Jim Mora
The Best Team Nobody Ever Heard Of got together one more time last week at a popular South Philadelphia restaurant to reminisce and share old memories. The United States Football League – the 1983-85 spring original not Fox’s 2022 plagiarized version – probably doesn’t ring a bell with most people under the age of 50, […]
Keep Pounding: Sam Mills’ Long Trip to Canton
The list of people who have doubted Samuel Davis Mills Jr. is longer than the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel. Too small, they all said. A 5-foot-9 linebacker? C’mon, man. The Cleveland Browns said it back in 1981 after signing Mills out of Division III Montclair (N.J.) State as an undrafted free agent and then cutting him […]
Finding The Right Head Coach For Your Organization
I led the process in the hiring of five head coaches, including Marv Levy, Dom Capers, Jim Mora, Tony Dungy and Jim Caldwell. The common thread among those five is leadership and teaching. Head coaching in professional football at its core is about those two things. Every great coach is a phenomenal teacher. Recently, I […]
Insiders Network: Biggest Surprises of the 2021 Season
The 33rd Team’s Insiders Network is a group of former NFL coaches and front-office executives who are here to provide insight and perspective into all things football. Each week during the season, we reach out to members of our Insiders Network to get their thoughts on a topical question. Here is this week’s question: What has been the biggest surprise of the […]
Insiders Network: Valuable Early-Career Lessons
The 33rd Team’s Insiders Network is a group of former NFL coaches and front-office executives who are here to provide insight and perspective into all things football. Each week during the season, we reach out to members of our Insiders Network to get their thoughts on a topical question. Here is this week’s question: What was the most valuable lesson you learned […]
Insiders Network: How to Manage Expectations During a Losing Streak
The 33rd Team’s Insiders Network is a group of former NFL coaches and front-office executives who are here to provide insight and perspective into all things football. Each week during the season, we reach out to members of our Insiders Network to get their thoughts on a topical question. Here is this week’s question: Both Denver and Carolina […]
Insiders Network: Which Team is Most Fun to Watch?
The 33rd Team’s Insiders Network is a group of former NFL coaches and front-office executives who are here to provide insight and perspective into all things football. Each week during the season, we reach out to members of our Insiders Network to get their thoughts on a topical question. Here is this week’s question: Through five weeks, which […]
Insiders Network: Facing Your Former Team
The 33rd Team’s Insiders Network is a group of former NFL coaches and front-office executives who are here to provide insight and perspective into all things football. Each week during the season, we reach out to members of our Insiders Network to get their thoughts on a topical question. Here is this week’s question: After all the talk […]
Insiders Network: Which 2020 Playoff Teams Will Bounce Back?
The 33rd Team’s Insiders Network is a group of former NFL coaches and front-office executives who are here to provide insight and perspective into all things football. Here is this week’s question for the group: Six playoff teams from last season are now 1-2 (Chiefs, Steelers, Washington, Seahawks, Bears) or 0-3 (Colts). Which of these […]
Insiders Network: What to Do When the Big Guys Line Up Wide
Each week, we reach out to the 33rd Team’s Insiders Network to get their insights into a timely NFL question. This week, we addressed a trend that we’ve noticed: We’ve seen a lot of usage of athletic interior defensive linemen setting up out wide. In Week 1, it was extremely effective with usage from Chris Jones, […]