Come to Think of It: NFL Assistant Coaching Changes Dominate Preseason

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Published: September 4, 2009

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... And, in a recent trend, to assistant offensive coaches who are being let go before a regular season pass is ever thrown.

The latest casualty is Buffalo Bills offensive coordinator Turk Schonert, who was fired on Friday following a weak offensive performance in the preseason.

I don't know the stats, but all these early changes strike me as unprecedented—I can't recall a preseason where so many coaches were let go.

Maybe one change has opened the door to others, who knows?

Put aside, for a moment, whether the dismissals were warranted or not. I mean, the absence of T.O. may have had something to do with the Bills anemic showing. After all, Schonert installed the no-huddle offense due to Owens.

The point is, three coordinators in one week?—Before the darn season has even started?

In addition to Schonert, Kansas City fired Chan Gailey on Monday and Tampa Bay said sayonara to Jeff Jagodzinski on Thursday.

If a team is makin...

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