I do not know what it is about it, but I REALLY don't like this hiring. My prediction was Jim Caldwell for a few reasons. 1. He has been to a super bowl as head coach of the Colts, 2. He coached the 2012 Ravens to the Lombardi, and 3. He was a quarterbacks coach who could have helped RG3 get back to 2012 form and develop Kirk Cousins until his trade value climaxes. But Snyder chose Gruden. The man has been very successful, multiple championships...in the Arena League. From what he has shown in the NFL, his quarterbacks have been inconsistent and have been bailed out by the teams' stellar defenses. I am looking at you, Andy Dalton (and Brad Johnson). And to make matters worse, he isn't even the best coach in the family. Gruden is destined to fail as head coach due to the lack of cap space and lack of a first round pick. Brian Orakpo, Santana Moss, DeAngelo Williams and Fred Davis are all UFA's this upcoming off season, not to mention that their defensive leader, London Fletcher, may retire. All in all, this hire makes little to no sense for me except for his connection with Jim Haslett, the defensive coordinator, who I believed should be fired.

Grade: D (64%)

Jay Cutler and the Chicago Bears have agreed upon a new 7 year deal that would keep their quarterback in the Windy City until 2020. Cutler has been a member of the team since 2009 when he was traded from the Broncos for a 1st round pick. Cutler has been an above average quarterback for the Bears in his tenure with them, but the figures for this deal give me mixed feelings on this deal. 126 million dollars and 54 million of that is guaranteed to end up in Cutler's pocket. You probably do not want to giving that much money to an often injured quarterback who is loved by opposing fan bases. The only reason i wont give this a D grade is because the Bears aren't used to having good quarterbacks and Jay Cutler already holds basically every passing record for the Bears.

Grade:C- (71%)

Lovie Smith, former head coach of the Chicago Bears, has been hired by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to replace Greg Schiano as head football coach. Smith led the Bears to the Super Bowl in '06 where they fell to Peyton Manning on a rainy Miami night. I love this signing mostly because Smith never should have been fired in the first place. This is an absolute steal for the Bucs snatching a coach with a .563 regular season winning percentage. On the other hand, Lovie Smith was hated by a lot of Bears fans towards the end of his career, but the Tampa fan base seems to be more embracing of their former Linebackers coach who coached up a young Derrick Brooks.


Grade: A

Houston (2-14)-Teddy Bridgewater QB, Louisville
St. Louis - from Washington (3-13)TRADE Minnesota- Blake Bortles QB, UCF
Jacksonville (4-12) Johnny Manziel QB, Texas A&M
Cleveland (4-12) Sammy Watkins WR, Clemson
Oakland (4-12) Derek Carr QB, Fresno State
Atlanta (4-12) Jadaveon Clowney DE, South Carolina
Tampa Bay (4-12) Anthony Barr DE/OLB, UCLA
Minnesota (5-10-1) St. Louis- Jake Matthews OT, Texas A&M 
Buffalo (6-10) Khalil Mack OLB, Buffalo
Detroit (7-9) Marqise Lee WR, USC
Tennessee (7-9) Taylor Lewan OT, Michigan
New York Giants (7-9) Mike Evans WR, Texas A&M
St. Louis (7-9)TRADE Dallas- Louis Nix III DT, Notre Dame
Chicago (8-8) Ra'Shede Hageman DT,  Minnesota 
Pittsburgh (8-8) Cameron Erving OT, Florida State
Dallas (8-8) St. Louis-HaHa Clinton-Dix 
Baltimore (8-8) Davante Adams WR, Fresno State
New York Jets (8-8)TRADE Cleveland-Brett Hundley QB, UCLA
Miami (8-8)-Cyrus Koundijo OT, Alabama
Arizona (10-6)-Antonio Richardson OT, Tennessee
Green Bay* (8-7-1)-Eric Ebron TE, North Carolina
San Diego* (9-7)- Vic Beasley DE/OLB, Clemson
Philadelphia* (10-6) CJ Mosley LB, Alabama
Kansas City* (11-5)Jace Amaro TE, Texas Tech
Cincinnati* (11-5) Justin Gilbert CB, Oklahoma State
Cleveland - from Indianapolis* (11-5)New York Jets- Jordan Matthew WR, Vanderbilt
New Orleans* (11-5) Timmy Jernigan DT, Florida State
San Francisco* (12-4) TRADE Atlanta- Austin Seferian-Jenkins TE, Washington
New England* (12-4) Stephon Tuitt DE, Notre Dame
Carolina* (12-4) James Hurst OT, North Carolina
Denver* (13-3) Darqueze Dennard CB, Michigan State
Seattle* (13-3) Trent Murphy DE/OLB, Stanford