[snip] It was a similar outcome in 2015: Team president Tom Lewand and GM Mayhew were axed midseason, and Caldwell was spared just long enough to shepherd his team to the butcher. Except a funny thing happened: Newly promoted offensive coordinator Jim Bob Cooter got Stafford playing the best football of his life. As shown in the highlighted stat line above, the Lions’ final eight games of 2015 were a quarterbacking masterpiece. The Lions averaged 26.1 points per game, over a touchdown more than the 18.6 points they averaged in the first half of the season, and they went on a 6-2 run that started with the Lions going into Green Bay and winning for the first time since 1991. [/snip]
(besides that, how can a coach named Jim Bob Cooter NOT be destined for great things in NFL coaching? Anything he does in Detroit that doesn’t involve burning down the stadium will probably result in improvement. And come to think of it...
Oh wow, SF dumped Tomsula after one season, now hired Chip Kelly who was poop-canned by the Eagles. The Niners are whiners, and need a type-A/asskicking coach, so, good fit.
Hue Jackson got hired by the Browns, and plans to have *no* offensive coordinator, I like that, a battlefield general. He needs to beat Manziel with a bag of oranges if he doesn’t shape up during the offseason. Or beat him now. Or both. He only took the job if they’d dump Manziel, but at least this way Manziel would be beaten before he left. There’s almost no interest in him, best chances are to Dallas or to the Rams (wherever they wind up).
As mentioned in msg 401 above, Megatron is talking retirement, the team needs room under the salary cap, best option for both would be to deal him to a team in contention so Calvin will have a shot at a Ring. If that is the route, let it be to an AFC team.
RG III’s probably going to find a new team, but he’s already played his best ball, sadly.
http://espn.go.com/blog/nflnation/post/_/id/195922/as-many-as-eight-teams-could-have-interest-in-redskins-qb-robert-griffin-iii