(01-04-2022, 06:25 PM)Cleatwood Wrote: https://twitter.com/aroundthenfl/status/...60641?s=21

Outstanding!

Wouldn't mind him here one bit. Here's a quick run down on him and why I think he's a great fit for this team at the moment. 

For starters. He's a Tony Dungy guy. He was with him in Tampa Bay in 2001 for a year and then quickly followed him over to the clots in 2002 - 2008 where he assisted him as the HC and coached up Manning. 

He took over in 2009 - 2011 and had immediate success. Again, Manning helped there. We all know how 2011 ended. It was ugly and the suck for Luck sweepstakes was very real. After he was fired it took less than two weeks for Harbaugh and the Ravens to snap him up. From 2012 to 2013 he was able to coach up and coordinate the Ravens into a SB win with Flacco as his QB. 


This landed him a job in Detroit, where, IMHO, really showcases his abilities as a headcoach for this team in Jacksonville. From 2014 - 2017 Detroit saw a good amount of success under him. Success they really hadn't seen much prior to him and since him. He was able to Stafford's completion percentage up consistently with Joe Lombardi. This was also with two years of Calvin Johnson Jr. retired. 

He then ended up in Miami with Flores in 2019. That's the year Fitzpatrick was playing his best football since 2015 when he was with the Jets. That was also for a team with a blown up roster that went 5 - 11. Completely devoid of talent at that time. 

Not overly concerned with his age. He's 66. Carroll is 69 (Noice). Belichick is 68 as is Arians. Zimmer and Culley are 65. Reid is 63. I would expect he probably gives the team a solid 2 - 3 years and he's already got his replacement in mind to take over the team like he did for Dungy when they were paired up with the clots. 

Hopefully he's got some interesting connections for the GM position. Would be cool to see him pull Ozzie Newsome out of retirement. Or maybe he ties with the Dolphins from his recent stint in 2019. Allen would be interesting. Or maybe even Rick Smith. Hell, who knows?

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