As long as he is not involved with QBs and calling plays, and just focuses on running game, I guess I would be OK. But is it realistic, where you get a guy of Roman's stature and he is not involved with QBs at all? I am just not a huge Roman fan in general. My main concern with getting Roman as a major voice would be possibility of getting Murray. He seems like a Roman type of QB. I really do not want the Jets to get him. But if we get Roman just as a run game coordinator without much QB involvement (if this is even realistic) and end up with say Wientz/Taylor/(Nuss/Simpson) it might not be the worst in theory. Not sure how it will play out in practice. Again, I am just not a big Roman guy, this is a passing League now.
I would be fine with a Reich/Roman combo if it's as you said. Neither would be on my list but it is what it is at this point. I really don't see it that way though, truly think it's one or the other. If it is both it reminds me of one of those movies where they cast a bunch of washed up has beens as a dream team and try and pass it off as good content.
top tier HC is going to be able to attract top candidates as they will view it as a stepping stone to becoming or getting back to being a HC in due course
Murray isn’t really a running QB in the sense that they design runs for him. He just scrambles. I agree though, Roman is past his due date with innovation.
And “innovation” wasn’t anything more than telling two of the most prolific running QBs in league history to run. He can’t design or call an offense but I do think he knows how to draw up a run game, which we already have the building blocks for (assuming we tag Breece). I do think Murray’s propensity to scramble makes him that “threat” that Roman needs to open up the run game though. It’s all bad really, but you can do worse than Reich/Roman as long as Roman is relegated to the ground game.
Darrell Bevel in for a second interview. A guy no one wants. Meanwhile the guy we just let go had multiple suitors and was hired by one of the hottest coaches in the league to be his passing game coordinator.
If Bevell can find a way to recapture the magic of the mid-2010s Seattle run game sure. Otherwise I feel like he’s a net negative. Everywhere he goes, the QB stinks and the passing game is average at best, and he’s supposed to be a QB/passing game guy. As long as Reich is the one in charge I’m fine with either of them.
He CAN run. I think Roman would like someone like that. And for us Murray would be I think pretty bad. Huge salary (42.5 this year, 36.5 next year, can opt out out in 2028), questionable work ethics (film study was originally added to his contract - lol), small and injury prone (that gets worse with age for small guys who like to scramble), plus requires assets to get. And on top of it, he will probably win an extra game or so short term vs someone like Wentz to make it harder to draft a QB next year. Basically Murray to me is the worst case scenario longer term. And I do think Roman will push for him. As far Roman coming as a coach here, I really think Glenn brought in Reich at first with having a senior person with QB development in mind. The area where maybe Tanner was lacking, with the thought of keeping Tanner and reduce his role. And overall he liked Reich more than Tanner, so he was able to let Tanner go when Tanner didn't like it. But now that Tanner is gone and he expanded full on OC search, I am worried he might prefer Roman as an OC, because he aligns with Glenn's outdated run first philosophy. I really hope he goes Reich as Connor Hughes originally predicted, but I absolutely can see Roman as the possible new direction here with Murray as the QB, which would suck ass. Can't believe we are in situation where we must HOPE for Reich as far and away the best OC option.
Of that list, I’d want Reich and then fuck all the rest honestly. At least Reich has had success as an OC, has been an HC, and honestly firing Glenn midseason and promoting Reich to interim sounds like the best plan I can think of at this point short of firing Glenn and trying to attract a good HC candidate with all those picks and cap room As that is very unlikely to happen at this point, I think Reich as OC would be my hoped for outcome now. And of course, you just can’t make this shit up with how incredibly stupid Woody is. You couldn’t act out a more dysfunctional situation if you fucking tried. How that motherfucking imbecile can’t see that this is just going to implode is beyond me.
No other team may want Bevel but Tanner didn't exactly leave behind big shoes to fill around here. If they like Tanner so much they should've named him their offensive coordinator. Passing game coordinator lol. What a odd league the NFL is these days. Wouldn't it have been more appropriate to make him a run game coordinator so he can earn a living off of Breece's 1k rushing season? Passing game coordinator after the Jets passing 'attack' sucked beyond belief? The modern day NFL.
Yes they were 32nd in passing again, of course that wasn’t all Engstrand but yeah I’m not crying over losing the last place passing attack either
Mike Lafleur got the head coaching job with the Cardinals. I cant believe it, this guy was really not good here as the OC. How much of his success is Mcvay and Stafford + PuKa? Be shocked if he thrives in AZ
MILF!!! It's a gamble to be sure, but apparently Kubiak picked the Raiders. It helps to have a QB or a shot at a good one in the draft. MILF did not have good offenses here, and of course people were not happy with the offense, but to be fair he had bad OL and bad QBs. It's very hard to operate that way. JD really fucked him pretty bad too by not building a competent OL. And Woody fucked up big too as usual. When OL wasn't complete shit he had successes with guys like Mike White and Josh Johnson. He also spent two more years under McVey. So, a risk, yes, but there is some potential there.
