Wade Phillips sounds down, and I understand why.
The 2020 coaching cycle is, for the most part, complete. And he’s been left standing as the music stops for the second time in five years. The now-ex-Rams defensive coordinator has the credentials, of course. At 72, he still has the energy to coach. And there’s no question he has the passion—you only have to listen to him talk to hear it.
But for now, and probably for 2020, he doesn’t have a job.
On Sunday, he was watching the Super Bowl from his son Wes’s place north of Los Angeles.