Criticisms of the Bills defense haven’t been hard to find this season especially since players like Mario Williams and Preston Brown have been among those expressing issues with the way the unit has been deployed and coached in Rex Ryan’s first season in Buffalo.
On Wednesday, Ryan was asked about players going public with their complaints. Ryan reiterated his belief in having “an open locker room” whether players are saying good or bad things and that “frustration” is to be expected when a season goes the way this one has gone for the Bills.
“You know what? As we’ve said before, is there different ways of doing things? Are there things you can say behind closed doors that maybe are more appropriate and things? Maybe so,” Ryan said, via the Buffalo News. “But I’d rather give our fans and everybody else a true picture of this team. I’ve never been afraid of that in my life. And sometimes it’s going to be very positive, sometimes you’re going to be negative. And this just in: I think when the season doesn’t go very well, we know what it looks like.”
Ryan said he doesn’t feel the locker room is divided and that he isn’t worried about losing the support of players. Should the final two weeks go poorly for a team that’s lost four of their last five, that may be a smaller concern than losing the support of the people writing the checks in Buffalo.