Added to the front page, pretty interesting stuff.

The Joe Namath connection?

My favorite Dolphin coach of all time lol

and as much hay that is made in the press about his departure from the dolphins, the fact is he clearly has strong ties to the pros. he’s a belichick protege from their time at the browns and

so having the playbook of a known defensive specialist such as ryan on his desk isn’t overly surprising.

moreover, ryan’s 3-4 seems to have a lot of similarities to coach saban’s, particularly in the emphasis on the secondary. last week we broke this down by the numbers, so you might want to give it a gander and see if it jives with what the jets are doing.

now just that alone would pique his interest but then when you add the possibility of putting players into the pros – a clear recruiting asset – it would be downright dumb to not do this research. (i believe this is dookiehead’s assessment)

right now there are just a dozen or so teams in college football that run the 3-4 and the players at the most successful of those squads are highly sought by the nfl teams that run it. partially because of the specific types of players it calls for but also for familiarity (this is cory reamer’s ace in the hole).