(01-08-2025, 09:08 AM)Jag88 Wrote: He will probably go back to coaching d-line after this some where.

Perhaps, but he was brought in to run a scheme we weren't yet stocked for and with hopes we could transition more smoothly than it went.  It usually takes at least a couple of drafts to make the switch.  Mistakes were made with not having your best players on the field at times, sure, but I think anyone in the league objectively looking at the situation here this year would be somewhat forgiving to Nielsen given the circumstances.  Again, this comes back to not having all of the info that the people in the building have.  If Nielsen defiantly said to Armstead, for instance, "nah bro, you're playing end in my scheme", that type of thing would get out and damage his reputation.  If he was told to make chicken noodle soup and handed a bag of potatoes, that's not all on him.  It's more likely he was asked to make chicken noodle soup and handed the noodles and told we'll deliver the chicken to you next offseason, but go ahead and get started on it.

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