Buddy Ryan (quote from playbook) - "QB's are over-paid, over-rated, pompous bastards and must be punished. A quarterback has never completed a pass when he was flat on his back." nfl

Full quote - https://twitter.com/smartfootball/status/747770345071984641

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1. "Kevin Gilbride will be selling insurance in two years."

2. "Some say the 46 is just an eight-man front. That’s like saying Marilyn Monroe is just a girl."

3. "QBs are overpaid, overrated, pompous bastards and must be punished."

4. "He looks like a reject guard from the USFL, he's so damn fat."

5. "Trade him for a six-pack. It doesn’t even have to be cold."

6. "Football kickers are like taxi cabs. You can always go out and hire another one."

7. "Offense my butt. Our offense is for Randall [Cunningham] to make five big plays and we'll win."

8. "If you listen to the fans, you'll be sitting up there with them."

9. "It was so easy my wife could have made them, and she didn't even know these guys."

10. "We might have the worst bunch of guys together we've ever seen as a football team. I don't know what anybody else has, but I'd trade mine with anybody, sight unseen."

Bonus 1 - On his relationship with coach Mike Ditka while with the Bears:

"We hardly ever spoke. I'd just put the game plan on his secretary's desk and she'd put it on his desk. Not that he understood much of it."

Bonus 2 - Ryan was not a fan of Bears rookie William "Refrigerator" Perry, famously calling him "a wasted draft choice."

During training camp before the 1985 season, Ryan said, "He's an overweight kid and a hell of a nice kid, but you know, I got twin boys at home that are nice kids, and I don't want 'em playing for me."

Submitted June 29, 2016 at 08:57PM by erldn123 http://ift.tt/295v6Ri nfl