Bills Finalizing deal with Ryan

[Dr. Lecter]

Adam Schefter ‏@AdamSchefter 7m7 minutes ago

Just a couple more I's to dot and T's to cross, but Rex Ryan now expected to be the next Buffalo Bills HC. First domino falls!

[YardRat]

Ugggh...

[Don't Panic]

Wow. Ballsy move indeed. He's a good coach but I'm just a little surprised we are that interested in him and that he's that interested in us.

[Night Train]

Happy dance.

http://www.billszone.com/fanzone/sho...light=rex+ryan

[Dr. Lecter]

Ugggh...

I love it.

The guy has had success.

[YardRat]

http://fansided.com/2015/01/11/buffa...hire-rex-ryan/


The intrigue about this hire doesn’t end with the news that Rex Ryan is headed to Buffalo. The next question is, what does this mean for the future of defensive coordinator Jim Schwartz. There was the belief that if Ryan somehow took a job with the Bills, he’d want to run the defense, or at the very least try to bring in his brother Rob Ryan from the Saints.

Schwartz helped make the Bills defense stout in 2014, which means Ryan has a real decision to make as he settles into his new job.
It’s not a move anyone saw coming, but the first head coaching domino in the NFL has fallen, as Rex Ryan is headed to the Buffalo Bills to become the team’s unlikely next head coach.

lol...If he brings Rob in, that is really going to be bad...sonofa*****

[GingerP]

I think it is a great hire. He has proven he can give the Patriots fits, and that is the mountain the Bills have to climb. With the Bills' defensive personnel, Ryan makes a lot of sense.

Yeah, QB is still and issue, but that was going to be a problem no matter who they hired. With Ryan they are going to run the ball and play defense, which should be the strength of the team given their personnel.

[YardRat]

I love it.

The guy has had success.

Well, I guess if 'success' is defined as beating out consistent mediocrity (Buffalo) by a game in the division standings for a few years running...

[Novacane]

Wow. Ballsy move indeed. He's a good coach but I'm just a little surprised we are that interested in him and that he's that interested in us.

Especially since ours is the worst job available and we are going to have to beg someone to take it.

[Dr. Lecter]

Well, I guess if 'success' is defined as beating out consistent mediocrity (Buffalo) by a game in the division standings for a few years running...

I thought his team went to 2 AFC Championship games with less talent than is on the current Bills roster?

Or did you leave that part out?

[sudzy]

Awesome. Can't wait to see him with this defense and what Trestman can do with this offense.

[Night Train]

$$$ talks.

Ralph is clearly dead.

[sudzy]

The top coaching candidate and the Bills land him. Times they are a changing.

[YardRat]

I thought his team went to 2 AFC Championship games with less talent than is on the current Bills roster?

Or did you leave that part out?

I left that part out...I look more at the decline from beginning to end.

I really hope you're not also looking forward to bringing Sanchez in too.

[Don't Panic]

Especially since ours is the worst job available and we are going to have to beg someone to take it.

No, just that we've been a rival and I figured he would want a better QB situation.

[wmoz11]

I love the hire, but contributing significantly is the caveat that Trestman becomes the OC. That will be huge. Bears had the number 1 offense in the NFL just last season and his track record obviously includes tons of offensive success.

[Don't Panic]

I wonder if he'll bring Morninhinweg with him.

[YardRat]

Unless Schwartz is retained, I'll say it right now...the defense drops down to the middle of the pack next season, and everybody will once again be *****ing about how badly the players suck.

We finally get a defense, and a DC, that plays to the roster's strengths and puts guys in a position to succeed, and it's going to get mixed up and tinkered with? That's a terrible model moving forward.

[Dr. Lecter]

I left that part out...I look more at the decline from beginning to end.

I really hope you're not also looking forward to bringing Sanchez in too.

There's a reason the GM was fired too. Hence the "less talent" comment. But ignoring the part of the time he was there that don't support your argument is weak

And I said nothing about Sanchez. Unless EJ gets it together (and maybe he can with Marrone and crew telling him not to move and play to his strengths), QB is gonna be rough this season. Not that I'm a fan but Sanchez wouldn't be worse than the other options

[HHURRICANE]

Maybe Ryan convinces Orton to come back.