How Ryan Fits in the Mighty Morphin’ Colts Offense
Ryan, as I mentioned earlier, seems pretty plugged in to everything going on around the NFL – “I mean, I like football,” he laughed. It was notable, though, how Ryan talked about what he expects his transition into Reich’s offense to look like – it was more than just a boilerplate “they’re really good, and I’m excited” answer.
“When you look at Frank, which is so interesting to me, is they morph depending on how he sees things, the players that he has and what they’re doing,” Ryan said. “So I feel confident that I’ll be able to learn it pretty quickly.”
That speaks not only to Ryan’s perception of the Colts’ offense, but how positively the work Reich’s put in over the last four years is viewed around the league. It’s not just the results (a top-10 scoring offense in three of his four years here) that impress folks like Ryan, it’s the process (fitting those offenses to four different starting quarterbacks, and different…