Manish Mehta just reported that Rex Ryan is still working out the numbers, but his deal with the Bills is expected to be for 5-years, $27.5 million.
Rex Ryan's five-year deal with the Bills will be for $27.5 million, per source.
— Manish Mehta (@MMehtaNYDN) January 11, 2015
According to the report, Mehta said the Bills ultimately made Ryan feel like he was wanted and he no interest in being teased.
The Daily News has learned that Ryan is finalizing a five-year deal for $27.5M to become the Bills’ next head coach. Ryan’s first choice was to take over the Falcons, but a source told The News Saturday night that Atlanta was “dragging their feet” after failing to schedule a second interview.
That gave the Bills the opening they needed.
“They made him feel wanted,” a source said Sunday morning.
The Falcons braintrust was impressed by Ryan during a five-hour interview earlier in the week, but hadn’t set a definitive plan to bring him back to meet with Arthur Blank, who left the first interview early to attend to his ailing mother. She passed away this week.
Ryan ultimately didn’t feel like Falcons management, including GM Thomas Dimitroff, would be in his corner, according to sources. Ryan was believed to be the leading candidate to land the Falcons head coaching job in 2008 after an impressive first interview with Blank. However, Dimitroff sat in on the second interview after he was hired and chose Mike Smith.