Atkins and Dunlap Frustrated with Being Phased Out

[TJHoushmandzadeh's Shiny Shoes]

(10-19-2020, 09:39 PM)Wes Mantooth Wrote: Jaimis Winston was drafted in 2015.  Lovie Smith was fired after the end of the season.

Jamarcus Russell was drafted in 2007.  Lane Kiffin was fired after the end of the season.

I suspect I can find more (these were the first two I thought of), but with these examples + the others listed, I think the idea that a head coach should keep his job, just because they recently drafted a QB #1, isn't all an accurate statement.

I think it's more that HCs who draft and develop a QB who looks like being a franchise QB don't tend to get sacked. If you draft Jamarcus Russell someone's going to get fired.

For all ZT's faults he's actually done a pretty solid job in prepping Burrow, especially during a pandemic without rookie minicamps, pre-season games etc. Remember his background is QB coaching rather than as an OC and so Mike Brown will see Burrow's development as justification for the hire.