[dieterbrock]

So Jim Bob Cooter isn't gonna be a hot candidate this time around?

I'm thinking he's staying in Detroit if they hire a defensive minded coach.

[St. Loser Fan]

Interesting article.

[Hacksaw]

that's one reason.

[RamsFanSince82]

Lol. Lewis fooled most of us. No playoff wins in 15 years.

[PARAM]

Marvin Lewis = Jeff Fisher. A terrific DC, terrible HC.

Fisher 173-165-1 (RS) 5-6 (PS) 178-171-1 (Total) .510
Lewis 125-112-3 (RS) 0-7 (PS) 125-119-3 (Total) .512

And yet those two got 37 seasons between them.

[Elvis]

I like Lewis as a HC a lot more than Fisher but he's never won a playoff game. They also say working for the Brown family is unique.

But yeah, they're kicking it old school, not down with my "change is good" theory of head coaching...

[Elvis]

http://973espn.com/defilippo-emerges-as ... ter_mobile

DEFILIPPO EMERGES AS EAGLES’ HOTTEST COACHING CANDIDATE

JOHN MCMULLENJanuary 4, 2018

PHILADELPHIA (973espn.com) - It should come as no surprise that in a copy-cat league, Eagles quarterbacks coach John DeFilippo has emerged as the hottest head-coaching candidate from a staff littered with them.

Defensive coordinator Jim Schwartz has already been an NFL head coach and has interviews lined up this week with the New York Giants and Arizona Cardinals while his offensive counterpart, Frank Reich, could also pop up on some radars as the hiring cycle progresses.

Some have even speculated that special teams coordinator Dave Fipp could get some bites at the college level but if you were handicapping the assistant most likely to leave Philadelphia for the big chair, DeFilippo would be in the lead.

And "Flip," as he is affectionately called around the NovaCare Complex, has two names to thank for that. One is obvious, Carson Wentz, and the other is 3,000 miles away in Los Angeles.

Sean McVay has been an unqualified success during his rookie season as the coach of the NFC West-champion Los Angeles Rams and the youngest coach in NFL history has created the new template for those looking for an offensive mind, the young wunderkind who can build quarterbacks.

The two names best fitting that description aiming NFL decision-makers are DeFilippo and Houston Texans quarterbacks coach Sean Ryan. Neither are quite as young as McVay (DeFilippo is 39 and Ryan is 45) but both are considered rising stars in the profession due to their work in the day-to-day development of Wentz and Deshaun Watson, respectively.

Before arriving in Philadelphia as the QB coach on Doug Pederson's staff, DeFilippo had already garnered experience as a coordinator at both the college and professional levels with San Jose State and the Cleveland Browns. He also would have been the OC under Todd Bowles up the turnpike with the New York Jets this season had the Eagles not blocked him from leaving.

You can do that with position coaches under contract but no coach can be prevented from taking the top job in an organization and with DeFilippo's deal set to expire after the season, the worst-case scenario for him seems to be an OC job.

Both the Cardinals and the Chicago Bears are interviewing DeFilippo for their head-coaching positions this week and the latter seems tailor-made for him because the Bears are intent on building around Mitchell Trubisky, the No. 2 overall pick in the 2017 draft who looked extremely raw during his rookie campaign.

Asked what sets DeFilippo apart on Wednesday, Nick Foles immediately pointed to his work ethic.

"He grinds," Foles said after practice wrapped up on Wednesday. "He puts us through some stuff."

The veteran also gave his current position coach a ringing endorsement.

"He's a great coach," Foles claimed. "I know he's focused on us right now, but I also know he's going to be a great head coach someday, and I'm excited for his opportunity."

The key feather in DeFilippo's cap, however, is the rapid development of Wentz from promising rookie to MVP candidate in his sophomore season before a torn ACL short-circuited things during Week 14 against McVay and the Rams.

Wentz, Foles and Nate Sudfeld have all pointed toward DeFilippo's weekly quizzes as a key part to their understanding of the game plan as well as the upcoming opponent's defensive scheme.

"He's just really detailed," Wentz said earlier this season.

-John McMullen covers the Eagles and the NFL for 973espn.com. You can reach him at [email protected] or on Twitter @JFMcMullen

[Hacksaw_64]

Source: NFL.com - Ian Rapoport

Dallas Cowboys defensive coordinator Rod Marinelli and offensive coordinator Scott Linehan are on the hot seat and will be thoroughly evaluated, according to team sources.

[Hacksaw]

Vanillahan is getting a lot of shoe marks on his backside.

[RamsFanSince82]

With the Packers hiring a new G.M., the new G.M. will have to want to work with coach Mike McCarthy. On Thursday, McCarthy made it clear that he’ll have to want to work with the new G.M.

Bob McGinn, who covered the Packers for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and who now operates his own media outlet, suggests that the final configuration in the new front office will consist of Russ Ball as General Manager, and Brian Gutekunst as executive V.P. of football operations. Then, per McGinn, McCarthy will have to decide whether he wants to stay.

Putting it a different way (i.e., the way we’ve heard it), Ball and McCarthy don’t have a good relationship. It’s a topic that was addressed on Thursday’s PFT PM podcast, as I tried to digest and understand McCarthy’s remarks.

“It has to fit,” McCarthy said Thursday. “I have the best job in pro football, and no disrespect to the other 31 clubs. I love it here, I want to be here, but it has to fit for me, too. I’ve done this job long enough, I wouldn’t want the G.M. to hire me or partner with me if we don’t fit together. Because you’re on a path for, in the short term and long term, it’s going to be a lot more difficult to get to where you’re going to go. It has to be a partnership.”

Put simply, Ball has to want McCarthy, McCarthy has to want Ball. And McCarthy’s comments undoubtedly were a message to team president Mark Murphy that, if Ball gets the G.M. job, Murphy eventually may have to find a coach — either because Ball doesn’t want McCarthy or McCarthy doesn’t want Ball.

So keep an eye on this one. Murphy is smart enough to know the consequences of giving Ball the G.M. job. And the consequences quite likely will include the Packers needing a new head coach, either this year or next year.