One of my Bears fan friends said he was listening to a show that John Jurkovic (remember him) hosts on ESPN Chicago Radio and he said that Joe Barry would be a good hire for the Bears. Attaboy, Jurko!
That Wayne Simmons story....when he fired up Reggie at halftime....
My god....we need another "Wayne Simmons" on the field
The fact he's leaving makes me happy
Brandon Staley will be leaving Green Bay today following his interview with the Packers and will be flying out to Miami to interview with the Dolphins on Monday (@AlbertBreer) #FinsUp https://t.co/w0j0RwiGgp
— FinsXtra (@FinsXtra) January 26, 2024
@packerboi posted:Widening that net..
Brandon Staley, Bills LB coach Bobby Babich and Cowboys DL coach Aden Durde the three known interviews for the Packers DC job. https://t.co/G1q3h4Q3i2
— Matt Schneidman (@mattschneidman) January 26, 2024The #Packers requested permission to interview #Bills LB coach Bobby Babich for their defensive coordinator job, source says. Babich, who recently interviewed with the #Giants for the same role, will meet with Green Bay.
— Mike Garafolo (@MikeGarafolo) January 26, 2024
Meeting with the Cowboys DL coach is not an interview. It’s a chance to brag.
”Hey Durde, remember that day we put up 48 points on you all? That was cool!”
@Boris posted:The fact he's leaving makes me happy
Brandon Staley will be leaving Green Bay today following his interview with the Packers and will be flying out to Miami to interview with the Dolphins on Monday (@AlbertBreer) #FinsUp https://t.co/w0j0RwiGgp
— FinsXtra (@FinsXtra) January 26, 2024
Bulaga's take on Staley was really interesting. Basically, his scheme is incredibly complex and will give offenses fits, but that it has to be run by a veteran group that *really* understands their assignments and passing off assignments based on presnap reads. Cuz if you don't do it correctly you will have guys covering the wrong player and leave tons of WR's wide open.
Bulaga doesn't feel like we have the personnel to handle that complex of a scheme. He made it sound like almost nobody does. It's a perfect utopian scheme that doesn't actually work in the real world.
He also thought that Staley and MLF wouldn't see eye to eye. IE, they are very different personalities and wouldn't mesh well. Kinda like how MLF and Vrabel do not work well together. Conflict of personality. Basically Staley is all ball all the time. MLF is as much about the players as he is about his scheme. Which you kinda have to be if you're a coach at that level.
Definitely like the idea of bringing in someone young to grow with this young team. Please pass on Staley and bring in Christian. Giving up 70 may end up being a positive
Fair point
Look, I know shit went south with the Chargers, but if 3 of the brightest offensive minds in the league think a DC is worth interviewing (one of whom previously employed him) that seems like relevant info we should consider. https://t.co/kd5gpNBAUj
— Peter Bukowski (@Peter_Bukowski) January 27, 2024
I'm going with Christian Parker as the next DC.
Christian Parker is intriguing. Apparently, he's always wanted to coach as at 21 he became CB coach at Virginia State, a defensive analyst at Notre Dame and Texas A&M for a year each and some other stops. He was two years in GB in 2019 as a defensive quality control coach starting when he was 27 for two years, then DB coach of Denver. Denver was 13th in opponent passer rating this year while Surtain and S Simmons became All-Pros. The defenses he's been involved in were Fangio/Barry styles so GB players would be familiar with them. Parker said he learned a lot from Tramon, who learned from Woodson. Payton has held onto him as he's been in Denver three years, so he must be doing something right. Other coaches say he is super bright and an excellent communicator/teacher, and a definite rising star. He may be a bit unseasoned, but who knows?
Based on two separate sources, Christian Parker is currently in Green Bay, and I’m being led to believe has been offered the Green Bay DC job. No word on if it has been accepted.
— Andrew Mertig (@andrewmertig) January 27, 2024
@Floridarob posted:Who is Andrew mertig.
His Twitter profile suggests he doesn't like the word "bubbler".
Parker would be an interesting choice.
Kind of glad (Let’s Go) Brandon Stokely not the choice. Hard to lead cheers for that guy.
Lionhard must have burned bridges.
Just confirmed. He's been offered the job. Source is separate from @andrewmertig's https://t.co/IyHCBDgc21
— Brian Maafi (@Bmaafi) January 27, 2024
@YATittle posted:
Not all as head coaches
@vitaflo posted:Just confirmed. He's been offered the job. Source is separate from @andrewmertig's https://t.co/IyHCBDgc21
— Brian Maafi (@Bmaafi) January 27, 2024
Who was offered what job?
Christian Parker would be interesting. Yes the Broncos got off to a rough start on defense but after the week 5 loss to the Jets, the defense was the reason they won 6 of 7 to get them back in the playoff hunt. And look at their personnel - they had Simmons and Surtain and that was it. This defense should have been bottom 5 based on the lack of talent in their front 7. They were just well coached and didn't make mistakes. Guys like PJ Locke were stepping up and making plays. Vance Joseph was the DC but there were real questions in Denver as to his impact as he's never really had a good defense.
He's young so that adds risk. But things in Denver actually looked pretty good the last 12 weeks of the season and this Packers defense has much more talent. The fact that Payton kept him on staff after Fangio was fired says something too, most coaches clean house when they walk in.
Like what I see in that video. The guys will love playing for him.
Denver probably trying hard to keep him. I like what I saw on the video; he's a teacher. He likes talking to the guys. I have a hard time believing JoBa talked on almost every rep. Parker looks like a guy the young guys would play for.
Could be a bidding war. Hopefully MLF can sway him.
The only other Christian Parker DC interview reported was with Patriots who promoted DeMarcus Covington from within. So…
Get er done! ✅
Still trying to figure how anyone inside the Packers organization leaks it to this guy first.
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I’m not surprised the #Packers DC search is being done by cloak and dagger while other teams are tweeting out their interviews.
— Peter Bukowski (@Peter_Bukowski) January 29, 2024
Last cycle, Jim Leonhard did an interview on turning down the job causing Matt LaFleur to have to publicly address having to hire his No. 2 choice.
@Orlando Wolf posted:Still trying to figure how anyone inside the Packers organization leaks it to this guy first.
Just confirmed. He's been offered the job. Source is separate from @andrewmertig's https://t.co/IyHCBDgc21
— Brian Maafi (@Bmaafi) January 27, 2024
@WildeAndTausch are speaking about @Bmaafi and @andrewmertig about the Parker inside info right now
— Wiley Nash II (@WileyNashII) January 29, 2024
@Boris posted:@WildeAndTausch are speaking about @Bmaafi and @andrewmertig about the Parker inside info right now
— Wiley Nash II (@WileyNashII) January 29, 2024
this is like a tiktok of someone posting a video of something nobody knows anything about and not giving any information about what it represents causing comment meltdowns.
Well, what did Wilde and Tausch say about Monsieurs Maafi and Mertig? Are they legit insiders?
Bmaafi is Henry and Mertig is Blair Kiel. You can tell by the jersey he's wearing..
