Mr. Scot

Dorsey might be a better quarterback coach than OC.

I don't want Reich to call plays again. Handing the playcalling over to Jim Caldwell would be an option though.

Yeah, that'd be helpful.

We don't have the right kind of linemen to run a zone scheme, especially on the left, but we're trying to do it anyway.

Would be even harder if he fired everybody this season, especially Reich. They go in the next offseason with Adrian Wilson having been added to the front office. It's possible other changes might be made. I've never been a big fan of Cole Spencer myself. Would love to lure Lake Dawson away from the Bills to run the scouting department but I don't know if that's possible. Adding in Scot McLoughan would also be a good move provided there are conditions related to his sobriety. On the coaching staff, I've already said I could see James Campen (unfairly) fired, maybe Thomas Brown as well. OC job could ideally go to someone like Jim Caldwell but Diana Russini mentioned Bill O'Brien as an option that could make sense as well.

We have an offensive line. We're not using them properly.

Jim Caldwell was better.

See above... Might not have thrown a name out there, but the ideas mentioned would definitely fit O'Brien.

I get the "why" of it, but given how bad our offense is right now a change may be inevitable. For what it's worth, Russini said "leadership" wants an offense that more closely resembles Young's college scheme. That may be where the O'Brien idea comes from.

You think they made up the quotes from Brown?

Thomas Brown has had just more than seven weeks since he agreed to terms to become the Panthers' new offensive coordinator to work on building a new playbook from the ground up. ... But the new playbook is ready for players on Monday, the first day they'll officially return for the offseason program. It'll likely feel similar to the first day of school, as Brown will get to teaching immediately. He said that process comes naturally to him, as the son of a teacher and a pastor. Brown's experiences – especially his past with the Rams – color the Panthers' new playbook. Input from head coach Frank Reich and position coaches, along with their roster evaluations, have also played vital roles. And yes, the playbook was built from the ground up. ... "The beginning for myself and the rest of the staff was really breaking everything down to build it back up," Brown said. "So building a brand-new offense from ground zero essentially based on what we've done before, both myself in my previous experiences from the Rams, but also in college as well. Then kind of blending together with what Frank has done, and guys in the room as well." Thomas Brown dives into the work behind creating an all new playbook

I wouldn't say he can't have success. Lots of guys take a step back. Sean Payton did. As far as the playbook though, per Browns own words, he wrote it himself. It includes influences and philosophies from both McVay and Reich, but the play designs are his own.

Is take Jim Caldwell over Bill O'Brien

Reich stated when he came aboard that the idea was to scheme around the players rather than try to force them into something they don't fit. That hasn't happened at all. The question is why.

Won't know till season's end.

To a degree... The skill players aren't great, but it's also true they're not being schemed well. Put that together with the OL mismatch and you have a mess.

On topic...

Yeah, that article doesn't back you up. It's just Irsay giving a post mortem on that season. Zac Keefer gave a full accounting in The Athletic article linked earlier.

Irsay didn't tell him to get rid of Wentz. Reich did that on his own. Irsay told him to bench Matt Ryan and play Ehringer over Nick Foles. (all reported by Zac Keefer)

He's part of the mess, though. He wrote the plays. I suspect next season he'll go back to being a runningback coach.

Reich had no problem moving on from Carson Wentz. He even apologized to Irsay for not being able to "fix" him. It was the following year when Irsay started trying to dictate the depth chart that things got testy.

It's not just that he's calling the plays. He wrote them.

More from Diana Russini... Bill O'Brien as a head coach isn't something I'd want to see, but he would be an OC option if things go as expected in New England. Personally I'd rather give Jim Caldwell a shot, but who knows what'll happen here?