Calling Josh McDaniels mediocre is an insult to established mediocre coaches in the league

Now you're gonna have to do a follow up video mid way through next season.

Man people keep saying they don’t know why the Hawks moved on from Carrol but it should be obvious, he’s a defensive coach who’s had a bottom five defense for nearly a decade, just can’t do that 🤷🏽‍♂️

I really like the Seattle move and understand the Pete Carroll firing/departure. The team is going to need a new identity as it's building up after the mini rebuild post Wilson trade. Carrol is 72 and probably going to retire anyways in the next 3-4 years anyways which would be right in the middle of a long term team identity change. With the team potentially drafting a new QB in the next 1-2 years it makes a lot more sense to start the coaching change now while you're in that drafting building process, instead of in 2-3 years when you just got your new assets and are developing them. It wouldn't make sense to draft guys Pete wants on his defense, then hand it over to someone else who then has to make use of a different group of assets than they're used to/want to use. I'm sad to see the way it ended, I'm a big Seahawks fan, love Pete Carroll, and am a fan of defenses so like his style as well. But I can't say that I'm not excited for this move.

I'm excited about the Panthers hire. tepper finally realized he sucks at hiring and hired a group with a good track record to help him. I know some Panthers fan sites were complaining they hired too quickly (whatever that means) but I view it as the Panthers picked someone that checked the boxes, comes with a great background and honestly was the best option (they were never going to get Jim h and I think tepper was smart enough to know he couldn't control bill b)

One thing you didn't mention about Canales is that Tepper used Sportsology to help him hire a HC. The last first-time HCs that Sportsology hired were Kyle Shanahan and Sean McVay. It doesn't mean anything for Canales but it shows that Sportsology can find good guys to promote to HC.

Commanders should have hired Mike vrabel

as a giants fan I personally LOVED the commanders hire of Dan Quinn and Bobby Johnson

I mean Raheem Morris already probably has a better roster now than he did at any point in Tampa. If they get the right QB he could have a lot of success in Atlanta.

As a diehard falcons fan I’m actually really excited for Raheem and the most likely hire to burn in flames is Quinn unironically

To not hide any bias, I say all of this as a Commanders fan. Harbaugh: Jim is basically at the top of the “hot/crazy” scale. He will bring them to relevancy. But he will act fucking batshit crazy while doing it. And he may not elect to stay there long. Morris: I think he will do good things for the Falcons. He is well liked by pretty much every player he’s ever encountered. I think Tampa was a no win situation for him. He was WAAAYYYYY too young and inexperienced and those teams were not set up well. I think he’s had some time to mature and he should do some good in Atlanta. Canales: Im not feeling this one. I don’t think he’s ready to be a head coach. I think this is Tepper knowing he can’t do better. And honestly I think this is the only place he would have gotten a job. Speaking of Tepper. It doesn’t matter who coaches that team; so long as he’s owner they’re doomed. Take it as someone who suffered under Snyder. Canales might breathe some life into Young. But I don’t see that team going anywhere. McDonald: I can see the logic just because he’s as energetic as Carrol was, but you’re going the opposite direction in age. I think he’s gonna love their home field advantage. Quinn: You’re not gonna like my response to this, and I might sound like a homer, but I’ve warmed up to him. Admittedly this is an advantage of following the team. None of the main guys reporting for the team were actually pushing the “Johnson -> Washington” line. None. Only National media people (except for Shefter which should say something). Johnson was A top candidate. But not THE candidate. He, Quinn, McDonald, Glenn, and Weaver were all really well liked. Quinn apparently annihilated the interviews. While Johnson withdrew and McDonald went to Seattle, they were actually quite fine with this. I know that’s hard to imagine. But I can kinda understand why. 1. You might not want to pair a first time head coach with a first time GM and a first time owner. That has all the makings for stuff to blow up. Somebody in the room needs experience. 2. Quinn is not Rivera. Rivera immediately jumped from Carolina to Washington and did not remotely reflect on why he failed at the end in Carolina and just hired mostly people that worked on the same staff in Carolina that failed. The same actions led to the same outcome. Quinn spent three years in Dallas re-establishing his career. He took an absolutely crap Dallas defense and made it top 5 three years straight and led the NFL in takeaways each season. Since we hired him, he’s put together a pretty overall great and diverse staff. Which was a criticism a lot of our fans had about hiring McDonald; how would he do hiring a staff when he’s only ever worked for the Ravens? Rivera also had final say on all player personnel decisions. Quinn had some of that in Atlanta and failed too. Here he will not have that power; it all goes to Adams Peters. I’m sure as a Pats fan, you are aware of how the “Coach is the GM” model doesn’t really work particularly well. Belichick used to be the exception, but towards the end of his time it became clear that he wasn’t particularly good at being a GM; Brady just covered a lot of that up. 3. Until his final year, Quinn was overall really successful in Atlanta. He was not the only reason the Falcons blew that lead. Arguably the biggest culprit for that debacle has managed to take the 49ers to the Super Bowl twice in the last five years. Even after Shanahan left, they still made the playoffs the following year. It’s just unfortunate he never had a great replacement for Shanahan long term and that’s what really did him in especially as his defense started to regress. I’m giving him a chance. He could bomb; but I like what I see so far.

