‘I Became a Fan of Him’ – The Denver Post

Ex-Jets head coach Rex Ryan has apparently changed his mind about the team’s current head coach.

One week after Ryan blown up Robert Saleh for his leadership of the Jets defense, Ryan was absolutely smiling when speaker about him on ESPN Sunday morning.

“I have to tell you something. I was blown away by the guy. It reminded me of when I had some differences with Tony Dungey,” Ryan said on the worldwide network. “I reached out to him, talked to him, and I stayed. blown over. I thought he was super smart and he has a direction for this football team.

“I tell you, Jet fans, I mean, the more I talked to him, the more I was impressed with Robert Saleh,” Ryan continued. “Like I became a fan of him. And it’s number one, taking my call and everything that says a lot about him, but it was a lot more about us putting those things behind us. It’s about the future of this And I’m just telling you something: this guy has a good plan, and I think so [the Jets] got it right. ”

The narrative was a complete 180 off as Ryan never demanded to be compared to Saleh and took those comparisons personally on ESPN Radio.

Saleh’s Jets, who were 2-7 from Sunday morning, put on the dolphins at MetLife Stadium at 13.00