@diehardbrownsfan said:

Nope.. as was pointed out on NFL Live the other day, it's not just a race for the HC's... it's a race for the entire staff.

@mike-h said:

I think Dan Quinn is the darkhorse. Just a gut feeling. Guy is pretty intense I've heard, and his defense is ridiculous. Don't forget he was D coordinator at Florida, when their D was actually good. If it does end up being him, I wonder who he would bring in as O/C.

Would have to be s great offensive mind if the HC is a defensive type.

I'm warming to Quinn more and more every time I see Seattle's D throttle another opponent. Partly due to my defensive bias...

My guess would be that his Base Offense would be a conservative, Seattle-style, Balanced one.

Gifted DC's are very effective at using their expertise to help their OC's game plan... identify weaknesses to exploit and then let the OC flesh out the details. Seems to be the way that Bill B. operates... Ditto for Pete Carroll...

@hoorta said:

Yeah- sure Kapernick is 6'4" 230, Newton is 6'5" 245, and Wilson has been lucky so far. Brees knows how to duck.

More than size, it's wisdom. Disagree that Wilson has been lucky... he's a very smart runner. He's also fairly "thick"; he's not a "small guy"... he's just short.

It's not whether or or not a QB on the run is going to get into a big hit situation, they all will. It's the frequency of those situations... and right now Manziel's frequency is as high as RG3's was his rookie year.

Also it seemed to me that Manziel took more hits as a sophomore than he did as a Freshman. Why? I think because A&M was more dependent on him to be competitive in his year 2 than they were when he was a Frosh. I shudder to think of the pounding he'll take trying to propel the Browns (or any other bottom feeder) into the playoffs.

@nickers said:

Rob Ryan would be a total disaster here...No thanks!

Agree... He can be my DC anyday, but I just do not see him as a HC.

@mike-h said:

Yup... Could it be we have the AFC's Jerry Jones on our hands?

@canton-mike said:

Damn near. I'm 67...

Wow... there's someone 10% older than me here? Someone I get to call "Sir"?

@nickers said:

Or anywhere else.

If Rob fails miserably at every single NFL Coordinator's job (he is already on his way), he just might end up as a HC some day.

@mike-h said:

Yeah- sure Kapernick is 6'4" 230, Newton is 6'5" 245, and Wilson has been lucky so far. Brees knows how to duck. So you want to compare thrice dinged pipsqueak Manziel to Kap and Newton? RGIII does not have Newton's frame either, and in case you forgot, RGIII already had a serious knee injury in college. Mike Vick used to run, got busted up and is fini. That's some pretty weak shit.

Want to lay me an over under how many games Johnny Football lasts before he lands on IR?

@thenew23 said:

You & I are on the same page here.

The first two moves Haslam needs to make are 1) firing Lombardi & 2) keeping Farmer. THEN get somebody other than McDaniels...that guy scares me, but we'll see.

Mike

BTW... did anybody see how conservative SD's offense was? Pretty sure the Whiz spent too much time interviewing and not enough time gameplanning last week. Curious when we'll hear which job he accepts...

@stillmotion said:

Or better yet, Bernie can teach Johnny the Cleveland football way of life.

You mean the best way to get shit-faced? How to get over a hangover?

always thought he was underrated, and he's a heck of a lot less obnoxious than rex is

@miktoxic said:

i heard he's a hair drop away from signing with detroit.

in that case let's start interviewing rob ryan.

dude looks like westside steve from the neck up and i hear he plays a mean guitar.

@stillmotion said:

i heard he's a hair drop away from signing with detroit.

@jeffinwv said:

Oh we gonna hire a coach that's on a team in the playoffs now...that's what they waiting on..if we go two weeks after the super bowl...then we might be looking at WVU coaching staff for this hire

in that case let's start interviewing rob ryan.

dude looks like westside steve from the neck up and i hear he plays a mean guitar.

"De PLAN Boss, De PLAN! What de hell happened to de PLAN?

#2 to #3..."Don't worry Tatoo. After all, this IS Fantasy Island".

FO egos=NFL laughing stocks

Mike

@stillmotion said:

Or better yet, Bernie can teach Johnny the Cleveland football way of life.

@mike-h said:

everyone say he's the most nfl ready. let's just hope he hits the gym and puts on some weight. plus you might as well kiss some of the more important draft picks for this draft and next year's away.

IMO someone is going to fall to #4.

@mike-h said:

so it's obviously you want us to pick one of the top 3 QB's in this draft.

so in your unbiased opinion, being the journalist that you are, which QB should we try and get?

@lbc-mike said:

Maybe Haslam can one up Jerry Jones and coach the team himself...

@mike-h said:

Totally serious, Mike... but in retrospect I should have said "big hit situations".

It's the difference between running OB to avoid a hit and going for the extra yard and a half. It's cutting back inside against the grain versus going with flow of the D.

In short... it's the proverbial better part of valor.

Unlike Russell Wilson, to this point Johnny has shown competitiveness over self-preservation. Someday he may learn, but as of now that lesson in his future promises to be as painful as RG3's has been.

And I'm not sure that RG3 has learned it yet. I am sure that aggressive running was part of what made RG3 the rookie he was. Without that part of his game, will he ever rise to that level again?