Bills coach Rex Ryan remembers his father Buddy, who passed away this week at age 85, by telling stories about cheeseburgers and blitzes, war and leadership, and trying like hell to finish the job started by his dad
The drive from Orchard Park, N.Y., to Lawrenceburg, Ky., takes about eight hours. Rex Ryan’s current NFL home, to his father’s final resting place.
Rex received the phone call in the pre-dawn hours Tuesday morning that Buddy Ryan, defensive mastermind, architect of the 46 defense and dad to the NFL’s most conspicuous twins, passed away.