“So yeah I guess that would be … yeah that bothers me, no doubt about it”, Ryan said.
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The person spoke Thursday on the condition of anonymity because the team does not publicly discuss its player personnel plans.
Coming into Sunday, three AFC teams were 9-5 battling for two “wild card” playoff spots: the Chiefs, Steelers and Jets. For New York it’s simple: win and get in. “Every game when I go out there, there’s a lot at stake, and so I just approach it like that every week”. Not only did they beat the Jets, but they beat them at home. Ryan is now in the first of his five year $27.5 million contract. Beat the Buffalo Bills on Sunday and Gang Green will be headed back to the playoffs for the first time in four seasons. Wednesday, he again downplayed the matchup with his old team. And there was no hint of the overly-emotional Ryan who punched the air and had his headset fly off on the sideline while celebrating Buffalo’s 22-17 win at the Meadowlands.
Ryan claimed it wouldn’t excite him any more than usual to knock the Jets out, but he said that possibility may exist for his players.
“It’s not the criticism I take, it’s the criticism our team takes that bothers me”, he said. “Our fans, look, they’re frustrated. But this is your last shot at it this year, so you get to play against a team that has everything riding on it”. After their week 10 win over the Jets, they have fallen to 7-8 on the season, missing the playoffs.
“I think guys do get revved up”, Ryan said. I thought I’m telling the truth. “I absolutely did, without question”. Quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick has upped his game and the Jets hasn’t lost since dropping the one to the Bills.
Yeah, after Sunday’s 16-6 win over an injury-ravaged Dallas team, playing a fourth different starting quarterback this season, a. 500 record is still a possibility for Buffalo. I think they need a true 3-4 end to go with Hughes and Kyle Williams, and then bolstering the linebacker talent and finding a dependable nickel corner would help. It just hasn’t gone right.
“There are a lot of guys that get caught up in that, and I’ve read a lot of books on mindset and mentalization”, Marshall said.
I find it ironic that you chose to follow your father’s path with the “no East Carolina’s” comment. “I mean everything there was top-notch, so I look back on those four years very fondly”. Bill Belichick says nothing.
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“Honestly I didn’t even look at it as a rebuild”, Cromartie said. I’d rather be about that than being so tight-lipped that nothing truthful comes out of this building. They believed like I did. Is it ideal? Nope, it’s certainly not. If I was trying to do that we would all be like god that ain’t going to work, that ain’t who I am. Wide Receivers Leonard Hankerson and Greg Salas figure to have some passes thrown their way. It has to be earned, and over the course of the season, he’s done that and more.
