26CornerBlitz Posted January 6, 2017 Share Posted January 6, 2017 (edited) @TyDunne Had an interesting chat with one #Bills defensive player today on what went wrong for them this year. Will pass along a couple quotes. More from this #Bills player on D: "Rob ruined our whole defense. He took over everything. ... He confused us." Called it a "disaster." This #Bills player said that Rob Ryan -- not Rex -- was the problem. Rob was basically the team's DC in 2016. "He changed everything." Bills defensive player on Rob Ryan's D: "Players hated it. Everything we played was dictated off the offense. We had no identity." One other note: Player I chatted with said Rob Ryan mixed man with zone so much it confused everybody. "It was all over the place." In sum, guys on D livid because they felt the #Bills offense carried their weight in 2016 and the changes ruined a potentially great season. Edited January 6, 2017 by 26CornerBlitz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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26CornerBlitz Posted January 6, 2017 Author Share Posted January 6, 2017 @TyDunne Bills defensive player on Rob Ryan's D: "Players hated it. Everything we played was dictated off the offense. We had no identity." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GG Posted January 6, 2017 Share Posted January 6, 2017 Oh brother. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H2o Posted January 6, 2017 Share Posted January 6, 2017 I don't understand at all....... He was so good in Dallas and New Orleans Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FireChan Posted January 6, 2017 Share Posted January 6, 2017 Shocking. I remember lots of folks spinning this as, "they are running the same system and this will make it twice as easy!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayne Cubed Posted January 6, 2017 Share Posted January 6, 2017 This #Bills player said that Rob Ryan -- not Rex -- was the problem. Rob was basically the team's DC in 2016. "He changed everything." If Rob was the problem, then Rex was too for allowing his brother to be the de facto DC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GG Posted January 6, 2017 Share Posted January 6, 2017 If Rob was the problem, then Rex was too for allowing his brother to be the de facto DC. Not a coincidence that they were the two shown the door Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ndirish1978 Posted January 6, 2017 Share Posted January 6, 2017 If Rob was the problem, then Rex was too for allowing his brother to be the de facto DC. I suspect that's why they were both let go together Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloWings Posted January 6, 2017 Share Posted January 6, 2017 Shocking. I remember lots of folks spinning this as, "they are running the same system and this will make it twice as easy!" I remember the spin being that Rex (not Rob) would run *his* defense in 2016, not the "hybrid" between his D and what Schwartz was doing. This was supposed to have made things simpler. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Big Cat Posted January 6, 2017 Share Posted January 6, 2017 Two biggest marks against Rex coming to the Bills: Light on details Loyal to his own detriment No surprise they're what did him in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayne Cubed Posted January 6, 2017 Share Posted January 6, 2017 Not a coincidence that they were the two shown the door I suspect that's why they were both let go together Yea, no doubt about that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebandit27 Posted January 6, 2017 Share Posted January 6, 2017 Shocking. I remember lots of folks spinning this as, "they are running the same system and this will make it twice as easy!" I said that--and it was the only thing that made sense. It would be (was) criminally stupid to bring him in if his plan was to change everything again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoSaint Posted January 6, 2017 Share Posted January 6, 2017 echos the sentiments out of NOLA last year at this time. The saints were disorganized - took penalties and timeouts for not having the right number of guys etc.... and played below their talents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoloinOhio Posted January 6, 2017 Share Posted January 6, 2017 (edited) "But Mr. Pegula, Why was Rex fired?" -- Whaley. Not. Edited January 6, 2017 by YoloinOhio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FireChan Posted January 6, 2017 Share Posted January 6, 2017 I said that--and it was the only thing that made sense. It would be (was) criminally stupid to bring him in if his plan was to change everything again. It does make sense, but you greatly underestimated the special brand of terrible Rob Ryan exudes from every pore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
26CornerBlitz Posted January 6, 2017 Author Share Posted January 6, 2017 @TyDunne In sum, guys on D livid because they felt the #Bills offense carried their weight in 2016 and the changes ruined a potentially great season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoSaint Posted January 6, 2017 Share Posted January 6, 2017 I said that--and it was the only thing that made sense. It would be (was) criminally stupid to bring him in if his plan was to change everything again. well, remember at the time was they decided to fully scrap whatever halfway between JS and RR defense rex ran in 2015, and go full ryan. i suspect that didnt amount to throwing out everything, but i do believe there were changes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoloinOhio Posted January 6, 2017 Share Posted January 6, 2017 If Rob was the problem, then Rex was too for allowing his brother to be the de facto DC. absolutely And no wonder they wanted to see Dennis Thurman run the D on his own in the last game By the way this is no surprise based on Rob's previous stints Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punching Bag Posted January 6, 2017 Share Posted January 6, 2017 Yes and look at the hangover effect in New Orleans - so can use it as excuse in 2017. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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