Evil Hurney

Looks like the Raiders have cleared the way for making a hire as soon as tomorrow. Gotta think it's AP, unless Harbaugh is taking a visit.

Possibly missed in this is those are the ONLY two teams he has agreed to interview with thus far. Every team except the Raiders have requested; although the Raiders appear to be keeping things quiet.

Relevant to the GM search.

Agreed. The writer essentially presents this as a ranking of ownership: but then proceeds to put Mark Davis and Dean Spanos above Robert Kraft. An AI could have written a more well thought out article IMO.

The in-vogue thing is to sh!t on the Panthers for some easy laughs so obviously at the bottom. The GM search is a whole different animal than the HC search. The idea that Tepper is firing GMs left and right is laughable. Fitterer was literally the first GM he hired, and he gave him 3 years and 2 coaches; he even waited until the end of the season to quietly let him go.

The Panthers are not the only organization that is blocking lateral moves. It is in fact quite common. A quick search will turn up multiple other teams doing the same thing. It's like ya'll just need something else to be upset about. For the lazy, here are the first three that popped up: TL;DR Find something else to be mad at Tepper about.

They still have Mr. Irrelevant as their poster child.

Tampa is tackling really well this game.

Package deal with the GM of your choosing (GM still retains roster control, I don't see Tepper giving up Matt Rhule-type control again for a first-time HC) Contractual guarantees that incentivize multiple seasons; I'm thinking of some type of poison pill in the contract that would make being fired after one year for anything performance-related really expensive. A low-cost QB that is good enough to manage a game and is under team control for a while; enabling you and your GM to build up the rest of the roster. Obviously, money and resources beyond the scope of most other teams in the league. A (very) low bar to clear for deemed "success". Winning say 9 games in a season would make you a savior.

Watched the XFL last year (I have a local team) and plan to watch and probably attend at least one game this year. Excited it came back.

I've seen it reported that DeMeco has essentially told Slowik he should come back for another year. Here's him telling the media something to that effect.

McCarthy might not be too bad as it would put him on the market for the Panthers.

I like the little game being played there. Humans by nature are loss-averse, so suggesting to the Raiders that they might lose Kelly might force their hand.

Bo Nix makes a good deal of sense regionally and for where they are picking in the draft.

I feel like Evero is the floor as far as how far down the list the team will have to go. I don't think he will be option A, B, or even C. I would be interested to know who he'd propose bringing in as OC.

Burns for AJ straight up. Does Howie say no? We could even throw in TMJ if they want a big-bodied WR.

He wasn't. I had him going to the Chargers (the team he's been most linked to). IF Harbaugh stays at Michigan, I could see Vrabel being the consolation prize for the Chargers.

That'd be a pretty boring poll. It'd be mostly people voting for Ben Johnson.

I find it surprising that Callahan doesn't have a single vote. He is one of the more popular candidates trailing only Ben Johnson at the moment in terms of interview requests.

I am also intrigued by Macdonald, but then I wonder if that was the path why not just promote Ejiro. Are they really that different of candidates?

In an effort to get a realistic field of head coaching candidates I did a bit of research and projecting. 1) First, I listed all the reported candidates as well as a few of the bigger names (Belichick, Harbaugh, Vrabel) and organized them by type of hire. 2) Next, I went through and projected the HC for the teams in need based upon current rumors and other connecting-of-the-dots. 3) Finally, I eliminated candidates that seemed to be getting courtesy interviews (Internal and Rooney Rule candidates). Here is the initial list: Former Head Coaches former Patriots HC, Bill Belichick -> Predicting as Falcons HC current Michigan HC, Jim Harbaugh -> Predicting as Chargers HC Cowboys DC, Dan Quinn -> Predicting as Seahawks HC former Titans HC, Mike Vrabel Offensive Minds Bengals OC, Brian Callahan Buccaneers OC, Dave Canales Lions OC, Ben Johnson -> Predicting as Washington HC Eagles OC, Brian Johnson (satisfies Rooney Rule) Ravens OC, Todd Monken Texans OC, Bobby Slowik -> Predicting as Titans HC Dolphins OC, Frank Smith Defensive Minds Panthers DC, Ejiro Evero Ravens DC, Mike Macdonald Rams DC, Raheem Morris (satisfies Rooney Rule) Internal Candidates Panthers Interim HC, Chris Tabor The remaining candidates are shown in the poll. Which would you most want as the next Panthers Head Coach?

I'd say they are the favorites for Ben Johnson now. They are one of the few teams that would probably be willing to give him similar $$$ as Tepper. Also, DC is still pretty close to Chapel Hill.

Figured as much when he didn't interview for the Washington job; they reportedly requested one.

They interviewed him last cycle. Probably knew it was a non-starter and saved themselves the negative press of having him decline an interview.

I don't know that Peters took any other interviews this cycle.