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Maybe We Should Have Kept Nolan? By Irving Kid on May 18, 2021, 5:04pm CDT + Quick one, with no charts. YAY!! Everyone knows 2020 brought in new HC Mike McCarthy, and with him new DC Mike Nolan. The defensive performance was, shall we say lacking. The result -> Nolan out and Dan Quinn in. Over the years, under the ownership of Jerry Jones, the Cowboys have had multiple head coach and/or defensive coordinator changes. The impact to the defense has depended, in nearly every instance, ...

Giants Position Unit Power Rankings, Post Draft 2021 A post-draft look at how the Giants various position units stack up after the draft. Author: May 11, 2021 Getting better? Thats the goal of the New York Giants brass, who went to work this off-season to add a host of talent across the various position units to give head coach Joe Judge and the coaching staff more reinforcements at every position group. But while its now up to Judge and the coaches to sort everything out and determine who fits...

608 The San Francisco 49ers 2020 NFL season was arguably the most disappointing season over the last decade purely due to the high expectations the team had set for itself by making the Super Bowl the season prior. The underwhelming season was primarily plagued with injuries in addition to holes on the roster that were neglected in the 2020 offseason. However, the Niners started the 2021 offseason with an underrated free agency period during which they were able to retain most of their free age...

Mountaintop View 4-19-21. Hawaii remodels, 2 sides of recruiting, Mentorship, Rebels Vball, golden Lobos. Share this story Photo by Matthew Pearce/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images It’s Monday and we’re back. The links keep pressing on, so check out the latest Mountain West and college sports-related news from around the web, plus the original content we have coming your way this week. The Hawaii football program is attempting to retrofit the Clarence T.C. Ching Athletics Complex before the...

2021 Defensive Back Rankings Some guys dont show up in the rankings at all on some pages Some guys show up at different positions depending on the ranking site Some guys actually are ranked at one position but are more likely to play a different position in the NFL Only SI breaks CBs & Safeties into two positions each...the other sites just lump them together I put together this information based mostly on the "SI Draft Bible". To not completely bias the data on one ranking system, I suppl...

It’s Monday and we’re back. The links keep pressing on, so check out the latest Mountain West and college sports-related news from around the web, plus the original content we have coming your way...

Mar 5, 2021 BERKELEY – Cal football head coach Justin Wilcox announced Friday that Tre Watson has agreed to become the Golden Bears defensive backs coach. Watson, who was among a group of 30 coaches listed in 247Sports "30Under30" last season, spent the 2020 campaign as the defensive backs coach at UNLV following two seasons as a defensive graduate assistant at Oregon in 2018 and 2019. "Tre is one the nations top young coaches and rising fast in our profession," Wilcox said. "He brings a high...

Jan 28, 2021 After the Cardinals pass defense cratered in 2019, it took steps forward in Year 2 under coordinator Vance Joseph. A unit that was among the bottom in the league in passing yards allowed and net passing yards per attempt jumped into the top 10 in both areas in 2020.  Strengths Something the Cardinals set out to do this past season was limit big plays down the field. Their team Defense-adjusted Value Over Average (DVOA) was fifth in the league against deep balls, per Football Outs...

Joe Judge cultivated an impressive staff in his first season with the New York Giants, and Sean Spencer, Jerome Henderson and Burton Burns were among those who stood out.

Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh has hired Maurice Linguist and George Helow to be assistants on defense, the latest moves that have reshaped his coaching staff. Harbaugh announced the additions Wednesday night, adding that defensive line coach Shaun Nua has agreed on a contract extension and confirming Brian Jean-Mary will return to coach linebackers. Harbaugh hired Baltimore Ravens linebacker coach Mike Macdonald as defensive coordinator on Sunday, replacing Don Brown, who is now defensive coordi...