Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
James David "Buddy" Ryan (February 17, 1931 – June 28, 2016) was an American football coach in the National Football League (NFL) and American Football League (AFL). During his 35-season coaching career, Ryan served as the head coach of the Philadelphia Eagles from 1986 to 1990, and of the Arizona Cardinals from 1994 to 1995.
Ryan would use all of these rushers to out-man and overwhelm the offense. Another major key to the 46 is the ability of the cornerbacks to play man free and bump and run coverage . Bump and run can allow the defense to take away the quarterback's immediate decision-making ability, by disrupting the timing of short routes needed to make a quick ...
Buddy Ryan was a man who won by exactly as many points as he felt like. ... passed away today at the age of 82. Ryan was diagnosed with cancer in 2011 and suffered a stroke in 2015, so ...
Ryan has served as a defensive coordinator or assistant coach for nine different NFL teams. He was the linebackers coach for the New England Patriots when they won both Super Bowl XXXVI and Super Bowl XXXVIII. Ryan is the son of Buddy Ryan and the twin brother of Rex Ryan.
Former National Football League coach Buddy Ryan died on Tuesday after a long battle with cancer, the league said in a statement. He was 82 years old.
He led the Bears to a 15–1 season in 1985. The "46" defense invented by Buddy Ryan allowed Singletary to be unblocked on virtually every play. That season, he recorded 109 solo tackles (52 assists), 3 sacks, 1 interception, 3 fumble recoveries, 1 forced fumble, and 10 defended passes.
Their father, Buddy Ryan, was an NFL head coach and defensive coordinator, known as the architect of the 1985 Bears defense, along with head coaching stints with the Eagles and Cardinals.
This defense is very similar to the 46 defense popularized by Buddy Ryan. The 7–1–2–1 , or seven-diamond defense , used seven "down linemen ", or players on the line of scrimmage at the time of the snap , one linebacker , two safeties relatively close to the line and one safety farther downfield. [ 1 ]