Decked out in an, Rex Ryan on Wednesday took blame for a Buffalo defense that hasn't lived up to the offseason bluster.The coach summed up a unit that ranks 30th Nik Stauskas Jersey in sacks, saying point blank, per The Buffalo News: "We any of us anticipated.""I set the expectations high, but I always set them high," Ryan said. I don't point fingers."Ryan wasn't done,: "This is the first time I' Sam Merrill Jersey ve ever been considered the weakne s of the team, the way I coach defense."Rex's much-ballyhood "exotic" blitz scheme has produced just 19 sacks on the season despite a star-studded -- and ma sively expensive -- roster including , , and, before his season-ending knee injury, .With the same players, ex-coordinator Jim Schwartz milked a league-leading 54 sacks out of the last season after former Ryan lieutenant Mike Pettine coaxed a franchise-best 57 takedowns from the club in 2013. We don't expect to get the numbers like that. It Marvin Williams Jersey 's certainly not what we expected," said Ryan, before acknowledging: so that's my mistake."This is where we are with Rex Ryan in mid-December. Weekly se sions with the media offer either outrageous promises and streams of bloviation or windy mea culpas from a coach who spent the offseason telling Buffalo's fan base that his were ready Sidney Moncrief Jersey to compete with the big boys of the AFC.Their 6-7 record is no fluke, but that didn't stop Rex from telling us after Sunday's lo s to the that Buffalo .We've heard it all before, but Ryan's pretty words are losing their sway. Pre s Oscar Robertson Jersey conference fever dreams aside, Rex has failed to deliver.