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Secondary Coaching Candidates Part I: The A-List
Seth
May 10th, 2021 at 3:04 PM
The unluckiest sports program on Earth caught a doozy in the dinglies last week as co-DC/cornerbacks coach/crack recruiter Mo Linguist took the late-opening Buffalo head job. How bad the fallout will be depends on which replacement coach Michigan can get in this late hour. Here are the gentlemen Michigan could take a swing at. We ll tackle some of the big names first and if we re still shopping later this week I ll have a Part II with other candidates once we have a clearer idea of the market.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Buccaneers defensive line coach Kacy Rodgers has earned some league-wide recognition following the Bucs Super Bowl LV win after he was voted the John Teerlinck Defensive Line Coach of the Year for 2020.
The award is usually given out annually at the NFL Combine but with COVID-19 limitations, Joe Cullen of the Jacksonville Jaguars sent a video announcing Rodgers as this year s recipient on the first day of the 2021 NFL Draft. The award is named for John Teerlinck, who passed away last May, and is widely considered to be one of the best defensive line coaches in NFL history.
With the 2021 NFL Draft kicking off on Thursday, April 29, Bucs general manager Jason Licht spoke with the media on Wednesday about Tampa Bay’s pre-draft plans.
Since Licht and company were able to bring back so many players in free agency, they can now turn their attention to adding depth in certain areas of the roster. One position in particular that generates interest is the interior defensive line. The Bucs could use an infusion of youth at defensive tackle, but instead re-signed veteran backups like Rakeem Nunez-Roches and Steve McLendon in the offseason.
“It’s not as deep as it has been in some years,” Licht said about the defensive tackle prospects in the 2021 NFL Draft class. “We’ve known that for some time. Now there still are some that we like, but it went into our thought process of re-signing Nacho [and] Stevie.”