New York Jets’ Rex Ryan: ‘I have skin like an armadillo’
Rex Ryan is a defensive mastermind. In his five years with the New York Jets, he has proven that. It’s just that he’s not a defensive coordinator, he’s the head coach, of course. And he hasn’t exactly proven himself to be an offensive guru.
One effort to combat the willing Jet’s offense was Stephen Hill. The Jets’ selected Hill in the second round of the 2012 draft. Thus far, he has been a bust. But Hill’s agent said that Ryan was a big part of Hill’s failures thus far. Ryan responded to that criticism on Monday.
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“I have skin like an armadillo,” Ryan said, and added that Hill’s agent is entitled to his own opinion.
The criticism was as follows:
“He didn’t have a chance that first year with that whole Tim Tebow-Mark Sanchez fiasco,” Herman said, via USA Today. “His second year, Geno Smith was learning how to play quarterback. So they never threw the ball deep because they wanted to simplify things for Geno.”
It’s not necessary an attack on Rex Ryan and the Jets’ as it is an excuse for the disappearance and lack of emergence of Stephen Hill. So Ryan may not need that armadillo skin after all. Hill’s agent thought the Cleveland Browns might be interested, but Hill is still a free agent.
The Carolina Panthers have also shown interested by working out Hill, but nothing official has come of it.
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