Jets Look to Another Current Playoff Coach Rex Ryan

The only issue that feels more drawn out than the Senate replacement around the Big Apple these days is who will succeed Eric Mangini as the next coach of the Jets. The latest contender is Rex Ryan, current defensive coordinator for the Baltimore Ravens, fresh off the team's Divisional Playoff victory yesterday in Tennessee. Jets owner Woody Johnson and GM Mike Tannenbaum are heading to Baltimore to interview him. Ryan is the son of former head coach Buddy Ryan, mastermind of the legendary Eagles defenses in the early '90s. One fan of his is the quarterback Ryan's defense picked apart last weekend, former Jet Chad Pennington. He told the Star-Ledger, "Rex has a unique scheme and Baltimore has very unique players...He maximizes their talent." One of those unique players, Ray Lewis, recently told the press, "Coaching-wise, Rex is one thing, but as a man, when you try to talk to him, he's just like a father."