A starter at inside linebacker over the final month of his rookie year, the Packers’ fourth-round draft pick in 2015 was playing his best during the playoffs in January, according to assistant linebackers coach Scott McCurley.
Ryan notched his season high for tackles with 10 against Minnesota in Week 17 and was looking more and more natural in Dom Capers’ defense in the season’s biggest games.
“Once we got in the playoffs there, I think mentally it was coming a little faster to him,” McCurley said. “It might have been due to a little more heightened preparation – a level he needs to stay at all the time now – but the reps finally kicked in, the preparation kicked in, and he was playing fast and did a good job in the playoff run.