We're not getting rid of Garrett after this season. It's just not happening when he signed that big of a deal. And I really don't think we should. I have my doubts about Garrett, that's for sure. But, I don't think getting rid of him is the right move at this moment. And quite frankly, even if by some chance he was fired, I would be nonplussed about it.
I'm more interested at examining the position coaches right now. Gary Brown has been a disappointment this season. They've given him a lot of different RB's and the only ones that have stuck are McFadden and Turbin. And I know they weren't great talents, but you would think you get a RB that could play the #2 spot. And we went thru a gazillion RB's just to fill the #2 spot. His saving grace is the improvement of Dunbar to where I think Dunbar could be a real weapon if he stays healthy and he has improved nicely. The other problem is that RB coaches are usually considered a dime a dozen around the league, so he may keep his job just due to the likelihood of nobody being substantially better.
I would have to question Wade Wilson's job. Not sure what he's in control of as QB coach. If it's mainly throwing mechanics, then he may get some support because Weeden's throwing mechanics were exceptional and looked better than they were in Cleveland. If his job entails more than that, then between guys like Weeden and McGee (hard to blame him for Cassel), it's hard to want to keep a guy like that especially if we draft a young QB.
I actually think Terrance Williams is better, but he's more experienced. His catch radius is still small. Beasley has improved. Street has been disappointing. Whitehead looks like a good pickup, although I'm guessing the scouts had more to do with that. I would say Dooley's job should be safe for now.
Pope has been a disappointment. His saving grace is that Hanna really improved his blocking since Pope came here. Escobar has regressed and he was a former 2nd round pick. Although you could probably blame that on Linehan and Garrett more than Pope in not utilizing Escobar properly.
I would not question Pollack. He just hasn't had enough time to work with the O-Line and even still, Collins has come in and switched from tackle to guard and looked quite good. Leary regressed, but likely due to injury.
Bloom and Lett are the D-Line coaches with Bloom coaching the DE's and Lett coaching the DT's. I think both guys should be safe. Lawrence is starting to come into his own (he was playing well before the Skins game) and Mincey has been a solid pickup for us at a cheap price. I wouldn't give him credit or blame for Hardy since he has only been here for less than a year. The same with Gregory who was an obvious pickup in the 2nd round and has been injured. The only guy I don't like on the D-Line is Jack Crawford.
I don't even mind Hayden that much. Tyrone Crawford improved nicely last year, but is banged up this year. David Irving is looking like a legitimate prospect and Terrell McClain by all accounts looked much improved this year. So I have a hard time degrading Bloom's and Lett's work.
Eberflus has not been given a lot of great talent to work with. He did get production from Bruce Carter last year. Hitchens doesn't get a lot of snaps with McClain and Lee at linebacker, but he was a very good pickup for the team. McClain showed up out of shape and played well last year. Lee is Lee and Eberflus can't take credit for him or blame for him. To me, the big question is more of the development of Damien Wilson. If he can play and contend for the MIKE position against McClain, then Eberflus is likely doing a very good job with what he is given. It appears that Eberflus was on board with drafting Ryan Shazier, who when healthy is an excellent linebacker.
I will leave Byron Jones out of the conversation. He's a great talent and we all know that. I can give Henderson some credit in the drafting process since they likely wanted his input on him and the kid looks really great so far. But, there's not too much credit I can give since where we were drafting it's more of a draft board thing than a coaching thing.
Carr has improved in his zone coverage. Unfortunately, we don't play much zone coverage and his man coverage is much worse than it was before he showed up here. Claiborne has improved this season, but he was a man corner that was rated as the best defensive player in the draft and he simply doesn't look like that.
Scandrick came before Henderson got here. Corey White didn't pan out. They got more out of Sterling Moore than expected. The same with Jeff Heath, although he's not a world beater and is really a rotational safety and special teamer at best.
I would imagine that Henderson has lobbied for Church. Church got the starting position under Henderson as well as his contract extension. Church should be in Danny McCray's spot and maybe playing some LB in the nickel and dime. Not a 4-year, $13 million safety. Church was dreadful in 2013, turned things around in 2014, and is regressing this year. He was a UDFA, but I think Henderson vouched for him.
Wilcox is horrific to watch out there. The only thing he can do is play man coverage on TE's and is a pretty decent special teams player. He can't tackle, he can't play zone (never seen a guy that is ALWAYS too shallow) and he has completely regressed from not only last year, but from his rookie season. I'm not sure how Henderson stays.
Bisaccia has never really impressed me, but I will say that it is hard to be impressive as a ST coach in today's game because the kickoffs usually go into the end zone and that takes a big chunk of special teams out of play. Still, the coverage units on kickoffs has been spotty, at best. Can't really tell a lot on punt returns because Chris Jones does a good job at angling punts. However, I would say overall the punt coverage has been good. He probably played a part in getting Whitehead who shows some promise. Either way, sounds like he may want to get out of here. I would be nonplussed if he stays or goes.
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