I think the crowd who is starting to get the itch to keep Gregg Williams really doesn’t want to keep Gregg necessarily...
...it’s Freddie they want to keep.
And that’s fine. He’s ignited an offense that we haven’t seen in a long, long time.
He has also mixed perfectly with Baker’s personality and sense of humor. Hell, he mixes perfectly with Cleveland, too.
But if that’s the case and we win out... just give Freddie the damn interview.
The truth is, Gregg’s defense has underperformed. There’s no reason that he needs to stay.
Let Freddie bring in Todd Bowles to be his DC, assistant HC, and leave it at that if that’s what you want to do.
Despite being an OC for half of a season, I could get behind that more easily than locking up Gregg Williams.
And if you believe you have a diamond in Freddie but he’s not quite ready for that jump, that’s where Arians comes into play.
Even if it wasn’t Cleveland, if Bruce was coming back into coaching, I believe Kitchens was likely to be tabbed to be his OC anyway. So, that’s not a “forced marriage” situation. They were already married.