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If he was involved in influencing draft picks as a scout since 2009, there are some pretty big hits in there. Eric Berry, Justin Houston, Rodney Hudson, Dontari Poe, Eric Fisher, Travis Kelce, Marcus Peters, Tyreek Hill, Chris Jones, and Patrick Mahomes.

First, a little unprofessional to mimic a blind person. Could easily have come up with a different analogy. Now on the topic. This is a stretch in my opinion. The search agency said it was a shit show because they had too many candidates and should have it narrowed down to 5 or so. Sure, but most of these are Zoom calls, which are easy. A wide net is good, you never know when you might need the information down the line. Also, I don't think they knew what they were going to do with Pace until after the season, so they haven't narrowed anything down yet. There will be only a few once there are finalists or second interviews. No big deal to interview HCs to see if there are any superstars and when the GM is hired, give them the list of available candidates from the initial interviews. The only thing I have an issue with is if they hire a HC first, unless it is Harbaugh.

Ryan Poles is interesting. I didn't know he was a UDFA for the Bears in 2008. Seems like he got hurt or just stopped playing football after that. He joined the Chiefs as a scout in 2009 and worked his way up to Director of College Scouting in 2017. In a way, if I had to pick between a college scout and a pro scout, I would rather have a guy with college scout experience as those are harder to project. The NFL guys are much easier in my opinion. Poles was in KC the same year Daboll was OC there. So there is a connection there. Maybe a Poles-Daboll duo?

I hope Daboll doesnt follow.

Updated List, so far 10 interviewed with 1 more scheduled and 4 TBA. Even with the Dodds withdrawal, we are still looking at 14 candidates. Role GM Candidate Name Team Interview Date Director of College Scouting Morocco Brown Indianapolis Colts Monday 1/24 VP of Football Operations Kwesi Adofo-Mensah Cleveland Browns Thursday 1/13 VP of Player Personnel Glenn Cook Cleveland Browns Wednesday 1/12 Assistant General Manager Ed Dodds Indianapolis Colts Monday 1/17 Assistant General Manager Jeff Ireland New Orleans Saints Friday 1/14 Director of Player Personnel Ran Carthon San Francisco 49ers Wednesday 1/19 Former General Manager Rick Smith Ex-Houston Texans TBA Assistant General Manager Joe Schoen Buffalo Bills Sunday 1/16 VP of Football /Business Admin Omar Khan Pittsburgh Steelers TBA Director of Scouting Elliot Wolf New England Patriots Tuesday 1/18 Asst Director Of Player Personnel Champ Kelly Chicago Bears Thursday 1/13 Director of Player Personnel JoJo Wooden Los Angeles Chargers Thursday 1/20 Director of Player Personnel Monti Ossenfort Tennessee Titans Saturday 1/15 Senior Personnel Executive Reggie McKenzie Miami Dolphins TBA Executive Dir of Player Personnel Ryan Poles Kansas City Chiefs TBA

Updated list: Role HC Candidate Name Team Interview Date DC Leslie Frazier Buffalo Bills Friday 1/21 HC Doug Pederson Ex-Philadelphia Eagles Wednesday 1/12 OC Brian Daboll Buffalo Bills Sunday 1/16 OC Nathaniel Hackett Green Bay Packers Saturday 1/15 DC Todd Bowles Tampa Bay Buccaneers Saturday 1/22 OC Byron Leftwich Tampa Bay Buccaneers Thursday or Friday DC Matt Eberflus Indianapolis Colts Monday 1/17 DC Dan Quinn Dallas Cowboys Saturday 1/22 HC Brian Flores Miami Dolphins Friday 1/14 HC Jim Caldwell Ex-Detroit Lions Saturday 1/15 Eberflus getting 2nd interview on Monday the 24th, which is also the same day they interview Morroco Brown for GM. Both are from the Colts. Coaching list also doesn't include college interviews as those do not need to be disclosed.

I was saying I was leaning towards the two previous HC's and the two previous coordinators as the leading candidate for our HC position. I didn't mean I wanted Daboll as the OC. I would go Daboll - 1, Eberflus - 2, Quinn - 3. As a previous HC, Quinn got a team to the SB. Daboll is easy based on what he did with Allen and the Bills offense. Eberflus has that defense playing swarming football, but his OC pick would be important.

No biggie, obviously not as good of a candidate as it has been advertised. Interviews are easy, if you can't have a good interview, you either are not a good communicator or don't know your job/skill well enough for the position.

Yeah, Leftwich is ok, but very hard to separate him from Brady at the moment. Caldwell is not bad but not great, he feels like a low floor low ceiling guy. Hackett, very similar to Leftwich, how do you separate him from Rodgers? Pederson would be the most seamless, but not much of a ceiling there either. Daboll clearly provides the highest ceiling, but it will depend on how much he would influence Fields and the offense as the HC. A big leap between coordinator and HC.

Allen's game was the best postseason game ever for QBR. I know that stat is questioned liked PFF, but still impressive nontheless.

