(01-08-2025, 10:29 AM)Jaguarmeister Wrote:

(01-08-2025, 10:02 AM)Caldrac Wrote: I think Mike Vrabel, Ben Johnson and Kellen Moore would potentially steer clear from here. Which should bother him. Vrabel being the defensive version of Pederson, minus the actual Superbowl Cinderella win. Ben due to coming from and currently working within a great culture in Detroit. Kellen because he has an interesting background of success with everywhere he's worked.

I think Vrabel has ties obviously to New England and perhaps Vegas with Brady there, but I could absolutely see him taking this job.  I get the sense he wants full power and thought he had earned it in tackland but had the rug pulled out from underneath him.  He could view Baalke's current stature here as a means of coming in with essentially full control or perhaps having it a year from now here.  And he'd get the opportunity to shove it to Amy Strunk Adams twice a year.  I wouldn't rule him out.

If the Khans are feeling drawn to the current stat of affairs in Detroit, this could indeed be the way they steer the ship. 

Vrabel's probably the closest thing on the market to that philosophy.

The obvious question then is "who will be the QB whisperer and scheme wizard?" 
TL must have a system put in place that both utilizes his skillset and challenges him to grow beyond his current weaknesses. 

Doug thought he could generate QB success by limiting the amount of reads and localizing the reads to one half of the field frequently.
But rather than making things easier he was unwittingly filling the playbook with low percentage passes. 

The next guy needs to help TL make all the reads in 2 seconds. Not limit them or stack them all in one area.

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