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I don't mind the hire. But I don't like the hiring process.

Agree. If Caldwell were brought in Id see it as keeping the pipeline full. And we still have an opening on staff for DL coach. Holcomb has a small window of experience there at the college level. Caldwell (and Desai for that matter) do not.

He's got extensive time as a LBers coach in the league. My guess is they interview him for the DC spot and offer him the LB coach role after they promote Babich. Again, just a guess.

Unless I'm mistaken, Rooney Rule states only 1 external minority needs to be interviewed for Coordinator spots. With the Bills speaking to Desai they already met the requirements. This is not that. I would like to see Babich get the spot so we don't lose him, however this guy has worked with McDermott before. Could end up on the staff in some capacity.

I think it's better than what they had, but I don't think they did that well bringing in Moore and Fangio. Dallas didn't seem to miss Moore last year. One could argue the offense was better without him and under McCarthy, of all people. Fangio is getting ancient. He's stuck in his ways and made several odd choices on his side of the ball where it came to playtime and duties. He almost refuses to adjust his system to fit players. Players were overjoyed to see him go. All in all, they got 2 "big names". How it will turn out is anyone's guess, but barring a deep playoff run, I think Sirianni is about done there.

Cry. Not joking either. I'll remember past family and friends that have left this Earth and wanted to see that. They will be with me in that moment.

Holcomb was McDermott's LB coach in Carolina. So, different view of the same branch

Agree. Not sure I would classify him as any real position. He's just a football player.

I agree, there is merit especially when you have an organization that has been stable and is winning. It's great for continuity and motivation for the other guys on the staff to see that hard work pays off. On the other hand, there is something to be said for getting fresh eyes, ideas and concepts into an organization. Let's a team evolve and become less and less predictable. There should be a fair mix of both IMO.

Interesting coaching history. Has 2 seasons as a ST Coordinator on the college level. Has coached OLBers, Safeties and...running backs. Seems like a guy that may have a lot of knowledge. Jack of all trades master of none. But still could add value to the staff in some capacity. As some have said, strong sign that a Babich promotion is incoming...but bigger news here is that Sean is seemingly willing to hire a DC. Have to wonder if he will still call plays or if he steps back to just the HC role. Should be pretty interesting

Trouble is he's IS a "good" player. But that's likely his ceiling. Good. Fans have 2 categories for players. They are either awesome or trash. A roster needs role players and Hamlin is a good role player. I don't think he would ever be a Pro Bowl level talent but he is good enough to be on a roster. Look at it like this. There are 32 teams and I would estimate in total teams average 4 safeties per team. That's 128 players at the position league wide. There aren't 128 safeties better then Hamlin.

Tyler Dunne to Eric Washington right now:

First off... congratulations to Coach Washington. Better promote Babich now. Wonder if this brings Al Holcomb into a new role as well.

Votes were already made prior to the playoffs beginning. Not necessarily. There are a lot of teams that could use help at the S position. He's not a starter by any means, but he's good depth and can carve out a role on STs for a lot of squads. Heck, I would bet a substantial amount that if we cut him he's on the Pittsburgh Steelers roster within a week.

That part right there is my pet peeve when it comes to Brandon. This isn't the first time he's pinned the cap issues to the COVID year. And I'm sure there was at some point some truth behind it. I'm certain they had a long term financial plan that COVID tore down. But that happened years ago and it didn't JUST hit for the Buffalo Bills. 31 other teams were hit, too. And by now many if not most have adjusted. I'm sorry, but you can't cry that you're behind the sticks when it comes to salary cap because of the COVID season and also have been responsible for the Von Miller albatross off a contract since.

I'll go third party and roll with Phillip Rivers and Antonio Gates. At least I don't want to hit either of them with a truck.

Agree and I would think it's the most stable job of the 3. Daboll may be gone if the Giants flounder again. Miami...always a gamble with that ownership too. LaFluer seems to have some stable footing after making the playoffs.

Babich is getting red hot....

I see all your points as very valid and make perfect sense. We have seen McDermott travel both roads in his HC career when it comes to OC. We saw the journeyman in his first 2 hires (Dennison and Daboll). I would say one worked out better than the other. We saw him give a first timer with potential a shout in Dorsey (Something about last names that start with D) and that worked....until it fell apart. I don't mind interviewing a Thad Lewis. And if he's the guy for the job, so be it and I hope he's amazing. The only thing I really don't want is what happened last hire. We all knew Dorsey was going to be the guy. They met the bare minimum with 2 minority candidates (Tee Martin and Edgar Bennet) and handed the job to Dorsey. Through 2 interviews this time they seem to be following the same script. Now if in the coming days we get a few other various interviews will coaches of different levels I think it would speak to maybe them viewing Lewis as a bit more serious a contender. If it's yet another bare minimum search ending in Brady...then I think the debate could shift to them interviewing because he was willing to interview. Just my opinion.

Another one for Bobby....

Maybe they do. Maybe it would be a Ken Dorsey 2.0 hire with an inexperienced play caller struggling to grasp game flow. If hired, time will tell.

Not sure I would call Leftwich a success story. He kinda flamed out as soon as Arians was off the sidelines. Ryans is a good one. I'll give you that. Maybe it's just my own preference for an OC. We just came off the "New OC, never called plays" track in Dorsey. I'm not excited to start at the start of that again.

Pointing to McVay as the exception is like someone that uses Tom Brady as "the reason" 6th round draft picks are insanely valuable. Could Thad be special? Sure. Anything is possible. He could be some sort of wonder kid. But is that the guy you want running the offense on a team with Super Bowl goals? He ready to match up against the Spagnuolos and Anarumos of the NFL? Highly doubtful IMO.

IMO, not ones that have such little overall coaching experience.

You aren't wrong on Duce. The main thing he would be is experience in coaching and has from what I've seen always been a "players choice" type coach. That may not be enough, however it's free to look into. As for the above, all valid points. When it comes to interviews, we don't know what we don't know. I would say time will tell the tale. If it's a narrow net cast with 2 pretty green minority candidates announced and Joe Brady gets the job, I think it would be fair to think it wasn't a real OC search, though. The phone at OBD should be ringing pretty often at this point with OCs wanting to come. There shouldn't be a shortage of interviews. I just don't want them to meet the bare minimum here.