Rob Ryan is the inside linebackers coach in Washington

this year and that post marks a pair of returns for the longtime NFL assistant.It’s the first time he’s worked as a position coach since he was with the Patriots in 2003 and it is his first coaching job of any kind since he was fired along with his brother Rex by the Bills in December 2016. Ryan did television and radio work for the last two years and also spent time working at a shipyard while waiting for the phone to ring from a team.The phone didn’t ring Montae Nicholson Jersey , which left Ryan to pick it up and make a call to Washington to end what he called a “humbling” stretch of being away from the game.“When you’re out of a job, you need people to step up and help you,” Ryan said, via the team’s website. “I’m not a charity case at all, I’m a great coach. But to be out of work that long makes no sense. It made no sense. But it humbles you and you come back with a good attitude.”Humble isn’t a word often associated with the Ryan family Josh Doctson Jersey , but Ryan appears to be back in the saddle. He says the Washington defense “is going to do great” in what he hopes will be the first chapter of a second act to his coaching career. Washington head coach Jay Gruden has been talking about missing left tackle Trent Williams for months and he’s run out of things to say now that it is time to play without him.While Gruden said last week that he feels “very strongly” that Williams won’t be traded and Washington team president Bruce Allen continues to say that Williams will play for the team, Gruden essentially threw his hands up in the air when asked about the chance of getting the veteran tackle back in the lineup on Monday.“I have no expectation whatsoever anymore,” Gruden said, via ESPN.com. “I’m kind of numb to the fact, so I’m going to coach the guys we have. That’s all we can do right now and . . . to your answer Su’a Cravens Jersey , no, I don’t have any feeling whatsoever.”Donald Penn is set to start against the Eagles at left tackle this week and will likely continue in that role indefinitely as neither the team nor Williams shows any sign of budging from the positions that have kept them apart this year.