Rex Ryan is a glass-half-full kind of guy.

Despite losing 2016 first-round pick Shaq Lawson to shoulder surgery and wide receiver Sammy Watkins to a broken foot, Ryan seems to be felling good about the Bills’ progress. So, as Ryan is wont to do, he discussed that positivity.

“I can’t wait to get the season started,” Ryan told The Buffalo News on the final day of Bills’ minicamp on Thursday. “I’m just telling you right now: forget the vacation. I wish it was shorter. And I mean it. I’m excited about this team. Obviously a lot of things have to happen and we’re a month or so away. I told our players today to ‘Win July.’ We’ve won the off-season. I would challenge any team. I think we’ve won the off-season. But we need to win July. That’s when everybody is by themselves, on their own but doing the things to be in great shape when we get to camp, let’s avoid those injuries we had last year.”


“I think we’re committed as a group. That ‘All In’ mantra, I know it gets used a bunch but I feel it’s appropriate for our team.”

According to a Buffalo News report from last season, Ryan will have to win more than the offseason. He’ll have to win his way into the playoffs if he wants to keep his job.