2022 Bill Walsh NFL Coaching Internship Video

 

Hello. My name is Brad Freeman. I'm listed as Eric Freeman. This is my Bill Walsh NFL coaching internship YouTube video companion with my application. I'm 37 years old and I live in Kansas City Missouri. And I’ve followed football since I was six years old. High school, college, and pro. NFL…I've even watched XFL, USFL. –um-- You name it. I've watched every league. Arena even. –um-- And so I'm a huge football fan that's an advanced fan looking to become a coach. I'm a hard worker, highly intelligent, I use the internet as a teaching tool, along with streaming services. –Um--. I'm a Game Pass subscriber. I've also compiled a 50-to-100-page book of notes, and sent it to various coaches around the NFL, and in high school, and in college, just to show my knowledge. My areas of expertise are the Dick LeBeau/Dom Capers 3-4. As well as the Rex Ryan 3-4. But I'm open and willing to learn about any system of defense, offense, or special teams. And I've networked with some big-name coaches and I'd like to really continue doing that because it will open other doors for me, in order to do ventures after I'm done coaching the game. I have, like I said, I have followed football since I was six years old, even though with my cerebral palsy, I've never played a physical down before. I’ve had friends, family, other coaches in other sports leagues that were my best friends in high school. They--. So, I've always been around it because they hung out with me.

So... I'm looking to expand my football platform because I'd really like to network with a lot of coaches and I believe that I could--. Players and coaches. I believe that I could be an asset to any team, if they just give me a chance. I promise! I won't let you down! And I hope all 32 teams will seriously look at my blog and this YouTube video, and give me an opportunity to show what I can do because even though I've had cerebral palsy my whole life. It only affects my physical—um-- things day to day. It doesn't affect my mental, or emotional—um-- things whatsoever. So, I've learned to compensate using the internet. And I will not let you down. And you would get a championship caliber coach, even though I may have some physical challenges. Because I have life experience that no one else does just by having to learn how to adapt in a world of fully able-bodied people with cerebral palsy.

Thank you for your time. And I hope you'll seriously consider this, whichever team views this. Thank you for your time. And I hope this finds all heads of all 32 teams well. Thank you for your time.

Bye-bye.

*Note: I didn’t post a video for my 1^st year of applying in 2021 because I didn’t know how to use YouTube yet.

If Al Davis Were Alive, He Would Definitely Be The Most Likely To Hire Me As An NFL Coach, Or Member Of The Player Personnel Staff

Even though I’ve grown up a Kansas City Chiefs fan my whole life, Chiefs and Raiders rivalry jokes aside.

I truly do feel like if Al Davis were alive, he would definitely be the most likely to hire me as an NFL coach, or member of the player personnel staff.

I know the last few years of his life were cause for people to make a mockery of him, but in his younger days.… As someone who follows the history of the game, he was really innovative and did a lot of things to move the league forward before they became trendy, or popular. Not to mention, unlike most owners these days, he didn’t make his money in order for him to own the team in some other venture in life. For example, to further articulate my previous points. Paul Allen who was the former owner of the Seattle Seahawks, and Portland Trailblazers. He made his fortune co-founding Microsoft with Bill Gates. Bud Adams who was the former owner of the Tennessee Titans, who were previously the Houston Oilers, made his money as an oil tycoon. Arthur Blank who owns the Atlanta Falcons, also owns Home Depot.

The constant battling with the Commissioner and league offices over various business and legal practices just overshadows all the other work Al Davis did for the sport of football.

Al Davis was an actual coach who became an owner. So much like myself, he actually knew what he was doing as far as building a team goes. He started out as the Wide Receivers Coach for the Los Angeles/San Diego Chargers from 1960 to 1962 under Sid Gillman. Who created the modern NFL passing game. Then he went to the Raiders in 1963 as the 1st successful Head Coach they had. Then he stepped down from doing that to be Commissioner of the rival league to the NFL known as the AFL, which the Oakland Raiders were a part of. After that, when both leagues merged in 1970, he went back to the Raiders and became 1 of the majority owners.

