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Around The NFL: Mike McDaniel, current & newly hired OC for the Chargers eying the Bills Head Coaching job? & More!
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00:00You know one of my favorite coaches in all of the land is Black Mike.
00:04Black Mike, Mike McDaniel, who we were just talking about recently.
00:08He accepted, and I had to go back and check.
00:10Yeah, he's with the Chargers.
00:11He did accept the job to be the offensive coordinator of Chargers
00:14to help Justin Herbert, you know, in that offense.
00:17I was afraid of them now.
00:18I'm like, oh, this is an interesting team.
00:20It looked like a cool partnership.
00:22What are we doing? It's a done deal.
00:23All of a sudden, we're seeing that Mike McDaniel is still out here coaching.
00:30So it seems as though the case is if Mike McDaniel gets one of these head coaching jobs,
00:36he will go be a head coach.
00:36If he doesn't, then he will go be the offensive coordinator for the Los Angeles Chargers.
00:41And I, one, did not realize that Mike McDaniel, that Black Mike,
00:45loved Cliff Kingsbury so much doing a USC thing to Texas Tech that he did.
00:50But also, or was it Texas Tech or wherever he went?
00:53But also, why would the Chargers okay this?
00:57It's weird, ain't it?
00:58It's very weird.
00:59It's weird now, like, once you consider this, it's failing up for Black Mike, as you call him now.
01:06Y'all, I got a lot of folks giving him a little bit more credit than I'm willing to.
01:10You know why I call him Black Mike.
01:11No, I do understand, but I just, I don't know if it's enough for me to go that far.
01:16But anyway, I'll digress on that point.
01:19Like, just the part of, think about this.
01:20No matter where he goes or where he ends up, because obviously he's not going, he's not going to be the head coach of the,
01:27he's not going to be the coach of the Dolphins anymore.
01:29He's probably going to get a better job than the one he got fired from.
01:33Like, I would argue, obviously being a head coach is better than being an offensive coordinator.
01:37But if you're not going to be the head coach, like, being Justin, being the guy that can fix Justin Herbert or help him get over the hump is just as good of a job probably as being in a quarterback list Miami Dolphins squad.
01:50And then whatever head coaching job he gets, you got to imagine he'll like that better as well.
01:54So this is the ultimate failing upward as far as the Chargers.
01:58I guess they're looking at it as like, hey, you know, at the very least, you know, he doesn't get the job and we get Mike McDaniel.
02:04And if not, we'll go from there.
02:06And to your point, the head coaching job we're talking about is the Bills.
02:09So he's going to have an opportunity to coach with a significantly better quarterback than he previously had.
02:14Even as an OC, he's going to get paid very handsomely.
02:17Yeah.
02:18It's not, I mean, he's not going to get head coach money, but it's going to be pretty damn good.
02:20It's going to be probably a couple million.
02:22And then the other thing is that you talk about, you know, there has, you know, how does this happen?
02:28This has to have been just a conversation with Jim Harbaugh, right?
02:30I mean, because no, no organization would say, yeah, we want to hire you.
02:36We got the contract ready, but go ahead and interview somewhere else.
02:38It's got to be Harbaugh saying, look, I get it.
02:40And I like this also because of the talent, right?
02:43Because offensive coordinator wise, that is that he's the peak of what we're talking about.
02:47So I get that perspective.
02:48The problem is if he does go get a head coaching job, which just to let you know, the Bill's head coaching interview schedule, Mike McDaniel today, Saturday, they're talking to Anthony Lynn, commander's run game coordinator for a former Dolphins, or rather.
03:02And he's, he's done some other head coaching stuff.
03:04Anthony Weaver, Dolphins defensive coordinator and Grant Udinski on Sunday.
03:08They've got a packed lineup of coaches to still look at.
03:12And another one, which we'll talk about here in a moment.
03:14I was going to say you're missing one.
03:15There's one more that we'll talk about in a moment that I will bury.
