Who moved to the head of the NFL class during the draft? Find out with FanHouse's team-by-team 2009 Draft Grades.
The Green Bay Packers have spent the first part of the offseason fine-tuning their coaching staff, especially on defense. Anyone who watched the team play in 2008 knows this was work that needed to be done. 
Earlier this week, the Green Bay Packers hired Dom Capers to run their defense. Capers replaces Bob Sanders, who ran the defense 
Perhaps it took longer than expected for Mike McCarthy, but the search is over. The Packers canned defensive coordinator Bob Sanders after a miserable season, and speculation on a replacement immediately began to center around former San Francisco head coach Mike Nolan.
"I have known Dom for a long time and respect him tremendously as a coach, particularly defensively. To add a coach of his caliber is an outstanding opportunity for us. I look forward to getting to work with Dom and Dean [Pees] immediately."Capers was the Dolphins defensive coordinator last season but was part of the housecleaning effort once Bill Parcells took over. He has experience in the 3-4 defense (a scheme the Patriots feature frequently) serving as the Steelers defensive coordinator from 1992-1994, and the head coach in Carolina and Houston before landing with the Dolphins in 2006.
There are Cowboys fans still mad at Jerry Jones for firing Tom Landry. Certainly understandable. But much of the hatred directed at the Arkansas Hairpiece has softened over the years, particularly the '90s, when Dallas won three Super Bowls. • Jerry has made Garrett the NFL's highest-paid assistant with a salary that's nearly as much, if not equal to what Phillips earns. We all know Phillips is going to spend all next season answering question after question about his future every time the Cowboys lose.Taylor goes on for a few hundred more words, but you get the point. And i suspect Phillips does too. I don't think anybody will be shocked
• Jerry hired Hudson Houck, a quality offensive line coach, who has more ties to Garrett than Phillips.
Cowboys owner Jerry Jones has communicated to Garrett that he would match the Ravens' financial offer -- without knowing the amount -- if Garrett rejects it, according to ESPN.com.The Baltimore Sun's Jamison Hensley writes that Garrett left Baltimore still employed by the Cowboys, but was presumably on his way to Atlanta for another interview. If it comes down to Baltimore and Dallas, the Ravens could have the upper hand because they are expected to outbid the Cowboys.
Much has been said about John Fox's future as the head coach of the Carolina Panthers. The Panthers have had three winning seasons in their franchise's 13-year history; Fox helmed two of those teams including the one that went to and lost Super Bowl XXXVIII.
On the flip side, only ttwice has a Panthers team failed to win at least 7 games: 1998 and 2001. In both of those seasons, the Panthers elected to dump the head coach and look elsewhere.
In 1998, the Panthers went 4-12 and fired Dom Capers. Capers was the first head coach in franchise history and had led Carolina to the NFC Championship game in just their second season. He was replaced by George Seifert. Seifert was fired after the 2001 campaign after that team won their first game of the season ... then went on to lose the final 15 ones. Enter Fox.
Now, is this all a coincidence? Maybe. However, there have been four 7-9 seasons in franchise history and the coach has survived (including Fox twice). Fox could get a pass since Jake Delhomme (who was having a good start) missed most of the season with an arm injury. David Carr, unshockingly, stunk; 93-yr old Vinny Testerverde doesn't have the stamina to play every game and Matt Moore has never played.
At 6-8, I think if Fox wins at least one more game ... their final two games are against division winners Dallas and Tampa Bay ... he saves his job for at least one more season.
