Mr. Scot

When did we get the 39th pick?

My sense is that a whole lot of people are gonna blow their load thinking about this and it's not even gonna come close to happening.

Yeah, seriously. I knew we were bad, but ouch.

So now you have a head coach that you hired in order to appease a star player but that star player still wants to be traded. Aaahhh, the Texans...

Reports are saying he made the request weeks ago but the news is only coming out now

Voth... Also when trailing at the half...

Jones is someone he unsuccessfully tried to recruit to Baylor so he was already somewhat aware of him. I don't know that I see us taking him at pick eight, though I acknowledge it is a possibility. Taking him after a trade down is also possible.

I'd say a lot depends on Caserio. They seem to have pretty much handed him the keys, so if he's as good as they think, who knows? If he's not? Well, at least it should be entertaining to us non-Texans fans.

"The thing you see about Mac right off the bat, he’s a gamer. He’s got a great presence about him. He loves the moment, loves the competition. So there’s not much doubt that he has that quarterback swagger that you can feel when you’re on the field." - Rhule talking about Mac Jones (The Athletic)

Yeah, and a pretty interesting life story from what I've read. As mentioned, wasn't really on anybody's radar before this but he's getting endorsements from all over the place, most prominently from Reid. Could turn out to be a good choice. We'll see.

From the Texans or from us? They're certainly bending over backwards to try and please him. Culley wasn't really on anybody's head coaching radar prior to this.

Ravens receiver coach David Culley beats out Leslie Frazier and Eric Bieniemy for the Texans head coaching job. His status as a friend of quarterback Deshaun Watson likely helped. Watson met Culley at the Pro Bowl a few years back and the two reportedly hit it off. Culley also received an endorsement from Andy Reid after having worked under Reid at previous coaching stops. So the team ends up with an Andy Reid guy, just not the one people expected. Additionally, it's reported that Watson favorite Tim Kelly will retain his job as offensive coordinator. Others said to be joining the coaching staff include Lovie Smith and possibly Josh McCown. Despite being 65 years old, and as such the oldest first time head coach ever hired, Culley has a reputation for relating well with younger players. Will be interesting to see wherr the Deshaun Watson saga goes from here.

A chance to play in Kyle Shanahan's offense? I'd take that.

Rhule hasn't been especially happy, per reports.

If you want to know what Rhule has been like coaching these sessions someone who was there said you can tell he used to work with Tom Coughlin.

Seriously think this is the direction they're headed.

He did.

No argument. Sometimes it's just a matter of picking the right person to run it. Andrew Berry looks decent so far. I hope the same can be said of us next year.

It's possible. For our part, we run what I'd consider to be a quarterback friendly system.

To be fair, we probably would have said the same thing about the Browns last year. (granted, it is just one year)

For what it's worth, minority candidates did better on the GM front than the coaching front this offseason. Of the six GM jobs available, half (Detroit, Atlanta and Washington) ended up being minority hires. I'd have to look it up, but if I'm remembering correctly all but maybe one or two of the Falcons GM candidates were actually minorities. Likely to be another if Kevin Colbert retires.

I could live with that. Don't think I've got a whole lot of company on that front though.

Absolutely. Heck, by the time Brady had his first entry level job at William and Mary, Bieniemy had already been coaching for 13 years.

Hell, he's got more coaching experience at the pro level than Matt Rhule does.

His resumé isn't "paper thin". Hell, he's associated with one of the best offenses in the league right now. It is valid that he might be overshadowed by Andy Reid though.