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I mean while I'd love a Mahomes-level talent at QB, let's not forget that if potentially any one of Greenlaw tearing his Achilles running on to the field, Moody getting an XP blocked, a punt hitting a 49er in the leg, the Chiefs recovering 5 (!) of their 6 (!!!) fumbles in the game go the other way, you could've easily seen Brock Purdy SB winning QB. The 49ers were extremely unlucky last night and still arguably should've won the game.

While I agree, let's not forget McDaniels actually accepted a job and then reneged and he still got another head coaching gig. If he directs another top 5 offense next year, he'll have plenty of interest next offseason as well. But he may also be like McDaniels and other good OCs in that he's better as coordinator than as a HC.

Yeah his projections are all over the place. Daniel Jeremiah had him in the first round to the Chiefs in his initial mock though.

Forgot about him - think he's a better pivot than Quinn or the others but who knows.

Selfishly would love to grab Tez Walker at the top of the 2nd. Heard he's been tearing it up at the Senior Bowl so far.

It really does seem like the Commanders were all in on Johnson and got burned. Honestly feels like Tepper last year - think he was ready to hire Johnson and the interview was just a formality then had to pivot once he pulled out and we ended up with a mish mash coaching staff.

He has not

I think they should go back to the drawing board...maybe wait to interview Wilks after the SB? I'd rather have Wilks over any of those three tbh.

Eh, I'm cool with us granting him permission to seek out a trade, but he's under contract for $3m. He's being paid very well. There's enough DC openings that someone may throw us a mid-late round pick to secure his services. I'm not letting him out of a contract he signed just because he's unhappy.

At some point you have to pull the trigger. Like everyone said, there’s only 32 of these gigs and if he has a subpar year or two, he may never be a HC (assuming he wants to be one)

I don't mind having a former HC on staff. I don't like it being Caldwell - would prefer it be someone that Canales has a relationship with, if possible (e.g. Carroll or Dungy)

No need for Caldwell to stay involved, smh

Moton's been a rock at RT and has been more than serviceable IMO. Not point in cutting him, even as a 6/1 release, that would open up $17.5m in cap space in a year where we already have $30m-plus in space and would have to spend a premium pick or money replacing him. Much more likely that we do a base salary restructure again which would open up ~$6.5m in additional space I believe. Personally I would like to roll out the Icky/BC/Bozeman/Corbett/Moton OL again and see if a better scheme or coach can have them playing to their 2022 2nd half potential while investing a mid-round pick in quality T depth.

I'd rather see if Horn can finally make it through a season healthy than ship him off for a 5th round pick or some sort of mid/late round pick swap (e.g. Okudah only netting a 5th rounder from Atlanta). He's shown to be elite when on the field and he's basically in the final year of his deal (I very much doubt his 5th year option gets picked up), so might as well take the gamble at this point. Those who are saying sure if he nets a 1st round pick, that has absolutely zero shot of happening. Okudah was a top 3 pick that played 25 games over his first 3 seasons and only netted a 5th round pick: https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/36159739/lions-trade-former-no-3-overall-pick-jeff-okudah-falcons

Only if they lose. Can’t if they win.

Monken calling an absolutely horrendous game thus far, yeesh. Run the fuging ball

Seattle didn’t interview Macdonald during the period where initial interviews for bye week playoff teams so if they win today Seattle will need to wait until after the SB to interview him for the first time.

Only by 1, I think: OC: Brown out, Idzik likely in ST: Tabor out, Smith likely in OL: Campen out

I wouldn’t mind Russ as legit vet competition/bridge QB IF he is cut and we can bring him in for cheap. Could be a good mentor for Bryce. Doubt it happens but not against it.

I hope we’re also relieving James Caldwell of his duties as well. I know he was apparently part of the GM search, but don’t believe his services are required any longer

I think given the ties and reporting on Idzik, this is pretty clearly a procedural interview to satisfy the coordinator Rooney Rule requirement (must interview one external minority candidate for coordinator roles)

Brown’s been interviewing for OC jobs (interviewed for Bears, Steelers) and we’ve requested Idzik and Marcus Brady for OC interviews, so it’s pretty well understood he won’t be back.

Correcting my above note, Izzo’s been in Seattle for 6 years but has only been their ST coordinator since 2021. Still think he could be a logical candidate given the uncertainty in Seattle.

Wonder if Canales pursues Larry Izzo, the Seahawks ST coach. Seattle’s ST unit ranked 6th and 3rd in Rick Gosselin’s annual ST rankings in 2023 and 2022, respectively. Izzo’s been the Seahawks’ ST coach for the past 6 years so presumably knows Canales. https://www.seahawks.com/team/coaches-roster/larry-izzo https://rickgosselin.com/the-2023-nfl-special-teams-rankings/