Post 2017 NFL reular season thoughts

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Now that the NFL 's regular season has finished and coaches are being fired, I thought it might be good to reflect on the 2017 season and the immediate aftermath. I'm a Bears fan, so I'll start there.

To the surprise of nobody, the Bears fired head coach, John Fox. While that came as no surprise, GM, Ryan Pace was extended through 2021. Apparently that may help in the search for a new head coach. That way the new head coach and Pace can be fired at the same time. While Bears fans have had it rough, they can't come close to the suffering Cleveland Browns fans have suffered.

The Browns are so bad that.......

How bad are the Cleveland Browns? Duty wants to change colors. And yet Hue Jackson, like Fletch, lives as a head coach. How bad do you have to be to be fired as an NFL head coach in Ohio? Jackson still has his job and Bengals head coach, Marvin Lewis, signed a two year extension. The only guy that has more job security than an NFL coach in Ohio is the Pope. If Columbus gets an NFL team, Marc Trestman should apply to coach it.

Will Roethlisberger be the only Big Ben in the playoffs?

The Jacksonville Jaguars made the playoffs. Does that mean the NFL will have a playoff game in London. It seems like the Jaguars have been in the NFL's version of the witness protection program. Looks like the NFL can't hide them any longer.

Least Inspiring cheer

At this point, the Carolina Panthers are still up for sale. Head coach, Ron Rivera, made the unusual move of leading the team in a cheer for team owner, Jerry Richardson. Of course Richardson is selling the team because of misconduct directed at female employees. Since the Panthers are in the playoffs, maybe Ron can tell the team to win one for the Groper.

Did the 49ers rob the Bears and Pats?

The San Francisco 49ers seem to have made out like bandits this season. Not only did they pillage Bears draft choices, they later picked QB, Jimmy Garoppolo. Garoppolo led the 49ers to 5 straight wins to finish the season. The Bears being fleeced doesn't surprise me, but the possibility of the Patriots being bit in the butt by a big move does.

Tom Brady looked almost human in the last part of the regular season. His stats for the last five games were down quite a bit. If Brady does succumb to Father Time, and he will. Garoppolo would be a handy guy to have around.

Del Rio can blame it on Chucky

And finally, it looks like the Raiders are going to hire Jon Gruden as their head coach after firing Jack Del Rio. Del Rio's Raiders did go 6-10, but if he was in Cleveland, six wins should assure him of about a decade of job security.

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