The legend Buddy Ryan, father of Rex and Rob, the architect of the 46 people's defense of the Chicago Bears in 1985, died Tuesday. Much has been said and written about the life and career of Ryan's friends already, and now we can see the former New York Giants quarterback Phil Simms Post - who knows a thing or two about what it was like to play against a defensive friends Ryan - - A list of those who sing the praises of Ryan.
Appears on "Time to Schein" on Tuesday night, Simms describes exactly how it feels to fight bears and eagles Ryan Defense:
Simms also recalled the first time he saw the defense 46. He went to the line of scrimmage of training camp in 1985, and saw the exploration team prepared and thought: "This is stupid," he said.
Probably not seem so stupid after Simms has a look of a real game. Wear 85 meet in the playoffs, going 14-35 for 209 yards. He did not throw a touchdown and an interception, but was sacked six times. He directed the defense of Ryan Eagles many times 1986-1990, however. How are you? Not good.
Simms was 144-291 (49.5 percent) for 2,055 yards (7.1 per attempt), 12 touchdowns and 11 interceptions in nine games, good for a passer rating of 70.7 carpet. This was far from the 57.6 completion percentage, 7.4 yards per attempt and 83.7 passer rating against other teams that have been published at the time.
What exactly was the experience of playing against the Eagles? "I played against the Eagles defense many, many times. I would not say it was as good as the Bears defense, but if not, it was very, very close, such as defense, twice a year .. .. Wow that was really - it was always a difficult experience, even if we beat them, who paid the price "..
