New coach ………. Again

[Raidernation1979]

What’s your thoughts? I prefer young offensive minded with a fresh DC. Kubiak, Cooter, Kafka and pair them with someone like Al Harris as the DC.

[WolfRaider]

Don't play it safe. Reach for the home run with a young offensive guy, then get a vet DC to work on the defence.


Zach Robinson might be a real sleeper

Adam Stenavich or Kubiak my top choices

[Hellbound]

ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler reported the Browns and Raiders have done “preliminary research” on a coaching change.

What exactly that entails, Fowler doesn’t actually get into, but he says “those are two places I see as like — they’ve done their preliminary research for a potential move, doesn’t mean they’re likely to do it or that they’ve decided yet.” We blurbed yesterday that Ian Rapoport doubts the Raiders will keep Pete Carroll. It sure sounds like the Browns and Stefanski should also be on the radar for a firing (or potentially a trade) once Week 18 unfolds. Stefanski gave up playcalling to Tommy Rees in early November and was reportedly less than thrilled when the Browns traded Joe Flacco to the Bengals. If the Browns did move on from Stefanski, he would be a strong candidate to pick up a new head coaching gig this offseason after twice winning the AP Coach of the Year award in 2020 and 2023.

Here's exactly what it entails....
Spytek to potential hc candidate
"hey you interested in the job" or "would you take this job if offered and we have the 1st overall for the qb of your choice"

Potential candidate
"Yes I would be" or "maybe but there's some things that need to happen"

[Sold My Soul]

https://www.theringer.com/2025/12/17/nf ... -belichick

[BoKnows81]

https://www.theringer.com/2025/12/17/nf ... -belichick

Good Lord who the F made this list?

[Raider Nation]

The truth behind Fernando Mendoza.
-27 of his 33 TDs came against Kennesaw St,
Indiana St, Illinois, Michigan St, UCLA, Wisconsin, and Purdue.
- The other 6 TDs were against lowa, Oregon, Penn St, Maryland, and Ohio St. He combined for 6 TDs and 5 interceptions in these games.

Disclosure, I copied the above off of something I read, and did not verify…. If this is true, I’m really not on the FM train at the moment. Another disclosure, I haven’t watched a single play of college ball this year….

[Sold My Soul]

Good Lord who the F made this list?

Since you lack the knowledge, I'm guessing not you.

[Sold My Soul]

The NFL’s Black Monday for coaches is still nearly a week away, but expectations are already rising around the league about several potential changes coming for non-playoff teams.

As the league approaches the last weekend of the regular season, multiple teams are already bracing for large-scale transitions. Among the developing situations:

Cardinals: Arizona head coach Jonathan Gannon said, “I feel good,” when asked this week about his job status. The team, however, is 3–13 as it finishes its fourth straight losing season, and it has reached the playoffs just once in the last decade. “No one’s happy. I’m not happy. Players aren’t happy,” Gannon said. “Through adversity, you’ve got to change. So, I’ve got to change, and we’ve got to change some things, but we’ll get to that.”

Raiders: Las Vegas head coach Pete Carroll is both a Super Bowl champion and a two-time national champion in college football. This season, though, he hasn’t won a game since Oct. 12 as the Raiders have sunk to a 2–14 record and are in line for the first pick in the 2026 NFL Draft. Similar to Gannon, Carroll said he is confident that he will be able to retain his job. “From all the guys I’ve talked to, I do feel like I have [ownership’s] support,” Carroll said. “What does that mean? I don’t know, but our conversations have been really good.”

Jets: After a celebrated run as the Lions’ defensive coordinator, Aaron Glenn’s tenure as the Jets’ head coach has been far worse. The team has sunk to a 3–13 record and has been outscored 153–46 in the last four games. Amid an ugly history of Jets coaches, only Al Groh in 2000 was a one-and-done in the last 45 years. Regardless of what happens with Glenn, a direct conversation with owner Woody Johnson is forthcoming. “I think Woody knows just as well as anybody, I’m not going to b.s. him about anything at all,” Glenn said. “I think that’s a good thing about our relationship, that we’re going to be straightforward with each other.”

