stillers4me
12-15-2010, 04:35 PM
December 15th, 2010
Rex Ryan, the colorful coach of the Jets, did not provide any bulletin-board material during a conference call with Pittsburgh reporters today.
Ryan did prove to be his usual entertaining self.
And the overriding theme that emerged as the former Ravens defensive coordinator provided one sound bite after another: the admiration he has for the Steelers and their style of play.
“I hated them when I was in Baltimore but I always respected them, and I hope they felt the same way about me when I was there,” said Ryan, whose team will try to snap a two-game losing streak Sunday. “Those safeties knock the heck out of you, those outside ‘backers are about as good as it gets in this league. You have (Troy) Polamalu flying all over the place making big plays, these big hits. I love the way they play the game.
“I definitely told the team that this is my kind of game. I’ve seen a lot of guys come down with the Pittsburgh flu back in the day. All of the sudden a guy won’t play in the game, ‘Oh, I’m just not right.’ I’ve seen it happen. They don’t want to face Pittsburgh. I know we’ll have a whole plane full of guys coming down there and it’s going to be a great atmosphere. That’s old-fashioned football.”..............
read more @ http://blog.triblive.com/view-from-the-press-box/2010/12/15/ryan-full-of-praise-for-steelers/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+triblive%2Fblog%2FViewFromThe PressBox+%28View+from+the+Press+Box+Blog%29
Rex Ryan, the colorful coach of the Jets, did not provide any bulletin-board material during a conference call with Pittsburgh reporters today.
Ryan did prove to be his usual entertaining self.
And the overriding theme that emerged as the former Ravens defensive coordinator provided one sound bite after another: the admiration he has for the Steelers and their style of play.
“I hated them when I was in Baltimore but I always respected them, and I hope they felt the same way about me when I was there,” said Ryan, whose team will try to snap a two-game losing streak Sunday. “Those safeties knock the heck out of you, those outside ‘backers are about as good as it gets in this league. You have (Troy) Polamalu flying all over the place making big plays, these big hits. I love the way they play the game.
“I definitely told the team that this is my kind of game. I’ve seen a lot of guys come down with the Pittsburgh flu back in the day. All of the sudden a guy won’t play in the game, ‘Oh, I’m just not right.’ I’ve seen it happen. They don’t want to face Pittsburgh. I know we’ll have a whole plane full of guys coming down there and it’s going to be a great atmosphere. That’s old-fashioned football.”..............
read more @ http://blog.triblive.com/view-from-the-press-box/2010/12/15/ryan-full-of-praise-for-steelers/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+triblive%2Fblog%2FViewFromThe PressBox+%28View+from+the+Press+Box+Blog%29