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1, 8, 9 would be dreaming. Among other things, it may allow you to take a top 3 receiver, but at 11, 12, 13 are the Vikings, Broncos and Raiders. All would be prime trade up candidates to get QB3 or QB4. Trade back, get additional picks, and get what is still possibly strong edge territory or beef up that oline with a JC latham. BUT, I don't think it happens. I think pittsburgh is much more likely to give up a first than the falcons.

People have all been very angry about things that I haven’t even seen actual clips or original articles for. Lavar ball was on tv every damn day in front of a microphone.

Oh it’s a slotted system. We just pay him first overall ?

https://x.com/rapsheet/status/1746978532503244820?s=46&t=9lkBcVJmwvxFpyVi5DNtCg

IMO all right fielders are guys fit into the position

Hot take…but does that team if they trade for Tyreek Hill but maintain Brian Flores have much different success?

I had been looking forward to the playoffs as I thought it would throw some cold water over the romanticism over building “complete teams” with average QBs. The Tennessee titans of yore looked amazing in regular season. But unless you have created an all time defense or all time whatever shanahan / lynch have done, the other team you’ll face is also super talented and the QB will always be the wild card. Its why you should be bullish on AFC teams in the Super Bowl.

I mean they would have booed both.

I do agree with Parkins that if you are a fan in the 300 level, the idea that you knew his widow was there is kinda ridiculous. Should you boo? No. Personally I’m a Krause fan and yes, it was all JRs fault because of his sick view of management v labor. But how you can work for the bulls putting this together and NOT realize there would be boos is ridiculous. Last dance didn’t create this animosity, the idea that Krause broke up the bulls because he thought he was smarter than everyone was absolute canon.

Greg Olson reportedly now also interviewing.

Waldron, Coen, and Kibiak so far https://x.com/jjones9/status/1745995780475805965?s=46&t=9lkBcVJmwvxFpyVi5DNtCg

bummed both Ohio St Edges return for senior season. Thought they'd be big flus guys.

I'm not that surprised by this. I was worried by how many pretty good pitchers there were. Problem to me is for Playoff teams looking to get over the hump, you are either a top ten pitcher or you are in a lump of pitchers where teams can squint at someone else and say they could get the same out of you. When you are a true top player, offseason is way to go for trades. Otherwise it's mid-season where you aren't competing with FA options. I also don't think teams necessarily want to pay for control (controversial opinion but I think it's true). Hope situation changes, as there is a lot of risk here. But clearly Cease could have been traded for Busch and...not the rest of guys. Or Vaughn and...not their other top prospect. Neither what you should hope for. Perhaps that's what we'll see, that Cease can net a guy, and then some 15-25 org prospects. Not sure. Balta can probably do a victory lap though, I don't see things changing.

I’ll be honest, making that list made me feel better. The amount of retirements/moves have shaken up a lot of worthy jobs. Some will be head coaches, some won’t. Bears oppo definitely stands out as a stepping stone.

Klint Kubiak now interviewing. Almost want him just because DBB used to call him a nepo hire and if bears hire him he’ll start singing his praises.

While true, Moore is usually his first read, and he often only throws when open, and moore is good at catching. But it's missing the "why isn't justin throwing it" throws. His lower rating to others are indeed bad receivers, but also him throwing later in the progressions on more difficult reads.

Their partnership where Belichek could just figure out the defense no matter what, and Brady could figure out the offense no matter what, will never be seen again. Will be hard for people to understand just how non discussed pats were every year in 2010s during regular season only to frustrate the top stories in the playoffs en route to a championship.

eesh. Not gonna lie their numbers were WAY worse than I expected.

That was one of the worst lines in the league and at one point he had the most passing yards. They had some good skill talent, but yes when it comes to creating a passing offense…Bienemy clearly has it.

