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Hopefully his staff isn't all ancient ex-HCs.

I'll take Reich and Stroud all day honestly.

We're gonna end up with Frank Reich and Will Levis.

SW: Shane Waldron

I don't mind Reich (really, not at all) but man, this has been the most underwhelming thing ever for how wide of a net we supposedly cast. This just feels like a such a strong overcorrection from grabbing a bust in Rhule, an unproven college rank hire to now a potential 2+ combo retread situation. I mean, we may get even more former HCs on this staff. Can't wait for the pressers once this anticlimactic situation settles.

Both him and Jonathan Gannon have that going for them. If nothing moves by the end of week, we could very well just be holding our cards tight to the chest and the reporter speculation is just overblown. Even if we were unsure in chatting with him, I still think you HAVE to see how Shane's offense does against Demeco's defense. I just think it makes sense to have the focus where there are the best teams, leading trends in the league. We're able to hire right now any of the supposed final 3. Whoever Sheena, Albright, & Kaye have as their internal contacts/sources, the texts they're getting and turning into reports, I imagine, are all very calculated. You never really know until you know.

Yeah, it was all quite weird. I mean, we're talking the AFCS, 3-3-1, with what's left of Matt Ryan as their QB. It's not like it was some situation that was falling by the wayside. Irsay directing the change to Ehlinger was just, very Irsay. Given their division winner ended up 9-8, who knows what would've happened if they stayed course with Ryan, Taylor & Pittman.

The second everyone warms up to Reich here, I'm sure we'll get news that it's not happening.

Bryce Young's google search history be looking like.. How to add lbs in a healthy way Should I consult a nutritionist or dietician on gaining weight How to maintain body fat while gaining weight

@rayzor Looks like a lock

Going on a very sensitive woke rant and making political generalizations out of absolutely nowhere after some minor, typical football forum spatting just ruined this entirely if it already wasn't.

What on earth just happened?

He loves hearing his own voice. All bark and they're really wimpy barks.

With outlets like the Athletic, the Ringer, and ESPN saying we're the best opening, and claiming anonymous execs are saying we are the clear top landing spot for a good coach, and we're still not getting the mutual interest for the top tier candidates, it's telling me that something is just really not in alignment here. That being said, nothing is finalized and its all rumors as this point but the collective adjustment of expectations happening right now is deflating to say the least.

Some fun notes: Mahomes lost to 3 squads this year... the Bengals, the Bills, & yep, that's right, Frank Reich's Colts with the corpse of Matt Ryan and a banged up J. Taylor. They were still 3-3-1 before the whole Ehlinger thing happened and went into non-compete mode A Clausen-level Ehlinger lost his first 2 gigs and Reich got the boot at 3-5-1 Saturday went on to finish 1-10 with that squad, even with Matty Melting returning

This could be a fun cycle where nothing happens for a while and then all of a sudden every spot is filled within a day or so.

There's much less ebb and flow in the ranks this year, that's for sure. It's so much fun to look back at the roller coaster of projections. Last year's class was bonkers. Corral, Strong & Howell were the preseason top guys many were pining for. The next thing you know, Willis is getting pushed to the moon (and now we know wasn't really the case for teams), Strong had growing injury concerns surface, Corral was kind of background noise. Pickett bursts through the seams (Thanks to Jordan Addison). Next thing you know, the top of that class was Pickett, Willis, and Desmond freaking Ridder. People were justifiably iffy and pining at the prospect of Young, Stroud, Richardson, Van Dyke, & Levis this year. The classic "next year's draft looks awesome" pitch. So, compare the "Too Early" Mocks in Spring 2021 vs. Winter 2022 for last years class and it is just wild. Do the same for this years in the same windows, and a lot of the projections have held. Minus one dude who plummeted: Van Dyke. Young & Stroud have held on. Levis mostly as well (struggled on a bad team), Richardson held (struggled but popped at times), Van Dyke fell off a cliff and through a roof. Some places were hyping Cam Ward, Haener, Jurkovec, Rattler, but they weren't consistently in R1. CBS's headline for their early mock was a good one: https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/draft/news/2023-nfl-mock-draft-will-levis-goes-no-1-to-texans-as-part-of-deservedly-hyped-qb-class-with-7-in-round-1/

The positive with Reich: Super Bowl winning coach (OC), and recently, managing to beat a more prime TB12/BB with his backup QB. Also faired well in Indy until whatever the hell happened this past year. He's probably the best of the experienced candidate pool out there & with a proven track record. I like him more than pretty much everyone sans Steichen, Ryans (not happening), & Johnson (who is now dead to me). Don't get why he's somehow a Steve Wilks of the offense. He's a legit candidate. Wilks doesn't even compare. He has 2 years of NFL coordinator experience in his career, 1.5 of being a HC/IHC, and his only playoff experience at anything higher than a DB coach/AHC was giving up 31 to the Saints in the wildcard. He's really not proven as a coordinator which is why I don't get why so many nonchalantly throw the idea he can be our DC out there, much less an HC again.

I think our phones should have speed dials to two teams: AZ and SEA. The 3 or 5 spot make sense for trade ups if that’s the route we’re going.

Thx for confirming

We're able to hire all but 2 right now. Seems to be we're holding out for someone...my wildcard is Ryans comes back into the equation or we are simply gunning for Shane. One of the two. And if they don't work out, I think we're looking at Reich or Wilks. Most of this field just isn't smelling passing the smell test Payton - NOPE Moore - NOPE Dorsey - NOPE Kafka - NOPE Caldwell - NOPE Evero - NOPE (longshot?)