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    Moving Towards our Future Front Office and Coaching Hires. All the Way to the Water Boy - Adam Peters Hired as GM! The Mighty Quinn is HC Kliff Kingsbury as OC. Joe Whitt jr at DC.

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    46 minutes ago, Tress Is The Way said:

    I'd probably take a look at Jonah Williams from the Bengals. A RT but Only 27, played 100% of snaps last year. If not him maybe Mekhi Becton.. he came back from injury pretty well this year.

    I'm concerned his stats are on the way down though, but who knows ?.

    Max Sharping (27 yrs old) is a free agent and solid. His grade jumped from 56.7 in 2020 to 78.3 in 2023.

    I was really impressed by the Bengals OL Williams, Sharping, Cappa during their playoff run in 2022, they were litteraly thumping down everything coming their way.

    Moving Towards our Future Front Office and Coaching Hires. All the Way to the Water Boy - Adam Peters Hired as GM! The Mighty Quinn is HC Kliff Kingsbury as OC. Joe Whitt jr at DC.

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    7 minutes ago, SkinsFTW said:

    Yeah, it sounds like Johnson needs to find a new agent  psychoanalyst   . He's going to have a slightly more difficult time looking for a job next time, IMO. His agent should have told him to just do the interview anyway. Seems a little immature now.

    Fixed it for you ;)

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    Game Day Thread 2023: SUPER BOWL LVIII (58) ~ Chiefs vs. 49ers

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    On 2/5/2024 at 12:45 AM, HeHateMe75 said:

    I wonder if this is going to impact Mahome's play in the Super Bowl?

     

    https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/39460077/patrick-mahomes-sr-arrested-texas-dwi-charge

    There are so many distractions coming from the Chiefs and their entourage. Mahomes' wife, father, Toney.

    I do agree with you @SkinsFTW, in my book Chiefs are the favorites. Most of the times the team I'm rooting for ends up losing the SB 😕.

    The niners passing defense is questionable to say the least, this is a source of concern.

    Go 49ers anyway ! Kyle deserves a ring. :)

     

    Moving Towards our Future Front Office and Coaching Hires. All the Way to the Water Boy - Adam Peters Hired as GM! The Mighty Quinn is HC Kliff Kingsbury as OC. Joe Whitt jr at DC.

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    1 hour ago, BrentMeisterGeneral said:

    I've made no secret that I really wasn't a fan of the DQ hire, that said I was impressed with the presser yesterday, I thought he spoke well and liked his answer about how he's developed since Atlanta. I like his hires at the co ordinator positions and I like that he seems to have a strong relationship with Peters.

     

    Cautious reasons for optimism, I hope he proves me wrong for doubting him.

    I wasn't either, but well what do I know ?

    He started real strong with this :), and had a few profanity filters off 😂

    He said interesting things such as using the word "recalibrated" instead of "rebuild". He learned his lessons from his tenure with the Falcons, this isn't going to be "rince and repeat".

     

    This is his staff from 2023.

    • Joe Whitt, secondary/Pass Game coordinator
    • Al Harris, defensive backs coach
    • Aden Durde, defensive line coach
    • Sharrif Floyd, quality control/asst. D-line
    • Cannon Matthews, asst. defensive backs
    • Scott McCurley, linebackers coach
    • Pete Ohnegian, quality control/ defensive assistant
    • Eric Simonelli, quality control/analytics
    • Darian Thompson, quality control/asst. LB
    • Rayna Stewart, asst. special teams
    • Harold Nash, strength & conditioning coordinator
    • Cedric Smith, asst. strength & conditioning
    • Kendall Smith, asst. strength & conditioning
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    The DC Report: Who is Aden Durde and is he a serious candidate?

     

    The Los Angeles Rams are still in search of a defensive coordinator following Raheem Morris’ departure to the Atlanta Falcons. Following Dennard Wilson’s hire by the Tennessee Titans, the Rams now have just two outside candidates remaining in their pool. One of those candidates is of course Brandon Staley and the other is Cowboys defensive line coach, Aden Durde. Durde was the first coach that the Rams requested to interview, meaning that he was clearly somebody that Sean McVay thought highly of as a potential candidate.

