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Rex Ryan has been there. Last year he was a candidate to move up from defensive coordinator to head coach in Baltimore; that didn’t happen, but John Harbaugh kept Ryan around and essentially gave him carte blanche with the defense.
So when Ryan was named the Jets’ head coach over a list of candidates that included OC Brian Schottenheimer…
“If anybody has gone through what Brian has, I know the disappointment he’s feeling by not getting this job,” Ryan told the Associated Press.
Ultimately, Ryan convinced Schottenheimer to stay as Gang Green’s OC; he also kept another head coaching finalist, Bill Callahan, as the Jets’ offensive line coach. And with Ryan’s forte being the defensive side of the ball, he’ll be giving his offensive assistants plenty of leeway.
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