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Looks like he was fined by team for weight: http://sports.yahoo.com/news/broncos-playe...-171300324.html Don't know if that having the same coach would hurt or help our cause. He is definitely an immovable object when he is in there.

Yeah I saw that, so I would assume Pace is meeting/interviewing Coordinators with Fox?

Yeah I was thinking that as well, maybe he was flying back to talk to assistants before making an announcement.

I hope he is just flying back to get a different suit.

btw, if you are 2/2 with this hire, you need to start your own tweeter feed. and my last comparison for the night: Fox Overall 13 seasons 7 playoff appearances (54%) 2 Super Bowl appearances (15%) 6 seasons with 11 or more wins (46%) 1 season with 5 or less wins (2-14 last year in Carolina) (8%) Bears 13 seasons (2002-2014) 3 playoff appearances (23%) 1 Super Bowl appearance (7%) 3 seasons with 11 or more wins (23%) 3 seasons with 5 or less wins (23%) Fox (w/o Manning) 10 seasons 4 playoff appearances (40%) 1 Super Bowl appearances (10%) 3 seasons with 11 or more wins (30%) 1 season with 5 or less wins (2-14 last year in Carolina) (10%) Lovie w/ Bears 9 seasons 3 playoffs (33%) 1 Super Bowl (11%) 3 seasons with 11 or more wins (33%) 1 season with 5 or less wins (11%) Lovie Overall 10 seasons 3 playoffs (30%) 1 Super Bowl (10%) 3 seasons with 11 or more wins (30%) 2 season with 5 or less wins (20%) Fox is going to be, at worst, slightly better than Lovie, and will definitely bring in better Coordinators than we have had in quite some time. What is remarkable to me is a Fox team has only finished below 7-9 once (2-14 in 2010).

First off, Dilfer is one of the worst QB's of all time, and it is hard for me to listen to him analyze QB play when he doesn't even know how to play the position. Looking at the video, I didn't see those plays as blatant Cutler failures: 1st play - Cutler goes thru progressions/throwing lanes and throws to safest receiver (Forte) based on what the defense was giving him. I didn't see much wrong with that play. 2nd play - Forte completely misses block and defender is in Jay's face before the yellow x-ray vision beam comes out of his eyes. He would literally have to have thrown it dropping back on his 2nd step to get it to the receiver who was not looking for the ball, and the WR highlighted did not break route off anyway. 3rd play - Looks like he was trying to pump fake and held the ball too long, not much blocking when Peppers gets all the way over to that side almost untouched (just watch Peppers on the entire play). On this one, he needed to just throw the ball and not hesitate, but that is assuming we know what the route was. 4th Play - LB is biting on Bennett's route right in Cutler's view, MLB is stuck between routes (good thing), Cutler then goes to his next receiver and a DB comes up to make the tackle. I didn't think that was a big deal or a blatant failure either. Cutler was part of the problem on offense, but the O-Line was not very good, and the game plan seemed very predictable. I believe the biggest change was with the ability for Cutler to audible at the line in or out of a running play. This seemed to cause most of the problems, especially with consistency and pre-snap penalties. We also never really stretched the field as Marshall/Jeffery are basically the same speed, and Bennett is only 2 tenths slower.

Fox + Gase or Shanahan would arguably be the best combination of HC/OC that we have had in a long time. Here is a look back at the last 15 years of HC/OC and Offensive rankings (in other words futility): YR - HC/OC - Pts/Yds 14 Trestman/Kromer - 23/21* 13 Trestman/Kromer - 2/8 12 Smith/Tice - 16/28* 11 Smith/Martz - 17/24* 10 Smith/Martz - 21/30 09 Smith/Turner - 19/23* 08 Smith/Turner - 14/26 07 Smith/Turner - 18/27 06 Smith/Turner - 2/15 05 Smith/Turner - 26/29 04 Smith/Shea - 32/32* 03 Jauron/Shoop - 23/28* 02 Jauron/Shoop - 27/29 01 Jauron/Shoop - 11/26 00 Jauron/Crowton - 28/23* AVERAGE: 18.6 Pts/24.6 Yards * - OC changed during/after season So basically we have averaged 19th in scoring offense and 25th in yardage over the past 15 years. If you removed what seems to be the two anomaly years, we would drop to 22nd/26th. Just for comparison, our defense was ranked 14.5 in pts and 17th in yards over that same period, and without the last two years we were 12th in pts and 15th in yards. That was actually really surprising to see us that low on defense, but we really only had 4 top 10 defensive years under Lovie.

Damn, throwing SMC under the bus for the offense. He was that bad that he affected the offense.

Due to the fact that he was fired for "lack of leadership" and "losing the locker room" in addition to the subpar performance, I would say getting struck by lightning would be more probable.

I think it will depend on the combine and his pro day (if he has one). Those would solidify his status a lot.

He was linked with Atlanta and Quinn was linked with the Jets. Interesting twist of events. I also forgot SF is still looking for an HC.

and the fact that all 3 coaches that started Clausen lost their job that year (Fox, Charlie Weis, and Trestman) lol.

Very refreshing to see. Let the heads keep a rolling.

He has been off the charts good these last few weeks, but so has the entire team (Elliott, etc), so I would need to see more than a few games to take him in the first or second. I think he is intriguing enough to take in the 3rd, but I would be concerned with the transition from college to the pros. JaMarcus Russell was also dominant in college. He also said this:

Looks like we are getting an interview: http://espn.go.com/chicago/nfl/story/_/id/...o-bears-vacancy

lol yeah, Ohio State dominated and with a young team and 3rd string QB. They are going to be in it for a long time.

I don't think I would want him as a HC, but he was pretty good as a DC in BUF. What do you think of Schwartz as DC? https://twitter.com/JasonLaCanfora/status/554799192447934464

Yeah he had aortic heart valve replacement in late 2013. Also, it is interesting that they decided to part ways with him 9 months after giving him a new 3-yr deal.

Here are some connections being made: @JeffDuncan @RapSheet

It is funny how they link people together, so Bowles > Atlanta > Pioli > Belichick/Parcells > Bowles.

Yeah it is 32%, but either way that is a surprising stat that Lovie only won 1/3 of his games without Urlacher. If you count his 2-14 in TB without Urlacher, he is only 9-29 (23.6%).

Enjoy Hawaii, but no way would we ever want him, and I doubt he wants another job and to uproot his family again.

To me I would rank order the hot Coordinator candidates: 1. Bowles (proven track record on several teams) 2. Quinn (defense got even better with him vs Bradley) 3. Austin (only one year, hard to tell if it was his influence or partially Caldwell's) 4. Gase (Peyton effect, who knows how good this guy is, could be another McDaniels) 5. All others

When Pace said anyone, was he referring to John Hufnagel? Worked for Belichick and Coughlin (Parcells Tree), OC experience and was the CFL Coach of the Year in 2008, an All-American in 1972, and was on the last NE Super Bowl winning team. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hufnagel

He said this before so no real surprise. Just glad we are making an effort to bring in as many candidates as possible to find the right guy.