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Knowledgeable coaches like Marvin Lewis
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The Pittsburgh Steelers are going to have to commit a top-64 draft pick on a quarterback that spring. They strove to get away with stealing Mason Rudolph from the next round of the 2018 draft and there's been little to inspire confidence that he can captain this team when Ben Roethlisberger is unavailable. Couple Roethlisberger's injury history and it's a no-brainer that the Steelers have to devote capital to this place in the coming months. Do you understand how crazy that is? Xavien Howard picked his 10th pass of the season, something which hasn't been done since 2007. This league protects quarterbacks and receivers, and so it's more difficult than ever to intercept passers. Entering Week 17, the interception speed was in a post-merger low of 2.15 percent. Howard should add an All-Pro honour to his Pro Bowl honor from this year.
NFL insider notes: Optimism in diversity of coaching and GM searches, Giants and Falcons updates and more
With the NFL's coach and general manager hiring cycle now in full swing, there's a sense of confidence in those early phases of the process about the searches becoming more diverse and inclusive than anything we have seen in the last several decades. It's far too preliminary to make any proclamations, but through the initial interviews for applicants not currently under NFL contracts, owners seem to be performing a more-than-cursory job of meeting varied candidates, and there is an increasing sense among former and current NFL executives, coaching representatives, and one of the candidates of color themselves that 2021 can in fact be more reflective of the composition of the NFL's locker rooms.
I would call it cautious confidence, as NFL teams begin to submit formal request slips to interview coach and GM candidates. And Rod Graves, head of the Fritz Pollard Alliance, which operates with the NFL in the pursuit of diversity in the management and coaching positions.
"I believe'cautious optimism' is the ideal way to frame it," Graves told me Sunday afternoon. "A great deal of credit goes to (Commissioner) Roger Goodell and (VP of football operations) Troy Vincent for its sense of urgency which has developed about this problem over the previous 8-to-12 months"
There is nothing to winner until we see the final outcome of these searches, but it appears more than lip service is being paid to The Rooney Rule, and there is a sense within the classes doing the hiring that the time for words is over -- this league has to be equitable in who gets to sit in places of power inside the game, and, ultimately, just the owners themselves can alter that.
Knowledgeable coaches like Marvin Lewis and executives like Rick Smith seem really poised at this point to have a legitimate chance with multiple teams. There is expectation that 49ers defensive coordinator Robert Saleh and Chiefs offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy will have better luck this time around.
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