I wanted to like him, even though I didn't love his resume, I liked that he had a THING, a scheme identity (namely, blitzing with abandon). I also wanted to root for him as a black coach.

But so far, he has been pretty unimpressive.

I can dig the Lovie Smith stoic shit…when you get Lovie Smith results, and your defense plays for you like Lovie's did, and you can hang your hat on something (takeaways, red zone D) no matter how bad your offense is…


I can dig the Rex Ryan madcap blitzery…when it has some rhyme or reason…or doesn't seem so easy to figure out and neutralize. And when the players and the team have an identity of some sort, however assholish


Neither of those coaches could hire an OC or manage a QB situation to save their lives, which is Bowles problem here too, but they could always hang their hats on something.

I'm genuinely unsure of what Bowles brings to the table right now.


Give him another year, cause why not…but dude is gonna be outta here if he doesn't get better fast.