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Personally, I think I would put my money on Lamar leaving Baltimore. Based on how much he wants and Baltimore's history of not paying those huge contracts when they have faced doing so in the past. Could be wrong of course, like any opinion. The right OC might sway Jackson some.
But if you do not know for sure if Lamar is going to be there, why would you go there with no QB? You wouldn't. So my 2 cents is no Lamar, no Monken. He wants to win more than anything, as the article states.
@ColumbusDawg
Actually, Baltimore has a very good backup QB, Tyler Huntley, in place in case Lamar leaves. How good? He was added to the Pro Bowl roster. Huntley is a free agent but a restricted one, meaning that Baltimore can match any offer. Even better: Huntley is similar to Stetson Bennett IV. He is taller and has a stronger arm (SB IV is actually 6 months older) but is plenty mobile with a quick release, having played for a spread-type system at Utah. And the best part? The Ravens run a 2 TE offense. Their #1 TE, Mark Andrews, is a Pro Bowler with skills similar to Brock Bowers (except Bowers is faster, quicker and a much better athlete). And their main RB, JK Dobbins, was a pretty good receiver out of the backfield for Ohio State. So were the Ravens to lose Lamar, Monken would be able to do pretty much the same thing in Baltimore that he did in Athens last year.
Also, the Ravens are willing to pay Lamar. They just aren't willing to overpay Lamar. Lamar's contract demands of the Ravens are a moving target. For the past 2 years it has been "I want what the highest paid QB in the NFL is getting." So first he wanted Pat Mahomes' contract. When the Ravens came around to being willing to give it to him, then he wanted Josh Allen's contract. The Ravens - again - were like "fine we will work something out like that" now he is asking for Deshaun Watson's contract because it is 100% guaranteed. Part of it is ego, part of it is not having an agent. The best thing for Baltimore would be for Lamar to hit the free agent market and find out that no one is going to give him that type of money to someone who has only once reached 3000 yards passing in a season (and that was back in 2019!) and has spent the last 2 seasons battling injuries, and to return back to Baltimore for a much smaller deal than the Ravens was willing to pay him 2 years ago. The second best thing for Baltimore would be for some desperate team - like the Jets who may be tired of drafting QBs that don't pan out - to give Lamar what he wants, which would allow the Ravens to move forward with a guy who can very much get them to the playoffs while taking up much less cap space.
My guess: the teams remaining aren't going to pull the trigger on an OC until after the Super Bowl, likely. Brian Johnson, the Eagles QB coach and the former OC for Utah and Florida, is a guy that both Tampa and Baltimore should consider. For Baltimore, Johnson has a long history with mobile QBs (Jalen Hurts, Dak Prescott). As for Tampa, their presumptive starting QB for 2023 is Kyle Trask (former 2nd round pick) and Johnson was his OC with the Gators for that 2020 record-setting offense.
And then there is the issue of the Kansas City Chiefs' Eric Bienemy. Despite being the OC for a team that is headed for their 3rd Super Bowl in 5 years (record-setting offense again despite their #1 RB and #2 WR injured and oh yeah no Tyreek Hill) NFL teams have been using the "it is Andy Reid's offense" as an excuse not to take him seriously (never mind that LOTS of former Andy Reid OCs have been hired as head coaches, making Bienemy the first and only Reid coordinator to go through this). So word has it that if the Chiefs win - which has a better chance of happening than people realize - Bienemy might make a lateral move just to remove the excuses.
@thadec
Hey, you gave an opinion without being condescending. That's good! Keep it up!
@ColumbusDawg I agree with your comment …”and not all the extra that comes with coaching in college vs the NFL.”
as you get older, family time becomes more important
BAMA just hired Notre Dame's OC.
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I agree with dallasdawg. I click on dawgnation with one eye closed, fearing the "monken leaves" headline. Smart's a master, but losing this piece of the machine will leave a huge hole (to mix my metaphors).
That is an awful lot of smoke for no fire. Seems CTM wants back in the NFL pretty bad.
Not sure why. CTM will never be an NFL HC. The NFL teams are all looking for the up and coming, offensive minded, YOUNG assistant to promote to HC. And I don't believe CTM wants to be a CFB HC. Way, WAY too much work.
That leaves him already in the perfect spot.
Some folk say we just insert Bobo and never skip a beat. I guess they believe like SB does, it’s not about the x’s and o’s, it’s about the Jimmies and Joes.
Go Dawgs!!!