Shanahan for OC

Shanahan will be a head coach somewhere. He’s too good not to be….

even the Jets might be intrigued by him

The Jets, Chiefs, Browns and Lions are all desperately looking for someone to come in with some cachet. WIth the Chin supposedly only willing to listen to the Jets cash registers, I would put my money on Mikey going to the Lions who would pay him a HUGE crapload of cash to coach, especially since it would give them a splash with the fans, FAs would consider going there, and would buy the new GM and Vice Prez a couple more years of employment. I’m willing to bet on it, that he goes to the Lions.

Is either going to be a Coach and Vice-President like he was with Denver. His resume is good enough that he doesn’t have to be an offensive coordinator. Now, Romeo Crennel is another story.

i say he goes NYJ, maybe Cleveland….i don’;t see him sitting around, but you never know…he’s been as successful as Cowher, and he sat out a year. Being a head coach is hard, so he might stay away for a bit.

Anyone think Wilson could pull the plug anytime soon with DJ and just give Shanahan full reign instead?

Right, that’s gonna happen. Let’s bring Parcells in as OC while we’re at it. I’m sure Ralph will spend more for them than he does for a head coach.

Because our HC has final say on personnel.

He’s a run first type of guy, which fits Buffalo
He’s a guy that knows how to build a team for the elements like we have in Buffalo.

When Wilson announced that Jauron was staying it was before he knew that Shannahan was available, maybe just maybe Jauron could still get axed? Sorry, I just woke up – must have been dreaming again!!

I wouldn’t want him even if we could get him.

If Shanahan settles for a offensive coordinator gig, it would only be for one season while he waits for the right opportunity. I’m betting that if he does settle for a one year stop-gap it will be as the quarterbacks coach and assistant to HC in Houston.

Shanahan is a zone blocking guy and Buffalo’s running game would be worse with Shanahan around because of it. Our current lineman couldn’t fit much worse in a zone blocking scheme.

I know what many will say and that is that he can just call the plays, but use our power scheme, but I’m not so sure that he can. When someone is a genius in something it doesn’t mean they will be a genius at something similiar (ie: Mike Martz as a pass happy down the field guy who is a genius at that, but wouldn’t do well calling plays even if he was trying to use a run first and short passing attack).

The only reason I would be interested in Shanahan is if you hire him as the OC and then fire Jauron next offseason, Shanahan would probably be first in line to be the new HC.

And if anyone is curious as to how I could see the Bills switching to a zone blocking scheme, you would have to cut Langston Walker and move Brad Butler out to RT where he would still be a little tall for the scheme, but you can get away with tall OTs. Jason Peters is good enough to play in any scheme, but I think he wouldn’t be as effective a run blocker as he is now. The good thing about a zone blocking scheme from where Buffalo stands is that it is much easier to find an effective center and it would be much less of a priority. Dockery also would have to be cut as he is way too big and unathletic. So you would need to find an entire new interior to the offensive line.