Raheem Brown: The Next Mike Tomlin?

This offseason is going to bring a lot of new head coaches, but particularly one candidate has grabbed my attention in the last days: Raheem Morris.

Probably the candidate with less hype around the league, but his curriculum speaks by himself.

Since 2002, he has been with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (defensive quality control coach), since the 2003 season, learning directly from Monte Kiffin as defensive assistant and being an assistant defensive backs coach in 2004-2005 before having a stint as Defensive Coordinator in Kansas State during 2006.

He returned to Tampa in 2007 as the defensive backs coach and stayed in that position until Monte Kiffin announced he was heading to Tennessee, when he was promoted to defensive coordinator. Since he has been in Tampa as a coach, the pass defense has been ranked in the top five of the NFL, proving his quality as a coach.

Why he will succeed as a head coach?

• He knows perfectly how to run a Tampa-two defense.
• He knows how to develop young players (Aqib Talib, Tanard Jackson, Jermaine Phillips, etc...).
• He knows how to pick players.
• He is young (32 years old) and very, very talented.
  

Which teams are interested in him? The Denver Broncos and the St. Louis Rams (so far).

So we are going to start making suppositions here.

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