2019-20 NFL coaching carousel thread

Montana never 'mentored' Young.
Favre never 'mentored' Rodgers.
I think Brees has done quite a bit of it with Taysom Hill, but it's a rare thing.

 

I do love this idea that vets are expected by sportswriters and fans to help train their replacements before being shown the door. Uh, Jack? This is Timmy one of our interns. We'd like you to take him under your wing, introduce him around the locker room to your sources, observe your writing process etc. Cool?
Hell, I once had an editor who told us to "map our beats" - produce a document with sources and contact info, major issues on the beat in the future etc. I'd totally understand it if someone gives their two weeks notice - but this was newsroom wide. All sections.

 

I hope people told that editor to fuck off. For one thing, it's a serious sin to give up your sources to anybody but editorial leadership with the presumption of confidentiality.

 

This is really the only one I could see, with Vrabel there. Has a Montana on the Chiefs kind of feel to it.

 

Except that the Titans already have a better quarterback.

 

That's just it. People seem unwilling to accept he's not too far above league average.

 

Alex Smith was a big help to Mahomes, which the latter readily acknowledges.

 

And I think that's being kind to him. He's well below average statistically this year, and I think the eyeball test was worse than the stats.

 

I did a moderately deep dive into his stats this year, and the one area where he was among the league leaders was turnover avoidance. Since Brady was among the leaders in pass attempts until the last few weeks of season, that's notable. Otherwise, he was average overall and way below average in yards per attempt and TD percentage. As I've posted here before, by my eyes Brady was much more willing to accept a play had no shot than in past years, leading to deliberately awful throws for the sake of turnover/sack avoidance.

 

Throwaways aren't intentional grounding. The rule on that is very specific and limited as another means of protecting quarterbacks. As long as it gets to the sideline and past the line of scrimmage, it ain't gonna get called.

 

That's why I suggested he would be a good fit in Tampa Bay - they seem like the team that would benefit most, going from a guy who turns the ball over constantly to one who doesn't.