Today’s game is not just a matchup of two undefeated teams, but also of two of the game’s brightest coaching minds: Rex Ryan and Sean Payton. What makes it so exciting is both head coaches, particularly Ryan, cannot wait to match schemes, players and wits.
“I’m not going to sit here and lie and say it doesn’t (motivate me),” Ryan said. “When a team is ranked as high as they are and putting up the numbers they are, my first reaction is, ‘Well, they aren’t going to do that against us.’”
This will be a thinking man’s game. Payton’s offense is so diverse that Ryan counted 15 different personnel groupings. Nine different players have scored for the Saints, a spread-the-ball philosophy that makes them so difficult to defend. But Payton will be challenged by a defense that blitzes on two out of every three downs and disguises as well as any team in the league.
It’s what makes a coach like Ryan so fun to wat...
Original Story:
http://www.thejetsblog.com/2009/10/04...
Original Story:
http://www.thejetsblog.com/2009/10/04...
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