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knoxvol52 said:
Rumor has it, if you live in East Tennessee you're a Tennessee fan.
If you live in Middle Tennessee you're a Vanderbilt fan..
If you live in West Tennessee you're a Memphis, Mississippi or Arkansas fan..
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Wrong, most of the state regardless of where you live supports the Vols.
Memphis State and Vandy are afterthoughts.

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Some interesting coach search nuggets in this WaPo article. The majority of the article discusses the likelihood of Belichick ending up with the Eagles and is skeptical that he'd stoop down to coaching the falcons.... Other than that:


What the Falcons want​

I previously reported in this space that the Falcons would prize coaching experience in their search, and it seems clear through the first week of the process that they are likely to be headed in that direction, with five of their candidates (including Belichick) having served as a head coach.
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I also reported that this was shaping up to be a year in which defensive candidates were finally given a bigger opportunity to compete for these positions, and the Falcons’ search is a portal into that dynamic: Eight of their 12 reported interviews or interview requests are with coaches on the defensive side of the ball. Several of the insiders I spoke with threw a dart in the direction of Rams defensive coordinator Raheem Morris as the ultimate coach in Atlanta. He had a stint there as an interim coach in 2020, was once a wunderkind head coach in the NFC South with Tampa Bay — from which he has ties with Atlanta CEO Rich McKay — and Sean McVay, the universally respected Rams coach, is strongly advocating for him.

“They want someone who has done it before,” said the second coaching agent, who does not represent Morris but does have a client in the Falcons’ mix. “I get the feeling [Morris] left there on good terms, and he knows that division. I think he’d be bringing [Rams offensive coordinator] Mike LaFleur with him to run the offense, which Arthur and Rich would probably be good with.”

The longtime executive called Morris “more than worthy of a second chance to be a head coach. I think Atlanta makes the most sense for him.”

Mike LaFleur worked under Kyle Shanahan running the Falcons’ offense in the 2016 season, when Matt Ryan won an MVP award and they nearly beat Belichick in the Super Bowl. Reaching back into that Shanahan-McVay tree might be in order.

Notes from around the league

The two names I heard the most regarding the Seahawks job were Dallas Cowboys defensive coordinator Dan Quinn, a longtime defensive coordinator in Seattle, and former Titans coach Mike Vrabel. “Vrabel and [Seahawks GM John] Schneider are pretty close,” a longtime personnel executive said. “They could work really well together, and they are kind of in a similar spot in their careers when you think about it. If it’s not Quinn and they want to go outside the Pete Carroll coaching tree, I think Vrabel is the guy.” Two coaching agents mentioned Vrabel and Seattle as well.

All seven of the individuals I spoke with agreed that the Los Angeles Chargers will hire an offensive-minded coach and figured quarterback Justin Herbert would be at the center of any decision they made. The question is whether they would meet Jim Harbaugh’s price tag for his entire staff, which could be record-setting. …

The consensus from my conversations was that a young offensive coordinator such as Brian Callahan of the Bengals or Bobby Slowik of the Texans will wind up with Carolina, with owner David Tepper expected to strike out on landing Lions offensive coordinator Ben Johnson for a second straight year. The people I talked with believed Johnson will be hired by the Washington Commanders. …

The Titans and Slowik are also a strong potential match. However, “after what [Slowik’s offense] just did to [Browns defensive coordinator] Jim Schwartz, he doesn’t need to take the worst job available,” as one of the executives put it. “Slowik can do better than that.”
 
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