Rex Ryan’s defense is outdated. Back even 7-10 years ago, the exotic zone blitzes and delayed safety blitzes had time to get home with quarterbacks still mostly under center and utilizing a great deal of five- and- seven-step drops. Now, it’s a shotgun, quick-passing league.
I’m not insinuating the zone blitz is obsolete, but to disrupt offenses today, I think you have to make getting upfield the fundamental responsibility of defenders closest to the ball. Maybe his exotic blitzes confuse some quarterbacks... but it really doesn’t matter a whole lot due to the high percentage of quick passes.