Honestly, I've been leaning toward Pepper for the DC job too. Learned under Belichick, Romeo, Schwartz, etc. Turnt around the Bills d line as their coach. Former Giants LB. If he don't become a DC now, he might never be
Only thing I'm worried about is, if we hire a guy like Pepper who is a newbie to the pos., how long is Tom gonna stick around? (My guess is if the new DC pans out, Tom can stick around for as long as he likes) And if Tom leaves anytime soon, the new HC might wanna bring in his own guys.