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The biggest question in my mind is what is Tobin’s influence? Did he have a bigger say than what was previously thought under Marvin? Did he acquire more say once Marvin was out of the picture? How will he mesh with these new coaches? Who is the biggest influence of the pieces that will make up your cap spending, draft board and ultimately TC roster and opening day roster?

I think/Hope Bill is coming to coach the line.

I believe so

In defense of Marvin he never lost an AFC championship game so he never got mad enough to fire someone.

Girder should have said “spoiler alert” first

As far as more replay and getting screwed. l’m old school on this. Less replay is better because the league, media, and fans can’t ever draw the line. Peoples opinion with instant replay always started with getting the major calls right. Then it morphs into getting every signal thing right and leads us down the path of looking at way too many plays and to many details. It’s my belief that fumbles/catches/PI weren’t meant to be so precise. But that’s a long drawn out argument and it’s never going back but I do think it robs the tv broadcast AND definitely screws the in stadium fan. It was a bad non call in Rams/Saints but no way in hell do I want that reviewed. Way too subjective.

Marvin could never ever figure out how to utilize multiple running backs. See Rex Burkhead. It was always traditional rotation and depth chart. Never was it match up based on that week’s opponent or in game adjustment. Makes you wonder what Gio could be with a little creativity.

It sucks waiting but I think coaches use back channels to get things almost done. Still with no contracts completed there always a chance things blow up. I’m really looking for the puff pieces that detail how they targeted the coach, how heavily Mike was or wasn’t involved etc. Cant get any of that until official announcement.

Del Rio is an interesting choice. He’s a Marvin guy. I would have expected him to interview for DC if Marvin was still coach.

Met him at Pizza Hut once. Really young to pass. RIP

So someone over at NFL.com put out a Free Agent top 25. Not a whole lot of offensive lineman. But a lot of LB names and safeties. My thought is if you really want to build upon the excitement they will create with the coaching staff changes.... Rodger Saffold. Rams left guard. Former 2nd rounder. Long time starter. From Ohio. Drop some cash into him or another decently ranked FA lineman or LB. CJ Mosley is out there as well but I would doubt seriously the Ravens lose him. Those players will cost you money but we’ll worth it.

I think that’s the plan because they interviewed them both and there are reports surfacing that Zac Taylor was their target weeks before the season ended.

Some Twitter dude says extremely likely.

I thought I read somewhere that Mike wasn’t even in the interviews.

Get out a ketchup bottle and go to work

They land Callahan and that’s awesome His father in law is also an o-line guru. One of the few o-line guys that risen to successful head coach in the NFL.

Pollack gone.

Monken is the guy that became my first choice. He worked wonders at Southern Mississippi. Often beating/competing with power 5 teams despite a talent discrepancy. Hope he sucks or leaves Cleveland quickly.

It’s a what have you done for me lately mentality. Can Taylor get the Bengals to this weekend of the season? Divisional Round. Can he beat the Steelers? Then if he raises the bar it becomes a new level of goals. I have no idea if this guy is good or bad. Happy with offensive focus hire.

Lazor got away from Mixon too much, imo

Eh, Carson Palmer never exceeded his best season as a Bengal. He bounced around and found out the same stuff Spikes and Housh did. Plus something changed once he pulled his stunt. All of sudden Bengals are building league best rosters.

Zac Taylor sounds like a pop country star.

Speculation brewing that Kubiak is going to be OC since he won’t be that at Denver now.

Hue gone

Lazor is gone.