SI.com · Oct 5, 2022
Why Frank Reich and Chris Ballard Shouldn’t Be Fired
The Week 18 debacle against the Jaguars in 2021 still hangs over the coach and GM. Plus, Matt Rhule’s future, trade possibilities and more in this week’s mailbag.
First mailbag of October, and there are lots of people fast-forwarding to January and the job market already. We’ll get to that and a whole lot more in this week’s Mailbag …
From Mr. Schwab (@schwab_mr): At what point does Irsay pull the plug on Frank Reich and Chris Ballard? What about Matt Ryan?
Schwab, I think we first should look at the results since Ballard hired Reich in 2018, with Ballard having at that point gone through a retooling year in ’17.
• Overall record of 38-30-1
• Playoffs in two of four years
• One playoff win