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Seriously, while I think Dungy's Tampa 2 defensive scheme is a little simplistic for today's NFL, unless you have elite players all over your defense, I do think a young and inexperienced head coach is going to want to bring in coordinators who have an abundance of experience

The more complicated a play, the more things can go wrong. That's why you'll never see it used a lot. In part, the fact that it is so rarely used adds to its effectiveness when t's done well. I have no problem with it being in Buffalo's arsenal. Just get it right when you do use it.

It's interesting to say the least. Being a head coach, I believe is mostly about two things: the ability to organize and the ability to understand and motivate players. It's also pretty important to have plenty of NFL contacts among the coaching ranks and have the ability to identify the best assistant candidates and have their respect, enough that they would consider being on his staff. For that reason, I don't think is impossible for Rivers to come in and be effective. I think he's very smart and has been around long enough to have plenty of candidates in mind. He's also the son of a coach, albeit a high school coach. That said, it seems like it would be an extremely difficult challenge to be able to come in and do the job without having experience on a coaching staff, preferably at the NFL level.

Did you ever try to put toothpaste back in the tube. The odds are about the same between accomplishing that task and getting McDermott back. Some things can't be undone.

With Nix out, I hold no illusions about Denver winning that game, but I will always root against New England. Hopefully the NFC team wins the Super Bowl.

The projection I heard is that Josh will indeed be ready for OTAs.

He's going to retire to a beachfront home and make extensive use of his beach chairs. And he'll be very careful to make sure nobody comes near to those beach chars who doesn't have permission.

I think that with respect to the offense, it can be interesting to speculate on cap moves. On defense, I think Buffalo needs to have a coaching staff in place before speculation has much value. In particular, Buffalo's linebackers are very much specifically suited to the scheme Buffalo ran with McDermott. A different scheme may call for linebackers with rather different skill sets. I can imagine that quite a few DCs would be rather uncomfortable with 220 lb linebackers.

Daboll and Brady would not be high on my list, but there are probably worse candidates for HC. Webb, Udinski and Kubiak all sound interesting.

Why not Marv Levy if you want age and experience? One thing's for sure, he would hold the title of oldest NFL head coach ever forever.

It was not wise for Pegula to throw Coleman under the bus along with the coaches, but it was something of a "damned if he did and damned if he didn't situation." The question was asked. Had Pegula said nothing, the media (and us) would have questioned the transparency of the organization and there would remain a lingering feeling that perhaps Beane deserved most of the blame for that choice. As far as Coleman is concerned, he has to know that his performance has been disappointing during his first two years, not just his lack of production, but taking team meetings lightly. I think there have been other signs of immaturity and a lack of a buy in on everything the team was trying to do.

It will limit the list of head coaching candidates to those who do not insist on "too much influence" on personnel decisions. It does not bode well for Keon's future with the team.

He turned the Jaguars offense around. That's in his favor. I do have a general question about the selection process. Is the Rooney rule still in effect? If so, who will be the minority candidates for the HC position?

When it comes to hiring and firing decisions with respect to general managers and coaches, there are some objective measures you can look at, but it the end it is a subjective decision. Pegula alluded to what he saw in the locker room after the defeat in the Denver game. That impression certainly contributed to the decision and may have been the proverbial "straw that broke the camel's back," but it was certainly not the only factor in his decision. I don't know if he's right. I don't know if Beane should have been retained or fired along with McDermott. What's most important to me is where the team goes from here. A new coach is going to have his own personnel opinions. If he doesn't, Beane shouldn't hire him. When he expresses those opinions, Beane needs to listen.

It's almost a certainty that Brady's future has only 2 options: win the Bills' head coaching position of find a job elsewhere. He would be an extreme long shot to retain his OC job with the Bills.