Mr. Scot

"The thing you see about Mac right off the bat, he’s a gamer. He’s got a great presence about him. He loves the moment, loves the competition. So there’s not much doubt that he has that quarterback swagger that you can feel when you’re on the field." - Rhule talking about Mac Jones (The Athletic)

Yeah, and a pretty interesting life story from what I've read. As mentioned, wasn't really on anybody's radar before this but he's getting endorsements from all over the place, most prominently from Reid. Could turn out to be a good choice. We'll see.

From the Texans or from us? They're certainly bending over backwards to try and please him. Culley wasn't really on anybody's head coaching radar prior to this.

Ravens receiver coach David Culley beats out Leslie Frazier and Eric Bieniemy for the Texans head coaching job. His status as a friend of quarterback Deshaun Watson likely helped. Watson met Culley at the Pro Bowl a few years back and the two reportedly hit it off. Culley also received an endorsement from Andy Reid after having worked under Reid at previous coaching stops. So the team ends up with an Andy Reid guy, just not the one people expected. Additionally, it's reported that Watson favorite Tim Kelly will retain his job as offensive coordinator. Others said to be joining the coaching staff include Lovie Smith and possibly Josh McCown. Despite being 65 years old, and as such the oldest first time head coach ever hired, Culley has a reputation for relating well with younger players. Will be interesting to see wherr the Deshaun Watson saga goes from here.

A chance to play in Kyle Shanahan's offense? I'd take that.

Rhule hasn't been especially happy, per reports.

If you want to know what Rhule has been like coaching these sessions someone who was there said you can tell he used to work with Tom Coughlin.

Seriously think this is the direction they're headed.

He did.

No argument. Sometimes it's just a matter of picking the right person to run it. Andrew Berry looks decent so far. I hope the same can be said of us next year.

It's possible. For our part, we run what I'd consider to be a quarterback friendly system.

To be fair, we probably would have said the same thing about the Browns last year. (granted, it is just one year)

For what it's worth, minority candidates did better on the GM front than the coaching front this offseason. Of the six GM jobs available, half (Detroit, Atlanta and Washington) ended up being minority hires. I'd have to look it up, but if I'm remembering correctly all but maybe one or two of the Falcons GM candidates were actually minorities. Likely to be another if Kevin Colbert retires.

I could live with that. Don't think I've got a whole lot of company on that front though.

Absolutely. Heck, by the time Brady had his first entry level job at William and Mary, Bieniemy had already been coaching for 13 years.

Hell, he's got more coaching experience at the pro level than Matt Rhule does.

His resumé isn't "paper thin". Hell, he's associated with one of the best offenses in the league right now. It is valid that he might be overshadowed by Andy Reid though.

If the guy running your coaching search is someone like David Tepper, that answer gets you a "thank you for coming". If it's being run by Chris Spielman though, "Hell yeah! You're hired!"

Yeah, and although the NFL has taken some steps to correct the problem, it's still true that being successful frequently winds up hurting you.

I don't think race is a factor in this particular instance. That doesn't exclude it from being a factor in other cases.

His path does kind of mirror Ron Rivera's on that front. Who's involved makes a difference too. Take Detroit. One of the guys spearheading their search was Chris Spielman. That probably goes a long way toward explaining how Dan Campbell got the job. There's also the "who you know" element like with Nick Sirianni. Common belief is that his connection with Frank Reich helped get him that job because Reich was good for Carson Wentz.

For my part, I'd probably have taken Bieniemy over Leslie Frazier. Frazier's already been a head coach once and it didn't go that well. And going back to a prior discussion, I still think Bieniemy's enthusiasm for working with Newton probably hurt his chances here.

Also to clarify, there's been no confirmation that Bieniemy dropped out. It's possible he might have, but nobody's saying anything like that (that I've seen anyway). There was a guy saying beforehand that he wouldn't even interview, but obviously that turned out not to be true.

I don't know whether McNair is racist. I grant it's possible. I do know he's stupid. The operative guy in the coaching search right now though is Nick Caserio. He basically threw out everything that happened before he was hired and started it over.

So they're down to two black candidates, but they're still racist?