Diante Lee

We're ahead of the curve once again, right?

I cannot wait until they make a reference to Andy Reid, being a quarterbacks coach under Holmgren and Green Bay, however many decades ago.

And he didn't have play calling experience either.

And then that guy came in and revolutionized both the West Coast offense and the Philadelphia Eagles as a franchise, right?

I would not be surprised if you hear that as a selling point.

And there are some ways in which I can buy into this being a good idea.

I think that when we talked earlier in the day and off camera about things like having a guy that fits the profile of a team that needs the most out of its quarterback.

I think that getting a former quarterback, even if he doesn't have play calling experience, is the right move in that instance.

Go get a guy...

who's been in the room, who has sat in Jalen Hurts' seat, who understands how a quarterback sees the game and can communicate to them in a way that he would understand.

He would also, I think, take the last two years of Jordan Love's career once Sean Mannion became the quarterback's coach.

And you would say, this is a guy who was clearly helping to push his quarterback, to push the ball deep downfield, to take chances vertically, to be able to read out progressions aggressively, to understand coverage and know when you can push the ball downfield.

And all of those things I think are real pluses on Mannion's resume, right?

I think to me, the only real hangup I have really does come back to whether or not a coordinator that does not have play calling experience and has not even had a coaching job for a half decade yet

Is he going to have the gravitas in a room where there is going to be as much internal pressure as there will be in Philadelphia, right?

What's going to happen if he and Jalen genuinely do see something differently?

What's going to happen if Nick Sirianni wants the offense to look a certain way?

How much of a thumb is he going to put on the scale?

And does Sean Mannion, from a personality perspective, have enough gumption to be able to stand up in those rooms and say, no, I was hired here to do this task.

You asked me to come here to help develop our offense and get the most out of it.