Mr. Scot

Not a fan... If you're going to take it away from Thomas Brown, okay. But give it to somebody else. Lord knows there are experienced guys on staff (Jim Caldwell, for example).

There's a lot worse things than castoffs. Plenty of good coordinators and assistants get picked up because their last boss was fired.

I mean, you can debate retread vs rookie, offensive vs defensive, college vs pro and any number of factors, but the bottom line is it just comes down to finding the right guy. It is true that some guys who fail in one situation thrive in another. Maybe that's because they weren't the problem or perhaps it just wasn't an arrangement that worked. There certainly might be trends, but you make a mistake if you sort everybody in a certain situation into one pile.

Lots of this kind of talk yet to come...

That's my expectation...

That would have been titled "Dancing with the Dimwit"

I could go out and watch a bunch of guys building a dam too. Doesn't mean I understand what I'm watching Gantt has given some hints that they may be changing things up on the line a little bit. My guess is that may be what's sparking the interest.

Basically Tepper pursued Watson until Watson threatened to come between him and the one thing he loves more than anything else. Money

"HC rejects" frequently make really good coordinators. Dan Quinn and Jim Schwartz are examples of that right now (granted both on the defensive side). For whatever else you think of him, McDaniels has a hell of a resumé as a coordinator.

I'll give Dorsey one thing though... So far, he's been tasked with running offenses that were managed by big, rocket armed gunslinger type quarterbacks. As a QB himself, Dorsey was way closer to Bryce Young than Josh Allen. I know Greg Olsen believes heavily that Dorsey is a smart coach. I do kind of wonder what he might do with a quarterback closer to his own style.

Dorsey is a way better QB coach than OC.

I could see it

Technically, most first time coaches don't pan out either. Reality is it's just really hard to find a super successful coach.

Now this is where I wonder if Gantt is teasing something... Does he mean strictly a new left guard or is there something else changing?

If true, let's hope he's improved.

Breer on McDaniels...

More former Panther news...

Stats are serious business

Saw this news item... ...and wondered. Suppose the Panthers did decide to look for a new OC next year. How would you feel about them hiring Josh McDaniels? There's not really what you'd call a connection between McDaniels and Reich...that is unless you count that Reich took over for McDaniels when he bailed on the Colts. He did keep some of McDaniels staff in place at that time, for what it's worth. As lousy a head coach as McDaniels may be, he's still considered an offensive genius who knows how to get good stuff out of his quarterbacks. Mind you, he's not really a West Coast guy, more of an E-P, but that's a system Reich played in and it's not terribly different from a WCO. The flipside? McDaniels is known to be a massive jerk. He's also a bit weird about some things. Most have probably heard the story about his wife and Jim Irsay, but there's another rumor that McDaniels had a player cut loose (forget who) because he was afraid his wife might be attracted to him Unknown whether there's any truth to that mind you, but on the matter of McDaniels being an a--hole and maybe a bit of a flake, there's plenty of evidence. The most recent being that he got pissed off at Antonio Pierce for mentioning the Giants win over the then undefeated Patriots in a pep talk to the team So what would your opinion be? Is the talent worth the, uuumm...eccentricity, or is this a big "hell no"?

Kinda funny (in a dark way) that this news item starts with the word breaking. "Breaking: Deshaun Watson's shoulder"

Daboll was on the Patriots staff for a little while too...

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