Official Black Monday Thread

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Always the same:

Dan Steinberg @dcsportsbog
Life is a never-ending succession of NFL teams adding ping pong tables w/stories about how they're finally coming together as a family and enjoying each other's company, and NFL teams removing ping pong tables w/stories about how they're finally taking football seriously.

No spin zone: How ping-pong annually impacts the NFL playoffs

Part of the problem with coaches is that they have too much time on their hands.

[Deputy Nutz]

TJs not a perfect kid - lots of stories at Pewaukee HS - but all you have to do is look at his brothers to see what kind of player he would project out to be. This was a big time blunder in my opinion. That said, if we have Watt I highly doubt we have ZaDarius and Z is probably the better player anyway.

Kevin King and whatever draft pick we got to trade back versus TJ Watt was a bad move regardless of who we have now. Maybe we wouldn't have drafted Rashan Gary? Who the hell knows, but at least Kevin King played all 16 games this year.

[Anti-Polar Bear]

Kevin King and whatever draft pick we got to trade back versus TJ Watt was a bad move regardless of who we have now. Maybe we wouldn't have drafted Rashan Gary? Who the hell knows, but at least Kevin King played all 16 games this year.

King actually missed the Redcoat game.

Todd coulda drafted Watt and still gotten another 6-3, 4.4ish, injury-prone, inconsistent corner in the 2nd at the Josh Jones pick: Ahkello Witherspoon of Colorado.

[Fosco33]

Saw this...

If McCarthy is the guy, the name I'm told to watch for as a potential GM is that of Jon-Eric Sullivan, the co-director of player personnel in Green Bay. McCarthy, of course, knows him from his time with the Packers.

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So, maybe Garrett isn't going?

Ian Rapoport @RapSheet
@GMFB Weekend: The #Cowboys did not officially move on from coach Jason Garrett on Friday, and sounds like nothing is expected this weekend. Tune in Monday?

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Cleveland Browns @Browns

We're set to interview San Francisco 49ers defensive coordinator Robert Saleh today for our head coach opening.

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Ian Rapoport @RapSheet
The #Giants have 2 interviews set for today: #Chiefs OC Eric Bieniemy & #Ravens DC Wink Martindale, who hopes to replicate Bill Parcells path: Ex-LB coach, 2 years as DC, then HC of the Giants. Martindale has helped build a culture around that defense & players swear by him.

[Joemailman]

McCarthy to meet with Cowboys. He will be the first to interview with Cowboys.

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McCarthy to meet with Cowboys. He will be the first to interview with Cowboys.

So Garrett is gone I would guess. Don't think McCarthy would publicly acknowledge an interview if he was still the coach negotiating a deal.

[Joemailman]

Cowboys to also meet with Marvin Lewis. https://www.profootballrumors.com/20...h-marvin-lewis

[Joemailman]

Upwards of 10 coaches may interview for Browns job, including Mike LaFleur. https://www.profootballrumors.com/20...search-tracker

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Joe Banner @JoeBanner13
The Cowboys should hire McCarthy while everyone else is running around the country and waiting for playoff coaches to be free. He is not a sure thing, but as good or better than any of the names out there to succeed

Ian Rapoport @RapSheet
In recent years, the focus on Mike McCarthy was on his relationship with Aaron Rodgers. But it’s worth noting McCarthy's massive role in helping Rodgers become what he’s become. This would be a Dak-friendly hire, among other positives.

[texaspackerbacker]

As a secondary Cowboys fan, I really don't want McCarthy. It's way more like having Favre and Rodgers made McCarthy seem good than the other way around.

[CaptainKickass]

McCarthy is meeting with the Dallas Cowboys on Saturday, checking off the fourth and final vacancy after previously interviewing with the New York Giants, Cleveland Browns and Carolina Panthers.
The Washington Redskins, the only team that didn’t meet with McCarthy, already hired former Carolina Panthers coach Ron Rivera.

Source

https://packerswire.usatoday.com/2020/01/04/former-packers-coach-mike-mccarthy-has-now-interviewed-for-all-four-coaching-vacancies/

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Joe Banner @JoeBanner13
The Cowboys should hire McCarthy while everyone else is running around the country and waiting for playoff coaches to be free. He is not a sure thing, but as good or better than any of the names out there to succeed

Ian Rapoport @RapSheet
In recent years, the focus on Mike McCarthy was on his relationship with Aaron Rodgers. But it’s worth noting McCarthy's massive role in helping Rodgers become what he’s become. This would be a Dak-friendly hire, among other positives.

Yep to all of these things. McCarthy makes way too much sense for Dallas. He's the best coach available right now. As a Packer fan, I really dislike the move. As a McCarthy fan, I think it makes a lot of sense for him and certainly stability that the other openings do not.