I got full belief in brian cally as my new coach. Our o line has been crap fir to years and papa cally will help. Zac has came out and said multiple times that brian has had a everything to do with play calling besides actually calling them. I agree with the mid grade until i see results though. Titan up baby

The Chargers should be on hard knocks to make sure Jim harbaugh don’t steal signs

Dude I’m a Seahawks fan and I already love Mike Macdonald. Dude is super likable and I am SO pumped for next season already.

I am a Titans fan, I adore the Callahan hire, now, are there concerns like play calling, 100%, but I like the fact that he reportedly had a very major role in offensive game planing and play design, also, I LOVE his connection with Ran Carthon.

Any carousel that ends without Carroll is an improvement. Now he can get back to pursuing his true passion of paying for Leinart’s escorts and Bush’s mortgage. 😎🤔

Dave canales almost made me become a panthers fan just cause he coached at my high school

"Stuff like this is why bad teams stay bad" that's awesome, so glad I watched till end just for that!

I’m a falcons fan. Raheem Morris doesn’t upset me. He (unlike Arthur Smith) utilized his players well and found success.

I do have some faith Dan Quinn will be able to turn around some things in Washington. At the least he'll be able to improve that defense

I still don’t think I’d hire a defensive head coach just because of offensive continuity. Even for a team like the Bills, who got a really good head coach in Sean McDermott, that just means to maximize their franchise QB they’re going to do to constantly be cycling through OCs. Ken Dorsey didn’t work out, and if Joe Brady continues to look better, he’s going to get hired away and then they’re back at square one.

I hated the Dan Quinn hire at first and then he said he’s not gonna call defensive plays and put together a pretty good staff next to him.

The Commanders did have a fall-back option, the problem was that he went across the country instead 😂

Yessss the long-form content is back 🔥

Michigan fan here, Mike McDonald is going to be a menace at the Seahawks, he’s a genius

Never stop this great content bran

I’m a Raiders fan and I feel the same way about the AP hire as well as the GM hire. I know AP is a players coach and can rally the team, but as we’ve seen, that doesn’t always equate to wins. I do love listening to him talk and the passion he has for the Raiders is a breath of fresh air, but I’m still nervous. Hopefully all the experience he’s surrounded himself with to help him out, puts wins on his record. I’m crossing my fingers!

As a ravens fan and a seahawks fan, I am of mixed opinions on the Mike Mac hire. On the one hand, I despise the seahawks for hiring him, and I wish he had stayed/been the Ravens HC, but as a Seahawks fan, I'm interested to see where it goes, and wish him success.

As a falcons fan, I’m excited about Raheem, I think him and Robinson are going to do good things for Atlanta

Carol and Bill can be explained with one simple word “Old”

Pete got fired cause he’s stuck in 2013 and had 1 playoff win in the last 7 seasons. He refused to change his schemes and hire actually qualified coaches for his staff. Instead he promoted people he knew would just go along with what he said.

The Seattle Seahawks: the Firefighters of the NFC.

Quinn may have fastest success, but it will be flash in the pan. 1 good season as rest of division is figuring out out to beat each other.

BABE WAKE UP BRAN HAS POSTED ANOTHER LONG FORM VIDEO 🔥

Raheem is a great hire for Atlanta, When in Tampa they were bad because the FO stripped all the talent away and in 2020 that team had very little talent . Now he's one of the most respected and loved coaches in the NFL. Sorry but you missed this one by a few miles..

Raheem Morris hiring would've of been better than Bill Belichick due to his bill's recent OC and morris adaption of the modern game. W hire

Sad that Pete is gone, terrified and excited at the same time w/ Mike Mac, happy he got some experience w/ the Leslie Frazier hire, but then added coordinators w/ no experience in the NFL, like Aden Durde and Ryan Grubb. Edit: didn’t know Grubb had two B’s in the name.

Canales is a good hire for Carolina - given how my Colts have done with the Steichen hire, any team that gets a proven young(er) offensive mind gets a thumbs up from me

Dave C was also Russell Wilson QB coach when Russ came in as a rookie so panthers fans y’all are gonna be good

Another banger from Bran as usual.

