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After the regular season ended there was a  head coaching apocalypse, Lions , Titans ,  Bears ,  Giants ,  Cardinals ,  Colts ,  Raiders . (And somehow NOT the Browns or Bengals ) Since then Chicago hired Matt Nagy, an Andy Reid follower, and Oakland hired Jon Gruden. In 2008 this would have been a splash hire but... he has been out of head coaching game for awhile. And, just yesterday the Titans hired the, now former, Texans defensive coordinator Mike Vrabel. Here is the quick DL on Vrabel. He was drafted by the Steelers , played for the Patriots for a long time and tallied up THREE Super Bowl wins, and then ended his career with KC . After his playing days he jumped right into coaching and now he is one of those rare player-coach... coaches. I hope the best for him. NOW, who is left? Well, it's not a head coaching position but, the Browns are looking a new OC and former GMen head coach, Ben McAdoo, is the leading candidate. That is a ROUGH drop on th...

Oh my.... oh my... I can only imagine what it feels like to be a fan in Atalanta/Georgia. I am sure there are plenty that are still sour from that Super Bowl meltdown against New England . No worries, the Georgia Bulldogs ripped that band-aid off in the National Title Game falling to Bama in a similar fashion. And... as of last night the Falcons followed suit by losing to the Eagles . Yikes. SO, if you know a Falcons or Bulldog fan shoot'em a text today to make sure they aren't hysterical in a gutter somewhere drunk and muttering about "how... how can you blow a double digit lead twice?" In other news there were A LOT of coaching moves after the regular season ended. Let us discuss three hires, Jon Gruden to the Raiders , Matt Nagy to the Bears , and Norv Turner as the Panthers new OC. Gruden, I don't get it. He is truly Mr. Football. NO. Dr. Football. But, he hasn't coached an NFL team since 2009! And his most recent hire was Tom "I punch my own staff...