Obviously, we won this game because our Defense played amazing. D-line, Linebackers, and secondary all played lights out. Eberflus is an idiot, but didn’t cower in the final minutes of the game like he did against detriot and called a good defense.
My question is, if Eberflus gets fired, what do we do with the coordination of the defense? I know some people have thrown the idea of demoting Flus to DC but has that ever happened in the history of the league? To me its either he stays or goes with no in between.
Do you think we keep the Tampa 2 style since it’s worked out the past couple weeks? Who would you want as our DC if we do switch to a new staff, and what scheme do you want them to call?
If we do move on from Eberflus, I personally would want an Offensive Minded Coach. If we keep Justin, then hey, let’s give the guy a full coaching staff that can help unlock what Getsy has clearly failed to do, with the guy at the top having a clear idea of how offenses are created. If we draft a new Qb, all the more reason to. But that leaves the DC spot all the more interesting, especially with how good they’ve played recently.
My take: Eberflus has done a decent job with the defense after getting healthy and adding Sweat. But he’s the Head Coach and not the DC. He takes responsibility for the entire team, not just the defense. So, IMO he should go for the crap offense, the penalties, game management, lack of accountability, and throw in mysterious coaches being fired…
I could maybe see him sticking around with a different OC if they decide to keep Fields. If they draft a QB I think they HAVE to go with an entire new staff. The argument if which way to go has been had, so won’t get into that here…
And you’re correct, no one is going to take a demotion nor would a new HC want that in his new staff.
DCs today are a little easier to come by with the push for offensive head coaches. We don’t have to stick with a pure Tampa 2 style either. 4-3 base of any type is fine (and honestly don’t think a switch to 3-4 would be that difficult either) as our DBs our fairly solid in Man if that’s how we want to go.
Thank you. This was a great answer. It’s good to hear that DCs should be relatively easy to find.
This season also seems really defensively dominant with guys like Mahomes, Hurts, etc, seemingly taking a step back in terms of on field production.
Hopefully, that’s a sign of new defensive philosophies being made by Defensive staffs and we can scoop up one of those talents