Jets coach Rex Ryan and his team may be behind in the AFC playoff race, but Ryan has no equal in one area, according to a midseason poll done by the Sporting News, which rated Ryan the most overrated coach in the NFL.
The publication polled 103 players from 27 teams, with players not permitted to name their own coaches. Ryan was named on 35 ballots as the league’s most overrated coach. Bill Belichick of the Patriots was second with 16 votes, and Eagles coach Andy Reid was third with nine votes.
“His coaching style is over the top,” an unnamed AFC player said of Ryan. “Some of the things he does in front of the cameras are way over the top. You put that with the New York media and he has a pretty big reputation, I guess. I don’t even know if you’d call him overrated anymore because it’s going to be a couple of years since he was in the AFC finals. He’s pretty funny, and he’s a pretty good coach. But not that good.”