     

    The question is obviously, how serious of a candidate is he, especially when compared to someone like Brandon Staley who has experience. Durde wasn’t on a lot of people’s lists coming into the interview process and yet was the first person that the Rams requested to interview.

     

    Durde comes from the Dan Quinn coaching tree as that’s who he’s coached under since joining the NFL in 2018. The Cowboys defensive line coach started as the defensive quality control coach with the Atlanta Falcons and then was promoted to outside linebackers coach in 2020. It’s fair to note that Durde and Morris were together in Atlanta on the defensive staff. Durde followed Quinn to Dallas where he has been the defensive line coach since 2021.

     

    In short, he’s a Quinn disciple and would likely bring with him many elements of that scheme. With that, there’s going to be a lot of Cover 3 principles in the defense. The Rams ran Cover 3 on 32.6 percent of their defensive snaps this season. Comparatively, the Cowboys ran Cover 3 on 41.8 percent of their snaps which was the ninth highest rate in the NFL. According to Cody Alexander of Match Quarters,

    “Quinn’s coaching lineage is heavy on the Cover 3 side...Though Quinn carries more of a zone-match Cover 3 philosophy, he loves to run Cover 1. Until this past season, Quinn has run man-free coverages as a dominant scheme alongside Cover 3. Going from man-match to zone principles helps Quinn keep the playbook simple.”

    If Durde carries some of that same philosophy as a defensive coordinator, that simplicity for a young defense and what will be a young secondary could end up being beneficial. However, that doesn’t mean that the Cowboys haven’t also made things chaotic for opposing offenses as they’ve been one of the best defenses in the NFL over the past two seasons. Joey Ickes over at Blogging the Boys described the Cowboys defense below,

    “But how has Quinn crafted one to the top units in the league? It boils down to two words—chaotic simplicity...Quinn has been able to create this chaos using mostly four or five man pressures and very traditional and sound coverage structures. In fact, of the 207 blitzes the Cowboys ran against the pass in 2022, over 80% were only five man rushes, and another 10% were “simulated” pressures, where a non-defensive lineman rushed, but only four total players actually rushed the passer...Plays like this exist all over the Cowboys tape, defensive linemen slanting, twisting, and stunting in every imaginable direction, combined with individuals winning their matchups, and the result is chaos for offenses.”

    That sounds similar to what the Rams did this past season to create pressure. Morris used a lot of simulated pressures with Ernest Jones and it’s why he became one of the best blitzing linebackers in the NFL. This caused the Rams to drop players like Michael Hoecht into coverage, but it created chaos. The stunts along the defensive line are certainly things that Durde would have had a hand in when it comes to the scheme.

     

    Under Durde’s coaching, players like Osa Odighizuwa who was a third round pick became a staple along the Cowboys defensive line. Dorance Armstrong was a fourth-round pick and had a career-year this season in Dallas.

    The Rams’ best players on defense are on the defensive line when you consider Aaron Donald and Kobie Turner. Bringing in a coach like Durde may be beneficial for someone like Turner’s development as he looks to build on a strong rookie campaign.

    On his coaching style, Justin Morris from Blogging the Boys said,

    “Durde clearly has a “take no prisoners” type of mentality. His words are distinct due to his intonation, but he doesn’t mince them, and each is used effectively and with force. He’s a tough love kind of mentor, but that doesn’t minimize the visible love that’s present from him to his mentees. He wants success, his knowledge about the game is impressive, and it’s clear that Durde will accept nothing less than that from his big guys in the trenches.”

    Durde has been one of the faster rising defensive coaches in the NFL over the last five years as a native of the hybrid and pre/post-snap motion modern defensive era. He was the NFL’s first full-time British coach as he joined the Falcons after leading NFL UK head of football development previously.

    With the success of the Cowboys defense, it makes sense that McVay would at least want to get some insight and the pick the brain of someone who was on that defensive staff. While Durde is a fast-rising coach, he may still be a year or two away from being coordinator-ready.

