Orchard Park, N.Y. -- You might think Rex Ryan would be curious enough to watch the Week 1 matchup between the two teams he used to coach. The Buffalo Bills and New York Jets will square off at New Era Field on Sunday, and not too many people in the country are looking forward to watching it. Rex isn't real interesting in the game, either.

In a conversation with Rich Cimini of ESPN, Rex was asked whether he would watch the game. Rex, who is now an analyst for ESPN, laughed.

"Hell no, I'm not going to watch that game," Rex said. "There's a lot better games than that one."

Rex isn't wrong about that. The Jets have one of the worst rosters in the league and could be on the fast track to the No. 1 pick. Meanwhile, the Bills return just 26 players from the roster Rex Ryan led to a 7-9 season in 2016. First-year coach Sean McDermott and general manager Brandon Beane have turned over the previous regime's roster significantly, and Rex isn't sure that was the right thing to do.

"It seems like anybody Doug Whaley drafted, or did whatever, they're running out of the building, from EJ Manuel to Sammy Watkins, Reggie Ragland, (Ronald) Darby, all those guys," Ryan said. "To me that's a mistake. At the end of the day, you better win some games."

It's true only six of the 28 players Whaley drafted remain on the roster. Much of that has to do with Whaley's numerous misses, but the Watkins and Darby trades were surprising moves.

"It's not so much bringing in our own guys," McDermott said when asked about getting rid of Whaley's players. "We're not in that mode of thinking. It's about the right guys. It's about the right guys at the right time. That's really what we're interested in is good people, good football players that are interested in the team first mentality and that embrace what this city is all about. With regards to that, there are good football players that were brought on by Doug. That's what we're interested in. Whether it was past regime or current regime, I'm not interested in that mode of thinking."

Rex sees what's happening in Buffalo and doesn't think the expectations should be any different than they were for him.

"Rebuilding is one thing, but the expectations ... I don't understand why the expectations would be set any different than when I was there," Rex said. "The difference is, you actually have draft picks. I never had those. To me, it's like, go ahead. All this talk about how talented they were when I was there, I want to see it on the field. We'll see."

Of course, the difference is McDermott didn't come to town and start flapping his gums or guarantee immediate success. He and Beane have acknowledged the rebuild could take some time, especially considering they are cleaning up the previous regime's mistakes.

Among Rex's other hot takes in the interview with Cimini: Watkins is a top 10 receiver when healthy, Ragland was the best player on the team last year before he got injured and Darby didn't have any ball skills.

Oh, and he thinks this game between the Bills and Jets could be one of the worst in NFL history.

"Could it be like that?" Rex said. "Hell, yeah, it probably could be."