DC.COM: Security Risks: Ryan Needs Own Offense To Protect The Rock

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Rob Phillips
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IRVING, Texas - Listen closer to Rob Ryan's inaugural address, and he wasn't exactly spouting delusions of grandeur last Thursday.

Asked if the Cowboys' defense had any weaknesses, Ryan said with a wry smile, "Well, I definitely wouldn't talk about them. So, no ... we're great."

Deadpan answer from their unconventional new defensive coordinator, consistent with most of Ryan's 20-minute session that day. Got a good laugh from yours truly. Delivery was spot-on. But it was a fair question that might have produced the interview's most telling comment, isolated from otherwise engaging bravado.

Ryan has a lot of work to do, indeed. And he knows it.

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