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Why was Steve Spagnuolo such an unsuccessful head coach? (alien.top)

submitted 1 year ago by eedeotbwoy@alien.top to c/nfl@nfl.community

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I’ve only been watching the NFL for a few years, but I’ve been nothing but impressed by Spags’ defenses. Especially 2022, when most of his squad was replaced by rookies. What specifically made him such a bad head coach?

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[–] scyber@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Spags unfortunately had the distinction of drafting #1 in the last draft before the rookie pay scale was implemented. Sam Bradford got a 6 year $78m contract being drafted #1. The next year Cam Newton got a 4 year $22m contract as the #1 pick. Had Bradford been good, it would have been ok. But the fact that he wasnt good and that contract made it difficult to build a team around him.

There are other factors as to why Spags wasnt successful, but that contract didn't help.