Brian Batko

I think they've endeared him to the fan base already.

And, you know, you need more than that to succeed as an NFL quarterback or an NFL player at any position.

But it's not like you're starting from nothing.

This was a guy who got enough done for Ohio State to win the national championship.

But it's just difficult to

separate, hey, how much of that was the supporting cast around him?

Could you have plugged a lot of different quarterbacks into those shoes and had success?

Those are the unanswerable questions, but I think that's why Howard is so well-liked and has such a high floor for success in the league, even if it is as a backup for most of his tenure.

Yeah, I'd say so.

And like you mentioned, Bob, it's all going to revolve around McCarthy.

So if you get that right...

The rest is window dressing, and if you don't, the rest doesn't matter too much.

But I've heard good things about Brian Angelico.

I've heard good things about Brian Angelico going back

a ways, you know, well before he was in the running to be the Steelers offensive coordinator.

I'm talking seasons ago, maybe when Arthur Smith or Matt Canada was, was calling the shots here, but that that's a name that didn't come out of left field to me.

And I think tapping into anybody from that Vikings offensive staff makes sense.

I know they weren't good this past year on that side of the ball, but a lot of that was quarterback play.

You saw what they did with Darnold a couple of years ago.

So like that, our Patrick Graham on defense, you know, I,