Pretty simple, huh?  Keep the offense clicking but learn to get their defense off the field.  Will it work?  From the Rocky Mountain News…

Even without a Freud text handy, this seems a fairly transparent attempt by Bowlen to recreate the magic of the Shanahan hire – the smart young offensive mind brought in to coach up the latest rocket man at quarterback.

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If we look at the list of NFL head coaches hired at roughly McDaniels’ age, we find a decidedly mixed bag.

According to the NFL Hall of Fame, here are the youngest head coaches in NFL history, in ascending order of age:

Kiffin, Harland Svare, John Michelosen, David Shula, John Madden, Don Shula, Davis, Joe Collier, Bob Snyder, Jim Trimble, Jon Gruden, Bill Cowher, Joe Kuharich, Norm Van Brocklin, Mike Tomlin, Joe Schmidt, Mangini, Shanahan and Dick Nolan.

McDaniels ranks fifth on the list, between the younger Shula and Madden.

Some of these guys worked out pretty well. Some didn’t. Some failed in their first jobs but succeeded later on.

Not knowing McDaniels, I can’t hazard a guess into which camp he’ll fall. This much I do know: Before he can do what Bowlen clearly wants him to do, which is turn Cutler into John Elway, he has to rebuild a defense that made whatever Cutler did insufficient the last two seasons. (Italics added, source)