Mr. Scot

I'd call this good news for us

Haven't decided yet but it'll be an offensive guy.

That depends on the offense. If you do things the way we've typically done them, yeah I'd agree. But the Shanahan's approach makes a huge difference.

I get that. The problem is you want to give him credit for the good without accepting any blame for the bad. And using your logic, there would be plenty of that. It also helps to understand that an NFL quarterback's primary job isn't to be the offense himself, it's to get the ball to playmakers and let them do the work. This is again why wins and losses are a team stat, not an individual stat.

And yet you want to hold a runningback more responsible for losses than you do a quarterback.. Your position is totally inconsistent.

As much as anything else what I walk away from that story with... Irsay is so frigging stupid

Unfortunately, I've heard similar things said about other coaches from The Belichick tree. The ones who leave that nest just never seem to accomplish anything away from it.

Nick Carboni talks to Indianapolis Star reporter Joel Erickson about Frank Reich... Among the things Erickson mentioned... - Colts owner Jim Irsay fired Reich specifically because he wanted to hire Jeff Saturday. Erickson says in fact that if Saturday had turned down the job, Irsay would not have fired Reich. - Erickson further states that the decision to bench Matt Ryan and elevate Sam Ehlinger wasn't made by Reich, but was mandated by Irsay. Ehlinger himself has since admitted that he wasn't really ready to start. - Asked about what Reich values in an offense, Erickson says he's"multiple". He wants to be able to attack multiple ways so that if one thing isn't working, they can go to something else. - Also said Reich is "beloved" by players and feels at least some of his failure is attributable to the front office failing to properly support him - And finally, in regard to the quarterback situations with the Colts, Erickson feels that Reich actually got a lot more out of what he was given than some others could have ... I'll say this: Reich may not get the head coaching job, but I'd absolutely love to have him on staff as an OC or in some capacity

Comments about Johnson from Lions Head Coach Dan Campbell via Aaron Wilson's story about his Texans interview (Link) “I think a ton of Ben,” Lions coach Dan Campbell said during a press conference. “I’ve said it before, I just think he’s extremely bright. He’s creative, he’s organized, he’s a great communicator. I mean he’s got it, and I would do anything I can to help him. That’s the bottom line. Of course, I don’t want to lose him, but I’m not going to hold him back either. I would help him any way I can help him.” ... “Johnson is impressive, very sharp,” a source said. “He’s done a very nice job with that offense.” ... Johnson came to Detroit in 2019, as an offensive quality control coach, and was heavily involved in the passing game. He has worked with Campbell previously with the Dolphins. “I think Ben’s a rock star, man,” Campbell said. “He’s a young guy, but he’s kind of gone a little longer, harder road to get to where he’s at. He’s been around some really good coaches, now, some guys who have coached some pretty good quarterbacks. He understands quarterback play well.”

Or drunkenness...

Secondary coach if I remember correctly...

Meanwhile... Every once in awhile, Colin Cowherd likes to remind us that he's a dumbsh-t

That'd make about as much sense to me as "yeah, he was once a fry cook and he dresses sloppy"

For whatever reason, It doesn't seem to want to give him the defensive coordinator title. It basically means that he can interview for DC jobs elsewhere even though he's technically already doing the job. Kinda dumb, but yeah. Belichick is his own person. (even when that person might be stupid)

That season proves the exact opposite, actually. Coaching is why we lost that Super Bowl.

Regarding yhat last line, I'm honestly not sure why that'd be expected

Been mulling this over, and decided in order to clarify the real issue here, I'll tell ya what I've seen in the time I've been watching the Panthers. This team has had... One of the best offensive weapons since LaDainian Tomlinson in Christian McCaffrey... One of the most physically insane specimens to ever play quarterback in Cam Newton... An equally insane physical freak on the other side of the ball in Julius Peppers... One of the best linebackers in the history of the game in Luke Kuechly... A tight end capable of three straight thousand yard seasons in Greg Olsen... A hard hitting and incredibly resilient linebacker in Thomas Davis... A backfield that could drive opposing defenses nuts with both power and speed in the combo of DeAngelo Williams and Jonathan Stewart... And speaking of power and speed, one of the most intimidating receivers ever to see the field in Steve Smith. There's more of course, but the point is that we've had plenty of great players. Do any of those guys have championship rings from their time here, though? No. Why? Because for all the talent we've been able to put on the field, what we haven't had are coaches who knew how to maximize the skills those players possessed. Newton spent most of his career being coached by Mike Shula. Shula and Rivera used him In a way that would have made Buddy Ryan proud, but what they should have been doing from early on is maximizing his passing. That didn't really happen until Norv Turner got here. Turner did more with Newton in a single offseason than Shula did his entire career here, but by that time Newton's body was already starting to wear down. Eventually, the price of playing him the way Rivera had done came due and not only was that dominant physical specimen gone, but the throwing arm which conceivably could have sustained his career much longer was damaged as well. Likewise, you had McCaffrey here for his first few years. Similar to Newton, Rivera used him, and used him, and used him, and used him. Rarely in the most effective way possible mind you, but never short on quantity...and thus, wear and tear. McCaffrey's had better career luck than Newton in that he's now getting the chance to go and work under an offensive coach who knows what to do with him. We've yet to see whether the wear and tear from Rivera's coaching shortens his shelf life like it did Cam's, but at the very least he's got a better chance to be what he can be than he did before. So yeah, we've had talent. Sometimes more of it, sometimes less of it, but more often than not it's been there. To quote the great Pete "Maverick" Mitchell though, "It's not the plane. It's the pilot." The dream we have this offseason Is that maybe we can finally find our "top gun" and he can guide this team and its players down the right path. Until we do, we're just gonna keep wasting potentially brilliant careers. Here's hoping...

This is what we call...a double standard. If you want to use something like that, it's up to you, but in doing so you forfeit the right to complain when somebody else does the same. I would add you also open the door to anyone who wants to say that Newton dragged us down during the losing seasons he had here, and you will have nullified your ability to argue otherwise.

Correct. In the past, teams could do a half-assed interview with a position coach and say they'd done their due diligence.

So apparently someone contacted Bieniemy...

You're basically arguing with imaginary people at this point. Granted, that's easier than arguing with what people actually say.

He has the title of linebacker coach. He performs the duties of a defensive coordinator.

It was always official.

And again, apart from one season, the same could be said of Newton. And it's a false one, but creating another false narrative doesn't fix it.

It's wrong either way. Winning and losing are a team stat. As to the past five years, that's not on McCaffrey. It's primarily on the guy who bought the franchise, secondarily on the GM he left in too long and the dumbass coach they hired together.