It's a surprising move and then again not surprising but with the AFC potentially on the verge of waving goodbye to the likes of Tom Brady and Ben Roethilsberger within the next year or two. I would have stuck it out with the guy that managed to get you a 9 - 7 record in back-to-back years after taking over a 3 - 13 mess. At this point you would have to think the man taking the job is potentially McDaniels or, dare I say, Jack Del Rio. Which IMHO, both look like lateral moves.

Other than maybe Bill O'Brien no other coordinator under Belichick has seen much success as a head coach. And McDaniels stint in Denver was troublesome. He went the Mangini route and dismantled his team within a year or two. Jack Del Rio just hangs around here and there when he has a decent passer or game manager at QB. But other than that. He's an 8 - 8 / 9 - 7 guy at best these days.

We'll see what happens soon enough.

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