Gentlemen, start your interviews - Tuesday 12/28
Let Zimmer know now that he is not part of the plan next year so we can get a jump on interviews and candidates.
With the NFL's new rules allowing clubs to begin interviewing candidates on Tuesday, Dec. 28, the Jags can start their search in earnest this week.
NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport reported Sunday on NFL GameDay Morning that the initial list of candidates the Jags are interested in interviewing includes Buccaneers offensive coordinator Byron Leftwich, and former head coaches Jim Caldwell and Doug Pederson.
Leftwich, the former Jaguars first-round pick in 2003, has ties to Jacksonville from his playing days. The OC is expected to be a hot candidate this year after helping lead a Bucs offense that enters Week 16 ranked first in the NFL in scoring.
@"JustinTime18™" said: Eberflus also being courted. My dark horse candidate.Eberflus is a good candidate agreed. There are several quality orgs/staffs that we should be looking at with interest - Indy, NO, Dallas, Buffalo,
Roman coaxing 300 yards out of Josh Johnson...Snoop Huntley... I'd give him a crack at Mond...
#Bucs DC Todd Bowles
Ex-NFL coach Jim Caldwell
#Colts DC Matt Eberflus
#Packers OC Nathaniel Hackett
#Bucs OC Byron Leftwich
#Cowboys OC Kellen Moore
Ex-#Eagles coach Doug Pederson
#Cowboys DC Dan Quinn
Kahn and Balke will find the dog out of this group
Call me gun shy on OCs that made their name with great QBs like the gbay oc. Think about how many Ocs with Brady went onto do nothing, seems the packers have had a few fail that got their shot after working with Favre or rogers. Maybe not a fair assessment but it's not a great testament ro their skill when they've had a hof qb to work behind.
@"JimmyinSD" said: Call me gun shy on OCs that made their name with great QBs like the gbay oc. Think about how many Ocs with Brady went onto do nothing, seems the packers have had a few fail that got their shot after working with Favre or rogers. Maybe not a fair assessment but it's not a great testament ro their skill when they've had a hof qb to work behind.You'll love Greg Roman. With Jackson out, he's coaxed massive production out of Snoop Huntley, an UDFA, and Josh Johnson, who has been on 14 pro team.
@"JimmyinSD" said: Call me gun shy on OCs that made their name with great QBs like the gbay oc. Think about how many Ocs with Brady went onto do nothing, seems the packers have had a few fail that got their shot after working with Favre or rogers. Maybe not a fair assessment but it's not a great testament ro their skill when they've had a hof qb to work behind.Agreed.
@"JustinTime18™" said:I wish the Vikes could have interviewed him.
Cowboys defensive coordinator Dan Quinn is interesting in becoming a head coach again. He’s not sufficiently interested in becoming a head coach to interview for the vacancy in Jacksonville.
Via Adam Schefter of ESPN.com, Quinn won’t interview for the Jaguars’ vacancy. The team requested permission to interview the former Falcons coach on Tuesday.
Lololol...
@"Norse" said: Rick has been unable to put together an offensive line since he has been here. He also has been unable to find us a QB. Rick and Zimmer both need to go.What is Kirk? So easily for you all to hate on him but he has been by far the best 5 year QB run the Vikings have had in decades. Yes Farve was great in 10 and Randall was great in 98 but those were 1 year anomollys that were followed immediatly by a terrible year.
If you want to sao he has struggled to draft a great QB fine, he can join the club with every other GM. Look at the numbers drafting a great QB is nearly impossible and GM struggle to identify the best QBs in the draft year after year. Also, it seems that QBs that sit and learn have a better chance to succeed than top drafted QBs that are thrown to the wolves on a bad team...
Remember when the Jags were actually good under Tom Coughlin back in the late 90s? They appeared in 8 playoff games, winning 4. But Kahn, frustrated with "mediocrity," fired Coughlin in 2002.
Coughlin goes to the Giants and wins two Super Bowls. In the 20 years since Coughlin was fired in Jax, the Jaguars have had 7 head coaches. Average winning percentage: .249.
Coughlin, despite winning two Super Bowls in New York, was forced to resign in 2015 after a couple of down seasons. Since then, the Giants have had 4 head coaches. Average winning percentage: .342
Just sayin...we might want to be careful what we wish for....
