Rob Ryan's firing was an inevitability heading into the Saints' bye week. Ryan made the Saints the 4th ranked defense in the NFL in his debut with them in 2013, before putting up league worst numbers in 2014 and going the same route in 2015. However, how much of this digression was talent, and how much of it was Ryan himself? This line is always one that front offices are forced to walk, and Ryan's young core of players didn't help his cause.
Rob Ryan had to be fired. There is no mistaking this. His defense was simply not performing after a promising 2013 debut.