I really don't like that wide 9 at all quite frankly.
Yeah the hell with that. Wake would have some crazy numbers (Babin already has 7 sacks) but damn our run defense would suck. Also, it's a zone D with no blitzing. Not a fan.
Reid is an interesting choice if he runs the damn ball. He is unfairly chastised a lot in Philly, but when he leaves Iggle fans are gonna see that the grass isn't always greener on the other side of the fence. I also have to give him credit; he knows when to get rid of players at the right time; Bobby Taylor, Vincent Smith, Hugh Douglas, Jeremiah Trotter, Shawn Barber, Sheldon Brown,Deuce Staley, Bryan Westbrook and Lito Sheppard are just a few players that were very good while in Philly, but never returned to form after being shown the door.
Luck and Reid would be a thing of beauty... hell Reid with some of our offensive weapons is a thing of beauty (he had a great offense with Todd Pinkston, Freddie Mitchell, and James Thrash as his top WRs and Chad Lewis at TE) but I don't want to think about him. I'd look at some people that are connected to the same Mike Holgren coaching tree though. That includes John Gruden, his brother Jay (Cincy's offense is average, but considering how young the offense is and how well they've been executing is nice), or Darrell Bevell (was OC in name in Minny, but his offense in Seattle is starting to click after a rough first 2 weeks).
Honestly, as long as whoever the GM, Ireland or not, backs the coach and the coach has a clear vision of what he wants to do they should do fine. Pat Shurmur was an unimpressive hire by the Browns, but he runs the type of offense Holmgren wants to run, and he has a clear vision of what he wants to do and I can already see improvements under Shurmur that I didn't see under Mangini. Same with Mike McCarthy when he was hired as HC in Green Bay.
I think it has become evident that Sparano doesn't have a plan of what he wants us to be, and the one he did have with Parcells here was too outdated
