Rex Ryan hopes for Jets second chance after…
Rex Ryan sure is aware of how to make Jets followers really feel higher.
Shortly after it was reported Sunday that Mike Vrabel has agreed to grow to be the subsequent head coach of the Patriots — leaving the Jets with out one of the primary candidates to interview for their emptiness and sure one of their high selections — Ryan reacted from his chair on ESPN’s “NFL Countdown.”
“Hey, man, hopefully, I get to kick this guy’s ass twice a year. I don’t know,” stated Ryan, who additionally interviewed final week for the Jets’ emptiness. “I’m just kidding, Vrabes. I’m just kidding, buddy.”
Rex Ryan’s response to New England hiring Mike Vrabel: pic.twitter.com/gjXJ6C4cJj— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) January 12, 2025
Rex Ryan during an look on ESPN’s “Sunday NFL Countdown.” ESPN/X
The different analysts laughed at Ryan’s open campaigning to be rehired by the Jets, who he coached to consecutive AFC Championship video games early in a tenure that produced a 46-50 document (2009-14).
Host Mike Greenberg — a big-time Jets fan himself — jumped in to make clear that Ryan meant his Jets beating the Patriots and never that Ryan was difficult Vrabel to a battle.
“My team, yeah,” Ryan stated. “Not me personally.”
The Patriots employed Mike Vrabel as their new head coach on Jan. 12, 2025. Getty Images
He performed for the Patriots beneath head coach Bill Belichick. AP
Ryan is choosing up the place he left off by trash-talking the Patriots, regardless that they’re no longer the massive, unhealthy, Super Bowl frontrunners these days.
Vrabel is taking on a crew coming off of back-to-back last-place finishes within the AFC East.
Way back when, Ryan entered his first season with the Jets by saying, “I never came here to kiss Bill Belichick’s rings.”
Rex Ryan is hopeful for a second chance at teaching the Jets. Charles Wenzelberg/New York Post
He coached the crew from 2009 to 2014. Charles Wenzelberg/New York Post
How did he back it up? Ryan went 4-9 in opposition to the Patriots because the Jets head coach, together with a signature upset street victory within the 2010 playoffs.
Vrabel’s final season as a participant with the Patriots was in 2008, so he missed the Ryan-Patriots banter.
After he was fired by the Titans after final season and labored as a advisor for the Browns in 2024, Vrabel is now the seventh participant to win a Super Bowl with a franchise after which return home as its head coach.
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