Ryan told reporters Friday that firing Roman was “my move, without question”.
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Ryan, who meets with owners Terry and Kim Pegula after every game, explained how the decision was finalized.
“I should have [gone for two]”, Bowles said in a Friday conference call with reports, per the New York Post. “And that’s when I had my discussion with Greg”.
It was clear that Ryan was contemplating this move after the loss Thursday night.
One week the Buffalo Bills offense is sputtering. “I think he’s a rare talent and we have to do things that I think will showcase those abilities a little bit”.
On the other, maybe the Bills are giving Ryan one last chance to get things right – and if he can’t win with his guys, then he won’t be winning at all in Buffalo.
Regardless of who is running the show for a Bills team that, aside from Watkins, is pretty thin at wide receiver, the issues will always go directly back to the defense until there’s some fix figured out on that side of the ball.
Ryan doesn’t anticipate any major changes with respect to the offensive system. And he promoted Lynn because he knows the drill from their Jets days. “Once I got that, I said, ‘I’m going to go out there and run'”. “But against this team, this was the best we’ve seen him”.
The 49ers face the Bills in Week 6 up in Buffalo.
Pelissero added, “According to that person, there was a feeling Roman essentially put in a new offense each week, rather than focusing and building off what they’d done well”. “We want to spread the ball down the field and that will be a huge advantage for us”. “This league should be about protecting the players and (referee Ed) Hochuli explained that to me”.
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“He has some unique abilities and we need to focus on those strengths, and also try to develop what we perceive as a weakness; give him an opportunity to get better, and I think he will”. Ryan is probably safe, and his brother and assistant head coach Rob Ryan is likely to be safe. So why would Rex decide to turn on his offensive coordinator just when it seemed that the team was gaining some momentum? Lynn was also the Bills’ running backs coach before the Roman firing. He walked slowly, ominously, back to the locker room. He’s a smart guy, an “X” and ‘O’s guy, a former world champion as a player. He’s been under Bill Parcells. They’ll sometimes even defend their own mistakes before they make them, like when Bucs coach Dirk Koetter basically said he knew that the math supported going for two more often but he still wouldn’t do it because he’s scared. “I think he’s going to do a great job”.
