Cowboys Fire Defensive Coordinator Rob Ryan

The Dallas Cowboys fired defensive coordinator Rob Ryan on Tuesday, reports ESPN.com.

Ryan, 50, spent two seasons with the Cowboys after various stops in the league including Cleveland, Oakland and New England.

Ryan, the brother of New York Jets head coach Rex Ryan and son of former NFL coach Buddy Ryan, started as an NFL assistant in 1994 breaking in the with Arizona Cardinals.

The Cowboys missed the playoffs both seasons Ryan was in Dallas. The Cowboys ranked 14th in yards allowed in 2011 and 2012, while this year’s team ranked 23rd in points allowed.

Source: Sports Illustrated

 

Is this the right move?

 

what a freaking joke rofl. i hate life

 

idk i bought into rob ryan and that D he had in dallas

 

VERY surprising. I thought Ryan would have gotten a free pass because of all of the injuries. Guess not.

Who becomes DC now?

 

I've bought into Rob Ryan since he had the Browns defense shutting down Drew Brees, and Tom Brady in the same season.

 

ill take him as our dc

 

who is even worthwhile to replace him with?

 

Lovie Smith. Jerry was in love with him before he hired Wade if not mistaken. Plus if Garret fails again he has someone in place. Plus Lovie is not getting any HC request so only makes sense.

 

Rooney Rule?

 

Stupidest rule for anything ever.

 

personally if i were a minority, i'd be offended to be interviewed to comply with the rule

 

My question is, if a team is looking for a coach and interviews 3 "minorities" do they have to bring in a white guy to make it fair? Its an ignorant, racist rule.

But this isn't the thread for that discussion, I suppose. Lets try not to venture too far away from Rob Ryan.

 

this still just has me sitting here furious. he better have some sort of fantastic freaking plan to justify this.

 

"
I inherited a team that was 31st in the league in defense and made them better. I (expletive) made them a hell of a lot better. I'll be out of work for like five minutes." -Rob Ryan


and he's right.

 

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