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JETS TAMPERED WITH RYAN?
I didn't notice this specific angle when I was pounding out the item about Lane and Monte Kiffin, primarily because I was more concerned about finding a good Sanford and Son clip on YouTube. (I couldn't.)
But then the light bulb flickered.
The item from InsideBayArea.com to which the "Kiffin and Son" item links indicates that Raiders defensive coordinator Rob Ryan was informed prior to the team's regular-season finale that he won't be retained -- and that he "had already secured his next place of employment."
If that's accurate, it would mean that the Jets talked with Ryan about employment while Ryan was still the property of the Raiders.
And that would be tampering.
(Hey, I thought only the Patriots violated the rules.)
Regardless, it appears that Jets defensive coordinator Bob Sutton is out, and that Ryan will be reunited with head coach Eric Mangini. Ryan was the linebackers coach in New England while Mangini worked there as defensive backs coach.