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by Brian (DaBolts) on Jan 13, 2009 8:13 AM PST

Cromartie played the season with a hip fracture.

Ron Rivera is interviewing with Detroit, I guess there is no where to go but up for the Lions.

LT is debating surgery for his groin injury. Please don't pull a Merriman on us; if it were done when 'tis done, then 'twere well it were done quickly.

Canepa thinks about Chargers, perhaps post LT. That just feels wrong.

Tony Dungy goes off to a well earned retirement.

Josh McDaniels leaves the Pats to coach the Broncos. I dunno, this guy doesn't look like he has even started shaving yet, and most of Belichick's flunkies have flunked out as coaches. I really expected a defensive wizard.

The Chiefs are looking at Rex Ryan as head coach, the Pats' Pioli is still the leading contender for the GM position.

It looks like Jim Schwartz has the inside track for the Lions job.

The Broncos get Nolan for their defensive coordinator. This seems odd too; nobody was mistaking the 49ers with Pittsburgh. What the heck are they doing?

I always like McNabb; why the Eagles benched him and started pushing him to the door I don't know.

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I don't think Rex Ryan and Scott Pioli

are in competition for the same job.

by Lenny Suckerpunch on Jan 13, 2009 10:24 AM PST reply actions

They most certainly are not

1-10-DEN 18 (9:52) (Shotgun) 6-J.Cutler pass short right intended for 19-E.Royal INTERCEPTED by 93-L.Castillo (95-S.Phillips) at DEN 18. 93-L.Castillo to DEN 14 for 4 yards (62-C.Wiegmann). 6-J.Cutler pouts ob to DEN 25 for 11 yards.

by Wonko on Jan 13, 2009 10:29 AM PST up reply actions

Yup

My mistake.

"Football is a physical sport, sometimes you have a disagreement on what's going on, and you have a discussion about it." Kris Dielman

by Brian (DaBolts) on Jan 13, 2009 10:53 AM PST up reply actions

I like Nolan

He was handicapped in SF by team mismanagement. He ran some good Ravens defenses before the 49ers hired him. The team convinced itself it was on the brink of contention when really they had just padded their win total with some fluky games all the while playing like one of the worst teams in football. I don’t think Nolan was ready to be a head coach and have to handle head cases like Vernon Davis and manage a QB carousel that happened there. But he’s a good DC and will be able to use what he learned in SF to help McDaniels.

The interesting thing is that he’s a 3-4 guy. Will he want to bring that to Broncos? It took him his entire stay in SF to finally get the personnel in place to where everyone at there position fit the 3-4 mold. Are they willing to endure those growing pains in Denver? As long as Shanahan was there, they never really did rebuilding years. They were either middle of the pact or playoff contenders. Maybe the rebuilding is just on defense and they figure it can’t get any worse while they transition. The McDaniels’ version of the Patriots offense should translate well to the cut blocking OL, fungible RBs, and gunslinging QB that the Broncos already have, so I don’t expect rebuilding there. It’s definitely something to keep an eye on over the next year or so.

by Wonko on Jan 13, 2009 10:48 AM PST reply actions