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He had probably the worst center in football this season and still put up one of the best seasons in his career. I’m not sure this tracks.

When your own team says they’re not considering you to be the head coach after the old head coach steps down, you’re not “in the mix for multiple HC jobs” Nice agent fodder though. I think he’d probably be an okay OC here, but the Steelers haven’t been lighting it up on offense.

If you Google John Morton right now this is what you get:

Interviewing Zac Robinson on Thursday. Does anyone with a better memory than me remember if we cast this wide of a net before hiring Morton? It feels like no, but I probably wasn’t paying as close attention.

If he gets the offer he would be stupid not to take it.

Thanks for the fix. And I agree. Freeman would be dumb not to take it. Though the Steelers need a full blow up and rebuild. I think their fans know it and their front office knows it, but being theoretically 3-14 is a lot easier than actually going 3-14.

When the Steelers hire Tomlin and the Irish offer Cignetti $100MM.... does he accept?

He's only 54. I think he'll take a year to talk at a camera for $10MM. He'll be back when the Bengals, Packers, Eagles, or Chiefs offer him the job.

Coaching Carousel Predictions 2.0: The AFC North Doesn't Need Coaches Pittsburgh Steelers: Marcus Freeman, Notre Dame HC Baltimore Ravens: Jesse Minter, Chargers DC Las Vegas Raiders: Chris Shula, Rams DC Tennessee Titans: Mike LaFleur, Rams OC Miami Dolphins: John Harbaugh, former Ravens HC New York Giants: Davis Webb, Broncos QB Coach Atlanta Falcons: Kevin Stefanski, former Browns HC Cleveland Browns: Kliff Kingsbury, former Commanders OC Arizona Cardinals: Klint Kubiak, Seahawks OC Brian Dabboll: Baltimore Ravens OC Pete Carroll: USC Trojans Special Advisor Brian Callahan: Cincinnati Bengals Offensive Analyst Mike McDaniel: Detroit Lions OC Raheem Morris: Washington Commanders DC Jonathan Gannon: New York Giants DC Mike Tomlin: Amazon Prime Thursday Night Football Talking Head

Some more competition for the top OC candidates. Though I hear Sherrone Moore is unemployed.

Too early to tell really. In 2024, the first defensive player off the board wasn't until 1.15. There are both high quality defensive and offensive linemen in the draft. I would expect one of them to be there at 1.17.

Faulk would be an excellent cultural and schematic fit. He's everything Josh Paschal was supposed to be and then some. Faulk is an absolute monster in stuffing the run and is one of the hardest workers you will find in the college game. On paper a starting defensive front of Hutch-McNeill-Williams-Faulk should realistically develop into the best run defense in the league. I would venture to say that he has more pass rushing chops than his stats would suggest. Auburn lined him up as a 2-gap in a 3-4 base, between the guard and tackle, and allowed him to just feast on the run. Which is great, unless you're an edge rusher looking for millions of dollars in first round money and need sacks to do so. In an NFL nickel base defense, I wouldn't expect him to jump off the page in 2026 with sack numbers, but I think he could develop into a guy that by 2027 or 2028 can also line up on the edge on 3rd and long and win a one-on-one against a tackle, getting after the QB. As it is though, he's more of a IDLman that will collapse the pocket on the interior.

Lions were the first team to be fined for violating the rule when they hired Mariucci. The Lions defense was that they contacted black coaches but they declined an interview because it was obvious the Lions wanted Mariucci. Because Matt Millen was a ****ing joke.

Divisional Round Saturday 4:30pm: Bills -1 @ Broncos Saturday 8:00pm: 49ers +7.5 @ Seahawks Sunday 3:00pm: Texans +2.5 @ Patriots Sunday 6:30pm: Rams -4 @ Bears Bills getting a point on the road in Mile High against the 1-seed tells you everything is up for grabs this year. I like the 49ers to cover too, they aren't going to roll over and die, and Darnold needs to not turn into a January pumpkin. Speaking of pumpkins, I think the clock has struck midnight in Chicago. Bills over Broncos, 27-24 Seahawks over 49ers, 20-14 Texans over Patriots, 17-9 Rams over Bears, 38-20

This was pretty good. 5/6 and the one I missed was an all-time choke job.