Motown Bombers

Looking at the teams in the playoffs in the NFC, you have Sirianni, Shanahan, O'Connell, Daboll, and Mike McCarthy was originally hired in Green Bay as a young offensive coordinator. Todd Bowles and Pete Carrol were non offensive coordinators in the NFC. Looking at the AFC you have Reid, Taylor, Pederson, and McDaniel as offensive coaches. Only McDermott, Staley and Harbaugh were non offensive coaches. This also doesn't include McVay who won the Super Bowl last year or LaFluer who had the best record in the NFC last year.

Jacksonville's last loss was to the Lions. The Lions beat this team 40-14. The Lions put them away unlike the Chargers.

That Chargers job seems to have Sean Payton written all over it.

Yeah so I think Staley is getting fired.

There had been talk about Staley's job before this injury. With Payton sitting out there, the Chargers are such a good fit for Payton. I would not be surprised to see Staley fired.

Lions would beat Dallas in a rematch plus the Lions have the better QB.

I think I would have the Lions ahead of Minnesota.

I recall Johnson got a lot of credit for that as he became more involved in the designing of the plays and was credited for Goff improving last year. I believe the Lions will have a succession plan in place if Johnson gets a job. The Lions are now a destination for coaches so they will promote someone within to fill Johnson's position and then backfill that position with another coach. The Bills didn't cry when Daboll went to the Giants. They promoted Dorsey and the offense didn't miss a beat.

Amazing how the Packers beat some suspect teams and suddenly they were this unstoppable force and the Lions being 7-2 was completely dismissed. I also like how they thought the hook and lateral was because the Lions had nothing to lose as if this team didn't run a pass play to Sewell with the game on the line and still very much in playoff contention.

I think Johnson is a good fit for Carolina. Let him take a crack at Darnold while he's still young. You can still draft your future QB for Johnson to develop. The Panthers aren't devoid of talent either. They have some pieces. I think teams like Denver and Arizona where you got veteran QBs with baggage you are better off with a more experienced coach.

If Josh McDaniels didn't burn bridges in the NFL, I have no idea how Harbaugh burned bridges. Harbaugh has the receipts.

I was thinking the same thing especially since a guy like Ray Agnew would satisfy the Rooney rule. Agnew also has front office experience with the Rams. I think teams will eventually start to come for the Lions front office.

I'm not sure why Harbaugh didn't get an NFL job after he left the 49ers. I'm not sure why Meyer, Kingsbury, Ruhle all got jobs ahead of Harbaugh. For some reason either NFL teams don't want him or he hasn't seen a job he wanted. To be honest I would rather have Harbaugh than Payton.

Mike McDaniel is another young coach with only one year as offensive coordinator. Did McDaniel even call plays in San Francisco?

Zac Taylor spent part of one season in the NFL as an interim offensive coordinator under Dan Campbell and on the same staff as Ben Johnson and that was four years before he got hired by the Bengals. He was Jared Goff's QB coach. Teams want the next hot shot offensive guru.

Has a Lions coordinator ever been hired by another team as a head coach? Like while they were still a Lions coordinator? I remember Terryl Austin got a little attention but I don't think a Lions coordinator was ever a hot candidate.

Dan Campbell had zero coordinator experience and Vrabel had one year of coordinator experience. These teams theoretically aren't going to have openings next year except for Houston so it's either take the chance on hiring the next McVay or let some other team do it next year.

If Goff played for the Bears this year, he would have set the single season team record in passing yards, QB rating and tied the single season record in TDs. Bears suck.

I think it's Chicago who should tank for Caleb Williams. They can trade out of 1 and have ammunition to move up next year. I see a lot of Bears fans are happy with Fields but he's one of the worst passers. I don't get it.

Lions are in a good position at 6. Either there will be a run on QBs and the Lions will have their choice of top defenders in the draft, or they will be able to trade back and acquire multiple picks. There really doesn't seem to be a downside. It's like Holmes 1st draft where Sewell slid down to 7.

Aaron Glenn's replacement.

I'm all for a trade down. Give Holmes more picks. I used to be one of those who felt 5th and 6th round picks were expendable but then Holmes went and drafted Rodriguez and Houston in the 6th round so I even encourage picking up late round picks.

I hope Ben Johnson and Aaron Glenn get head coaching jobs. Good teams have their coordinators hired by other teams and good coaches having a coaching tree. I want a Dan Campbell coaching tree. Good teams develop new coaches. Do you think Andy Reid cares when teams come for his coaches? The Lions should have coordinators in waiting in case Johnson and Glenn get hired.

I would move on from Vaitai and address the position in free agency or the draft.