Taking inventory: QB, RB, WR, O-line, and another defensive backfield coach remain open

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Offense

• Joseph (CHI) interviewed for the QB coach opening, and seems likely since Schotty was one of his first bosses in SEA, and he just finished working for Eberflus.
• Foster (NO) interviewed for the RB coach opening.
• Montgomery (DET) interviewed for the OC opening, but plausibly may have been simultaneously getting consideration as RB coach.
• Or, here's another interesting facet to Montgomery, his first NFL job was three years of coaching Hines Ward and Antonio Brown in Pittsburgh. And yes, he's been a QB coach. And yes, he's been an FBS head coach. So,
• Keep Chad Morton on the radar for RB coach. Like Joseph, but even more so, he's had strong connections with both the HC and the DC.
• No one has been mentioned yet for the WR coach opening to my knowledge.
• No one has been mentioned yet for the O-line coach opening to my knowledge, but some seem to believe that will be handled by the OC, while it also remains a possibility that long-time Schotty colleague Solari stays on.

It would make sense that they purposely have waited to move forward with most of the offensive position coaches, wanting to solidify who was going to be OC first, and maybe, no probably, also involve him in some interviews as well.

Defense

• A passing game coordinator (Curtis) has been named, so you presume he's either going to coach safeties or DBs, not both, and that they're looking for that other guy. No one has been mentioned to my knowledge

Me, my one enduring hope is that there's an Assistant Head Coach on the horizon who doubles as one of these position coaches, but importantly to me with us having a rookie head coach, a guy who adds a second former NFL head coach to the room.

 

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New discovery, plausibly worthy of note...

Also, notice that both the O-line guys who our new OC worked with are currently out of the NFL, and thus, available.

Also also... notice that their head coach has always been a well-regarded QB coach. Just sayin.

 

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https://bleacherreport.com/articles...-hired-to-analyze-league-trends-game-planning

https://sports.yahoo.com/cowboys-hi...que-new-role-on-coaching-staff-152949111.html

So, here's a thought.

At what point did it become important to have this Consultant/Analyst/Coordinator-of-Coordinators role, and why did it cease to be important once Kellen was gone, McCarthy started playcalling and Schotty became OC...?

My reason for adding it to this thread... is it more likely or less likely that we should anticipate a similar hire in this hiring cycle?

51%+ of me figures it was either the Joneses idea that McCarthy decided to torpedo, or it was McCarthy's idea that the Joneses told him they didn't consider a merited expense any more. Of course, it also could have been that both parties were enthusiastic about the idea at first, and then mutually agreed wasn't necessary. Who knows. But I have to admit as an outsider, it actually seemed to me to make a lot of sense to have someone on the coaching staff helping advise the HC and his coordinators on each individual opponent. I suppose that's usually been something assigned to someone under McClay's team of scouts, but I like the idea of someone on the coaching staff with coaching credentials being that guy.

Related, but different.

Since the OC himself seemingly will be regarded as the run game coordinator... should we anticipate maybe that the QB or WR position coach will also get a "passing game coordinator" title/responsibility?

(Just spitballin, and didn't think it made sense to create a whole new thread.)

 

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It costs me nothing to say so, but theoretically speaking, if given 2:1 odds, I'd happily take the $100 bet that Sanjay Lal will successfully be poached from LAC, as he'll follow ARE's path to a new WR/Asst HC job in DAL. Okay, maybe just $50, but still. This has seemed like it should happen all this time, and suspiciously the WR opening hasn't been discussed at all so far (... though, now that I post this, watch for breaking news that I'm wrong within the hour ... it happens).




Loree misses that the two spent significant time in SEA as well.

 

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brennan_Carroll

This guy is one example of someone who may fit the "fun" script Nick's suggesting. Was Schotty's run game coordinator in SEA while sharing O-line duties.

 

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Oh yeah, keep solari, that way.I know we'll have the top pick in the twenty twenty six draft.

 

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brennan_Carroll

This guy is one example of someone who may fit the "fun" script Nick's suggesting. Was Schotty's run game coordinator in SEA while sharing O-line duties.

Doh!

Well, I was right about the guy getting an NFL gig, anyways... but silly me, didn't think twice about that last name...

 

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OL coach to me is the critical position coach this year. We might have young talent that an excellent coach could make into good starters or at the least good backups.

 

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OL coach to me is the critical position coach this year. We might have young talent that an excellent coach could make into good starters or at the least good backups.

Doubtful you're going to get an OL coach who isn't better described as "assistant OL coach." Your OC is likely your ex-officio OL coach no matter what, imo. It's the reason (again imo), we're not going to see Solari come back... whoever is hired into the position is going to be expected to be an extension of Adams, and thus, Adams' ideas about how things should be coached.

That's not necessarily a bad thing, of course. But I'm just sayin... don't look for some well-established OL guy who has his own principles that he coaches from, unless he is also someone that comes from the same coaching tree as Adams himself.