He had the 1st Latino Quarterback start for the Raiders, which is Tom Flores in the sixties. Tom Flores became the 1st Latino Head Coach, and simultaneously, 1st Hispanic individual who won a Super Bowl, with the Raiders in the eighties also. 1st black/brown skinned African-American Head Coach who was a former player for the Raiders during their heyday in the seventies under John Madden as the Head Coach, Art Shell. 1st woman CEO of an NFL franchise, Amy Trask. In the sixties, he was 1 of the 1st coaches to draft brown/black skinned African Americans from historically black colleges, which was seen as very radical. In today’s NFL the league is nothing but 70% players of black/brown African descent. So I definitely feel like if there’s one team that would take a shot on me, it would be the team led by Mr. Al Davis.

With my theater and film skills, let me channel my inner actor as I do my Al Davis impression in his trademark Brooklyn, New York accent. This is what I have a feeling our conversation would sound like.

Al Davis: “Dat Brad Freeman is 1 of da most innovative young people I’ve ever met. Too bad he’s a Kansas City Chiefs fan. Cause he’d make a great Raider. Nobody eats, sleeps, breathes, and lives his life every second of the day, to be the greatest of all time more than he does. He is the very embodiment of the commitment to excellence that it takes to be a champion around here. He’d lead da Raiders for the next 10 years at least. He told me his goals were to do nothing but be the best and be remembered for all time at whatever profession he does. I asked him the 1st thing you do to fix da team? He said, he was gonna fix da Quarterback. I looked him dead in the eye, and said, Brad Freeman… You’re gonna dominate your profession.”

Los Angeles/San Diego Chargers Uniforms

So with last night’s Monday Night Football game in Los Angeles at Sofi Stadium being in a lightning delay (which is the only way a football game is ever delayed for those that don’t know), even though they were in a dome, which defeats the purpose when the sides are open. It really got me to thinking.

1. They’re in a dome which protects them from the elements, so that they can play the game no matter the weather. So why make the sides open like an outdoor stadium with no roof? It defeats the purpose right? The commentators were out on the field, the fans were told to shelter in place, but the players and coaches making thousands and millions of dollars are allowed to go back to the locker room for their safety. So if you’re making the big bucks, apparently you’re allowed to take cover right!? Everybody else is seen as expendable as far as I can tell. LOL.

2. Any sports, and especially football fan knows that the classic nineteen sixties powder blue and white Chargers uniforms are considered the best in football from an artistic standpoint. I always said that the Chargers should make a modern version of those sixties uniforms, and just continually wear those. And sure enough, all it took was for them to move back to Los Angeles in 2016 for them to permanently change their uniforms into a modern version of those classic powder blues that I mentioned before. They were the Los Angeles Chargers in 1960 which is the year they were founded. But starting in 1961 and continuing until 2015 they were the San Diego Chargers, with a darker navy blue, gold, and white color scheme, starting in the seventies.

I totally feel like they ripped off my idea, but I digress.

I also feel it important to make it clear that I’ve always felt that the Chargers should’ve stayed in San Diego, because that’s where they've been for most of their history, except for 1960 and 2016 to the present. I feel the same about the Rams, who share a stadium with the Chargers now. They were in Cleveland from 1937 to ‘45, and then LA from 1946 to ’94. ‘95 to 2015 they were in St. Louis. I feel like they should’ve always been the Los Angeles Rams. Even the great Eric Dickerson has backed me up on this. As far as the Raiders go, I’ve always felt they should’ve stayed in Oakland because from 1960 to '81, they were in Oakland. Next, they moved to LA from ‘82 to ‘94. Then back to Oakland from ‘95 to 2019. Now, they’ve moved to Vegas as of 2020. 2021 is the 1st year fans were allowed in the new stadium since COVID.

