Tuesday Carousel: McDaniels To St. Louis, Samurai Mike TO Vikes

The St. Louis Rams hired Josh McDaniels as their new offensive coordinator.

The team announced the hire on its Twitter feed- OneRamsWay. McDaniels replaces Pat Shurmur who was hired as the new Cleveland Browns head coach.

Coach Steve Spagnuolo called McDaniels one of the top offensive minds in the NFL.

The HQ wonders if we'll get any of this...???

Because, after all, he's trying to win...
Ah well, you know the rest...
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Elsewhere, ex-San Francisco head coach Mike Singletary is joining former teammate Leslie Frazier on his staff in Minnesota.

Singletary told ESPN 1000 in Chicago during a radio interview earlier in the day he's coming to Minnesota. He'll be linebackers coach and assistant head coach...

He and Frazier were part of the "Monsters of the Midway" defense...
All that does is give the HQ the excuse to post DJStevePorter's "Press Hop 2"
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BREAKING: No Joshing...Josh McDaniels...You're FIRED!

Josh McDaniles/Courtesy: Denver Post

Hmmmm.....we thought he'd at least make it to the end of the season. But we didn't say that, because we would have been wrong.

The Denver Broncos have asked now former head coach Josh McDaniels to "Leave the Building". The Broncos are 3-9 on the season and seemingly have gotten worse as the season has progressed.

Another factor was in play. Broncos owner Pat Bowlen was said to be livid after it was discovered that McDaniels friend and now former Video Coordinator Steve Sarnacchia was busted for taping the 49ers pre-game walk through before playing the Broncos in London, back in October. Sarnacchia was fired, McDaniels fined after the story leaked out a couple of weeks ago.

Read more about what happened from the Denver Post RIGHT HERE

McDaniels, it was generally acknowledged to be in over his head. The once proud Broncos franchise has been in free fall, even before they fired former coach Mike Shanahan. They are now light years away from being competitive.

Personnel decisions like trading Peyton Hillis for #3 quarterback Brady Quinn and drafting Tim Tebow in the 1st round, got some peoples attention. The team itself, never put anything together. For his part, McDaniels is only in his early 30's and can still build credibility as a coordinator, his offense worked on occasion in Denver. We'll see if that plays out to be true or that and the video issue will haunt him forever.

McDaniels issued the following statement:
"I am very grateful to Pat Bowlen and the Broncos' organization for giving me the opportunity to be the Head Coach of such a proud franchise. I would like to thank all of the people who helped us over the last two years. I am especially appreciative of the efforts of every player, coach and member of the personnel department who worked so hard every day. I wish Pat Bowlen and the Broncos' organization nothing but the best in the future."

Broncos RB coach Eric Studesville is your interim...
We congratulate those of you who had Eric in your pools...

Enjoy the peak of his outburstedness...
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Broncos Video team investigated for possible "Spygate" part 2....With Update

Josh McDaniels and Kyle Orton/Courtesy: chargingbolts.com

If you don't know what I'm talking about, then think back to 2007 when the Video guys from the New England Patriots were accused of video taping the opposing teams coaching signals. It was called "Spygate" and everyone from the NFL to Senator Arlen Spector was investigating and looking for someone's head.

With that in mind, we get word today that the Denver Broncos, coached by former Patriots assistant Josh McDaniels, are being investigated for something remarkably similar. Oh, the head of video who's currently on leave because of the investigation, Steve Scarnecchia, he used to work for the Patriots too.

Read the whole story from the Denver Post RIGHT HERE

The specifics of this have something to do with the Broncos game against San Francisco earlier this year in London.

This may or may not turn out to be truthful, it's still be investigated by the NFL. But, it sure doesn't smell very good for the Broncos. Or more specifically, the ex-New England connection. McDaniels, has already struggled in his tenure with the team and with the lack of results, may find himself out of a job very, very soon.

Updated 1pm on Saturday the 28th--per Bob Glauber of the Newsday and others on Twitter:

BREAKING: NFL announces Josh McDaniels fined $50k for not reporting taping of 49ers’ Oct. 30 practice. NFL says McDaniels didn't view tapes.

Draft Day One: Tebow To Denver

((HT: KDVR-TV Denver))

So, Denver trades down and trades down and trades down to get Tim Tebow...
One of the surprises of Day One to be sure...

Fox 31's Zubin Mehenti was at Dove Valley for the beginning of the onslaught that is "Jesus in Colorado..."
 

The HQ is sure that Kyle Orton is on a very short leash, and that Brady Quinn's isn't that much longer...

Josh McDaniels Has A Mouth Only Cable Can Love

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Those of us at OSG HQ really have nothing to say here...
Just "watch..."


Now, if only the team would listen to him...
They might be able to salvage the AFC West...

Washing Broncos Cutler-y

((HT: Mike Klis/Denver Post))

Seems like the on-again, off-again relationship between Denver Broncos Head Coach Josh McDaniels and QB Jay Cutler is, officially, off.

Irreconcilable differences that not even emoticons on text messages can fix...

"Numerous attempts to contact Jay Cutler in the last 10 days, both by head coach Josh McDaniels and myself, have been unsuccessful," Broncos owner Pat Bowlen said in a statement. "A conversation with his agent (Bus Cook) earlier today clearly communicated and confirmed to us that Jay no longer has any desire to play for the Denver Broncos. We will begin discussions with other teams in an effort to accommodate his request to be traded."

Cutler heard about Bowlen's statement Tuesday, but said by text, "I'm not talking about it."
For now, the Broncos' starting quarterback is Chris Simms, who has thrown just two passes since sustaining a ruptured spleen in the third game of the 2006 season, or nine games before Cutler replaced Jake Plummer as the Broncos' starting quarterback.

Good luck with that one...

Washington and the Jets are in play for Cutler's moodiness...

Was it really this long ago...?

((HT: ESPN/NFL))

McDaniels To Become McBronco

The Rocky Mountain News, via the four-letter, is declaring the winner in the "Let's Replace Mike Shanahan Sweepstakes" as New England Patriots Offensive Coordinator Josh McDaniels. ((pictured, thanks/rockymountainnews.com))

Chris Mortensen sayeth the following:

"Broncos owner Pat Bowlen sent COO Joe Ellis to Boston Thursday for a lengthy second interview with McDaniels, who, according to sources, was one of two finalists along with Vikings defensive coordinator Leslie Frazier.

McDaniels has worked in the NFL for eight seasons, all with New England. He joined the Patriots on March 1, 2001 as a personnel assistant in the scouting department and assisted the defensive coaching staff for three seasons. He began serving as the Patriots' quarterbacks coach in 2004 and was named offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach on January 20, 2006.

McDaniels began his coaching career in 1999 as a graduate assistant at Michigan State, working under head coach Nick Saban."

When Pat Bowlen announces this publicly, we'll be there for you...
Carry on...