He didn't have "all the talent in the world" - he was dumb and inaccurate. Guess what? All the other nonsense (height, arm strength, mobility, footwork, etc) means absolutely nothing in the NFL, if you're a QB and you're dumb and inaccurate. It means you're a bad QB. Just because our dumbass front office drafted him #5 does not mean he's automatically talented; he was not.
No..but Idzik goes before before Ryan. Idzik had 19 picks and only Richardson is worth talking about at the moment.
The only realistic scenario is Thurman staying on as DC, which I doubt he'd do out of loyalty to Rex.
I know it's blasphemy to Rex loyalists but we have enough talent on defense to be successful without Rex Ryan. There are other NFL caliber defensive coaches.