Chiefs: Andy Reid, the NFL’s highest-paid head coach at $20 million and a three-time Super Bowl winner in Kansas City, is set to return in 2026 after a surprising and highly disappointing campaign that includes an end to a decade-long playoff run. “I think I’m coming back, right?” the 67-year-old Reid said. “If they’ll have me back, I’ll come back. You never know in this business. That’s a tough one, but I plan on it, yeah.”

Browns: Cleveland head coach Kevin Stefanski is a two-time NFL coach of the year, but the team is just 7–26 in the last two years, even after Sunday’s upset of the Steelers has restarted speculation regarding his status. “As you can imagine, my sole focus is on [the upcoming] game versus Cincinnati, but I would also tell you I’m privileged to have this job.”

Falcons: Atlanta had a big win over the Rams on Monday Night Football, but the team has not posted a winning season or reached the playoffs since 2017. Owner Arthur Blank has brought in outside consulting firm Sportsology to review the team’s football operations, an assessment that will include GM Terry Fontenot and head coach Raheem Morris.

Steelers and Ravens: The two teams will play on Sunday Night Football for the AFC North division title. A report by ESPN’s Adam Schefter earlier this week suggested the losing coach in that game, Pittsburgh’s Mike Tomlin or Baltimore’s John Harbaugh, could leave his post, with a move to broadcasting possible. Tomlin has already been under rising scrutiny, despite never posting a losing record in his 19 seasons with the Steelers.

[RaiderandBulldog]

If we are drafting a qb then a new young offensive mind to grow with him,

[FlyBono24]

If we are drafting a qb then a new young offensive mind to grow with him,

Kubiak or LaFleur, in that order.

Kingsbury is getting up there in age but he's a distant 3rd, and he's a douchebag for what he did to us before.

[Marzan]

Don't play it safe. Reach for the home run with a young offensive guy, then get a vet DC to work on the defence.


Zach Robinson might be a real sleeper

Adam Stenavich or Kubiak my top choices

Zac Robinson is someone I’ve read many mean is a real up and coming talent. But he only has 6 years coaching experience, don’t know how much of a leader he can be or if he has the relationships to assemble a proper staff.

Edit: for the record, Falcons fans hate him and want him fired yesterday.

[Viper]

Well for a starter; Gotta fire Pete Carroll after Chief game…

Raiders should build a ship inside the stadium and after the game make Pete Carroll walk the plank….

Hopefully Mark Davis will actually let the GM choose the HC…. But will Mark let that happen

Could turn it into a Goonies sequel

[WNYRAIDER]

....after looking in to some of the names dropped above, albeit briefly, Adam Stenavich is a guy who sticks out to me, and in part, due to his having also coached o lines, and his apparent emphasis on those, as well as his recent work with developing a kid QB, similar to the scenario we expect to be in.
...also,. based on the above, i'm sure he would have much higher standards than our current o line coach, when looking to fill that position.
...whoever it is, with a likely # 1 QB pick, the existing team needs an enthusiasm infusion and a sign that it is a new beginning, and you can't waste that with standing pat with a 70 something coach who wasn't the future anyway.

[Attyla]

Could turn it into a Goonies sequel

There is a Goonies sequel in the works. Spielberg is writing the script. Some of the original cast have said they are open to it while others are not as much. Chris Columbus is also involved. Rumor has it the younger members of the cast would all participate and they have Warner Bros on board as well. The basic idea is that the kids of the original kids go on an adventure, probably not like the original movie but the basic idea.

[Danchinho]

Disclaimer, I’m English and know less about NFL than most of you have forgot.

But….. question for you.

What’s with obsession (too strong a word) with a ‘young, innovative’ coach?

Surely some experience at this level is golden?

If you needed brain surgery, would you want a young, inexperienced surgeon with lots of innovative but largely untested ideas? (Dodgy comparison…)

[WolfRaider]

If Kevin Stefanski is let go from the Browns… surely he goes to the top of our list. Especially if he brings Jim Schwartz to be DC!

I want a young offensive coach but, you don’t get two time head coach of the year becoming available. What’s ruined his Browns time was ownership trading for Odell Beckham and then trading for Watson.