Billy Goat

There's only two players on that list you'd absolutely want to keep.

Just remembered they traded for Darnold the year before Purdy's draft. He still managed to draft a QB in round 3 that year, couldn't get them to use a 7th rounder on Purdy but could get a crappy CB from Baylor? Yeah right....Then after the draft he could get them to waste more draft capital on Mayfield. Sounds legit.

Just watched the soundbite. I noticed he also had to mention that he told his players not to jump on his pump fake and they all did and Rhule did his little "I told you so". The guy is an absolute slime ball. If he was made of chocolate he'd eat himself.

Maybe he did say Purdy should be on the board but that doesn't men he would've drafted him. He traded away 3 picks for Darnold before the draft even got going.

Most players at that stage of their career signing their first big contract will go to whoever writes the biggest cheque, so there's always a chance. I doubt he becomes a FA though.

26 minutes ago, Basbear said:

This is going to give rhules staff a run for most inexperienced offense NFL staff. 

Does anyone need to tell carales, its fine to the coach and not his assistant?? Its perfectly fine, i swear....

Doesn't the whole lateral move thing make that pretty much a non-starter? Most teams with good coaches under contract aren't going to willingly let them walk out the door if they don't have to.

Not really fussed about the structure. It's fairly common across all sports. The Kroenke's own my football (soccer) team and the manager and sporting director report directly to Josh Kroenke but he just writes the cheques and lets them get on with it. That's what Tepper needs to do. What's gone before doesn't fill you with hope but there's always a chance he changes.

1 minute ago, WaterBoy said:

Raheem Morris is still the only external minority in person interview right?  

Canales.

37 minutes ago, methodtoll said:

Can't see it because it's a paid subscription thing but I can only guess that the five names are: Vrabel,Johnson, Canales, Morris, and Monken??

I hope MacDonald is in the mix

Didnt realise it was behind a paywall.

Fowler: I'm hearing the Panthers have four or five candidates they are really high on. One is Buccaneers offensive coordinator Dave Canales, who interviewed Wednesday afternoon in Charlotte. Canales' offense caught fire late in the season, his work with quarterbacks is strong, and he learned under Carroll for 13 years. The word is owner David Tepper is also intrigued by Ravens offensive coordinator Todd Monken, who is eligible to interview after this week. Evero -- the in-house candidate -- interviewed twice, and Carolina has long targeted Ben Johnson, though I haven't heard much momentum there at this point. He's going to have options.

What's funny, Dan, is that new Titans coach Brian Callahan had some traction in Carolina. He was set to interview there Tuesday, so Callahan agreeing to terms with Tennessee on Monday night probably sent waves through Carolina's building.

Graziano: Indeed, I had Callahan to the Panthers in the predictions file I wrote last week. But the Titans zeroed in on him early and moved quickly to get him on Monday night while he still had plans to visit Carolina and Atlanta in the ensuing days. Again, the offensive coordinator pool is a shallow one this year, and if the Panthers are focused on an offensive coach and can't get Ben Johnson, Canales could have the inside track at this point.

But if newly promoted GM Dan Morgan can convince Tepper to consider candidates other than offensive coordinators, I think the search becomes very interesting. For example, Vrabel is set to interview there Thursday. Surely, Vrabel could help anybody, even though he's not an offensive playcaller.

Fowler: Vrabel could be a wild card here. The word is Tepper values leadership big-time -- it's not just about improving the unsightly offense, though that's a key component. Vrabel has been lurking throughout the process and could pop up as a prime candidate somewhere. He would need to work in lockstep with Morgan, and there are questions, fair or not, about Vrabel's ability to do that after Tennessee switched GMs in early 2023 and Vrabel was gone a year later.

16 minutes ago, NYPantherFan said:

I don't know if it will be Canales. I feel like Tepper would turn down a good candidate if it means giving a division rival draft picks.

I have a feeling it will be Evero.

Following a similar theme i feel like it won't be Evero. I think they keep him as DC an extra year and get a comp pick for him when someone inevitably makes him a HC down the line.

I wonder how they play it? He's probably top of the list behind Johnson but with Johnson being the hot name and top choice for other teams do they interview Canales and keep him waiting until they see what Johnson does, or bite the bullet and hire him this week knowing Johnson likely goes elsewhere?

There's a risk if you make it obvious to Canales that he's the consolation prize that he just stays in Tampa for that extra year of experience.

6 minutes ago, FuFuLamePoo said:

https://x.com/JFowlerESPN/status/1745848705540899297?s=20

They've got things rolling in DC. When's the last time we've said that? If this is true, I can't imagine any amount of money lures Johnson to this job compared to the Commanders one.

Washington is the place to go for any of these HC candidates. You'll have your pick of the top QBs in the draft and almost 6 picks in the top 100.

I mean he's under contract and they're within their rights to do it with it being a sideways move, so I don't see the problem.

He's not a name that appears on a list of people interviewing for GM spots around the league, so I don't see why we should give him any serious consideration. Sure it may be unfair associating him with what may not have been his failures, but he's tainted by how bad the team has been.

Best thing for him would be a sideways move to be assistant GM on another team and try and build up his rep somewhere else.

They're likely going to interview 10-15 people. No point jumping to conclusions about the direction they're looking to go in after a few names.

Brown doesn't deserve another job. What a terrible play caller.

Feel bad for Bryce. Only our trash receivers could ruin a play like that.

He doesn't mention that anywhere in the article you linked.

Just now, 45catfan said:

Really, 3 first round picks?  Stroud is having a really good season, but the League will have tape on him next year so ther's no guarantee he continues on the same trajectory.  You don't make that trade unless an Andrew Luck is sitting there. None, I repeat NONE of the QBs in this past class were considered sure things/generational types.

Yes, the trade was 100% HORRIBLE!

How was it 3 first round picks? They swapped 1st round picks and gave them a 1st in the next draft. If you class DJ Moore as worth a 1st it's still only two 1st rounders. I stand by my point that the majority of people wouldn't care about the trade if Stroud was here and had thrown for 4000yds and 21 TDs.

Nothing wrong with the trade really, they just picked the wrong QB. If they had picked Stroud and he played like he has been Chicago wouldn't be getting the no.1 pick and we wouldn't care about what we gave up.

Fans have been permanently banned for similar acts. I bet he doesn't face a similar punishment.

Playcalling on 4th downs has been garbage.