If I was putting together a Mount Rushmore featuring the fathers of modern NFL offenses, it would include Sid Gilman, Don Coryell, Bill Walsh and Buddy ... Ryan’s famed 46 defense was the ...

Donation Options Search Search Search Buddy ... defense.” That style, embraced by his players and the city itself, was immortalized when Ryan was carried off the field following the Bears’ 46 ...

In an ESPN interview commemorating the 25th anniversary of the Bears’ victory in Super Bowl XX, Oates recalled the game and the pressure Buddy Ryan’s 46 defense put on the Giants during the ...

When Buddy Ryan flew to the Philadelphia ... its swagger since he departed. The man the 46 Defense was named after, head hunting, hard hitting, Bear safety Doug Plank would be a vicious a player ...

What follows here is a chapter on the Ryan Family, including Buddy and his "46" defense and son Rex and ... Statistics tell only a part of the story; these Bear defenders were scary-good, putting ...

Browns’ defensive coordinator Rob Ryan, whose father, Buddy, created the “46” defense with the Chicago Bears in the 1980’s, will adopt the same scheme with his newest defensive project.

Ryan’s 46 defense put ... In 2015, Buddy Ryan -- in somewhat failing health and softened by age -- wrote a letter to the players on his 1985 Bears defense. He was beloved by a group led by ...

Buddy Ryan, perhaps the NFL's greatest ... As the defensive coordinator for the Chicago Bears, Ryan introduced the 46 defense, which overwhelmed offenses with blitzing defenders.

Buddy Ryan took a ... got his coaching start under Ryan. Ryan was a linebackers coach for the 1968 champion New York Jets and coordinated the ground-breaking 46 defense for the title-winning ...

(AP) Buddy Ryan ... utilized effectively by teams today." Ryan was a linebackers coach for the 1968 New York Jets and coordinated the ground-breaking 46 defense for the '85 Chicago Bears, one ...

NFL coaching legend Buddy Ryan, who passed away ... Bowls and walked away with two rings. Ryan was widely credited with developing the famed 46 defense in the 1980s during his eight-year career ...

Buddy Ryan, the famed inventor of the 46 defense who was carried off the field by his players after the Bears’ victory in Super Bowl XX, died Tuesday morning. He was 85. The Bears confirmed Ryan ...