if you're an offensive guy which of those teams out there
with head-coaching vacancies, would you think this is where
I got to go and you've got it, one extreme the Cardinals
and the Broncos where your hands are tied with
the quarterback on the long-term deal. And then you've got
the Texans, the Colts, and the Panthers, where it's kind of
a clean slate. You can go in any direction you want.
Yeah, I mean, I'm still,
I think I'm still intrigued by the teams have got
the quarterbacks. I am
I I do look at That I think as a totality I think the Broncos
have more pieces in place,
you know. Russell the way he looked this year's scary,
all right? I mean it does bother me, it was bad, I mean,
as we talked about,
but again, I'm going to
refer to the the bigger the broader picture. The the real
pile work, is that Russell Wilson's? Been really damn
good. His whole career. So I'm going to just say, this is
a one year thing.
The Broncos with the receivers they got
pretty good tight.
Ends. Yeah, they need to fit the old line but they got
Javonte Williams at running back next year. He'll be back.
I think as an offensive coach I would still lean towards that
you know knowing that. Yeah
Russell Wilson and that's going to be a little bit of a project
rebuilding his confidence and and getting him back on track.
the thing about the Broncos job that would be attractive and
and this is kind of half Next Level
thought
If your plan for Russell Wilson doesn't work
they gonna blame you,
they're gonna blame him,
they're already assuming it's him. I think there's a pretty
damn good chance. It wasn't him. I think there's a pretty
good chance it was Nathaniel. Hackett mean,
why would we think?
And in that funny that we do
Nathaniel hack, it was a disaster as a head coach.
But it's Russell. Wilson's. Fault
that he didn't play like a used to
mean.
I think it's a safe assumption.
At a minimum to believe that just this entire dysfunction,
where you get a guy and it happens guys get into jobs that
they're not suited for and life comes
at you fast when you're an NFL head coach and there's a lot of
stuff that happens and before you know it the narrative is
set and you crumble in the pressures there and then you're
out of a job. I'm
I've seen enough flashes from Russell Wilson that. I think
with the right coaching with the right plan with the right
approach, he can still be what he was. Now, he's not Patrick
Mahomes and he never will be, he's not Josh Allen.
He never will be, he's not Joe burrow and he never will be.
And I think part of his maturation process is
accepting. I'm not those guys. I thought maybe I was okay, I'm
not
let's figure out what I do well and let's go do it. So it does
make it attractive because
if it does fail, they're going to blame him. You're going to
get a different quarterback and Denver's get, you know, it's
a great. It's a great fan base and they're hungry for
a winner. Yeah, they got some trophies but they haven't been
to the playoffs since they won their last one and
I I'd be intrigued by that possibility. It's events has
placed a challenge for a coordinator. Yeah. And you
could have a great team, but I also like the idea of being
able to go get my own guy. The
question is in Indianapolis, in Houston and Carolina. How much
are they going to? Let me get my own guy because there's
already general managers in place.
I think that's why there's a chance. Sean Payton ends up
waiting until next year because all these teams have general
managers in place. They're trying to protect their Turf
whether they realize it or not. And it,
Not be as easy to just throw the keys to Sean Payton because
you've already kind of thrown the keys to your general
manager. So, that's my point, is
the three teams that don't have quarterback commitments?
I would just want to have a pretty good idea
that I can only get the quarterback that I want, you
know, to coaches show up at these interviews
with their staff.
Already put together,
at least the staff, they would try their dams to go get and
most of them, they already know they're going to get them.
I almost feel like you need to go to these meetings with
the quarterback
your proposal and kind of a wink wink nod nod. I know I can
get this guy and it's not tampering because I'm currently
not working for anybody. I've spoken to this guy and
I think he'll sign with us.
If this is, the contract will pay him. This is
the quarterback. I delivered almost want to have that. I do. I'd
want to know that I'm getting the quarterback. I want. Before
I take one of those other jobs.
Yeah, I mean that that would be nice sure. I mean, yeah,
I don't know if they can get far. Of down the road with these
quarterbacks and the quarterbacks, I'll talk enough,
you know,
to other teams and know where they're at or whatever, Sean
Payton. I mean, yeah. He could probably pull that off with
some of the guys that might be available that we know right
now but I don't know of anybody else is gonna be able to pull
that off for sure.
Right. That that would be, that would be the big thing. I don't
know if anybody's just going to latch on and go. Well, it's
January. I'm going to latch onto that. Could that coach
wherever he goes, and wherever he puts me, that's good, Sean.
Payton to me, is the only guy that's worthy of like, oh,
wait, I'll
Wherever he goes, I'll go.
So that that that's that's that's the
the greatness of the Sean Payton higher
quarterbacks. You're going to want to go with him blindly,
they don't I'm going to Care. Oh wait, there's no all line.
Whatever. He'll figure it out. He'll have all the system plays
and he'll build it the right way.
That's what's amazing about Sean Payton there.
But, but I hear you as far as wanting a blank canvas, you
know, again it's just, what does that blank canvas going to
be? There's a,
there's a lot of coaches that are, you know, now not head
coaches because they went, I wanted this quarterback and
the Patient didn't get me that guy
and meant. I'd still be there if they got me the guy I wanted
but they didn't get it.
That's, that's definitely one of the hard parts of the job
and it's going to be one of the Intriguing things about this
offseason with all the quarterback movement and oh,
and that's what scares me
the Colts thing.
Yeah, the quarterback situation let alone a few other positions
on that football team that are still, you know, in need as
well
Kyler we've seen Kyler do special things. We've seen
Russell Wilson to your point a minute ago, do special things,
You know,
and now you have your, a good coach, you should believe. Hey
I can do some more special things with those guys and
build around it and build. Something that makes sense, you
know, around their game and their strengths and weaknesses.
And
that's what's going to be kind of fun to watch with some of
these projects, we see here.
The problem with the Cardinals is you don't know, one column,
or he's going to get healthy right after he got injured.
ESPN was like oh he'll be ready to go week one, I hate putting
that kind of expectation on a player and then
more restrained reports came out later about and it was
Kliff Kingsbury himself who said, there's a good chance,
he's not going to be ready. Week one that was before Kliff
Kingsbury
was told he won't be there week one,
definitely, but it's kind of like scholarship year both in
Denver and in Arizona,
Because in Denver, hey let's try to fix Russell and if it
doesn't work 2024 we can move on and we get another
quarterback
with Kyler. It's we're not going to have 100% Kyler until 2024.
Let's just do what we can
this year. I'm really not on the clock. I'm really not being
graded on this. This isn't going to be on the test
because we're going to start the season with whoever
potentially and then pivot to calamari at some point. Knowing
he's not gonna be able to run like he used to until 2024 so
that it Ida from a stability standpoint, it makes it
attractive because it gives you a year to kind of get your feet
wet and get things under control because you're really
don't know that Kyle is going to be Kyler
until 24.