Was Rex Ryan Right About Bill Belichick Not Attracting Top Players?
Bill Belichick and Rex Ryan. | Jim McIsaac/Getty Images
Rex Ryan's animosity toward Bill Belichick is long founded and based primarily on Ryan's inability to best the Patriots' head coach in the AFC East for the better part of a decade. But was the former Jets and Bills coach and current ESPN analyst correct in his assertion that players didn't go to New England because of Belichick but rather because they wanted to play with Tom Brady? Ryan certainly added some ammunition to that arsenal today.
only team Stafford wouldn't accept a trade to. There are many reasons why that may have been the case, from the Patriots' lackluster talent on offense to the fact that former Lions coach Matt Patricia has rejoined the Pats coaching staff. But the fact that Stafford singled out the Patriots certainly helps the argument Ryan presented about Belichick last week.