With Rex Ryan as their coach, the New York Jets will always be a joke

There are too many mistakes and not enough improvement to have Rex Ryan continue as an NFL coach.

Things are tight in the AFC East. After losing to the Miami Dolphins in Week 1, the New England Patriots seem to be vulnerable this season. They are in a tie with the Buffalo Bills at 3-2, with the aforementioned Dolphins a half-game behind at 2-2 (they had a bye last week).

Then you have the New York Jets, owners of a 1-4 record, bringing up the rear.

After getting past the lowly Oakland Raiders (by the skin of their teeth), the Jets have gone on to lose their next four. The last loss was pure embarrassment, getting thrashed by the San Diego Chargers 31-0. Things might get worse, as they have to face the Denver Broncos this Sunday, and the Patriots the following week.

The New York offense is just awful. They average 15.8 points per game, 3oth in the NFL. They rank 27th in total yards (323.2), and, in a pass-happy league, they are dead last in passing yards (184.0).

The only stat the Jets are good at is rushing yards, where they rank 6th with 139.2 yards per game. That does not help them, however, since they are behind most of the time and need to pass, which they cannot do well.

Rex Ryan came into the league as a defensive guru. He spent ten seasons working with the Baltimore Ravens and their defense. During that time, the Ravens had a

New York Jets coach Rex Ryan — Credit: Jake Roth-USA TODAY Sports

defense that did not finish below sixth in total defense. Ryan has spent his entire coaching career before New York working solely on defense.

Then the Jets came calling. The man who did not spend any time dealing with offense had a hand in drafting a quarterback who played in just 22 games, making 16 starts, Mark Sanchez.

Even though the Jets had success in the first two seasons under Ryan as coach and Sanchez as quarterback, that move proved to be the first of many missteps by Ryan.

Ryan seemed to be a perfect fit for New York. He was brash, opening his mouth to whoever would listen. In those first two year, he predicted Super Bowl wins. The Jets did make it to the AFC title game in both seasons, they failed to even make it to one Super Bowl.

He talks about games against the Patriots or games against Peyton Manning as personal. He gets into public arguments with anyone, including ESPN analyst Herm Edwards recently.

The Rex Ryan act is getting tiring. He has turned the Jets into a running joke. Instead of talking about winning games, all one hears about is the butt fumble, Sanchez hooking up with a 17-year old or Ryan’s foot fetish videos.

Ryan has done next to nothing to improve the Jets’ offense. He did bring in Michael Vick to back up Geno Smith, but that move would have been great three years ago. Now, though, Vick is an old player who is a shell of himself. So far this season, Vick is 8-for-20 for 47 yards and no touchdowns.

Ryan’s job was on the line this season. After missing the playoffs altogether for the past three years, he had to turn it around this season. Instead, the Jets are getting worse. Before the game against the Chargers, Smith missed a team meeting. The reason for missing the meeting? He was at the movies when he realized that he was missing the meeting.

Did Ryan take charge and bench Smith? Nope, he consulted GM John Idzik and had him start. Could you see Tom Coughlin doing that?

Remember, also, that this comes on the heels of Smith cursing out a fan in the last home game against the Detroit Lions.

There is no discipline on the Jets team. There seems to be excuse making for the quarterback, and it appears that the Jets want to make it to the headlines for headlines sake (see the Tim Tebow fiasco).

Ryan’s antics are par for the course in his family. His father is the legendary coach, Buddy Ryan.

Just like his son, Buddy was a defensive genius. Buddy was the creator of possibly the greatest defense in the history of the NFL with the Chicago Bears’ 46 defense.

Buddy was also a volatile personality. In the 1985-86 season in which the Bears went 15-1 and trampled all opponents in the playoffs on their way to a Super Bowl victory, Buddy got into it with another fiery coach, Mike Ditka. They got into a shoving match and threw punches at each other at halftime during their only loss of the season, to the Dolphins of all teams.

Ryan would later throw a punch at Houston Oilers’ offensive coordinator Kevin Gilbride where Buddy was the defensive coordinator.

With all that bravado, Buddy never had the success his mouth tried to announce. His son Rex is the same. All the talk and all the controversies have resulted in a big, fat nothing. Rex is not only a joke, he is a joke that just isn’t funny anymore. It’s just a sad joke.

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