The NFL coaching fraternity can be a tight-knit one. With longer and more grueling hours than players, there’s nothing more frustrating than spending 16-hour days devising a gameplan, watching tape, trying to find a way to win only for it to fall flat on gameday. It’s a results-oriented business and in Matt Canada’s tenure as OC, the results weren’t there, meaning a change had to be made.
But interim OC Eddie Faulkner doesn’t view Canada’s struggles as a failure exclusive to him. It falls on the entire coaching staff. And calling Canada a friend and good man, Faulkner’s promotion to NFL offensive coordinator is, in his words, bittersweet.