Chris Simms of NBC and Bleacher Report, and Peter Schrager of "Good Morning Football" and FOX Sports

The Peter King Podcast

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4.4 • 872 Ratings

🗓️ 2 January 2019

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Summary

Simms, previewing the first round of the NFL playoffs, and also on what went wrong for Aaron Rodgers in Green Bay, and on the day on the field 12 years ago as a Tampa Bay quarterback when he suffered a life-endagering injury. Schrager on the NFL's eight coaching openings, on whether he thinks Mike McCarthy will coach for anyone in 2019, on the Cleveland Browns' coaching search and what it might mean for Baker Mayfield, and on the surprise names you might hear this month as desperate teams look for new coaches.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Peter King Podcast, where I try to tell you a little bit about football
0:08.0	and an awful lot about life or maybe that's a little bit in reverse.
0:13.0	Anyway, we've got a good podcast for you this week.
0:16.0	My guests are Chris Sims of NBC Sports and Bleacher report.
0:21.0	We always have a good session with Chris Sims entering the playoffs every year.
0:27.0	I love him because he says everything and he says anything.
0:32.0	So he's fun to listen to.
0:33.0	And also this week, Peter Shrager,
0:35.0	we'll get caught up on all of the coaching searches around the NFL
0:39.0	in the wake of a particularly plentiful Black Monday.
0:45.4	So I'm going to start talking about Black Monday and about the coaching changes and the one constant refrain that I have heard in the days
0:57.5	leading up to the coaching changes as I record this there have been eight coach firings in the NFL between mid-season and now,
1:09.6	starting with Hugh Jackson and culminating with six more over the weekend and on Monday. So there's something that
1:19.1	that that that really irks me when I hear about Black Monday and when I hear this year that, and I quote,
1:29.4	there aren't any good candidates out there, end quote Or, quote, it's a really weak year for coaching
1:36.8	candidates, end quote. Well, to that I say, that is a bunch of garbage and I'll tell you why I'm going to give you a few
1:47.2	examples first and then I'm going to explain why in my opinion that's a really
1:52.4	really bad take okay first let's go over a few
1:57.1	names right now Chuck Noel 1969 Pittsburgh Steelers.
2:03.0	Nobody ever heard of Chuck Noel,
2:04.8	who was an offensive line coach at the time
2:08.6	for the Chargers.
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