By: Peter DiPaola @peterssports88
Edited By: Nicholas Peterson
With one game left to go in the 2016 NFL season, the Buffalo Bills have fired Rex Ryan. It is the sixth straight season that Ryan has missed the playoffs as a head coach - four straight with the Jets and two with the Bills. He leaves Buffalo with a record of 15-16
Rex Ryan's firing was deserved. Outside of his first two seasons in the NFL, where he coached the Jets to two straight AFC Championship games, he has not made the playoffs. His record as an NFL head coach is 61-66, but without his first two seasons - where he went 20-12 in the regular season - he has gone 41-54, winning just 43% of his games. His early record as the Jets' Head Coach never made real his guarantees of a Super Bowl, neither did they make real his guarantees of playoff appearances for the Bills.
Those guarantees are not the only reason he put himself in hot water; he has not shown the ability to develop an NFL quarterback, and the Bills have regressed on defense since he arrived. In 2014, the season before Rex arrived in Buffalo, the Bills were the defensive leaders for sacks with 54. In 2015 the Bills ranked 31st with 21 sacks, a drop of 30 places and a loss of more than half their total sacks. This was odd, considering that Ryan is known as one of the best defensive minds in the NFL. This season saw improvement as the Bills are currently tied for 5th in the NFL with 38 sacks, but it is too little too late.
All this means that Rex Ryan may have coached his last game in the NFL as a head coach this past Sunday. The most damning thing of all may be that the headlines he created with his bluster and bravado may be better remembered than his career record. He could certainly land as a defensive
coordinator for another team, but as a head coach? It is hard to see that happening that anytime soon.
Edited By: Nicholas Peterson
With one game left to go in the 2016 NFL season, the Buffalo Bills have fired Rex Ryan. It is the sixth straight season that Ryan has missed the playoffs as a head coach - four straight with the Jets and two with the Bills. He leaves Buffalo with a record of 15-16
Rex Ryan's firing was deserved. Outside of his first two seasons in the NFL, where he coached the Jets to two straight AFC Championship games, he has not made the playoffs. His record as an NFL head coach is 61-66, but without his first two seasons - where he went 20-12 in the regular season - he has gone 41-54, winning just 43% of his games. His early record as the Jets' Head Coach never made real his guarantees of a Super Bowl, neither did they make real his guarantees of playoff appearances for the Bills.
Those guarantees are not the only reason he put himself in hot water; he has not shown the ability to develop an NFL quarterback, and the Bills have regressed on defense since he arrived. In 2014, the season before Rex arrived in Buffalo, the Bills were the defensive leaders for sacks with 54. In 2015 the Bills ranked 31st with 21 sacks, a drop of 30 places and a loss of more than half their total sacks. This was odd, considering that Ryan is known as one of the best defensive minds in the NFL. This season saw improvement as the Bills are currently tied for 5th in the NFL with 38 sacks, but it is too little too late.
All this means that Rex Ryan may have coached his last game in the NFL as a head coach this past Sunday. The most damning thing of all may be that the headlines he created with his bluster and bravado may be better remembered than his career record. He could certainly land as a defensive
coordinator for another team, but as a head coach? It is hard to see that happening that anytime soon.
*STATS IN THIS POST ARE FROM WWW.NFL.COM AND WWW.PRO-FOOTBALL-REFERENCE.COM*
