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After losing to the Miami Dolphins 34-31 in overtime in Week 16, the Buffalo Bills fell to 7-8 on the season. As a result, head coach Rex Ryan was let go on Tuesday.
The Bills stated on Twitter that offensive coordinator Anthony Lynn will take over as head coach in Week 17 following Ryan’s resignation. According to the team, Rob Ryan, the assistant head coach, was also let go.
Ryan was well-wished in a statement sent by Bills owner Terry Pegula after the firings:
The Bills said that general manager Doug Whaley will oversee the search for Ryan’s successor.
According to MMQB’s Albert Breer, Whaley said on Monday that he wasn’t consulted regarding Ryan’s termination. According to Nick Veronica of the Buffalo News, Whaley stated that he hasn’t questioned why Ryan wasn’t kept on.
According to NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport, Ryan concluded that his termination was “inevitable” and chose not to wait a week to face termination. According to ESPN’s Jeff Darlington, “many players” learned of Ryan’s dismissal when the Bills made the announcement on Twitter.
According to Vic Carucci of the Buffalo News, Whaley campaigned for Lynn to succeed him after persuading Pegula to break up with Ryan. On December 11, Jason La Canfora of CBSSports.com revealed that the friendship between Whaley and Ryan was causing problems for the company:
The Bills standout Marcell Dareus stated, “I like Rex personally,” according to Josina Anderson of ESPN. “I dislike witnessing someone fired. I also believe that everyone’s employment is at jeopardy. Now that everyone is vying for the same slots, something needs to change.
Ryan was brought on by the Bills in January 2015, and his arrival was expected to revitalise a team that had been an AFC East also-ran since the turn of the century.
Despite fielding a potent offence with a star-studded triad of Tyrod Taylor, LeSean McCoy, and Sammy Watkins, the Bills failed to show much improvement in 2015.
The Bills’ defence placed 15th and 19th in the same categories at the end of the season, despite the team finishing 12th in points and 13th in total yardage. These mediocre results were especially concerning because, in 2014, the Bills, led by head coach Doug Marrone, finished fourth in terms of points and yards allowed.
At the beginning of the 2016 season, Buffalo was still having problems.
While the Bills’ lacklustre offensive showing in Week 1 against the Baltimore Ravens was worrisome in and of itself, a defensive meltdown against the New York Jets in Week 2 further cemented the belief that Ryan hadn’t gone far enough in rebuilding the team.
And although Buffalo bounced back from a 0-2 start with four straight victories, three straight defeats from Weeks 7-9 dashed any hope that had begun to surface during October.
After two victories over the Jacksonville Jaguars and Cincinnati Bengals in Weeks 11 and 12, Buffalo’s situation somewhat improved. However, in the last two weeks of the postseason hunt, back-to-back defeats to the Oakland Raiders and Pittsburgh Steelers pushed Buffalo back below.500.
After taking the Jets to back-to-back AFC Championship Games in his first two seasons as head coach, Ryan has now missed the playoffs in each of his last six seasons, counting 2016. Meanwhile, the Bills continue to yearn for their first postseason experience since 1999.
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