Here is Marcell Dareus' full reaction to ESPN about the firing Tuesday of coach Rex Ryan.

On Ryan being relieved of his duties:

"I like Rex, personally. I don’t like to see anyone get fired. At the same time, I feel like everybody’s job is on the line. Everyone is fighting for their position. So we’re at a point where we have to make a change, [but] not everyone in the building.

"My prayers go out to his family, to him and his brother. I wish him the best of luck, but we got to make this run. It’s looking like next year is going to have to be that year, and I hope we make the best decision for that to happen."

On the state of the Bills' defense now:

"I feel like we have a pretty good team on paper, and we have phenomenal athletes, phenomenal players. We have to play. Just put us in the position, and let us play. His defense and the way he coached it was great, but his defense was a little much for the athletes that we have. Over the years that I have been here, there were just so many coaching changes."

On why the defense seemed to regress under Ryan:

"I feel like we should’ve been just more aggressive on defense ... because that’s the kind of players that we have. We want to put our foot on the pedal and keep it down, knowing what we’re doing and being strategic on what we’re doing. Not trying to match up with this team or that team. We want to have our identity, [knowing] this is who we are and what we’re going to do.

"It was just too much detail for a lot of guys, and I feel like for a lot of guys it was too much going on for them to check here and check there, if this happens and that happens. Then nine times out of 10, a team will throw something out there that we weren’t prepared for, and then the adjustment to it, we had to get use to and try to make it happen and make plays."

On when things turned for the worse for the defense during Ryan’s tenure:

"I feel like things changed when Aaron [Williams] got hurt. Communication just started to [fall] off, not just on the back end, but across the whole board for the defense. Then, people started getting hurt, injuries started occurring. We started to bring people in, and communication was just thrown off.

"We’ve learned the defense this year, and we have played it pretty fast, and we have played it pretty good, but with injuries brings new players [and] younger players up, and from there you have more injuries. Then from there you simplify the defense to the point where everyone can play fast. There always was just constantly a change with whatever was going on and how everybody was playing it."

On Anthony Lynn being named interim head coach:

"We have one game left, and we have to go out there and end on a good note. We’re playing for our organization ... and we’re also playing for our jobs, just as much as his."