Quote:seemingly pretty unanimous here but this guy is a great DC.....and that is where it stops. 

I don't know if I would go that far.  In baltimore he was supported by a great hall of fame cast of players.  In NY he brought role players with him that knew the defense and inherited a pretty good cast of players.  In buffalo he had good players that never played up to their level.  I think he is a bag of gimmicks that thinks his scheme is better than it is going off the reputation of having a team of Lewis, Suggs, Ngata, Reed.  


He is a good DC but I don't think I would call him great.  


How do you beat a Ryan defense?  You wait for him to throw his cutesy blitz at you and attack the part of the field left open or the corner thats one on one.  Or one of the many corners and safeties left one on one.  It is a scheme that goes after the big play well leaving itself open to give up a big play.  

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