2021 Projected NFL Standings, Playoff Results, and Super Bowl

Here’s my 2021 projected NFL standings, playoff results, and Super Bowl matchup, as well as the winner in my opinion.

NFL Standings

AFC East:
Buffalo Bills
New England Patriots
Miami Dolphins

New York Jets

AFC North:
Baltimore Ravens
Cleveland Browns
Pittsburgh Steelers
Cincinnati Bengals 

AFC South:
Tennessee Titans
Indianapolis Colts
Jacksonville Jaguars
Houston Texans

AFC West:
Kansas City Chiefs
Los Angeles Chargers
Denver Broncos
Las Vegas Raiders

NFC East:
Dallas Cowboys
Washington Football Team
Philadelphia Eagles
New York Giants

NFC North:
Green Bay Packers
Chicago Bears
Minnesota Vikings
Detroit Lions

NFC South:
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
New Orleans Saints
Carolina Panthers
Atlanta Falcons

NFC West:
San Francisco 49ers
Los Angeles Rams
Seattle Seahawks
Arizona Cardinals

NFL Playoffs

AFC Playoff Picture:
1. Kansas City Chiefs
2. Baltimore Ravens
3. Buffalo Bills
4. Tennessee Titans
5. New England Patriots
6. Cleveland Browns
7. Miami Dolphins

NFC Playoff Picture:
1. Tampa Bay Buccaneers
2. San Francisco 49ers
3. Green Bay Packers
4. Dallas Cowboys
5. Los Angeles Rams
6. New Orleans Saints
7. Seattle Seahawks
 
AFC Wildcard Playoffs:
2. Baltimore Ravens defeat 7. Miami Dolphins
6. Cleveland Browns defeat 3. Buffalo Bills
5. New England Patriots defeat 4. Tennessee Titans
 
AFC Divisional Playoffs:
2. Baltimore Ravens defeat 5. New England Patriots
1. Kansas City Chiefs defeat 6. Cleveland Browns
 
AFC Championship Playoff:
1. Kansas City Chiefs defeat 2. Baltimore Ravens
 
NFC Wildcard Playoffs:
2. San Francisco 49ers defeat 7. Seattle Seahawks
3. Green Bay Packers defeat 6. New Orleans Saints
5. Los Angeles Rams defeat 4. Dallas Cowboys
 
NFC Divisional Playoffs:
1. Tampa Bay Buccaneers defeat 5. Los Angeles Rams
2. San Francisco 49ers defeat 3. Green Bay Packers
 
NFC Championship Playoff:
1. Tampa Bay Buccaneers defeat 2. San Francisco 49ers
 

Super Bowl

Kansas City Chiefs defeat Tampa Bay Buccaneers

*I realize for the last 5 years, I have picked some combination of Chiefs, Saints, Patriots, and Buccaneers.

But to be honest, they are the 4 best teams in the NFL for the last 5 years. The Patriots have been good year in, year out, for the last 20 years.

So with that being said, as someone who’s followed football since he was 6 years old. I’m going with a Chiefs/Buccaneers rematch in the Super Bowl. I feel like the Chiefs rebuilt offensive line will be the key to victory.

Tennessee Titans vs. Houston Oilers Breakdown

As you all know by now, I am an avid sports fan, especially football. There are 32 teams in the league right now, but they have used 33 regular franchises in rotation throughout the NFL’s history. There have been other numerous teams, but from 1920 to 2021 those aforementioned 33 teams are the ones that stuck around in some form or fashion to help build the NFL.

Out of the 33 franchises that have stuck around in the NFL’s history and had the most influence on its history, you can’t write the history of football without the Houston Oilers. Bud Adams removed the Oilers from Houston to Tennessee in ‘97 and then changed the name to Tennessee Titans, along with the color scheme in 1999. He was also 1 of the original 8 owners who created the AFL, in opposition to the NFL. The 2 leagues merged in 1970.