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    The Official QB Thread- JD5 taken #2. Randall 2.0 or Bayou Bob? Mariotta and Hartman forever. Fromm cut

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    4 minutes ago, ThatNFLChick said:

     

    Tom Brady, Drew Brees, Joe Montana, Peyton Manning, the list goes on. 

     

    The obsession people have with everyone having a Josh Allen arm is weird when Josh Allen hasn't won anything with that arm. 

     

     

    Power is nothing without control ;) On a side note I remember Elway's dicke Bertha, he threw the ball so hard during his first official day of practice that he broke the fingers of two of the team’s wide receivers.

    Moving Towards our Future Front Office and Coaching Hires. All the Way to the Water Boy - Adam Peters Hired as GM! The Mighty Quinn is HC Kliff Kingsbury as OC. Joe Whitt jr at DC.

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    3 minutes ago, Spaceman Spiff said:

    I can't get excited for this ****, I'm sorry.  Been here too many times before...and I know, I know, I know, this isn't a Snyder hire.  

     

    I just keep seeing the dude who blew a 28-3 lead to Tom Brady and the Patriots...just with another stooge at his side.  I sure hope Kliff'em All is the QB whisperer who everyone says he is, lord knows we're about 35 years overdue in needing one.

     

    I don't even know who the defensive coordinator is, I saw the alert come in on my phone that we hired someone who I'm sure will be making us pine for the Joe Berry days come early November.  

     

    I just can't do it.  I'd love to hear why I should think we're turning a corner and why we're in a good spot outside of having the #2 pick.  if "SPIFF, DRAFT PICKS!!!" is all you have to be excited about, don't @ me. 

    Stephen A Smith get out of this body ! ;)

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    Moving Towards our Future Front Office and Coaching Hires. All the Way to the Water Boy - Adam Peters Hired as GM! The Mighty Quinn is HC Kliff Kingsbury as OC. Joe Whitt jr at DC.

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    Posted · Edited by FrFan

    11 minutes ago, MisterPinstripe said:

    Interesting that Morris seemed to prefer us to the Falcons, came back to us after getting the offer to see if we would hire him. Though maybe just a money leverage play. Really interesting and telling read. 

     

    Also, Johnson complaining about the "basketball guys"? They were in their for 1 hour of the 4 hours he interviewed. 

    "basketball guys who were too confident in their football opinions". Allright, I didn't know Peters was a basketball guy ! Sounds arrogant and disrespectful from someone who's been choking on interviews for the past couple of years. Be aware of karma Ben.

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    The Official QB Thread- JD5 taken #2. Randall 2.0 or Bayou Bob? Mariotta and Hartman forever. Fromm cut

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    I'm intrigued by Spencer Rattler, he's been through rough times and never gave up. I like this kid's mentality 👋

     

    S. Carolina's Rattler finds 'blessing' in early college career struggles

     

    As Rattler enters his senior year at South Carolina and second overall at the school, he reflected on his jagged journey and predicted the struggles are going to help him thrive in the long-term.

    "I see it as a blessing," Rattler said. "God has me going through this for a reason. That's how I look at it, truly. And there can't be success without adversity. So being able to go through that adversity and come out on the other end, it's a great feeling."........................

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    Moving Towards our Future Front Office and Coaching Hires. All the Way to the Water Boy - Adam Peters Hired as GM! The Mighty Quinn is HC Kliff Kingsbury as OC. Joe Whitt jr at DC.

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    3 hours ago, Bacon said:

     

    I live like 10 miles from USC and have watched a ton of Caleb Williams games but I've been avoiding a thorough film dive because I didn't seriously think we were going to move up for him.

     

    I'm changing that tonight LOL

    According to most of media pundits this FO will go QB with the first pick. Since you've watch Williams a lot what do you think of this article ? Too hard & personal, spot on,.....

    https://www.totalprosports.com/nfl/caleb-williams-ripped-by-former-scout-draft-stock/

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