There are six head coaching vacancies open. Which one is the best?
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00:00 - Black Monday is come and gone in the NFL
00:02 with more than a handful of coaching vacancies to fill.
00:05 So what is actually the best open position?
00:07 For more, I'm here with Bill Enright.
00:09 And Bill, you see one of them
00:10 where you've got Deshaun Watson waiting for you
00:12 if you get that Texas job.
00:14 - Yeah, I think that's the biggest factor.
00:16 If you're an NFL coach or a new hire,
00:18 you do want to take over a team
00:21 with an established quarterback.
00:22 And what better quarterback to have on your roster
00:24 than Deshaun Watson, easily a top five quarterback
00:27 in the NFL coming off an incredible season
00:29 even without DeAndre Hopkins,
00:31 even with Will Fuller being suspended
00:33 for the final five games of the year.
00:35 You can take over that Texans job
00:37 and instantly have success,
00:39 maybe even make the playoffs
00:41 given the state of the AFC South
00:43 with the Colts making a transition
00:45 at quarterback with Phillip Rivers,
00:47 although the Titans do pose a bit of a problem.
00:49 But you look around the league
00:50 and some of these other vacancies,
00:52 Justin Herbert, he had a phenomenal rookie season,
00:54 record breaking season in terms of rookie passing stats.
00:58 But you don't know if you can win with them yet.
00:59 And I think they need some more pieces.
01:01 The Atlanta Falcons with Matt Ryan,
01:03 they seem like choke artists year in and year out.
01:06 And then you have the Jaguars.
01:08 They have the number one overall pick.
01:10 They have $80 million in cap space.
01:12 That could be a lot of fun if you're a new coach,
01:15 but you're probably not going to have
01:16 a winning season right away.
01:18 The Houston Texans though,
01:19 they are primed to be winners thanks to Deshaun Watson.
01:22 - What, no love for the Jets?
01:24 The Jaguars is a good position
01:27 depending on what you think of Trevor Lawrence.
01:29 I agree with you on Deshaun Watson
01:30 being the best possible player,
01:32 but I don't have faith in that Texans management
01:35 the more I've learned about what goes on behind the scenes.
01:37 So I think I land on the Chargers,
01:39 given that they have Herbert in place,
01:41 they have, it looks like the quarterback
01:42 of the future in place.
01:43 And they were seven to nine this year.
01:45 You know, they were, you know,
01:46 a couple of results away from being in the playoff mix,
01:50 perhaps already.
01:51 So that seems to be the most ready-made situation
01:55 for the now and for the future.
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