I think we're all in agreement it's time to move on from Mike...
We just cant be naive enough to think that alone will be the silver bullet.
GM has to be in sync and get the right players (yes, players make the coaches in the NFL).
Did Mike get the most out of the talent he has? I dont think so
Is the Vikings talent above a 7-9 win team? I'm not sure about that, not as sure as I was coming into this season.
Daboll might bring Trubisky with him.
So, there's that for the trade Cousins crowd.
@"purplefaithful" said: I just dont get Leftwich as a hot candidate....Me thinks he's the benefactor of having that cast on offense, especially Brady.
In 2019 they were third in points scored, third in yards, 4th in red zone efficiency, first in passing yards, third in passing td's. No Brady, Gronk, Brown, Fournette. Not to say this new cast doesn't help, but its not like the offense wasn't producing prior to their arrivals.
@"MaroonBells" said: Remember when the Jags were actually good under Tom Coughlin back in the late 90s? They appeared in 8 playoff games, winning 4. But Kahn, frustrated with "mediocrity," fired Coughlin in 2002.Coughlin goes to the Giants and wins two Super Bowls. In the 20 years since Coughlin was fired in Jax, the Jaguars have had 7 head coaches. Average winning percentage: .249.
Coughlin, despite winning two Super Bowls in New York, was forced to resign in 2015 after a couple of down seasons. Since then, the Giants have had 4 head coaches. Average winning percentage: .342
Just sayin...we might want to be careful what we wish for....
Wrong take home message MB, the correct one is hire Coughlin! We need a wining coach that can develop winners and players that believe and achieve!
@"rf54" said:@"Norse" said: Rick has been unable to put together an offensive line since he has been here. He also has been unable to find us a QB. Rick and Zimmer both need to go. What is Kirk? So easily for you all to hate on him but he has been by far the best 5 year QB run the Vikings have had in decades. Yes Farve was great in 10 and Randall was great in 98 but those were 1 year anomollys that were followed immediatly by a terrible year.If you want to sao he has struggled to draft a great QB fine, he can join the club with every other GM. Look at the numbers drafting a great QB is nearly impossible and GM struggle to identify the best QBs in the draft year after year. Also, it seems that QBs that sit and learn have a better chance to succeed than top drafted QBs that are thrown to the wolves on a bad team...
Kirks record with the Vikings is around 500. And he could end up with 2 loosing seasons.
we are paying him way to much money for that kind of performance.
@"Norse" said:@"rf54" said:@"Norse" said: Rick has been unable to put together an offensive line since he has been here. He also has been unable to find us a QB. Rick and Zimmer both need to go. What is Kirk? So easily for you all to hate on him but he has been by far the best 5 year QB run the Vikings have had in decades. Yes Farve was great in 10 and Randall was great in 98 but those were 1 year anomollys that were followed immediatly by a terrible year.If you want to sao he has struggled to draft a great QB fine, he can join the club with every other GM. Look at the numbers drafting a great QB is nearly impossible and GM struggle to identify the best QBs in the draft year after year. Also, it seems that QBs that sit and learn have a better chance to succeed than top drafted QBs that are thrown to the wolves on a bad team...
Kirks record with the Vikings is around 500. And he could end up with 2 loosing seasons.
we are paying him way to much money for that kind of performance.
Kirk has started every game since he has been here, high completion percentage and led better than average offenses while the defense the last few years couldn't stop anybody, but yea, go ahead and blame Kirk for the record.
What's funny is that the Vikings defense was very good in 2018 and 2019, but we went 8-7-1 and 10-6 with Kirk. Some are conveniently forgetting that...
https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/positional/defense/
We're 9th in spending on D.
So, Cousins' contract seems to be a moot point. Maybe the piss poor coaching could explain the poor ROI on that investment?
Naaaaaaaaaaaaw, gotta be Cousins.
Why does it have to be one thing?
Its a team game and there are many issues imo preventing success. These arguments about which issue is the cause are short sighted as they are all correct, this isn't death by cannon, ball this is death by paper cuts.
Fixing one thing won't necessarily correct the situation enough to put the teamn over the top.
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