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Former NFL coach, defensive guru Buddy Ryan dies at age 82
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Former NFL head coach and influential defensive coordinator Buddy Ryan has died, agent James Solano confirmed Tuesday. He was 82.
- ESPN.com news services
Ryan, who coached in the NFL for 35 seasons, was known for building some of football's top defenses behind a relentlessness that focused on creating havoc on the field.
He was on the defensive staff of the Super Bowl-winning New York Jets in Super Bowl III in 1968. The Chicago Bears carried Ryan off the field next to coach Mike Ditka after Ryan's vaunted "46 Defense" helped the Bears destroy the New England Patriots 46-10 in Super Bowl XX.
Philadelphia Eagles and Arizona Cardinals, and he finished his career with a 55-55-1 record in his seven seasons as a head coach. His son, Rex, was on his dad's staff for two years with the Cardinals in the 1990s.
Besides his legendary stay in Chicago, Buddy Ryan also was a defensive coordinator with the Minnesota Vikings and Houston Oilers. His stay in Houston was tarnished when the then-59-year-old Ryan took a swing at then-offensive coordinator Kevin Gilbride on the sideline during a game.
With the Bears, Ryan's notoriety skyrocketed. The "46 Defense" was founded on sending more blitzing players than an offense could block. And in 1984, the Bears tallied 72 sacks -- a record that still stands. The '85 Bears capped their Super Bowl title with seven sacks, and Ryan -- along with Ditka -- was carried off the field by players.
Rex Ryan is entering his second season as coach of the Buffalo Bills. He told TheMMQB.com in an interview published in May that he and his twin brother, Rob, were "going for broke" this upcoming season as their father's health was declining.
Buddy Ryan, shown with his son Rex Ryan in 2015, coached with seven NFL teams over 35 seasons and won two Super Bowl rings. AP Photo/Bill Wippert
Rex hired Rob to the Bills as an assistant head coach/defense, reuniting the two brothers on the same NFL staff for the first time since 1995.
"Because, who knows?" Rob Ryan told TheMMQB.com. "[Buddy Ryan] is not going to be able to watch us coach for much longer, I don't think. But hopefully he can see this one, because we have got big plans. Bring [Bill] Belichick on. We got him."
Buddy Ryan, suffering from the aftermath of a devastating stroke and battling cancer and confined to a wheelchair, attended a Bills game last season.
RIP to the godfather of defense
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That's my favorite coach of all time. RIP to the GOAT
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He really was that dude back in my childhood days. I remember when he was the head coach of the Eagles, for some reason he always had the Giants number, but couldn't win the division. But anyway, as a Defensive Coordinator, he really was the architect of the modern pass rush. It's a shame neither of his sons were at his level from a defensive standpoint.
"You got a winner in town" - Buddy Ryan when hired as head coach for teh Cardinals 
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"You got a winner in town" - Buddy Ryan when hired as head coach for teh Cardinals
Remember that @MooseMouthMthafuga
I'll never forget it.Really thought he was the savior.
It's just too bad he didn't give a shyt about the offense.His "desert swarm" defense is still top 3 in AZ cardinals history.
I remember those old Philadelphia Eagle cast offs he brought in.Seth Joyner....Clyde Simmons.....Them dudes could ball.
Just that he had Dave Krieg out there @ QB
RIP Buddy
he raised some funny kids
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