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Rooney Rule question: I was reading that now you must interview TWO external minority candidates for a HC job. Does that mean the Raiders couldn't just name Antonio Pierce the permanent HC if they wanted to?

Andy Reid, especially once another 4-5 years have gone by. IMO he isn't retiring until he's at least 70, so that's another 5 seasons after this one. If Bruce Arians could keep going standing there beet red with his goofy cap and power packs strapped to his chest in his early 70's then Reid can too. Reid has 258 wins now. If Reid averages 11 wins a season he will tie Shula in 6.3 years, when he is 71. So by the end of his 71 year old season he will be the winningest coach of all time, or an extremely close #2 to Belichick. Yes, Belichick is ahead of Reid in wins as of now, but Belichick is also quite a bit older (71 vs 65). Assuming Reid coaches until he is the age Belichick is now he will have not only surpassed the number of wins Belichick has today, he will quite likely have also surpassed Shula. He will likely have at least 1 more SB win than he does now. He is already the only coach in NFL history to be the winningest head coach for 2 different franchises. He's already appeared in 4 Super Bowls, winning 2. He has a huge and successful coaching tree. He was in the top 10 all time in HC wins before he ever met Mahomes. Assuming Reid continues to coach into his 70's the ONLY thing Belichick will have over him is # of rings 6 vs ___? If it's 6 rings vs 3 but Reid is ahead of him in all time wins and his assistants are successful HC all over the league at the end then it's a real debate. Without Brady, Belichick has been meh. Without Mahomes, Reid was already a top 10 winningest HC of all time and had been to a Super Bowl with McNabb and the Eagles.

Agreed and if you're the owner of a team and your HC wants to be somewhere else it's better to do a "mutual parting" whereby the coach doesn't just get free $ to go but he has his freedom. I wouldn't be shocked if there was back channel pressure from the league about not trying to trade head coaches, because it sort of makes a mockery of the Rooney Rule.

I'm convinced the Titans fired Vrabel to accommodate him but don't want to look like that was the reason.

Wow is this an insane coaching cycle! What a time to be looking though

Classic case of "staying the course" and firing the guy halfway through the next season

he's just mad that Jordan Love has already surpassed him and Favre in Green Bay according to some in the media!

wow, I didn't think the Seattle job would be open... New England needs to decide what they're doing with Belichick. I mean seriously, they aren't sure yet?

If a coach on your staff wants out I get the team stance of "we don't want to have to pay him" but just do the right thing and cut the guy loose. Do you really want a coordinator on your staff who doesn't want to be there? Maybe they reach a deal: Wink walks and he's free but the Giants don't owe him a penny more. That makes the most sense for all.

I think Vrabel wanted out and the Titans did the right thing. He's free and he can go to NE

Weather is going to be awful

If I work for the Chargers I tell Harbaugh "definitely meet with Carolina first .." Lol

great points about the AFC Least during the Patriots dynasty as well... No good QBs, only decent HC I can even think of for any real competition was Rex Ryan, who had a few good years with NJ. NE basically started every year 6-0 and went from there. There was almost no challenge at all in division. The list of Bills, Jets, and Dolphins QBs during that decade and a half is laughable. The division was such an incredible mismatch. Now we get good and there's another great team (record wise) and a HOF QB in the division as well

This is my point in a nutshell. Andy Reid had a borderline HOF coaching career BEFORE Mahomes was ever drafted. Being in the top 10 all-time in HC wins had him in the discussion already. The Mahomes arrived and he's coached in 3 more Super Bowls, winning 2, and won a ton more games as well.

as crazy as it is, there is a somewhat likely road to the SB for the Bills that is almost the entire AFC North: Steelers Browns (if they and Miami win this week) Ravens

lots of interesting rumors about Vrabel. Maybe he's the surprise/unexpected HC change?

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if he wants to go there he could just go there though, and not cost his new team draft capital, which they probably need since they just fired their coach Kraft owes him a simple release. Why would Bill want his new team to be without a 1st (never would happen anyway) or a 2nd round pick? Once you start getting to 4th and 5th rounders, is it really worth playing games with the career of your franchise's greatest HC?

Yet another reason I say Andy Reid is the ACTUAL GOAT HC 182-120 record without Mahomes, including a 11 playoff wins (with 13 losses) and a SB appearance which he lost to NE and Brady Those 182 wins before he had Mahomes would put Andy Reid in the top 10 all-time in HC wins. That's before he ever even coached Mahomes. Then you add Reid's coaching tree: Sean McDermott John Harbaugh (SB winner) Doug Pederson (SB winner) Ron Rivera Todd Bowles Leslie Frazier Steve Spagnolo (SB winning DC who shut down Brady twice in the big game with NJ) Some pretty good names there. Belichick's is awful. Bill is a great coach, and will be known as the GOAT unless Reid and Mahomes win a couple more. IF Reid sticks around long enough and they do win 4 or 5, then Reid is also probably right there on the all-time wins list as well at #1. Then it's a serious discussion.

"we don't even hear what the media says"

Belichick has literally zero incentive to go along with being traded, and I think that's the strategy you see him employing now. He's a Patriot, working for the team ,etc. Want him gone? You have to fire him so he's free. Trying to screw around and do the whole "well, we want you gone but also want to control where you can go" game is bush league, especially when it's a coach like Bill.

Dallas is perfect for Belichick. Easier conference. Easier division. Stacked team. Also perfect for Jerry Jones. Short term. Big name. Get over the hump maybe.

Chargers situation has to be the best. QB WR DE Plus some other nice players. But you have a QB to work with, so a lot of the other stuff works out. Division is kind of tough but each year is its own story and Denver is about to have no QB

I'm as mad as anyone... and I'm looking into how to get set up for the game. NFL knows we will pay. the pandemic taught companies that people will pay a lot more than companies thought they would for stuff they really want.

by the end of the game he could barely run and had to take himself out.. maybe the shot wore off? same thing Hill did with KC. Every snap was basically a 40 yard dash but eventually it took its toll on him and he became less effective toward the end of the year.