I’ve only been watching the NFL for a few years, but I’ve been nothing but impressed by Spags’ defenses. Especially 2022, when most of his squad was replaced by rookies. What specifically made him such a bad head coach?
I’ve only been watching the NFL for a few years, but I’ve been nothing but impressed by Spags’ defenses. Especially 2022, when most of his squad was replaced by rookies. What specifically made him such a bad head coach?
Spags unfortunately had the distinction of drafting #1 in the last draft before the rookie pay scale was implemented. Sam Bradford got a 6 year $78m contract being drafted #1. The next year Cam Newton got a 4 year $22m contract as the #1 pick. Had Bradford been good, it would have been ok. But the fact that he wasnt good and that contract made it difficult to build a team around him.
There are other factors as to why Spags wasnt successful, but that contract didn’t help.