Bear Hands

Skip and Shannon are just mega annoying click chasers. They never seem to have a pulse on any of the teams they talk about in any sort of depth. Just crap ESPN shows being crap.

True, it'd still be cool to grab one or two to grow with the young gun from day 1. Could help create an entirely new and tight locker room. I hear ya though. I'll tell you one thing, it's sure as hell refreshing to be past the HC hire and look towards the build out now.

Yeah, my only added want within this type of move is adding weapons on rookie deals that fit well and can grow with our QB. If you find the guys that fit, you find a way to get them. This draft has some really promising mid rounders at WR, TE, & RB. Land a Stroud, you can still get some variation of a WR/TE/RB combo pack. There's a lot to like after the consensus R1 ranks...some ideas being... WR: Josh Downs, Rashee Rice, Jonathan Mingo, Malik Knowles, Moreno-Cropper TE: Luke Musgrave, Dalton Kincaid, Luke Schoonmaker RB: Zach Charbonnet, Sean Tucker, Tyjae Spears, Chase Brown, Roschon Johnson, Abanikanda

I'm a proponent of a trade up if we identify a franchise guy. Simple as that. It shouldn't feel like an, oh well, Richardson is the only one left, let's just grab him at 9 and hope we develop him. It should be a proactive get for the QB we want, and yeah, I would wager some future picks. It's not like we can't still draft and find more talent. Depending on where the trade up is, we could easily keep one of our seconds and mid rounders. So what if we're missing out on what could've been a Terrace Marshall, Tommy Tremble, or YGM pick that was included in the trade. Those choices show those picks on their own are gambles in their own right. The whole draft is guesswork anyways. If you think you've found the best guy in it and can grab him, f*cking do it.

Manuel is no slouch. I'm sure Reich has a top-3 to 4 guys in play, will definitely be interested to see how it unfolds.

Yup. Both interviews give reason to be optimistic about the staff. A HC becomes great with the guys around him. Reich seems to have learned a lot on building out his crew. Hopefully the mix of guys he's alluding to is followed through. My biggest takeaways with this first day-ish: -Lively offense. QB centric w/intelligence & playmaking being top traits -Balanced coaching staff -- wants the experienced, up and comers, the yellers, & the reserved. They all have their place. Can't have too many of any particular type, it's about both being quality and complimentary. -He really likes our defensive core and wants to keep building it. I think we're trying to get one of these top guys pretty swiftly. Gonna guess Manuel. There's no "program" to buy into or whatnot. He sounds like he's very sound, matter of fact and wants to build in a smart, balanced, methodical way. Complimentary pieces, all about cohesion and intelligence.

Straight up Tabor & OL shout out. Bodes well for Tabor & Camped staying (hopefully)

Once Arthur is fired this year, he can get the whole Nashville crew back together.

I know many may not want to hear it, because many (including myself) want to do what we can to land Stroud or Young, but Derek Carr has become a very real possibility. It's not my ideal move, but I'd advise to not be surprised if that turns up. Brissett, Wentz, Foles, sure, one of those guys may end up here instead of Darnold to supplement a rookie, but I wouldn't discard the Carr possibility.

Methinks Houston is waiting to announce Jonathan Gannon once the Iggles win the SB. Can definitely see Ryans happening in Denver, it's really him or Shaw at this point.

With Quinn returning to Dallas, Shaw or Ryans become the new front runners in Denver. Is Indy seriously going with 1-10 Saturday? 2nd interviews were Evero & Morris but Irsay may still go with his buddy

Mikey Bidwell & him turned their interview into a day's-long date

So yeah....word is Payton may be signing with AZ today.

Bozeman is the only absolute certainty needing to be re-signed, regardless of the offensive scheme we're bringing in. The rest, I think we can figure it out with coaching identifying the fits that are out there. Would think Shaq on a discount would be dope, but we'll see. He'll be a decent/slightly above-avg LB on his 3rd contract, it's not going to be as much as his last one (by any means), but we'll have to see what type of defense we're building and if he fits.

Thanks dude

Rhule's staff was such a weird "experienced but not successful" hodgepodge of misfit toys. It was so bad. Hell, McAdoo ended up looking fine compared to some of them. I think Reich is going to have a much more diverse and promising approach to staff building. It's not a life raft to the guys drowning into retirement. He's got good connections.

Yeppp I'm digging going in this type of direction at DC while getting the real experienced staff as positional coaches for fundamentals coaching. We've got one of the youngest rosters. Would love to see a blend of up and comers with upside at coordinator with the experienced guys (who have that experience) as position coaches.

@Mr. Scot Check out Jason Michael. Mentioned him in another thread. Worked with Reich on that OG Chargers squad, was thrust into an OC role early for Ken Wiz at age 28 in TEN (crazy)...& had to work with Locker/Whitehurst/Mettenburger (yikes), and honestly, made then look fine, then coached Mariota's best season. Found his way back to the TE world on Reich's staff in Indy, and is now the Eagles TE coach. Only 37 with that type of experience is wild. Tight with Frank. Lots of road ahead, could be one to look out for as an OC.

Yeah, looking into it, I'm digging this Jason Michael guy. They go back to Reich's first years as a coach, is still really young, had to go through a Joe Brady moment in TEN, and is now part of one of the better staffs out there. I find him super interesting.

Brian Baker is already in Charlotte at UNCC and a Reich staffer. I could see him sliding in on defense positionally. I know the Fangio push is big and apparent, but I really wouldn't mind Marquan Manuel as DC. He also played here, knows Charlotte. Did great back when for Quinn in ATL and is in charge of the best DB room in the league in Philly. They had to deal with some injuries but were still #1. Unsure if he even knows Reich directly but it seems we vetted the top DC candidates, and wouldn't mind a Giants approach where it's not necessarily all buddy-buddy. More a meeting of the budding minds. Offense: Given he fired Marcus Brady, doubt he'd be the frontrunner for OC. I do like Duce Staley. Jason Michael is my darkhorse for OC. Reich worked with him in SD, he left with Ken for TN, and eventually made it onto Reich's Colts staff. Has OC experience--he was the one that faked out people and made Mettenberger and Whitehurst look respectable; then coached up Mariota's best season. He was only like 29/30 years old then so he has a TON of career ahead of him and sounds like he's got Reich's favorability. Where is he now? TE Coach for the Eagles.

long answer: no

Interesting factoid: We interviewed him last year for OC but chose McAdoo over him. Well, Rhule did haha

Banogu & Okereke would be 2 guys to watch. Okereke is a good starting LB.

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