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Herm Edwards explains N’Keal Harry’s failed run in New England

Herm Edwards shared his thoughts on N’Keal Harry’s failed run with the Patriots

Former New England Patriots wide receiver N’Keal Harry did not have a productive career in New England. Now his former college coach is coming to his defense in a recent interview.

Harry, who was selected in the first round of the 2019 NFL draft, recorded 57 catches for 598 yards and four touchdowns in three seasons with the Patriots. His best season in terms of production came in 2020, with Cam Newton under center. Harry recorded 57 receptions for 309 yards and two touchdowns on the year.

Aside from that season, he was not able to put things together in New England. He was traded to the Chicago Bears in 2022 and lasted one season with the team. He was then signed by the Minnesota Vikings in August 2023 and re-signed on a reserve/future contract in January.

Former Arizona State coach Herm Edwards pinpointed one particular reason for Harry’s struggles in New England, as he told Tyler Dunne at “Go Long.”

“He had hanger-on’ers. And it was like, “C’mon, N’Keal.” Because talent-wise? He’s got enough talent,” said Edwards. “He’s a big, strong physical receiver to catch the ball. And then he went to New England. That was the worst place for him to go because it just didn’t fit. That didn’t fit him.”

Harry’s short-lived career in New England was one of the more memorable draft misses of the Bill Belichick era. The Patriots have historically struggled to develop receivers, and Harry’s time with the organization was a classic case of exactly that.

Arizona State football self-imposes one-year bowl ban in midst of NCAA investigation

In the midst of an NCAA investigation, Arizona State has self-imposed a bowl ban for this season

The Arizona State Sun Devils have a new head coach in former Oregon assistant Kenny Dillingham. The program has also been active on the transfer portal, bringing in former Notre Dame quarterback Drew Pyne, although he ended up losing the job to Jaden Rashada.

As everybody knows, the Herm Edwards era was ugly at Arizona State, and the program has now self-imposed a one-year postseason ban for the 2023 campaign due to potential violations that occurred during Edwards’ time, per Pete Thamel of ESPN.

According to Thamel, ASU was being investigated because of “persistent ignoring of the restrictions implemented during the COVID-19 recruiting dead period.”

With all of the roster changes at Arizona State, a bowl game in 2023 always seemed like a long shot, so getting this ban out of the way now makes sense, although it’s a tough blow for the new coaching regime after getting rid of Edwards.

This makes the decision to hire Edwards in 2017 even more questionable, but at least Arizona State can move on.

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Herm Edwards doesn’t believe Giants can succeed with Daniel Jones

Herm Edwards isn’t a Daniel Jones believer and doesn’t think the New York Giants can succeed if they’re forced to rely on the quarterback.

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The New York Giants’ success of 2022 took many by surprise and now they will look to build off of that this coming season. One of the biggest reasons for the sudden turnaround was the progress of quarterback Daniel Jones.

Jones took a huge leap a year ago, leading the Giants not only to a playoff berth but winning in the opening round of the postseason against the Minnesota Vikings. It was Jones’ strongest game of the year.

Despite his performance last season, Jones still has plenty of doubters, including ESPN analyst Herman Edwards.

“When you think about this offense, they were last in the National Football League in passing with explosive plays; in other words 20 yards or more. Now, Waller will help them. Hyatt — the receiver you mentioned they brought in,” Edwards said on NFL Live.

“The star player is the runner; it’s (Saquon) Barkley. And when you think about his numbers, he touched the ball for these guys 352 times — 295 were runs, and he caught 57 passes. And by the way, he was their leading receiver. So when you think about the Giants, trying to defend the Giants’ offense, the first thing you say is this: Stop the runner. If we can stop the runner, we can beat the Giants; make the quarterback throw the ball.”

Ideally, the added weapons on offense will help Jones and the Giants turn a corner in 2023 and become a more serious contender. Still, undeniably, the offense has a lot to prove.

Edwards is correct in that the Giants relied heavily on Barkley, especially over the first half of the year. But if an offense has only one legitimate star and game-changer, if the defense takes them away, every quarterback would struggle. That speaks more to the roster than the quarterback.

But Edwards is not the only one who doesn’t believe in Jones and the direction the Giants are going in 2023. Many anticipate the team will fall back to earth this season and reestablish themselves as one of the NFL’s underwhelming and mediocre teams.

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A running list of college football head coaches already fired in 2022

Keeping tabs on all the college football coaches who have been fired during the 2022 season.

Getting fired from a cushy college football coaching job isn’t great, and losing your job before the season ends is worse. But getting fired before the end of September is just embarrassing and a clear signal from the program that it didn’t have a ton of faith in you to begin with.

Well, a solid handful of college football coaches have already given pink slips — some of whom we predicted would be on the job hunt at some point this season. So as more coaches are looking for a new gig, we’re keeping tabs with a running list of FBS coaches who have been fired so far in the 2022 season.