How about a video on head coaches changes that didn't happen (but probably should have)? Matt Eberflus, Mike McCarthy, Dennis Allen and some maybe's like Mike Tomlin, Sean McDermott and Nick Sirianni. I think some of these are crazy to consider (Tomlin) and some should've been done the day after the season ended (Eberflus, McCarthy).

No ex or current NFL player dislikes the Raheem hire.

What’s more interesting is Arthur Smith being hired as the OC for Pittsburg lol. Boutta kms with that hire

As a Lions fan I almost started crying tears of joy when Ben Johnson said he was staying.

I'm sad he didn't give an honorable mention to the Steelers new oc. It's probably because of his trauma, but still

You talked about how Panther’s new HC coached up Baker and Geno, but failed to mention Brian Callahan coached Peyton Manning and Derek Carr when Derek was looking like a top 10 qb. 😅

The Dave Canales hire will be the best hire, I think

No. 1 NFL analyst! Great video!

Lil extra info on Raheem morris… Mike Tomlin in an interview 2 years ago who worked with Raheem in Tampa said he was the best coach in the league without a head coaching job… now he has one and as u said hiring Zac Robinson as his oc is a good start… I think he’ll end up being this years demeco Ryan’s if they can get a qb with Robinson being their Bobby slowik

The Harbaugh hire will help the Chargers finish in second place.

YAY something good said about my Panthers. It's so rare

I like raheem morris and he seems so full of energy and ready to get to work and ready to turn this team into a playoff team and we got a great OC to pair along i think we will be good

My thing with AP as the raiders coach, he took a team who hasn’t had a good defense since George Bush’s first term, and immediately created statistically one of the best defenses in the league in about 4 weeks. If the raiders can put it together offensively, which with Luke Getsy you never know, we could see AP become a fantastic hire

Pete’s thing was more of him being stubbornly stuck in his ways of this is how things are done, will be done and there isnt any other way they’re going to be done. The offense severely stepped back from the previous year the team had. The defense was the same crappy defense it had been and when trying something new he refused to give up parts of his scheme so melded it with the new things. Players started checking out and making business decisions trying to avoid hitting, which is a first ive seen under pete so the time to leave was close. Tbh i also checked out half way through the season because there was a long trend through the whole year where it was clear things werent changing and the results were predictable so watching was a of a waste of time. very excited for the new higher and the hawks swinging for the fences, i think they’ve come at it from a very smart standpoint and cant wait.

Wasn’t excited at first by Dan Quinn, but when you at the staff he built…

As a chargers fan, I think I can finally be excited and hopeful for the next season! This… is amazing! I really hope this works out, we have so many good players but have just choked away every game for years.

I was so thankful Atlanta didn't hire Bill B that I don't even care how things turn out with the new guy. Any front office with half a brain knows that Bill B is done as a HC. The only reason he still wants to coach is to break Shulu's record. Also thrilled to see Quinn gone from Dallas and to one of their most hated rivals to boot. Given the fact that Dak, Mike and Jerry are still there to effe it all up it's a tiny win but it's still a win.

Any chance you'll start making tier lists to put at the end of these videos to recap??

Bran always cheers me up 😊😊

Hearing a KZfaqr (or anyone) say the Panthers did something good, makes me hold my breath. Been a long long time since the Panthers were and did good, I'm hoping it works, if it doesn't, I may quit watching pro football for my mental health lol Keep Pounding Panther Fam

actually the commanders had a fall back plan to bring in macdonald apparently but the hawks came in finalized a deal with him b4 the commanders could

I believe that Dan Quinn will be more successful in his second time around. After the fiasco in Atlanta he talked to many players and his old staff asking why he failed. He took those lessons to heart. The staff he's brought in are diverse and successful coaches and teachers. My only worries are the OC and OL coaches. Hopefully, Anthony Lynn will ensure that Kingsbury runs more and puts the QB under center more.

i'm hopeful for Mayo, always like him as a player, and i hope he does well. I am kinda sad that we didn't even consider Vrabel, because that would have been exciting for me, having grown up with the McGinnest/Phifer/Bruschi/Vrabel lineup

Fighting fire with water, nice

Knowing what Canales did with Baker and Geno, don’t be surprised if Bryce Young is a top 5 QB in two years

Long form Bran is back you love to see it

As a seahawks fan, it wasn't super surprising to see the change in coaching. Writing has been on the wall but pete as been such an amazing coach and energy bring-er. Hate to see him go but love to experience this new era.