I feel like Houston Texans should be the team name considered the odd man out, thrown out, and when the Tennessee Titans got a franchise they should have been forced to come up with their own color scheme. I like the name Tennessee Titans. I also like the name Titans in general. The Jets were the New York Titans from 1960 to ‘62 before changing their name to New York Jets in 1963. I even like the Titans logos. I just want Texans gone, and the Oilers to return.

I realize part of it is a legal situation. As vilified as Art Modell is by Cleveland for moving the Browns to Baltimore and calling them the Ravens starting in 1996. He did leave the team colors, records, and name to the city of Cleveland, so when they brought the Browns back in ’99, there wouldn’t be any red tape legally. But apparently, Bud Adams made it legally impossible for anyone to use Oilers and the color scheme ever again. I feel like calling someone the Dallas Texans, or Houston Texans throughout the NFL’s history is like calling someone from my hometown a Kansas City Missourian. I feel like it’s boring and unimaginative to my creative side. In no way am I trying to demean anyone, or anything, in this day and age where things are micromanaged, but it got me to thinking. I wonder if the team name is a reference to when the state of Texas was its own country from 1836 to 1845, when Sam Houston was their leader? Hence the foundation of where the city of Houston got its name. And, most team names tend to be synonymous with the area they represent.

I’ll say this, as someone born in July 1984, and growing up during the nineties, and 1^st decade of the 2000s, while the Houston Oilers were good from 1960 to 1962, then in the seventies under Bum Phillips. The decade of football played by the Houston Oilers from 1984 to 1993 was considered some of the best football in team history. I always said the run and shoot, and Warren Moon make those Columbia blue uniforms, with the white, and scarlet red look really good. And the ‘92, and ‘93 Oilers are 2 of the best teams to have the 2 biggest collapses of all time, and never win a Super Bowl. If you don’t believe me, being that you can find anything on YouTube, look it up. I was young, but I watched it live, and remember it well.

2021 KC Chiefs Projected Depth Chart

2021 KC Chiefs Projected Depth Chart:

With that being said, there are 11 players on the field for each team at a time. So here’s how I think the roster will break down. The 1^st name is the starter, and the other names at each position, are his chronological backups. By the end, I wonder how close I get to who makes the roster.

There are 53 men on the football roster. At the beginning of training camp (July), and Pre-Season (August), the team starts out with 90. And by the beginning of the 1^st week of the Regular Season (which is usually the 1^st week of September), they cut the Pre-Season roster to 53.

Offense (26):

QB: Patrick Mahomes, Chad Henne (2)
RB: Clyde Edwards-Helaire, Jerick McKinnon, Darrel Williams, Darwin Thompson (4)
FB: Michael Burton (1)
WR: Tyreek Hill, Cornell Powell, MeCole Hardman, DeMarcus Robinson, Byron Pringle, Gehrig Dieter (6)
TE: Travis Kelce, Blake Bell, Noah Gray (3)
LT: Orlando Brown, Jr., Wyatt Miller (2)
LG: Joe Thuney, Andrew Wylie (2)
OC: Austin Blythe, Creed Humphrey (2)                 
RG: Laurent Duvernay-Tardif, Trey Smith (2)
RT: Mike Remmers, Lucas Niang (2)
 

Defense (24):
LDE: Alex Okafor, Joshua Kaindoh (2)
LDT: Jarran Reed, Derrick Nnadi (2)

RDT: Chris Jones, Khalen Saunders (2)
RDE: Frank Clark, Taco Charlton (2)

LOLB (SLB): Willie Gay, Darius Harris (2)

MLB: Anthony Hitchens, Ben Niemann (2)
ROLB (WLB): Nick Bolton, Dorian O’Daniel (2)

CB: Charvarius Ward, L’Jarius Sneed, Rashard Fenton, Mike Hughes, DeAndre Baker, BoPete Keyes (6)

SS: Tyrann Mathieu, Armani Watts (2) 
FS: Daniel Sorensen, Juan Thornhill (2)

Special Teams (3):
K: Harrison Butker
P: Tommy Townsend
LS: James Winchester
H: Tommy Townsend
KR: MeCole Hardman
PR: Tyreek Hill
 
The Punter Tommy Townsend is the Holder, MeCole Hardman is the Kick Returner, and Tyreek Hill is the Punt Returner to save roster spots.

