Proving once again that sports writers love stats, Sean Pendergast unearths some encouraging ones about DeMeco Ryans in San Francisco.
"When you line up across from us, that next week you should be hurting' a little bit..."
We like that! Hell, WE LOVE THAT! Of course, every head coach SAYS things like that. There's not a single new coach that has promised their team is going to attack less and be less aggressive than his predecessor's defense. However, the best thing about DeMeco Ryans is that his track record of brutalizing his opponents enough to wear it beats them the NEXT week, too, exists.
Yes, you read that right! The San Francisco opponents were so battered and bruised from facing a DeMeco Ryans-led defense the week before that they lost their game the following week EVERY single week of the season. The only weeks where the Niners' opponent didn't lose the following week was when they didn't actually play, Kansas City had a bye week the next week, and Arizona in Week 18 was done for the season after their 38-13 loss in Santa Clara.
So Ryans' defenses in 2022 beat up their opponents so badly that not only did they ALL lose the next week, but 11 of them couldn't cover the spread, and those 11 teams, on average, didn't even come close to covering the spread. Now THAT, friends, is making the other team FEEL IT the next week. All hail, DeMeco Ryans!
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