Going into Week 6, there are already five names on this list to potentially shake up the coaching carousel.

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Analysis of the Colorado head coaching search, while Arizona State considers its own options

Key question: Would any ASU and Colorado coaching candidates overlap and be in play for both schools, not just one? Let’s sort through this situation.

The 2022 college football coaching carousel is already spinning. Last year, USC fired Clay Helton in September. This year, Arizona State fired Herm Edwards in September. Karl Dorrell was just fired in October. That’s two in-season coach firings in the Pac-12, and we’re not even halfway through the season.

If you’re a coaching candidate, do you view the Arizona State job or the Colorado job as the better opening? If you’re the president at ASU or Colorado, you have to think about two big questions, not just one. You’re not just asking yourself about the man you need to hire as your next head coach; you need to wonder if you should allow your current athletic director to make the hire.

There’s plenty to sort through here. Let’s look at the Colorado coaching search and see if the Buffs would consider the same candidates ASU is looking at:

Karl Dorrell fired as Colorado head coach; 2nd Pac-12 coach to be fired during 2022 season

First it was Herm Edwards at Arizona State. Now Karl Dorrell has been fired by Colorado. That’s two in-season #Pac12 coach firings. Follow @BuffaloesWire for full coverage:

We could see it coming.

Karl Dorrell, the former UCLA player and head coach who delivered a surprisingly good 2020 season at Colorado, lost hold of the CU program in 2021 and 2022. After another lopsided loss this past Saturday against Arizona, the school fired Dorrell.

Our friends at Buffaloes Wire have the story:

“Following an 0-5 start to the season,” Buffaloes Wire wrote, “the Colorado Buffaloes football program has dismissed head coach Karl Dorrell, according to a report by ESPN’s Pete Thamel on Sunday afternoon.

“Dorrell was in the midst of his third season at the helm and his tenure now ends with a disappointing 8-15 overall record. The 58-year-old had also led Colorado to the 2020 Alamo Bowl in his first season.

“Dorrell will be owed about an $8.7 million buyout. It’s currently unclear who the interim head coach will be.”

Follow Buffaloes Wire for complete coverage of the Colorado head coaching search and all its related storylines.

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Arizona State scrambles to retain recruits after Herm Edwards’ departure, before NCAA penalties

As it prepares to play USC, Arizona State is a mess. How are the Sun Devils faring in their attempt to retain recruits and limit further damage to the program?

Herm Edwards went 26-20 in five years at Arizona State. There was an NCAA investigation into the school’s recruiting practices during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Arizona State was humiliated in the eyes of the nation because it was not only dragged into scandal, but also because it didn’t even get anything for its wayward activity which has drawn the ire of the NCAA and is about to drag the program downward. No Pac-12 championship, no New Year’s Six bowl, no 10-win season. Arizona State got caught without having achieved something first.

Now, Herm is gone, and the program is trying to move forward with its season under interim coach Shaun Aguano. The Sun Devils are conducting a coaching search, which apparently will continue under current athletic director Ray Anderson, who has not been fired by school president Michael Crow. It’s a complicated, tangled situation in Tempe, primarily because the NCAA hasn’t yet handed down punishments.

How will Arizona State move forward?

At the Wilner Hotline, college football recruiting analyst Brandon Huffman of 247Sports spoke with a few of the commits:

— RL Miller, a three-star linebacker from Sacred Heart Prep in San Francisco, said he’s hoping ASU hires from within the program and, if that’s the case, he’ll stick with his commitment.

— Another commit, three-star quarterback Israel Carter from Corona, California, said that he remains loyal and isn’t planning to leave at all.

Alexander is an interesting one to watch. His older brother, Junior, a receiver, signed with ASU in the 2021 class with assistant Prentice Gill as the primary recruiter. By the time Alexander got to campus, Gill had been placed on administrative leave. Alexander played as a true freshman, then transferred home to Washington.

Arizona State had the lowest-rated class in the Pac-12 at the time of Edwards’ departure and was among the lowest in the country for Power Five schools: No. 92 in the 247Sports database behind the likes of Liberty, Georgia Southern, Ball State and Rice.

Arizona State only has six commitments in the class of ’23, and none of them are from the state of Arizona which has been a problem for both the Wildcats (Univ of Arizona) and Arizona State as well.

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Oregon OC Kenny Dillingham is just one of many names ASU will look at in its coaching search

ASU will look across the country for its next head football coach, and Oregon’s Kenny Dillingham could be among the top candidates.

Oregon Ducks offensive coordinator Kenny Dillingham has been suggested as one possible candidate for the Arizona State football coaching job.

It would make sense to include Dillingham as he is a native Arizonan and started his coaching career in 2014 as an offensive assistant with the Sun Devils right out of high school.

