Ryan was terrible no doubt, and I admit I bought into the Ryan hype before the season started.
That said, the Ryan deal was all predicated on the idea he'd have a good OL to work with. The OL becoming an absolute nightmare was something that most people didn't foresee. I imagine many could forsee that LT might be an issue, but not many people thought the entire OL being anywhere from average to dogshit would happen.
A younger Ryan probably could have endured the OL being as bad as it was, but the older version became a fumble machine.
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