If Gruden comes in, I'm done with this team. The guy is extremely overrated and won't do any better than Fisher. At least if we somehow got Sean Payton, we would get a much better offensive philosophy and could possibly keep the defensive scheme in tact since Williams has worked with him before. Also, he'd be a splashy hire that Los Angeles seems to want.
I believe it was Brad Johnson that he won with, a much better QB than Dilfer. Dilfer won his Super Bowl with the Ravens. Gruden won with Dungy's team and once those guys either got old and/or left, he never was able to find the talent to replace them and Tampa really hasn't done much of note ever since. As for other options, if LA wants a big name, try to work out a deal with the Saints for Payton. I realize that we don't have the draft capital but I'm sure that they'd listen if we threw in a defensive player (Quinn for example) and possibly a late round pick.
I think teams would definitely take a chance on Quinn. If he's available, it could possibly be like a Cameron Wake situation where people thought he might be done after going down in the middle of the season last year but yet has double digit sacks I believe this season. So if anyone thinks that Quinn can still contribute, they'd definitely be after him as a reclamation project.
I admittedly don't know much about Toub but that article definitely built him up as a great candidate. I would also consider McDaniels since it's likely that the next coach is going to be more of an offensive minded coach. I'd consider Kyle Shanahan as well as a legit option.
And somehow ended up beating Seattle. The sad thing is, is that all four of the wins were by six points or less, so we could easily have the same record as say the Browns or worse.
You watch Gurley have a record day moving G-Rob to guard. They will finally get it figured out on the last game of the season!