03:18The lead there, but like, he feels like he's the best name on there.
03:22Yeah.
03:22So like he could easily go.
03:24And then you're now back in the offensive coaching search.
03:27But it also speaks to how desirable you have to imagine at least the charges offensive coordinator job is because like, if I'm the charges, I'm thinking, man, if I, if I do this,
03:37I basically kind of announced Mike McDaniel is my offensive coordinator, but then he goes and gets another job or a head coaching job, that's definitely going to make the next offensive coordinator or whoever I am less than or not desired or whatever it is.
03:52But again, the leverage would be in the favor of the charges, because whoever you are, you get to come coach with, with Harbaugh and you get to coach Justin Herbert.
04:01But who is that?
04:02Whoever you are.
04:03Yeah, no, that's the other aspect.
04:04And that is the part where it feels like they're leaving themselves kind of hanging dry.
04:07But you got to think they've got a contingency plan for that as well.
04:09If this is how they're going to play it.
04:11Now, one thing about Jim Harbaugh, and it's cool if I mess it up, because John Harbaugh, his brother, they like passing coordinators and assistants back and forth.
04:21Have you noticed that?
04:22Like if you interview with one of them, you could probably get a job with either of them.
04:25Very incestuous.
04:26It seems like that's what's going to be the case is Jesse Minter is the new head coach in Baltimore.
04:30Salute to him.
04:30He was previously the defensive coordinator with the Chargers.
04:33So the Chargers now looking for a defensive coordinator themselves.
04:36You know who's the name that they're looking at?
04:38Former Baltimore Ravens defensive coordinator, Zach Orr.
04:42I was like, all right.
04:42So this is what we talk about when we talk about the incestuous nature of the NFL coaching.
04:47It's like a tea party, man.
04:49You got to figure like Jim and John probably just talk all the time to where they're probably not the same personality.
04:57We see that, but probably close to the same brain.
04:59Like basically when it comes to football coach, essentially the same guy.
05:03Yeah.
05:03So I thought that that was funny.
05:05But yeah, shout out to Jesse Minter.
05:06How did you like that as a Baltimore Ravens hire considering, you know, Lamar Jackson is the quarterback.
05:11They go and get a nice young and upcoming.
05:14Well, actually, I say young and upcoming.
05:15He's one of the guys that people look at as a really good defensive mind, especially schematically with the defensive coordinator.
05:21But hiring a defensive head coach there in Baltimore.
05:24Yeah, it surprised me because you would think, given that you have Lamar Jackson there, that all the priority would be in surrounding him with people that make him feel comfortable and that you're doing things that maximize Lamar Jackson's ability, especially given the, you know, his style of play.
05:42You don't know how long you're going to have that at peak Lamar Jackson.
05:46So you want to maximize that.
05:48But also the issue with the Ravens.
05:49And we talked about this.
05:50We saw this ourselves with them playing them this year.
05:53And of course, they were injured quite a bit.
05:55But the defense, like the Ravens defensively have not like outside of Kyle Hamilton and a couple of players here and there.
06:01They have not been the Ravens that we have grown accustomed to.
06:05And so they're probably trying to tap back into that, back into that Ravens identity.
06:09They figure, hey, we got Lamar Jackson.
06:10We can figure that part out.
06:12But let's get this defense right.
06:13And let's kind of have a much more complimentary team like we used to when we were really down.
06:17I think it could actually be a good thing.
06:19We just talked about, you know, he's from that Harbaugh cloth, right?
06:23Well, what's Jim Harbaugh doing?
06:25He's getting a badass offensive coordinator and saying, go do it.
06:28I think Orr could do the exact same thing with the offense and then take care of the defense because that's the bigger issue, really.
06:33Or you mean mentor.
06:34Mentor, yeah, yeah, yeah.
06:35They all just swapping.
06:37Like you said, key party.
06:39They just swapping, man.
06:40Same thing, same tree.
