There is a false belief a Defensive Line Coach who hasn’t called defensive plays cannot possibly be a successful DC. Then explain to me why the Dallas Cowboys managed to do so successively with our former Defensive Line Coach and moreover he did so when the Cowboys spent their high draft choices building their Offense and he was left with subpar defensive players to coach into an effective defense and he is still their DC today. He knew how the defense was supposed to work and how to coach up players. Buckner knows how an aggressive defense is supposed to work because he has played in them before and he helped Coach one in the Arizona Cardinals and he knows how to coach up players even if they are not top talent. He can succeed here as Interim DC if Licht fires Smitty and tells Koetter to promote Buckner to Interim DC or be fired. If Koetter refuses fire him and promote our Offensive Coordinator to Interim HC who calls plays. If they succeed make them permanent.
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