The Olympic Games

So being that the 2020 AD (CE) summer Olympic Games are actually taking place this summer of 2021 AD (CE) because of COVID. I felt it important to drop some Olympic knowledge on everyone being I’m such the sports fan and history whiz.

Our modern Western societies on the continents of Europe, North America, and South America are derived from ancient Egypt, ancient Greece, ancient Carthage, and ancient Rome.

Out of all of these there is none more revered than ancient Greece. Every city functioned like its own nation. There wasn’t a unified Greece. Every city state had its own laws, culture, and unique way of doing things. While there were many city states (at least 1,000), Athens, Sparta, and Macedonia were the 3 most important. Sparta created the foundations of Western military culture. They literally ate, slept, and breathed martial arts, military strategy, and unadulterated ass kicking 24/7. Every day of the year. Their laws would not permit them to do anything else once so ever. Athens had an army just like Sparta did, except Athens was way more of a naval power. Spartan society thought fighting on land was more manly than the sea. But the main thing that separated Sparta, and Athens was the fact that Athenians had way more freedom than Spartans. So therefore, Athens is the birthplace of democracy, philosophy, science, etc.. All the great teachers of the ancient world were from a city within Greece, and/or traveled to Athens.

Now the only time that the various cities would not quarrel amongst themselves was when they traveled to the city of Olympia, which is named after the Olympian ancient Greek gods that reside on Mount Olympus. Why did they travel to Olympia every 4 years between 776 BC (BCE) and 393 AD (CE)? To help those non-historical people, we are in 2021 AD (CE). The original ancient Greek Olympics.

The ancient Greek Olympics were very different from our modern Olympics. All the events were open to any male of any social class over 5 days. Women could not compete, but the loophole was any rider who won a chariot race was not awarded victory, but the owner of the chariot was. And women could own a stable of horse chariots in ancient Greece. They competed naked. False start in a track and field race caused the men to be subject to capital punishment. These 2 are my own personal favorites being a martial arts historian. The Spartans were not allowed to compete in the Pankration events because they had no impulse control. They were brought up in a strictly kill, or be killed world. Pankration is the unarmed mixed martial art of the ancient Greek city states. It’s a combination of Boxing, and Freestyle Wrestling. My other favorite fact is that when the ancient Persians invaded Greece in 480 BC (BCE), the Olympics were so revered by the Greeks that they could not form the closest thing to a coalition to protect their land because all the soldiers were preparing for the Olympics. That’s the classic example everybody thinks of when discussing the history of the Olympics. And finally, there were no point systems, or medals. The victor of each event received an olive wreath.

The modern Olympics the way we think of them did not begin until 1896 AD (CE). The summer takes place every 4 years, while winter is every 2 years. They still continue to try to be a vehicle to bring peace amongst the sociopolitical squabbles of all 196 to 250 unified nations on this Earth, depending on your definition of a country. And before I forget, let me end with this important tidbit for everybody to take under consideration… From 1896 AD (CE) to the 1970s AD (CE) only amateur athletes could compete. It wasn’t until the 1980s AD (CE) that professional athletes began to compete.

In this day and age of technology, where you can program which events you want to watch, instead of having to watch whatever is live.

Here’s what I’ll be watching over the next 17 days:

Archery
Baseball
Basketball
Boxing
Fencing
Judo
Karate
Modern Pentathlon
Shooting
Soccer
Tae Kwon Do
Track and Field
Wrestling

The only Winter Olympic sport I watch:

Ice Hockey