{"id":13926,"date":"2015-01-12T23:20:43","date_gmt":"2015-01-13T04:20:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/?p=13926"},"modified":"2015-01-12T23:20:43","modified_gmt":"2015-01-13T04:20:43","slug":"jim-schwartz-out-as-defensive-coordinator-of-bills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/2015\/01\/12\/jim-schwartz-out-as-defensive-coordinator-of-bills\/","title":{"rendered":"Jim Schwartz out as defensive coordinator of Bills"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/files\/2015\/01\/jimschwartz.jpg\" alt=\"jimschwartz\" width=\"588\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13640\" srcset=\"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/files\/2015\/01\/jimschwartz.jpg 588w, http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/files\/2015\/01\/jimschwartz-300x153.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 588px) 100vw, 588px\" \/><br \/>\nThe Bills hired Rex Ryan as their lead coach and parted ways with defensive coordinator Jim Schwartz at the same time.<\/p>\n<p>Some will paint Schwart&#8217;s decision to leave due to his love for a 4-3 defense while Ryan prefers but this one is all about egos and the incoming staff Ryan is bringing with him from New York.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>As others have noted, Jim Schwartz will not return as Bills DC. As 1 source explained, differing defensive philosophies biggest reason why.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Adam Caplan (@caplannfl) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/caplannfl\/status\/554843742344343553\">January 13, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Schwartz would have been a defensive coordinator only in name, now he will be looking for a lateral move to another organization after the he led the Bills to a NFL high 54 sacks in 2014.<\/p>\n<p>Given the success Schwartz had with the Bills there will be no shortage of suitors seeking his services for the 2015 season. Expect him to find a new job quickly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Bills hired Rex Ryan as their lead coach and parted ways with defensive coordinator Jim Schwartz at the same time. Some will paint Schwart&#8217;s decision to leave due to his love for a 4-3 defense while Ryan prefers but this one is all about egos and the incoming staff Ryan is bringing with him [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13640,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[425],"tags":[131,426,612,216],"coauthors":[4],"class_list":["post-13926","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","tag-buffalo-bills","tag-front","tag-jim-schwartz","tag-nfl"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13926","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13926"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13926\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13927,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13926\/revisions\/13927"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13640"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13926"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13926"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13926"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=13926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}