Rob Ryan Outshines His Fellow Coordinators

What a great photo.  Just replace the Raiders’ black and silver with some brown and orange.

Rob – you should have kept your hair that same length.

Mangini’s coordinators spoke with the media last week.  All three, Brad Seely (special teams), Rob Ryan (defense) and Brian Daboll (offense) seemed genuinely committed to excellence, however, we took special fondness to the remarks of Ryan.

You can definitely see the “Buddy charm” in Ryan.  “Im not here to farm anybody else’s land” was a great opening line.  What sets him apart from Seely and Daboll is that Ryan more openly wears his emotions on his sleeve, and instead of talking in mere platitudes and riddles, Ryan focusses more on substance.

His overall goal is clear:  change the look of the defense more frequently from down to down to create more confusion for the opposing offense.  Here here.  It was not too hard to predict what would happen last season – the same linemen playing the same spots doing the same thing with largely the same result except for a few surprises by Rogers:  enough time in the pocket for the opposing QB to fry a couple of eggs before deciding on a target downfield.

Ryan’s committment to rushing the quarterback is strong and reminds me of the look that a kid gets in a candy store.  Pressure and turnovers are the treats for Ryan.  And he explicity referred to the importance of getting Wimbley more involved.  Ryan plans to move Kamerion around more often to get him more chances to “bull rush” the QB (his words).  Ryan spoke highly of Shaun Rogers and D’Qwell Jackson, again emphasizing the need for pressure and aggression rather than simply being comfortable giving up a few yards per down but preventing the long ball.

This kind of talk is refreshing.  Sure, it’s just talk.  But that is all we can look to right now.  Ryan is the type of guy who would cherish the thought that his defense frightens opponents.  He would be loathe to coordinate a group of linemen and linebackers that could not get a single player in the top 40 sack leaders last season;  a team that nearly lost the sack contest against the Chiefs!  A more nasty attitude is right up our alley.

We hope that Ryan’s comments serve to  inspire the defense this season.  Go Browns!

-Clayton

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