Rex Ryan’s version of the end of his reign as head coach of the Jets is pure fantasy football.
Ryan was featured on HBO’s “Real Sports” on Tuesday and claimed that the Jets’ “organization” (cough, cough — general manager John Idzik — cough, cough) set him up to fail last season in order to justify firing him and bringing in a new coach.
After a 4-12 disaster, the Jets did just that. Now that he’s found a new bully pulpit in Buffalo, Ryan lashed back.
When asked by HBO’s Andrea Kremer if some in the Jets’ organization had different agendas than him, Ryan replied, “I know some of them did — absolutely.