Kolek planning to go pro
Packers injury report will be interesting for Saturday.Cobb activated off the ILMVS doubtfulBak questionableBilly Turner will be backJaire, Z and Mericilus could all be back too.Lots of rust in some of these guys but that's a lot of impact players who have not been in the grind for quite some time and could be fresh.
MVS notwithstanding, Packers fans better hope this is a lot of posturing. There's a whole lot of not good on that report
IMO, having Billy Turner back is way more impactful than having Bakhtiari back. Bak has been on the field for a quarter or two the entire year? Jaire, Z'darius and Mercellus are all bonuses at this point.
Jim Caldwell turning down interview offers. Seems to be focusing on Bears and Jags. https://thespun.com/nfl/afc-west/las-vegas-raiders/jim-caldwell-reportedly-declined-interview-requests-from-2-teams
Except kelly has played almost as well or as well as Turner, so not much gain there. Bakhtiari is a clear upgrade over Nijman. The question is how well Bak holds up.
My assumption is that Turner was going to replace Nijman.
of course he'd want to go to those two franchises, mediocrity would be celebrated
Caldwell got the Lions to the playoffs twice. That is a pretty talented coach in my opinion.
he couldn't beat winning teams (4 wins in 4 years) and the team melted down in 2016, losing their last three and having to go to Seattle for the playoffs (where they forgot to show up). Then in 2017 they were mediocre in the second half of the season and missed the playoffs. He is what he is, mediocre.
My problem with Caldwell as a hire for the bears, is his age. I'm not sure how innovative he'd be. I'm sure he's also got "his guys" for coordinators/position coaches as he's been around a while. Again, not sure how that plays out for creativity. Lovie was a good coach. He hired crap staff around him cause they were "his guys". Mike Tice as on offensive coordinator? Etc.
Well they hired Nagy as the young, up and coming innovative offensive coach. How did that work out?
So that disproves my statement?I don't want a specialist/guru as HC. I want a CEO culture/leader.
Well maybe i am misunderstanding what you wrote. Did you not say, your problem with Caldwell is his age. You were not sure how innovative he would be, or how creative his assistants would be. There was nothing in your post about ceo/culture/leader. If that is what you want Caldwell is your guy. My point was the innovative guys dont always work out either.
But Caldwell's downfall, imo, is his age and being enveloped by the "good ol' boys" club.He'll hire his buddies like Lovie did - tice, tucker, babich, etc. He won't be hiring a up and coming coordinator to modernize the offense, etc.Does that make sense?
I'm not sure they had many options with Rhule clearly being a lame duck coach, but the Panthers hiring Ben McAdoo as offensive coordinator?