Fans in the MetLife Stadium parking lots had mixed emotions concerning Ryan, who was 50-54 in the regular season and 4-2 in the playoffs with the Jets before being fired at the end of the 2014 season. His pride and joy, the defense, had two interceptions, recovered a fumble and stopped the Jets inside the Bills 10 in the final minutes.
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“I ain’t the smartest cat of all time, and I spent six years coaching in green and white”, Ryan said. “Every guy in this room has been dumped by a girl”.
“Every now and then they call you back”, he said.
Buffalo Bills running back Karlos Williams, front, and wide receiver Sammy Watkins celebrate Williams’ touchdown catch against the NY Jets during the second half of an NFL football game, Thursday, November 12, 2015, in East Rutherford, N.J.
With the 22-17 loss, the Jets have dropped three of their past four games after opening the season 4-1.
In an unusual move by a head coach, Ryan didn’t take the field until after his team’s warm-ups and just before kickoff.
Even though everyone in the special teams unit played a rather clean game, whenever a fumble deep inside a team’s territory occurs is never a positive thing, especially when it results in a touchdown going the other way.
But head-to-head, the NY Jets were not able to get the job done last night against Rex Ryan, their former head coach, and the Bills.
“I’m saying I’m trying to – you wanna beat the very best in your division”, Ryan told reporters. Sometimes it goes out, sometimes it doesn’t.
REXCEPTION: Ryan was greeted with some boos and a few cheers, but nothing over the top. “The Jets right now are a hell of a football team”.
NOTES: During the first quarter, the Jets flashed an “in memoriam” message on the scoreboard honoring longtime equipment manager Bill Hampton, who died this week at age 86….
Bowles said after the game that he didn’t regret his fourth-down decision, but that there was a mix-up on the play.
Fitzpatrick hit Eric Decker for a 31-yard touchdown with 7:23 remaining, and then got another golden chance a couple of minutes later when Buffalo punter Colton Schmidt bobbled a snap and was tackled at his 13. Ryan Fitzpatrick reads this perfectly and throws it where it is supposed to go, but Davis doesn’t turn around fast enough to see him throw the ball, and he lets it fall to the ground.
Carpenter kicked a 47-yard field goal to make it 3-3. The Jets would trail 22 to 3, but they would rally. “We had to go out there and run the ball and we did it”. Eventually, the conversation turned to the New England Patriots. He’s rushed for a combined 224 yards in those games, including 112 Thursday against a Jets run defense that was yielding an NFL-stingiest 80 yards per game. He attacked the line of scrimmage to the tune of 18 carries for 99 yards. Injuries are about to make a comeback hard to manage as Ryan Fitzpatrick is set to have surgery and Zac Stacy deals with an ankle injury. Since the Jets have ten days to prepare for their Week 11 matchup against the Houston Texas with a bye-week ahead of them, he may have time to heal.
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“He didn’t talk too much about himself, but we knew he wanted to talk a little trash”, he said. And he got it, albeit barely, as the Bills almost blew a 19-point third quarter lead before hanging for a 22-19 win. Ryan’s custom is to make players captains against their former teams.
