My belief is that Kubiak needs only one more win this season to hold his job.
Rick Smith is very unlikely to get canned along with Kubiak, if it happens.
If a HC change were to occur, unless it is a Cowher or Shanahan, we will definatley lose AJ.
Throwing around the names of 3-4 def minded coaches could mean another 2-3 years of bad def, and our def is just now showing some real signs of life.
Even if Kubes finishes 6-10 this year gimme one more year to see what shakes out. The OC/DC changes we have endured are not very congruent to a stable team.
Everyone is overreacting IMO. Even the best teams and coaches lose games. I would rather have a secure FO and team than another few years of turmoil. For every Sean Peyton there are 5 coaches that dont make it. NO would not be the same team without Brees at all, NE got lucky that a 7th round pick that had little exp turned into a star, and there has only been one and will only ever be one Peyton Manning. The point is most teams take time to build and very little time to destroy.
Cowher is a special coach, there are not 4-5 coaches like him sitting one the waiting list every year waiting to be picked up as the HC for some NFL team. Take the McDonalds feed me now, fast, and screw the consequences attitude, but me I will take the steady improvement route.
You cannot take a teams total win loss record and apply it towards the outcome of a game. The saying "any given Sunday" is real. Comparing the W/L records of teams without comparing the matchups, momentum, and cirumstances is like comparing the Superbowl winning Raiders to the shell of a team they are now.
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