Schefter is tweeting something along the lines of Chip Kelly is getting fired.
Him for the offense, Lebeau for D. That's what I want.
The notion of hiring/finding a coach that will solely want to focus on the O is going to make the offseason very difficult. There's a guy! I have no doubt he would be intrigued by the idea of only incorporating his O and developing his boy.
Adams family needs to do some smooth talking.
Chip as the oc would be exciting for sure but why wouldn't he just go back to college?
I don't know. Ya know it's all just some next step everyone is guessing on. Today is just that he's going to be let go from Philly.
I imagine money and happiness are the biggest issues.
He built something at Oregon and that takes some time. Head coaches can move up N down college to NFL, but assistant coaches don't have the same fluidity. He'd also have to get some of "his boys" to go to college with him too.
Recruiting is a challenge at a new school, so he'd have to go to a big established school and not be starting totally fresh in that regard.
Philly fans (and some of their staff) are almost too passionate at times. I think they're going to regret this. He's been 10-6 every year. They're too fired up to see the forest for the trees. Most fans would love a coach/GM that goes after the top RB and wheels N deals to turn 7 picks into 200. They don't have that acceptance that some thing don't work out and that there might have been more with mathis we don't know about. They're all firey excited. The Eagles used to hate McNabb and he got em' to the NFCC, it's hard to word. They're very quick to go from love to hate. I think Kelly was building something good and they just needed to give him time.
I imagine wanting to give up a dozen? players for Mariota meant he was OK taking a step back for a rookie QB because in the long haul MM would become the franchise and brings wins etc. Almost no one ever expects a rook to take em to the Supe. Between MM's presence and replacing all the players he offered, he was looking at at least another year or two before he built whatever team he wanted. This and the fact that he was 10-6 have me guessing he thinks there's some unfinished business and that he believes he is totally capable of winning the Supe. To go back to college and be one of those coaches that couldn't make it in the NFL will hurt his ego. The Titans gotta play this card. Bring up Pete Carroll and Harbaugh and Spurrier and Perkins and Charlie Weis and Al Groh....I don't know you guys can probably think of many more. Maybe not Carroll or Harbaugh...you know what I mean.
Titans have a spread WR who has had an excellent year in the NFL (Wright) and did bring his college coach to meet with Whisenhunt in discussing Mariota this offseason. I'm gonna guess that Wright would quickly be a Kelly guy. MM obviously is. Lewan...who doesn't like an excellent young T? Poutasi is 21. No coach's ego is going to turn that away. Top college FB, he's gotta like that. Better TE than he had in Philly. DGB learned the spread with TE at Oklahoma under Stoops whom he hates/loves respects. Fill in the rest coach. Wheel N deal as you will and get your offense how you want. Lebeau needs a NT and a CB if McCourty leaves. Get em in free agency and Kelly can have the whole draft and 22 mil under the cap to do what he pleases.
Their cap has to be a favorable view for a new coach. Their high priced players are old Griff and McCourty. I think that's 13 mil more if they are gone. 35 mil under the cap might interest this wheeler n dealer. IIRC after Oher, they signed Bell to a creative deal where they can cut him and have minimal risk. There's more $ if he wanted it. Stevens makes enough and is old like Griffin. He could easily come up with a bunch more $ too.
Titans need stability. They could offer years and big pay, then a sweet cap and all the picks.
Too dreamy? not reality? Maybe so but I see nothing on the coaching landscape for 2016...nothing. You know as well as I if they don't try to make something happen we are getting someone that used to coach the Jags D, was a Bucs coach, and began as a Browns coach and expecting them to be a winner. The only thing I can see today is if Miami is stupid enough to let Dan Campbell go as he is "just" an interim coach. Some think Fish doesn't want to go to Cali if the Rams move and we did that already. We don't have a roster of 42 year olds to make Jon Gruden happy nor would I want him. Maybe Gase, Denver now in Chicago doing well with Cutler, maybe. I really don't see much in play yet.
