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Jets poised to hire Raiders’ defensive coordinator

Posted by Michael Sciannamea

January 2, 2008 |

Rob RyanThere are reports indicating that the Jets are going to fire defensive coordinator Bob Sutton and hire the Raiders’ soon-to-be ex-defensive coordinator Rob Ryan, who happens to be an old friend of Coach Mangini. They both were assistants with the Patriots for four seasons.

The Raiders were no great shakes on defense this year, but the Jets pass rush was woeful this season and it is an important area that needs to be upgraded immediately. Maybe Ryan can come up with some new schemes that will help the defense put more pressure on the quarterback next season. With the sixth pick in the upcoming draft, one ot the major priorities is to pick a pass-rushing lineman–Virginia’s Chris Long (Howie’s son) is definitely a consideration.


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  1. Some Jets news and wildcard predictions : New York Jets on January 5, 2008 12:31 pm

    [...] coordinator Rob Ryan and not fire him, as was reported earlier this week. The Jets were ready to hire him and fire their own defensive coordinator Bob Sutton, but Raiders owner Al Davis decided to keep [...]

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