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Hue Jackson is changing the game on minority hiring

The pipeline is all but dry.

Look, as Hue Jackson has, at the numbers. This season, there are only four African-American offensive coordinators and only one, the Tennessee Titans' Terry Robiskie, will call plays. There is only one African-American quarterbacks coach.

After the 2015 season, there were seven head-coaching vacancies. All seven were filled by men who had experience on the offensive side of the ball. Mike Mularky, Chip Kelly and Jackson had prior head-coaching experience, while Doug Pederson, Ben McAdoo, Adam Gase and Dirk Koetter had been offensive coordinators in 2015.

"My question to you is how on offense is there going to be another potential head-coaching candidate?