My $7 million number was merely a “hypothetical” number for the sake of conversation.
As I just posted… I have read that McDaniel’s salary for his extension (2026-2028) was increased into the top tier of HC salaries… so it could be north of $10-12 million… but the number hasn’t been made public.
Have Dani do the interview.
To me the Falcons gig is the best fit for him as a HC. Connections there. The Browns? Might have to inherit Schwartz and no QB. The Titans are interesting but a bit of a rebuild without a lot of tools to do that. Some pieces. The Ravens feel like an odd fit but could work.
I feel like the Falcons and Ravens are the best fit for him but are they interested in him? The Falcons interviewed John H. and that feels like a great fit to me. They need maturity there and John brings that. The Ravens is a mystery to me. I can see a draw to Mike by the Ravens so maybe?
Heavy faves for the Atlanta job are Harbaugh and Stefanski. Seems like Jesse Minter and Klint Kubiak are the favorites in Baltimore.
The Ravens should hire Flores and just tell Lamar, “get us 21 points and we’ll take it from there.
Don’t let him leave tomorrow !!!
Dani would easily kick his ass.
My only issue with McDaniels is not from a schematic or culture fit—it’s from a stability standpoint. Let’s say McDaniels gets the OC job here, and the Lions jump off the page offensively. All of a sudden teams are going to come calling for him. Maybe not next year given the volume of opening this year, but certainly in a couple years. Not sure I’d be a fan of looking for a new OC in just two years.
Two years is acceptable to me, but if the Lions offense is stellar (again) next year, yeah, he’s going to get calls.
2 years gets us more beans!
Yup, 2 years, take the beans and the Lombardi trophy and let him move on.
An OC other than McDaniel could give us the exact same problem.
Keep the beans.
Give me the Lombardi and I’m good.
It could, but I don’t see where the OC position represents a promotion for someone vs where the position represents a demotion or lateral would be on shorter time schedule. I’m talking two vs three or four years.
I don’t think it will matter. I can’t see McDaniel taking the job, but we’ll see.
He is without a doubt the best fit for the job!! Watching Shanahan pick apart the eagles defense knowing that McDaniel comes from the same tree gets me very excited!! This would be a home run even if it’s for 2 years!!
Or one year… but if it’s one we’re likely talking about the best offense in franchise history. I’ll allow it.
