The Bills (0-2) are suddenly reeling in Ryan’s second season as coach, and two years after he has fired by the Jets. Roman was among about a dozen candidates to interview for the Bills’ head-coaching vacancy following the sudden departure of Doug Marrone.
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Eric Decker caught six passes for 126 yards and a touchdown, while Brandon Marshall made a half dozen catches for 101 yards in front of a crowd of 70,200 at New Era Field in Buffalo, New York.
Lynn followed Ryan from the Jets to the Bills after six seasons as a running backs coach in NY. The quarterbacks he’s worked with included Andrew Luck, Alex Smith, Colin Kaepernick, and Tyrod Taylor.
Rex Ryan is holding himself answerable for the Buffalo Bills’ slow start. “We’ll see how long James is out, if he’s out”, Bowles said.
“I don’t know if he’s a track star”, Revis said after the game of Goodwin, who qualified for the 2012 London Olympics in the long jump. Ryan also isn’t going to fire his brother Rob, who is the Bills’ defensive coordinator, so the two are clearly tied together as Buffalo’s season deteriorates into another non-playoff campaign. That’s not what was counted on from a unit that returned mostly intact and was expected to be more comfortable with Roman’s philosophies and playbook. In Week 1, the Buffalo offense managed just 160 total yards of offense against the Baltimore Ravens, but rebounded to rack up 393 yards against the Jets. “We’ve got to correct it and move on”. The number five defense in the league overall last season, they were sixth against the run, eighth against the pass, eighth in third down defense and seventh in points allowed.
The Bills have been downright putrid on one side of the ball in each of their first two losses.
Little did anyone – and Marshall, especially – believe he’d be back in the huddle some 10 minutes later. The Bills were torn apart consistently, specifically in the red zone, and to top all of this off, the only thing their defense did that was even worth noting, was pick up an ugly Jets fumble and take it back to the house for a touchdown.
“This is my move, without question”, head coach Rex Ryan said Friday afternoon, attempting to deflate media speculation that owner Terry Pegula pushed the button. Before being hired by Buffalo, he spent four seasons as 49ers offensive coordinator.
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Roman did a lot more good than bad for the Bills, but Ryan has always utilized a run-first style dating back to his time with the Jets that wasn’t working with Roman and running back LeSean McCoy. In March, defensive line coach Karl Dunbar was sacked and replaced by John Blake.