Love your vids so much

Love your vids

The new head coach for Seattle and of course Harbaugh in L.A. are the ones I look forward to seeing what happens ... I was 😂😂😂 when Quinn was hired by Commanders but HEY... They could "compete" 🤷🏻

As a Chargers fan, I never guessed that the chargers would get Harbaugh at the beginning of the 2023 season. I thought Staley was still the guy but I was very wrong. Hopefully the chargers will get Marvin Harrison Jr

I think the afc west is going to be how everyone thought it would be a couple years ago with 3-4 amazing teams

Morris in Atlanta was a good move!

Amazing vid

Would love to see his reaction with the packers clearing house and higher new staff

I feel like a lot of people forgot that Eric Bieniemy was on Washington's staff as the OC and could've easily become their Coach if they wanted him to. I know he's 54 but the guy has never had a chance at it even but he coached Patrick Mahomes to 3 Super Bowl appearances and two MVP's. I can't believe he got completely overlooked for that job.

Falcons win the superbowl this year

I think what helps Raheem this time around is that he has a competent GM in Fontenot and has built a great supporting cast of coaches that have shown they can be successful at the positions they are in.

I remember people speculating that Dallas was going to hire Bellechick, but I never believed Bill would go there... Can you IMAGINE him butting heads with Jerry for control behind the scenes? Even if I thought a team was a good fit for him, he's too used to being the main man behind the curtain. A team would have to be comfortable handing him full control.

Commanders had several options they wanted, but got turned down each time. After Ben Johnson turned them, they called and made an offer to Mike McDonald. He picked Seattle. Their third option was Bobby Slowik, but he went back to Houston too. Dan Quinn was literally a fourth option.

The Commanders back up plan if Ben Johnson didn't bite was Mike Macdonald. But Seattle boxed them out there. Both the Seahawks and Commanders were gunning for Johnson/Macdonald. When Johnson chose to stay in Detroit, Washington was unable wrangle Macdonald before Seattle did.

I think that the Jerod Mayo process was better than you think. The reason why Mayo was the written successor to Belichick was because he had other opportunities that he turned down because the Patriots promised him that he'd be the next head coach. If Mayo didn't have that in his contract, he'd already have been gone. The Patriots liked Mayo well enough to put that succession plan into writing. Following through on that was the smart thing to do. All sorts of questions about the stability of the Patriots without Belichick would be swirling around them if it ever got out that Mayo was the written successor and they went with someone else. The Patriots were planning for a future without Belichick, it just came sooner than everyone expected.

I agree that Dan Quinn isn’t the best coaching option. But he isn’t calling any of the plays. I have faith in our coordinators to do that stuff well. Quinn’s job is to be a motivator and attract high-level players to the commanders. He is a very respected and player friendly coach, which gives me hope it might not be all bad.

Washington is all good with Dan Quinn. Quinn is a great defensive coach, it's hard to let one bad game ignore him good he had the cowboys defense all season.

Its the offseason and we bolts fans are hyped for our no brainer move that will surely bring us to the level of success this team should have. I'll see you all at our annual "how are we 9-8" conference in january

I will also say Washington did put a offer in for Mike MacDonald but he chose Seattle. By the time Ben Johnson said no we only had like 3 options and 1 of them passed on us.

One month later and we’re really liking the Dan Quinn hire in Washington. He put together the best coaching staff we’ve had in awhile and everything we did in free agency made sense for once. Looking forward to the draft

I like the Mayo hire for you guys. He knows the culture in New England well, having been a player and a linebackers coach, and now the head coach for the team. At arguably one of the darkest periods in New Englands history in 2 decades, getting a guy who knows the teams culture is perfect.

Bro this is crazg

If you want to understand the Carroll firing you have to take a closer look at the investments made on the defensive side of the ball and compare them to the results over the last seasons. Offense doesn't improve or change aswell. Might be a hint

Hot take. The commanders getting Quinn is NOT a bad hire. I think the short term stability is something this team desperately needs, and no matter who they picked up, this was never going to be a team that could contend. Building a culture of not being garbage is the best case scenario for them, and Quinn is probably the best bet for that out of the coaches that would’ve realistically considered going to DC.

Great video, Bran! Question: What's your opinion on Shane Steichen?

Donta hightower, as the new linebacker coach for the Pats, gives me the tingles.

good vid unc😼

u should do a another onecant the biggest coaching snubbs

Can you do a mock draft

As a Commanders fan I don’t know what to feel about hiring a Cowboy

Dan Quinn may turn out to be a solid hire, based on who he brought in as OC and DC. He and the new ownership got a semi rough rebuild to go through. The WR core is solid, solid RB's, it's that O Line and QB issues.

Going from probably getting Ben Johnson, to Dan Quinn. Pain

Live your takes sir no hate. I was skeptical about the Dan Quinn hire the only thing that has made me feel better is the staff he put together