the Season. We've seen two fired, Matt rule earlier this year
earlier this week, Frank Reich. Chris, I give you the first
pick, who is the coach, who should be most concerned about
possibly being out at some point either during or after
this season? Well, I
think the most obvious one to me is Lovie Smith.
I mean, one because of the results of the football team
too, because it doesn't really feel like the team ever, really
wanted to hire him to begin with, and that was just odd
last year with how all that kind of. Of took place.
So the Josh McCown conversation and all that stuff that went on
to,
it just has always felt like it was a
place being held for somebody else on the radar or some other
move to where we get the team where we want. Then we're going
to you know, go into the head coach thing there.
So I'll go with lovey to started here.
Yeah, you know the McCown thing. Remember this. If Brian
Flores hadn't filed his lawsuit I think the Texans would have
hired Josh, my life Yeah, they would have been Jim irsay
before Jim irsay.
Right would have done the someone with no experience
whatsoever coaching at the college or Pro level.
I look, I think it's gonna be difficult. We have to factor in
the climate with the Flores lawsuits. Yeah, difficult to
fire Lovie Smith
but Jackie stirpes out, the team isn't good and I hadn't
really thought of Sean Payton as a candidate for the Texans,
but you know what, if Cal McNair decides, I've had enough
and I'll pay this guy. 25 million mean, Houston is close
enough to Dallas and it's a competitive and not
a competitive. Of division. Not as competitive as other
divisions,
and if he has the first overall pick
and Cleveland's first-round pick,
he could he could got some pictures
about. Yeah, they got some pics there, so,
yeah, I don't disagree with that, but I still think the guy
who should be the most concerned is Nathaniel Hackett,
he wasn't hired by current ownership of the Broncos.
It has not gone well at all.
And even though they barely beat the Jaguars to Stave off
an in-season firing, I still think hack, it can be On. And
if I had to guess right now, unless there's some improvement
that I don't see coming,
I think he will be gone after one year because I think that
I know that those Walmart
people are ruthless
and they are not going to shed a tear,
they're going to write the check and move on from
Nathaniel Hackett. If they don't think the team is moving
in the right direction. So that's who I believe should be
the most concerned by far. Well the three and five. Like what
do you think it'll take like there for
him to kind of
quiet that That conversation like what's the number you
1710? 1710 1710. They'll be, he'll be okay. I think there's
a legitimate even then, even then the office they got to get
something out of Russell Wilson, that makes it look like
Russell Wilson.
I know, I know like a guy who never was Russell Wilson.
Okay. Okay. All right. Well I hear you there and that's you
know, that's where I want people to
approach slowly a little bit more with that. And
I understand some of the Optics there. But damn,
you know, Russell Wilson's? Got to take some of this.
Ability to I mean, we all watch the game in London.
The ESPN crew did a great job money at I'm showing. Like,
I don't know what the hell this guy's looking at it anymore,
I don't know, all he does is look at the rush
and that's where, you know, I feel for Nathaniel hack it
a little bit. All right. Next one,
Kliff Kingsbury. Think I'm going to go there?
It just again, it just feels like the stars are aligning
that way. And it feels like it's slowly crumbling there.
Let alone, we know. I think we felt like even with
the Extension and all of this that if things didn't
go well, that this was on the radar, you know, I don't know,
the you're better at
being the field, the owners. And will they pay this guy
money down the road or are they comfortable with that to fire
him? But Kliff, Kingsbury is a next guy. I'll go with,
he got that contract extension to 2027. We don't know how much
is guaranteed, we don't we've never even saw how much he's
making. I think he could be out after this year. And I have
a feeling, the buyout won't be what we would write. Wasn't
believe.
That would be,
I'll go. Go.
Kevin, stefanski. Yeah. And and look I've I think he's a very
good coach but you got to Sean Watson coming back. You have
a full offseason to attract someone to come in and take
over with DeShaun Watson. There have been some self-inflicted
wounds this year. I just think he's got a, he's got a button
it up for the rest of the season.
Coach is under the most pressure for the second half of
the season final round. Chris, who do you have,
man?
I think I'm gonna go
this is it's a hard one here. I think I'm gonna go with Dennis
Allen though.
I think that's the guy I'm going to look at here. I Know
Dan Campbell of courses
in this conversation to you know but but Detroit
we didn't expect like
a whole lot from Detroit
you know the Saints have still had some pieces here. There you
go. Hey they can be real good and be a player, it hasn't been
good and then I think what makes it worse or Dennis Allen
is like the
Defense, which was the strong point in the team?
No is not, you know, statistically they're not that
bad there like 12th and football or 11th and football,
but scoring defense which is a big deal because, you know, you
got to score more points than the other team to win the game.
They let up there letting up more big plays than ever.
And there are what I think 28th and football in that
department. So Dennis albums, the last guy I'll pick Mike,
I got others on the list here, Ron Rivera. I think, should at
least be a little concerned just with the potential
ownership changed. Maybe that gets him
one year minimum. If a new owner comes in, in March, Todd
balls, I think needs to be a little concerned, I'm gonna go
Brandon Staley as my official pick. Wow.
Because of Justin Herbert and they've never really gotten
enough out of Justin Herbert. And there's too many of these
self-inflicted wounds the obsession with analytics,
the overly aggressive,
and for all we know he's doing what someone's telling to but
it sure comes off as his choice as his way as his strategy for
being a football coach.
And with with Peyton floating around out there. I know that
Dean Spanos may not want to pay Sean Payton
sometimes. Sometimes you have to if you really want to make
your team competitive Chris, so you think of their like that
they don't get in the playoffs and
a tiny nine. He could be an even trouble there.
If they could get Peyton, I think he could be in trouble. Yeah,
we're in trouble
because we're out of time. Say yeah. See you tomorrow.
Have a great.
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