Edit: Capers Will Be On Staff, Not Coordinator!

[wolf754life]

http://www.denverpost.com/broncos/ci_11430967

mods if this was posted just merge, its getting confusing around here.

A source also said the team will hire Dom Capers, who was the head coach of expansion teams Carolina and then Houston. He was an assistant/secondary coach with the Patriots this season after serving eight years as an NFL head coach.

[UberBroncoMan]

Yay us... so much excitement... yay... great defense for us... yay us... yay... ... ugh

[DivineLegion]

People always leave out the fact that Dom was the D coordinator of a 1-15 Dolphins team a year ago.

[uplink]

Will he install the 3-4? Defenses wins games in the NFL as noted by 3 of last 4 playoff teams come from the top 3 defenses.

3-4 defensive teams end up with a record of 59-33 against 4-3 teams in 2008 regular season + playoffs. 2-0 in playoffs so far with SB to come.

Seems like a definite advantage.

[ludo21]

He has been both good and bad. Been apart of a great fins defense, and then apart of a crap one.

I dont think the hire is terrible, but with the youth movement direction were going in I thought Mcdermont would be a great choice.

Time to start preparing for the draft and reorganzing the defense though, so I guess time was a factor here.

[DivineLegion]

Originally Posted by ludo21

He has been both good and bad. Been apart of a great fins defense, and then apart of a crap one.

I dont think the hire is terrible, but with the youth movement direction were going in I thought Mcdermont would be a great choice.

Time to start preparing for the draft and reorganzing the defense though, so I guess time was a factor here.

The good Phins D he coached was a product of Nick Saban and after Nick bailed for greener pastures Dom was left alone and failed miserably.

[UberBroncoMan]

Originally Posted by DivineLegion

People always leave out the fact that Dom was the D coordinator of a 1-15 Dolphins team a year ago.

oi

[ludo21]

Assuming we run the 3-4, who do yall want at 12 now?

Im on board with Raji..

[spdirty]

Originally Posted by wolf754life

http://www.denverpost.com/broncos/ci_11430967

mods if this was posted just merge, its getting confusing around here.

A source also said the team will hire Dom Capers, who was the head coach of expansion teams Carolina and then Houston. He was an assistant/secondary coach with the Patriots this season after serving eight years as an NFL head coach.

AND YOU REALLY THINK THIS IS A ****ING STEP UP FROM SHANAHAN.

[montrose]

http://www.rockymountainnews.com/new...e-coordinator/

[skpac1001]

Originally Posted by ludo21

Assuming we run the 3-4, who do yall want at 12 now?

Im on board with Raji..

Maualuga suddenly looks like a better fit also. There is a bunch of 3-4 rush ends and also that Jackson guy at DE. Good draft for 3-4.

[Steve Prefontaine]

haha. Wiki says it's a done deal. Welcome Ernest!

Ernest Dominic Capers (born August 7, 1950 in Cambridge, Ohio) is an American football Defensive Coordinator for the Denver Broncos of the National Football League.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dom_Capers

[ColoradoBuff]

9news said that Nolan will be the DC and Capers will be on the staff...most likely as DB coach/Assistant Coach. same role he had in New England

[lookin' glass]

Nolan, Capers. 6 of one, half dozen of the other.

[wolf754life]

how good is it to be wrong, i think we all like NOLAN, capers will be a solid assistant.

mcdaniels will have two ex head coaches in the room during meetings, good stuff.

[gunns]

Originally Posted by DivineLegion

The good Phins D he coached was a product of Nick Saban and after Nick bailed for greener pastures Dom was left alone and failed miserably.

Uh-oh we're making excuses for him already. I didn't see where it said he would be hired at D coord, just that he'd be hired.

[Broncojef]

Originally Posted by wolf754life

how good is it to be wrong, i think we all like NOLAN, capers will be a solid assistant.

mcdaniels will have two ex head coaches in the room during meetings, good stuff.

I'm really loving the pairing of McDaniels and the two solid defensive minds.
We really needed a refocus on offense and a total rebuild of the defense. I was a Spags guy but this coaching staff is really what we needed.

[Houshyamama]

Time to go get Suggs

[Bronx33]

Originally Posted by spdirty

AND YOU REALLY THINK THIS IS A ****ING STEP UP FROM SHANAHAN.

It's a step away from shanahan ( that was the point) get on board the boat is sailin to the promise land!.

[UberBroncoMan]

Originally Posted by Broncojef

I'm really loving the pairing of McDaniels and the two solid defensive minds.
We really needed a refocus on offense and a total rebuild of the defense. I was a Spags guy but this coaching staff is really what we needed.

I'd take this or Spags and his D people handling the D along with our entire O-Staff heading up everything on the offense.

[BroncoMan4ever]

i am luke warm on Capers, been good and bad, i guess it just depends in which capacity he will be used, but i do like the Nolan signing. i am going to enjoy watching him screaming and pacing the sidelines getting on our defenses ass.

[BroncoBuff]

This is interesting .... McDaniels has a connection with Kenny Peterson:

"It's not about how old you are; it's about experience," said Kenny Peterson, the Broncos defensive end who was a freshman tight end at McKinley High School in Canton, Ohio, when McDaniels was the starting quarterback.

[Popps]

Originally Posted by DivineLegion

People always leave out the fact that Dom was the D coordinator of a 1-15 Dolphins team a year ago.

But that said, their D played well last year and was not considered the problem at all. They were handcuffed by a horrendous offense.

This year, the Dolphins just put in a pedestrian offense with very modest numbers, and you saw huge improvement. That wasn't because Capers left, it's because the D wasn't on the field the entire game.

It's one thing to build a champion through defense, and it's another to have absolutely ZERO offense whatsoever.