Ought to the New York Jets look to the franchise’s previous of their seek for a brand new head coach? Rex Ryan is hoping so.
The previous NFL coach and present ESPN analyst stated that he desires to return to the Jets for a second run because the staff’s head coach. Ryan expressed his need for the job throughout an look on Barstool Sports activities’ “Pardon My Take” Friday.
“I’d like to, there’s no doubt about it,” Ryan stated when requested if was going to save lots of the Jets. “I’ve let everybody know that I undoubtedly can be inquisitive about that job, despite the fact that I’ve received an excellent gig.
“I think I have some unfinished business, especially with that franchise. That particular franchise, you know my dad [Buddy Ryan] was there forever, he won a Super Bowl, and it’s super close to me. I would get back in it if I thought I could make a difference and I think I could make a big difference with that team.”
The Jets have been an enormous disappointment in 2024. Regardless of Aaron Rodgers’ return from harm and a midseason commerce for star wideout Davante Adams, the Jets sit at 3-8 with only a 2% probability of creating the playoffs.
New York hasn’t made the postseason since 2010, when Ryan was main the staff, and the franchise is about to be available in the market for a head coach once more this offseason. Robert Saleh was fired following a 2-3 begin and the staff has gone simply 1-5 since underneath interim head coach Jeff Ulbrich. Basic supervisor Joe Douglas was fired earlier this week, as nicely.
However Ryan does not consider the Jets require wholesale roster adjustments, saying he would be capable of flip issues round in a short time.
“I think if I took over, it’d be turned in about two minutes,” Ryan stated, “as a result of I feel it begins with the eagerness and the vitality that I’d deliver to that constructing and the ‘we’re not gonna take any poop’ mentality, both. We’re gonna kick your a** and we do not care in case you prefer it or not. However, with that, it comes obligations and accountability from that soccer staff. I am going to take each bullet, I get it. I need my gamers to play quick and I need them to be relentless.
“Right now, here’s what I see with that football team: I see a team that plays with effort, everybody in the National Football League plays with effort. But I see a team that doesn’t play with the enthusiasm that you need, and I think that would change in a second. The minute I got there it would change, and it would have to or the guy would be down the road.”
Ryan additionally gave a harsh evaluation of the Jets’ offense, which ranks twenty sixth in each yards per sport and factors per sport.
“That offense is about 20 years behind its time,” Ryan stated. “That is the previous West Coast-type stuff and there is guys, they speak like they’re geniuses, and the nice factor is I really like going towards them. I can let you know the place each rattling play goes. I have never coached for eight years and might let you know each play.
“So I think that’s something that needs to be flushed out, and you’ve got to start new. You’ve got to get up to the times offensively — come out of the huddle quick, use shifts, motions to help identify things and get yourself in a great play. There’s people out there that obviously, quite honestly, would be a hell of a lot smarter than me. But those would be the guys that you would hire.”
Ryan, who turns 62 in December, was employed by the Jets as head coach in 2009 following a four-year run as defensive coordinator of the Baltimore Ravens. In Ryan’s first two seasons as an NFL head coach, New York went 9-7 and 11-5 whereas making consecutive runs to the AFC Championship Recreation behind a stout protection.
However the Jets didn’t make it again to the playoffs over Ryan’s closing 4 seasons, going mixed a 26-38. The stretch was marred by poor quarterback play, as former No. 5 choose Mark Sanchez and former second-rounder Geno Smith failed to ascertain themselves as long-term solutions underneath heart.
New York fired Ryan following a 4-12 season in 2014. A decade later, he sees a Jets staff that is extra gifted than any he coached throughout his six-year tenure.
“From physical standpoint, from a personnel standpoint, this team is close to being a dominant football team when you look at it talent-wise,” Ryan stated. “Why the hell they’re not playing to that level, I don’t know.”
“I never had this kind of talent when I coached the Jets,” he added. “Never close to this kind of talent.”
After being fired by New York, Ryan spent the subsequent two seasons as head coach of the AFC East rival Buffalo Payments. He went a mixed 15-16 with out a playoff look earlier than being fired late within the 2016 season.
Whereas Ryan hasn’t coached within the NFL since, he is assured that he would get the job if Jets proprietor Woody Johnson had been to deliver him in for an interview.
“It’s crazy, but I know when I get an opportunity to interview for it, I’m gonna get the job. That’s how I feel about it,” Ryan stated. “If I get that opportunity, great. If not, they want to go a different direction, then so be it.”
“There’s a lot of great coaches out there, but I think I’m the guy for the Jets,” he added. “The reason for it is, I connect with the Jets, that Jet fan base and all that. All these other guys that you bring in, they ain’t close to connecting. I’ve already done it.”
Atone for the most important matchups in Week 12 of the 2024 NFL season.
