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Well, that ends the season for all rookie QBs. Mac Jones goes out with a stinker. His biggest play was on a bubble screen. There was not much he was going to do when the defense let's up 47. Jones will end the season as the "best" rookie QB, but I have a feeling he won't last long there. One thing I didn't even notice at the end of the season, but since their bye, NE lost 4 of their last 5, including the WC game. 8 of their 10 wins were against non-playoff teams, one was against TEN (shocker) and the other was the snow game in BUF where Jones threw 3 passes. So if you throw that one out, they beat TEN, and in that game, TEN had 3 fumbles lost and an INT. So for as much hype as NE has received, it feels like fool's gold.

Not only was the entire game plan centered around the strengths of his QB and players, he adapted. He came in with a completely different game plan than NE has seen on tape. There was nothing they could do. Every defensive call was wrong. It felt like half the plays were for 15 yards or more. I thought there would be some adjustments at halftime, but whatever NE tried didn't work. 27-3 at halftime and outscored 20-7 before a garbage time TD.

Yeah man, I agree, there is nothing more you need to do as a Coordinator. That was the most dominant offensive performance in terms of efficiency, ever. 7 drives, 7 TDs, no punts, no FGs, no INTs. If he can do half for Fields what he did for Allen, the Bears are an instant playoff team.

Daboll called a perfect game, 7 TD drives against NE. Impressive.

Yep, I totally forgot about that. I like him as a candidate.

Good catch, completely forgot about that. O'Brien fiasco overwhelmed my brain.

Might not see eye to eye with someone else in the organization, maybe Tomlin? The same could be said for almost any one of the candidates. Why did the Texans fire Rick Smith? If any assistant or VP is so good, why not promote from within? Teams make new positions all the time to retain talent. If orgs are letting guys go without trying to retain them, is there something wrong with them?

From the article it looks like they are passing on Khan: https://triblive.com/sports/mark-madden-says-t-j-watt-angrily-refused-his-exit-interview-steelers-linebacker-refutes-story/

What are your thoughts about pairing guys from other franchises? Schoen/Daboll, Dodds or Brown/Eberflus? I am leaning towards guys that have already been a VP or Assistant GM, or in Smith's case a former GM. So I would be less inclined to hire Brown and Wolf coming from the Scouting Departments. It seems like GM is a huge jump from those jobs. You go from singularly focused to the ultimate multitasking. Khan, Dodds, Ireland, and Smith are my top group. How about you?

Still pretty shocked at the quality on this list. I would take almost every one of them over Pace. Role GM Candidate Name Team Interview Date Director of College Scouting Morocco Brown Indianapolis Colts TBA VP of Football Operations Kwesi Adofo-Mensah Cleveland Browns Thursday 1/13 VP of Player Personnel Glenn Cook Cleveland Browns Wednesday 1/12 (DONE) Assistant General Manager Ed Dodds Indianapolis Colts TBA Assistant General Manager Jeff Ireland New Orleans Saints Friday 1/14 Director of Player Personnel Ran Carthon San Francisco 49ers TBA Former General Manager Rick Smith Ex-Houston Texans TBA Assistant General Manager Joe Schoen Buffalo Bills TBA VP of Football /Business Admin Omar Khan Pittsburgh Steelers TBA Director of Scouting Elliot Wolf New England Patriots TBA Asstt Director Of Player Personnel Champ Kelly Chicago Bears Thursday 1/13

Not a bad group. I am leaning towards Flores and Quinn for previous HCs and Daboll and Eberflus for Coordinators. Role HC Candidate Name Team Interview Date DC Leslie Frazier Buffalo Bills Sunday 1/16 HC Doug Pederson Ex-Philadelphia Eagles Wednesday 1/12 (DONE) OC Brian Daboll Buffalo Bills TBA OC Nathaniel Hackett Green Bay Packers Saturday 1/15 DC Todd Bowles Tampa Bay Buccaneers TBA OC Byron Leftwich Tampa Bay Buccaneers TBA DC Matt Eberflus Indianapolis Colts Monday 1/17 DC Dan Quinn Dallas Cowboys Late Next Week HC Brian Flores Miami Dolphins Friday 1/14

That is the same thing I said yesterday ^ . Similar to Leftwich, hard to judge independent of some of the greatest QBs to ever play.

Omar Khan is impressive, look what Pittsburgh has done over the last 20 years. He was supposedly informed he would not succeed the current PIT GM.

Current interviews planned: Leslie Frazier Doug Pederson Brian Daboll Nathaniel Hackett Todd Bowles Byron Leftwich

I get that the McCaskey presser was terrible, but George (no offense) is not a very articulate guy. However, you have to at least applaud the moves. It could've been easy to keep both Pace and Nagy. They could've blamed COVID, injuries, etc, and said look Nagy has a winning record. Pace has built a young core that can turn this thing around quickly. I am just glad they didn't go for the fool's gold. Then to move Phillips out of anything related to football decisions is exactly what everyone wanted. No more Phillips, Pace, or Nagy. That is about the best outcome that could've occurred. Also, would you rather have McCaskey looking for new GMs or someone like Polian? Accorsi and Polian are on two different levels. Polian is way more connected than Accorsi ever was.

Did Morocco help draft Nelson, Leonard, and Smith? If so, that was one helluva draft. 2x All-Pros and a Pro-Bowler. Then also drafted Jonathan Taylor. He would not have been involved in trading for Wentz lol.

Current interviews planned: Leslie Frazier Doug Pederson Brian Daboll Nathaniel Hackett Todd Bowles

I would happy with Daboll or Hackett if they decide to go young coordinator, nor would I be opposed to Bowles or Pederson. I think all 4 are better than Nagy. Hackett would be the most scary because you really don't know what the team would look like without Rodgers at the helm. So I would put him 4th. What is interesting to me, it seems that there are enough good candidates this year that the Bears almost can't mess this up (please pin this comment to roast me later).

Daboll from Buffalo:

Good tracker from Aaron: https://t.co/4e3bzOE8KD

As expected:

Hackett from GB.

Mongo, well said. That's why I would rather take someone from a winning organization. However, it has to be the right guys. Pace came from NO and Nagy came from KC and they both underperformed.

He was flat out dominant. That would be a 180 for how most of our current safeties play.

Yeah, I didn't include him in that category as an active CFB Coach, but: Harbaugh 44-19-1, 5-3 in the post season, 3 winning seasons and no losing seasons, and 1 SB loss. He would clearly be the best option in terms of past success. His worst season was 8-8. He did that with Alex Smith and Colin Kaepernick. His QBs had an 82-31 TD/INT Ratio over 4 seasons.