blustering about this and that, and it will continue to be an exercise in wasted energy and time.
Somebody else will someday win the AFC East. But it won't be because Ryan predicted it or because he frightened the Patriots by swearing he would "build a bully" that would make Tom Brady quiver in his Hall of Fame cleats.
The Patriots will finally fall because another head coach in the division found and developed an elite quarterback and pieced together the kind of balanced, mature, precision-centric program Belichick has built in New England. In Sunday's 40-32 loss to the Patriots, Ryan reminded everyone watching that, to date, he has yet to prove himself capable of assembling that kind of team.
"This loss is squarely on one man's shoulders; it's on my shoulders," Ryan said. "Yeah, we've got to get better as a team, there's no question. But I have to get better. Belichick outcoached me, no question about it, and that's how it ended up."
Ryan's signature defense surrendered 466 passing yards to Brady, the most any Bills team has surrendered to any quarterback. Buffalo committed 14 penalties for 140 yards, including two personal fouls on one play. The one Belichick accepted helped set up a six-yard touchdown run from Dion Lewis, the very running back Ryan said he couldn't name in the days before the game.
The very running back who shredded Ryan's schemes with six receptions for 98 yards.
"Oh, that's the reason we lost," the Bills coach responded sarcastically when asked if he regretted saying what he'd said about Lewis. "Go ahead, I still don't know his name. Next time run the ball."
http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/13704595/bills-rex-ryan-never-talk-way-title-bill-belichick-watch
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. - Rex Ryan can coach the Miami Dolphins when he is done riling up the masses in Buffalo. He can complete the cycle of non-New England jobs in the AFC East and earn a living in the division for another dozen tumultuous years, and nothing will change about this cold, hard truth:
He will never talk his way to a title on Bill Belichick's watch.
It's not happening. Ever. Ryan can keep prattling on about his fearless team, blustering about this and that, and it will continue to be an exercise in wasted energy and time.
Somebody else will someday win the AFC East. But it won't be because Ryan predicted it or because he frightened the Patriots by swearing he would "build a bully" that would make Tom Brady quiver in his Hall of Fame cleats.
The Patriots will finally fall because another head coach in the division found and developed an elite quarterback and pieced together the kind of balanced, mature, precision-centric program Belichick has built in New England. In Sunday's 40-32 loss to the Patriots, Ryan reminded everyone watching that, to date, he has yet to prove himself capable of assembling that kind of team.
"This loss is squarely on one man's shoulders; it's on my shoulders," Ryan said. "Yeah, we've got to get better as a team, there's no question. But I have to get better. Belichick outcoached me, no question about it, and that's how it ended up."
Ryan's signature defense surrendered 466 passing yards to Brady, the most any Bills team has surrendered to any quarterback. Buffalo committed 14 penalties for 140 yards, including two personal fouls on one play. The one Belichick accepted helped set up a six-yard touchdown run from Dion Lewis, the very running back Ryan said he couldn't name in the days before the game.
The very running back who shredded Ryan's schemes with six receptions for 98 yards.
"Oh, that's the reason we lost," the Bills coach responded sarcastically when asked if he regretted saying what he'd said about Lewis. "Go ahead, I still don't know his name. Next time run the ball."
Kristian Dyer
