“Obviously, if it’s that personal for him, he knows where to find me,” Saleh said, adding that he’s never met Ryan before.

But comments like these also don’t surprise Saleh.

“Nah, I’m not surprised,” he said. “He’s always got something to say.”

Before saying he no longer wanted to be compared to Saleh, Ryan took shots at his defense.

“I look at it as this defense is abysmal,” he said on ESPN's DiPietro and Rothenberg Podcast. “Bart [Scott] was telling that to me, ‘Oh no, their defense is playing hard.’ I’m like what? No they don’t. This is a horrendous defense. Now they’re going to use, ‘Well now we didn’t have our safety.’ So what? Everybody has a million injuries let alone above average safety you’re missing. I remember playing without five corners. It never looked like this. We were fifth in the league in defense that year.

“Statistically, one time they were like a top defense. Here’s one thing they’re going to be familiar with: Four out of five years the 49ers were dead last in their division. So he’s going to be dead last again, so he’s used to that. So to me, I’m a little pissed off about it that this guy, his background’s a lot like yours. No it isn’t, no it isn’t.

"Quit trying to tell the New York fan base that he’s going to be like me as a defensive-minded guy or whatever. I had a clue how to handle a rookie quarterback. I also never got my butt kicked like this in a four-game stretch ever. …Never made excuse and never put a product out there like this.”

In Ryan's first year as head coach back in 2009 with the Jets, he went 9-7 as the team went on a run to the AFC Championship game.

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