Ok so if we can agree that the pool is all unemployed, non-playcalling OCs, and positions underneath OCs, I think, I think my ranking would be : 1. Shane Waldron (comes from McVay, should be fine with Chris Morgan, excellent work at Seattle) 2. Eric Bienemy (Downside is he if he is like Nagy, he runs inside zone and Nagy preferred Beef. Not sure what Bienemy did, but he was the one who really started to create a run game post-Nagy) 3. Ken Dorsey - just extremely like the bills offense that he had put together. THey had no run game under Daboll, he put a lot of work together that saw fruition this year despite the turnovers. Yes...that team is mostly Allen though. 4. Liem Cohen - Playcaller at UK who has twice worked under McVay as QB coach and passing coordinator. Worked with Levis in his best year. 5. Zac Robinson - McVay QB coach and Passing Game Coordinator, worked under both Cohen and Mike LaFleur 6. Mike LaFleur - docked for his time in NYJ...but that may make him the perfect get. He also is probably most likely to take this to jumpstart his career again. While work with Wilson wasn't inspiring...Zach Wilson sucks. 7. Brian Callahan - Skeptical he'd take this, but I gained a lot of respect for Bengals this year. Crazy SoS, and the thought was always that Zac Taylor was a weak coach and burrow transformed them. That offense was humming with Browning still. 8. Darrell Bevell - HC era seems to have passed him by, but 2 years under McDaniel and extensive career seems perfect. Honestly seems like a Daboll situation. 9. Chris Foerster - OL/Run Game Coordinator for 49ers. Could likely bring a strong QB coach/passing game coordinator, but a pairing of OL coaches could be great option. 10. Arthur Smith - I just remembered again late that he is here but probably top 4. Didn't have it as HC but prior to this year had a very efficient offense. How he gets his hand in choosing a top QB which he lacked in ATL. 10. Greg Olson (discussed) 11. Kliff Kingsbury - Didn't like his air raid nfl offense, but a year under Riley may bring some exciting wrinkles. Paired with a good Run Game coordinator could be interesting. 12. Klint Kubiak - didn't love his offense at all in MN, but now he's seasoned under shanahan. If you can tell, I prefer the McVay tree to the shanahan tree The good news here, though I don't think 1-2 , 7 or 10 are feasible, is these are actually damn good hires. Anyone on this list I'd say...we got better. Olson probably most controversial. One thing that sucks is I really want to put Byron Leftwich. I love that Arians offense. Maybe you interview him and he has a good discussion on why it didn't work. While last year with Brady was disappointing, this year showed that the offense still had lots of skill talent and the oline was in shambles the year prior. Hope he gets another shot, makes me nervous here. Totally ok with Jerrod Johnson but makes me nervous as he only has 2 years really in coaching. Pep Hamilton is an ok candidate, just outside my fringe. Like Olson - really never had great talent. Also still intrigued on Mike Kafka. Doesn't have playcalling. This year was a mess but ...rebounded. That OL regressed and clearly had a bad OL coach which is never a good look on the OC but when Daboll is running it, who knows.

What was the actual Harbaugh question? If he asked if he spoke to harbaugh, that's just an EASY answer to sidestep. If he asked if he spoke to Harbaugh or his representatives, a little better. But the reality is both are asking if Poles did that, not if the bears as an org reached out.

Eh I think an OC and his staff being wiped out would be like wiping out the Senior VP of his dept personally.

He was, but Doug Pederson was also calling the plays and seems like he is a very hands on offensive coach. I know Reich deserves some credit there, just a big caveat on why I didn't include the Eagles as that powerful of an example.

DCs are always going to be at a disadvantage, but if I was Carolina, looking at what I'm looking at, I think hiring him as a caretaker would work. To me he's a Gus bradley type except actually develops the players.

I don't think Reich is a good OC, personally. He put together a great initial staff. But I think his passing offenses largely haven't worked when he hasn't had a veteran like Rivers or Luck. ANd when Sirianni left, it all seemed a lot worse. Now, the talent was terrible in Carolina. And in his defense...he didn't get shut out twice in a row. He didn't call the plays in Philly. He was bad in San Diego. Just don't trust him.