06:41Yeah, fair enough, fair enough.
06:42All right, now I need to bring you to the news of 30 minutes ago that I honestly, shout out to our text line because y'all always try and keep us abreast of things that are happening if we're not seeing them.
06:52And sometimes I see things and I'm like, I need to double check because there's no way that's the thing.
06:56I think everybody did.
06:57Per Adam Schefter, 30 minutes ago, maybe even 40 minutes ago at this point, former Colts quarterback and current St. Michael Catholic high school coach.
07:06He's still going by that?
07:09Phillip River today for the Buffalo Bills head coaching job.
07:12Hey, Brandon B, what the hell are you doing, man?
07:15Hey, does this not have the Josh McCown feel of it?
07:20Without question.
07:20Like, is this basically that?
07:22Except, you know, obviously Phillip River is a much better player, but it's the same type of thing, right?
07:27A guy who everybody respects his football mind and his football acumen and even what he did on the field and even his personality and how he interacts with guys.
07:36And there's nobody that's got a bad word to say about the guy.
07:39But does that mean he gets to just cut the line?
07:42Yeah, look.
07:42Straight like that.
07:43Now, they do this in the NBA.
07:45They do this in other places.
07:46It's not really something that they typically do in the NFL.
07:49So, it's against conventional wisdom.
07:51I think that's a big part of it.
07:53But you feel like there is a process that's supposed to go along with this.
07:57You don't just go from playing week 16 or whatever it was, 17, 16, whatever it was.
08:02That's right.
08:03You don't go from playing week 16 to head coach on week one the next season.
08:08That's kind of odd.
08:09I would take him as an offensive coordinator in a minute.
08:13I would absolutely take him as an OC in a minute.
08:15We kind of saw it when he didn't even really know what was going on other than he knew the offense.
08:19From high school level.
08:20And played pretty damn well once he got to Indianapolis.
08:23I would hire him as an OC in a minute.
08:25At minimum, quarterback's coach and pay him what he wants.
08:27Yeah.
08:28But head coach is a different thing.
08:30Yeah.
08:30It seems like in the NFL, that's something that you're supposed to more so earn.
08:34Then it's just like a vibe a guy could be.
08:36Because I think all of us probably think Phillip Rivers could be a good head coach at some point.
08:41Like that would not shock anybody if it turned out down the road,
08:45Phillip Rivers is some kind of excellent head coach or offensive guru.
08:49But 16 to week one the following year, there feels like something was missed there.
08:56Also, does that not feel like the type of hire that you would make if you were, say, I don't know.
09:04Let's see.
09:04Who's the Titans who were looking for a coach or the Browns who were looking for a coach?
09:10The Bills are very much in a you've got to nail this one.
09:13You know what it feels like to me?
09:15That's the type of hire an owner makes.
09:17Keep in mind, this is the owner that interrupted the press conference.
09:19Yeah.
09:20And kind of shot from the hip in firing McDermott.
09:24This to me is like, you know, you mentioned Brandon Bean.
09:28He's going about it trying to find head coach candidates that could help and fit.
09:32And the owner said, now let's bring in Phillip Rivers.
09:35You might be giving Brandon Bean a little too much credit here as well.
09:38Although I do think that it gives the air of we are no stone unturned.
09:43But I feel like some stones need to remain where they are.
09:47I feel like we need to also be very diligent in the ones that we turn over.
09:50Yeah, yeah, no stone unturned is one way to put it.
09:53I looked at it as more so desperation.
09:56Yeah.
09:56It feels like it reeks of desperation.
09:58That's the owner.
09:59Yeah, yeah.
10:00By the owner.
10:01I mean, maybe even the firing of Sean McDermott itself.
10:04Like all of it.
10:06Everything that they've done since that season ended over the weekend has felt desperate.
10:09From firing Sean McDermott to this idea that Phillip Rivers is going to skip the line.
10:14Some other things around the NFL.