The Bills are #2 in DVOA, 10th in Offense and 1st in Defense. The Bears have a lot of similarities with the Bills. QB, RB, and TE on offense, so if they can add a true WR1 and upgrade at least at C, they will be very comparable on paper. On defense, the Bills have better CB and S, that's it. If the Bears can add there, they will be a close clone to the current Bills team.

This! It has been such a frustrating experience because the average fan could see the team's deficiencies and how unprepared they were. Now reports are coming out on how the offense players knew the plays and scheme were crap and they had to continue and go out there and look like clowns. The only saving grace in all of this is that the stars may have aligned perfectly for us to get Fields one year, and possibly Daboll the next.

I can't see him making it out of the first, if he does, he will go within the first 2-3 picks in the 2nd. The only way the Bears can get him is with a trade up.

Well, that ends the season for all rookie QBs. Mac Jones goes out with a stinker. His biggest play was on a bubble screen. There was not much he was going to do when the defense let's up 47. Jones will end the season as the "best" rookie QB, but I have a feeling he won't last long there. One thing I didn't even notice at the end of the season, but since their bye, NE lost 4 of their last 5, including the WC game. 8 of their 10 wins were against non-playoff teams, one was against TEN (shocker) and the other was the snow game in BUF where Jones threw 3 passes. So if you throw that one out, they beat TEN, and in that game, TEN had 3 fumbles lost and an INT. So for as much hype as NE has received, it feels like fool's gold.

Not only was the entire game plan centered around the strengths of his QB and players, he adapted. He came in with a completely different game plan than NE has seen on tape. There was nothing they could do. Every defensive call was wrong. It felt like half the plays were for 15 yards or more. I thought there would be some adjustments at halftime, but whatever NE tried didn't work. 27-3 at halftime and outscored 20-7 before a garbage time TD.

Yeah man, I agree, there is nothing more you need to do as a Coordinator. That was the most dominant offensive performance in terms of efficiency, ever. 7 drives, 7 TDs, no punts, no FGs, no INTs. If he can do half for Fields what he did for Allen, the Bears are an instant playoff team.

Daboll called a perfect game, 7 TD drives against NE. Impressive.

Yep, I totally forgot about that. I like him as a candidate.

Good catch, completely forgot about that. O'Brien fiasco overwhelmed my brain.

Might not see eye to eye with someone else in the organization, maybe Tomlin? The same could be said for almost any one of the candidates. Why did the Texans fire Rick Smith? If any assistant or VP is so good, why not promote from within? Teams make new positions all the time to retain talent. If orgs are letting guys go without trying to retain them, is there something wrong with them?

From the article it looks like they are passing on Khan: https://triblive.com/sports/mark-madden-says-t-j-watt-angrily-refused-his-exit-interview-steelers-linebacker-refutes-story/

What are your thoughts about pairing guys from other franchises? Schoen/Daboll, Dodds or Brown/Eberflus? I am leaning towards guys that have already been a VP or Assistant GM, or in Smith's case a former GM. So I would be less inclined to hire Brown and Wolf coming from the Scouting Departments. It seems like GM is a huge jump from those jobs. You go from singularly focused to the ultimate multitasking. Khan, Dodds, Ireland, and Smith are my top group. How about you?

Still pretty shocked at the quality on this list. I would take almost every one of them over Pace. Role GM Candidate Name Team Interview Date Director of College Scouting Morocco Brown Indianapolis Colts TBA VP of Football Operations Kwesi Adofo-Mensah Cleveland Browns Thursday 1/13 VP of Player Personnel Glenn Cook Cleveland Browns Wednesday 1/12 (DONE) Assistant General Manager Ed Dodds Indianapolis Colts TBA Assistant General Manager Jeff Ireland New Orleans Saints Friday 1/14 Director of Player Personnel Ran Carthon San Francisco 49ers TBA Former General Manager Rick Smith Ex-Houston Texans TBA Assistant General Manager Joe Schoen Buffalo Bills TBA VP of Football /Business Admin Omar Khan Pittsburgh Steelers TBA Director of Scouting Elliot Wolf New England Patriots TBA Asstt Director Of Player Personnel Champ Kelly Chicago Bears Thursday 1/13

Not a bad group. I am leaning towards Flores and Quinn for previous HCs and Daboll and Eberflus for Coordinators. Role HC Candidate Name Team Interview Date DC Leslie Frazier Buffalo Bills Sunday 1/16 HC Doug Pederson Ex-Philadelphia Eagles Wednesday 1/12 (DONE) OC Brian Daboll Buffalo Bills TBA OC Nathaniel Hackett Green Bay Packers Saturday 1/15 DC Todd Bowles Tampa Bay Buccaneers TBA OC Byron Leftwich Tampa Bay Buccaneers TBA DC Matt Eberflus Indianapolis Colts Monday 1/17 DC Dan Quinn Dallas Cowboys Late Next Week HC Brian Flores Miami Dolphins Friday 1/14

That is the same thing I said yesterday ^ . Similar to Leftwich, hard to judge independent of some of the greatest QBs to ever play.