Wherever Dillingham has been, the offenses have flourished. He has coached in six bowls. He has only been in Eugene for less than a year and the better the Ducks offense performs this season, the quicker Dillingham will get a head coaching position somewhere.

Arizona State athletic director Ray Anderson has said the Sun Devils will do a national search for Herm Edwards’ replacement, so Dillingham will be just one of several candidates ASU will look at.

Here are just a few possibilities that Anderson will take a look at.

Kenny Dillingham as an Arizona State HC candidate? It may not be crazy…

Is Oregon OC Kenny Dillingham really a candidate to take over as the Arizona State head coach? It seems crazy, but the idea is picking up steam.

Over the last few days, the head coaching vacancy for the Arizona State Sun Devils has played out as one would typically expect. With Herm Edwards shown the door while literally walking off of the football field on Saturday night, the ensuing hours and days have been spent with media outlets cobbling together lists of potential candidates to take over as the next head man in Tempe.

There’s one thing that I didn’t expect in all of this. I didn’t expect for the Oregon Ducks to be involved.

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Usually, prominent teams like the Ducks are used to being mentioned in coaching vacancies, as top coordinators are poached to run their own teams. We saw it with Andy Avalos, and Marcus Arroyo, and Joe Moorhead, and several others over the years. This coaching staff, however, is so new, and so young, that I thought Oregon might be spared from having coordinators mentioned in coaching rumors.

Nonetheless, offensive coordinator Kenny Dillingham’s name has been mentioned in the ranks of guys who could potentially take over at Arizona State.

Seems crazy, right? He’s been an OC before, but this is his first stint as a play-caller, and the top offensive mind on a team with a defensive head coach, and he’s only got three games under his belt. Doesn’t that feel premature?

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It may be, but Dillingham and his offense have been impressive early on. With an explosion on the stat sheet in the last two weeks, the Ducks’ young and aggressive OC has shown an ability to mix schemes, throw numerous personnel packages out there with success, and overall transform what was viewed as a boring Oregon offense in a matter of months. On top of all of this, you have to consider the Arizona factor for Dillingham — the 32-year-old was born in Phoenix, and he attended Arizona State and worked with the Sun Devils as an offensive analyst from 2014-15.

It’s not just us throwing Dillingham’s name out there in the mix. There are numerous pieces from high-ranking media outlets speculating as to who the next man might be in Tempe. Check out this excerpt from The Athletic’s article titled ‘Sleeping giant? Arizona State needs Kenny Dillingham to wake it from its coma:’

Arizona State doesn’t need a coach with a familiar name to trick fans into thinking it did something with this hire. It needs someone it can grow with.

The 32-year-old Dillingham fits the bill in every way. The offensive coordinator at Oregon is an Arizona native who not only has ties to the Grand Canyon State but also is the owner of an ASU degree and an impressive resume. His age isn’t a hurdle. It is an asset, especially in a football culture in which young, offensive-minded coaches are in style and have found success at every level. He loves Arizona and wouldn’t be quick to bolt from The Valley once he builds something.

Not convinced? Here’s an excerpt from 247Sports:

If ASU went totally to a young up-and-coming guy who’s a coordinator, I think maybe Kenny Dillingham at Oregon. He’s someone who has deep ties and probably would have a lot of booster support. He’s from Scottsdale. Kind of the old money crowd, big boosters, I think there’s going to be a push for him as a sort of an out-of-the-box candidate if they go with someone who’s really keen on young players, NIL and a lot of these things going on right now.

It may seem like I’m trying to push Dillingham out the door, but let me be clear, that is not my intention here. Rather, the goal of this article is to offer a bit of a wake-up call for Oregon fans, similar to the one that I had recently as I realized the realness of this situation.

When Dan Lanning hired Dillingham, I knew that in a matter of years, whether it’s 2 or 5, there was a good chance that Oregon’s hot-shot OC would be poached by a bigger school to be the head man. That’s how the college football world works anymore.

I never thought the poaching may start before he’s even coached through half of a season at Oregon. That’s something I didn’t have on my bingo card.

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The hot seat edition: Winners and losers from Week 3 of the college football season

Whether it was troubled coaches reversing the narrative or turning up the pressure even higher, the hot-seat discussion dominated our Week 3 winners and losers.

Week 3’s slate of college football matchups couldn’t quite live up to the upset-fest that was Week 2, but it was an eventful Saturday, nonetheless.

The defining theme this week was the hot seat. We saw the second coach firing of the season, as Arizona State fired Herm Edwards and became the latest Power Five program to go shopping for a head coach.

Some embattled coaches managed to reverse the narrative, while others all but sealed their fates. Regardless, Week 3 gave us a lot more clarity on a number of situations around the country. These storylines dominated a weekend that didn’t see many shakeups at the top of the sport, though it still featured some thrilling outcomes.

With that in mind, here are the winners and losers from the third week of the college football season.

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