justice98

So word is, Steve McMichael, Devin Hester, and Julius Peppers are going in this year. That's just what's leaked so far, so I don't know who else. But the fact that McMichael is going in kinda burns me. I feel bad that he has ALS, but he's not more deserving than our man Jacoby. He probably shouldn't be in at all, if I'm being honest. He was very good, but I don't know about Hall of Fame good. But being on that Bears defense carries weight, i guess.

Can't say his shot at running the show to drive he can be a head coach was anything less than a miserable disaster. Now, not only is he not a head coach, he's not even an OC anymore. But there's still a couple slots open, I guess.

I dont get it either. As in what those stats actually mean to an offense.

Stephen A and Damien woody. Not exactly their best people. Russo seemed to be into it though.

And we haven't even tapped into what should probably be his biggest area of expertise yet, which is scouting.

The funny thing about the Kingsbury/Williams connection is the assumption that Kingsbury automatically wants to continue coaching him. Or that Williams is pro-Kingsbury. I work with a whole bunch of people that are good at their jobs, doesnt mean I wanna keep working with them if I don't have to. lol

I feel like we're being gaslit. lol

That's true, but they were giving him an in-person 2nd interview, so I find it hard to believe he failed to impress them on Zoom.

I think this is all retroactive spin now, IMHO. Had Ben Johnson wanted to be a head coach and come to DC, he'd be the head coach today. He was universally identified as the top target by literally everyone with inside info. I dont thinknit was made upnor overhyped. So Peters did care about getting an offensive guy. He was just open minded, doesn't mean he didn't care. And then by the time they were spurned by Johnson, what was left as the top candidates just happened to be defensive guys.

Well, his whole background in the league is scouting, so it makes sense he would be hands on with the draft.

Heard all that same stuff about Rivera.

If they go defensive head coach, I actually woulda liked Anthony Lynn as an OC candidate. But Kyle gave him that assistant HC title in SF, so they'd have to give him permission to leave for an OC gig. Which I don't foresee, I'm just sayin'. But maybe Peters can facilitate something. But a young, introverted type like Macdonald might need a vet coordinator, and Lynn has both coordinator and HC experience. But in 6 years at the HC/OC level, he's had a top half of the league offense 5 times. I like that consistency. The only knock is there's no real history of developing a rookie QB. He had a well seasoned vet with the Chargers. He did make a 26 year old Tyrod Taylor with little starting experience a viable starting QB for a few years though.

When I look at Dan Quinn's career, I get less and less impressed. His first 2 years as a DC, he had the #1 defense. Ok, cool. But then you see that Gus Bradley was really the architect. They were a top 5-10 defense the 2 years before Quinn before Bradley left to coach the Jags. Then in 6 years in ATL, they were 20th or worse 4 times on defense. The offense carried those teams. The Dallas defense has definitely improved under him, but that doesnt give me the warm and fuzzies about being a HC again.

All the talent is on the offense. They got Hutchinson, but Okudah didn't work out and there's not much else.

He didnt help them as much as the reverse. They were not put in the best positions by their coach. Quinn called a terrible game on defense.

You can always elevate people. They're gonna need to have some vision and an eye for coaching talent.

Bieniemy probably comes back as OC because they spent so much time screwing around with Johnson. How many OCs have been hired since the season ended?

What a disaster if they have to go Jim Zorn and hire a guy on staff cuz they couldn't get anybody else.

I'm pretty sure Pepper Rodgers is no longer with us.

Sherm Lewis is still out there kicking.

I hope Johnson knows what he's doing. That's a bold move. He's now turned down HC opportunities 2 years in a row. He's got youth going for him, but we've seen hot HC candidates become not hot quickly.

He plays like a guy that's scared. Like he goes at half speed to not get hurt.

Steven Sims gotta win it this week. lol

Did he though? I don't recall Rivera really being in demand when we hired him. He certainly wasn't a "hot" candidate around the league. Too late though, its already making the rounds on social. It's now an indisputable fact to 99% of the people that read it. lol

Carolina is smoking ALL the crack. I dont think there's a number high enough. They're gonna wind up with somebody's assistant TEs coach. Somebody will take the job, won't be anybody with real options. Hell, might be Bieniemy's only shot to be a HC.