U took the words right out of my mouth, Wildman!
The reasons I don't like this hire is 1) He took over for T Dungy and T Dungy didn't leave the cupboard bare!! 2.) Caldwell does well in a role where he has to answer to the HC, usually as the OC, but his offenses are conservative and very predictable, hence, Jack's elated outburst Caldwell is gone, look at what he did to the Raven's offense 3.) With Manning out with the neck surgery and talent still left on the squad he had two BU QBs and neither were developed, Painter and the other kid that got hurt, their running attack went backwards and their defense was on the field 75% of the time.
Now what's going to happen is there is a change of the guard in Detroit and all that talent coming back, the running backs, Bush & Bell are legit threats in the right scheme of things, Megatron will get help probably thru where the Lions are drafting, they should go for the big kid from FSU Benjamin, at least I would, and the defensive talent is there, they need to go to a 3-4 scheme and put Suh in the middle to put pressure on the center/guards and allow the larger OLB/rush ends to take care of the rest and they need some DBs with some balls. The division they are in, the NFC Central is up for anyone to take and the Lions are not far off from being on top, at least that's what "she said", but anyways, LIONS need a leader, take charge type, Caldwell can do that, but he's going to need a staff of assistants that have a clue and they should hire Tony Dungy as a consultant to help Jim, if they (LIONS) fail to give this guy a solid foundation around him, meaning coaching staff, the LIONS are going to revert back to a 3-13 team. Stafford has talent, but look at Staffords track record at Georgia and with the Lions, when he gets happy feet, he's his own worse enemy, when he has time to move a bit and look downfield, there isnt' a better arm in the division, but he's a big pussy and he's probably thinking about his beautiful/model like wife all the time instead of focusing on the game. The Lions could be making a clever move, but if the Over/Under for WINS Prop comes out at Lions 8 1/2, I'm taking the under!!
Later!!
Good stuff ya'll and congrats Jack, no more worries for the Ravens, but really? The Ravens do have worries, they have free agents to sign and need to revamp their offense and get Flacco's head back on the swivel after signing that large contract. Large contract signings and performances gone backwards the last 4 years: Kevin Kolb, Drew Brees, Ben Rapistberger, Josh Freeloaderman, soon to be Jay Cutlet-ler, and of course, Joe Flacco's contract. Ravens need to fill some defensive holes and another o'lineman or two.
Ohkay I'm rambling now!!
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