10:17I don't want to do this callously or anything, but did you see Jim Irsay, the late owner of the Indianapolis Colts?
10:28The FBI is investing.
10:30Immediately when he passed, people were like, there's no foul play involved.
10:33And I was like, huh?
10:35I mean, if that was what it was, that was what it was.
10:38There's now, according to a story in the Washington Post, that the FBI probe is looking into Jim Irsay's relationship and substance abuse with a doctor, Dr. Harry Haritunian, who is a California addiction specialist.
10:56And I'm just like, oh, this gets to a nefarious place that I'm not comfortable with.
11:00Yeah, it's sad because, I mean, there's nothing surprising about that headline.
11:03I saw that post from the Washington Post.
11:05I did not get to read the story.
11:07But this is unfortunate.
11:09It's also, again, like I said, it's not something that I think really, as sad as it is, it would not be shocking to anyone.
11:15No, I don't think it would be shocking to anyone.
11:17I think when people with addiction come out of addiction, a lot of times there are prescription drugs that are obviously prescribed to them.
11:27And those prescription drugs become the next thing, and that's what it has all the markings of.
11:32A little bit more before we move on off of around the NFL.
11:36Jeff Halfley, the new Dolphins head coach, we talked about that a little bit, former defense coordinator for the Green Bay Packers.
11:42He had his introductory press conference, and then afterwards he sat down with Cameron Wolfe, shout out to H-Tyne, who talked with him on NFL Network.
11:49This was a little bit of a cut that I found interesting within it.
11:52This was Jeff Halfley talking about how he connects with his players.
11:56That's the most important thing.
11:58It's to go connect with those players.
12:01I mean, that's what this game is all about.
12:02It's about the players.
12:04So while I'm trying to hire staff right now and figure out which way's up, it's always going to be about every one of them.
12:13And if they're in town, I'm going to get every one of them in here, and I want to get to know them.
12:16Because if you can connect with players and show them you love and care about them and love their families and are there for them,
12:22then they're going to let you coach them hard.
12:23And then you won't even have to worry about holding them accountable because they're not going to want to let you down.
12:28And that's something that I've taken so much pride in over the years.
12:30It's about the players, and that's why I'm here.
12:33I thought this philosophy was interesting.
12:35One, as a juxtaposition to what the Mike McDaniel experience was.
12:39But two, this is a dude who was clearly hired because of that in particular.
12:44Does that not sound like somebody that you know?
12:46D'Amico Ryans?
12:47Yeah, they're trying to tap into that type of field.
12:51This just is an example to me of, and we see this all the time, of the zig and zag.
12:56When you let go of one coach, you basically go get the...
12:59Offense to defense, defense to offense.
13:01Even from personality, right?
13:04Tactician to hardcore, hard-ass.
13:06Yeah, relationship guy, right?
13:10Kind of the mathy, nerdy guy to now this is going to be the field guy.
13:14And that's exactly what it is there.
13:15Yeah, so this is just a perfect example of that.
13:18We see this all the time.
13:19I did love him going the further of just when you invest with the dudes
13:22and they believe in you, the accountability becomes easier.
13:25Because I do think that that hits with D'Amico Ryans.
13:28There was questions about, like, is he holding guys accountable?
13:31I did find it interesting.
13:32The way that Halfley laid it out is if you establish how you feel about them,
13:37it'll be internal accountability.
13:40And that does feel like what the Texans have had,
13:42even if it does not feel like that on the outside looking in at times.
13:45Yeah, I agree with that.
13:46I think that there is a lot more accountability than there's a difference
13:51between internal accountability and the accountability that we get in public.
13:55Yeah.
13:55Right?
13:55And so some of the things that they're not willing to say in public,
13:58I think they are willing to say behind the scenes.
14:01Now, what are the results that they get from that?
14:04It's its own thing.
14:05But I do think that they're built from the right stuff
14:08or built with the right stuff.
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