Khyber53

If we don't keep Bozeman, then it won't matter. And I think Mays is Corbett's understudy and eventual replacement. The kid has a lot of potential and has learned a lot from the addition of Corbett and Bozeman to the linemen's group.

Nope. Take him there, don't eff around and miss him. We need a receiving TE more than just about anything else here. The lack of a good tight end has left the middle of the field to the defenders and is one of the main reasons DJ, TMJ and Laviska can rarely get open. We can't stress the seams enough. In the past, we could rely on CMC to do that work some, but those days are gone. The only other potential spot I'd draft is DE at #9 but only if one of the two best somehow falls to us.

It's just day 2 of the offseason for non-play off teams. Not everyone who will get interviewed has been contacted yet and not everyone who will lose a coaching position has been fired yet. There could be openings at two other NFCSouth teams alone before the month is up.

We're taking Michael Mayer from Notre Dame at #9. We'll pick up a QB late in the draft after snagging a DE in second round and a nickelback in the 3rd. We'll take Wilks as HC with Reich as OC. Holcomb stays at DC while we try to get Luke in as LB Coach or at least as a consultant. We'll get Burns the extended, solid contract while renegotiating with Shaq and DJ Moore for better long term deals. Bozeman will be re-signed for three years and will become a fixture of the team. Moton may get restructured. I think we move into the offseason with Corral as our QB of choice with Darnold on staff as the bridge. We may take a flyer on a FA QB or a trade if something shakes out.

Wilks will either be a HC here or somewhere else. If we're not careful he could be staring across the sidelines from us a couple of times a season, just kicking our asses and recruiting our players.

How many of you were up in arms about us losing the Keep Pounding! part of our identity? I don't care if the HC comes from the offensive or defensive side of the coaching carousel. What I care about is can they lead and inspire men, can they manage resources, can they pick the right staff members and players. Can they make the executive decisions in game that can shift everything. I do want an OC who can be an OC. I do want a DC who can create a tough, gritty and punishing defense. Wilks can certainly lead, but I want to see an aggressive and adaptive OC for once and a DC that can call a game that puts the other team on their back foot and never lets up. But by all means possible, keep our O-line coach!

Gold plated. 8k.

No it looks like with the Giants OC he's looking to snag another touted "wunderkind" who still hasn't really proved himself. Some people buy a lot of gold plated jewelry because it's all blingy and irresistable.

Y'all do realize that this is just a very expensive hobby for Tepper right?

His intentions were the same when he hired Rhule.

This 100 percent.

If he'd have passed for 300 yards and won the game single-handedly there'd be a contingent saying Darnold alone cost us two spots in the draft. If we'd have lost the game, they'd have said look at what a bum he is, turning out that kind of performance when he knew his career was on the line. This has been a swamp-assed year of a football season and it has created the pissiest fan situation ever.

Well, it looked like a needed to dumb things down a bit for you. Must have slipped a notch or two on the dial. Glad to have given you something to gnaw on for a bit. What are we even arguing about again? I haven't cared enough to keep up with it.

You didn't watch much this year, huh?

I don't know, if you're going to hire a new guy to turn an organization around and create a culture of winning, why not go ahead and keep the guy who has already been doing that for 12 games? Why not take the head start Wilks has already made and let him keep building that momentum? Or you can chase another highly sought after name and roll the dice again. Sure, hand the dice to Tepper... When Wilks took over the team had already experienced an offseason and five games of injuries, wear and tear, horrendous coaching and a locker room in near revolt. Then we traded the closest thing we had to a franchise player. And somehow he turned the team into something at least competitive. Let the man finish the build, he's already set the new foundation after putting out the dumpster fire he was handed.

Sounds familiar.

Cardinals should have released Murray instead. Their former HC and former GM will find gainful employment long before the Cardinals are relavent again. Then again, it's the Cardinals, one of professional sports' most moribund enterprises.

Losers look forward to high draft picks.

College changes a man.

Well, we're all here. Might as well make a game of it. Actually, it might be good. Two coaches trying to save their jobs, two QBs trying to prove their relevancy, two beat up secondaries. Might go 87-80. Might also be 11-2. Neither team will be the same again next year.

Sure, let's go find another one of those college "football" geniuses.

Eff'em both.

Give Wilks a two year prove it coaching contract with the right to assemble his own staff and input on drafting, team building. We handed him a sunken ship in week six and somehow he was able to bring it home and keep it in contention until the end of week 17. AFTER trading CMC and releasing Baker Mayfield. And he was man enough to send Sideshow Bob Anderson packing after he showed out on the sidelines. And somehow, he made Sam Darnold at least intriguing if not relevant again. The man should get the opportunity. If we don't do it, someone else is going to and he's going to beat the snot out of us every time he gets the chance. And if you want to entertain dreams of Luke coming back to coach, it's not going to happen without Wilks in charge.

I'm sorry, but I'd rather see Wilks as coach rather than another tin pot dictator from an overly monied college program.

It's interesting to read the stats, but there's a big vacuum around them. That vacuum can be summed up with the caveat that the overall win percentage of those coaches at their next stop (0.456) is as good or better than the average for all HCs put together for the NFL in any given career span. It's tough to win in the NFL, for any coach whether they were an interim coach (who is always taking over a sinking or sunk ship) or whether they have inherited a successful program as we've seen in Tampa and New Orleans this year. Consistent winners like Belichick, Carrol, Harbaugh and Tomlin are very rare creatures indeed. Wilks being an interim here isn't a slight against his capabilities as a HC at all, contrary to what that chart says.