[Nick]

Out of the two choices listed, I'd prefer to have Monte Kiffen, because of his history with the Cover 2 that the Rams defense has utilized. The Cover 2 wasn't a great defense for the Rams, because in the latter years of Lovie the D was definitely on the decline, but I think Kiffen would be able to bring a lot of knowledge and experience running it and help maximize what we could do with it. He knows the kind of personnel we need, and knows how to make it work. He knows the kind of staff members capable of making it work, and I think that might be better for this defense than bringing in someone like Johnson, who's much more aggressive.

The question I have about Fairchild is would he be able to develop the offense like Martz does every offseason? Would he be able to help it evolve as Martz does, or is he simply executing what Martz gives him, and it's all Martz in terms of the growth and evolution of the offense? Because if that's the case, and Fairchild isn't a developer, then I don't think he'd be able to take the weight of this offense on his shoulders and continue to make it work long-term. And furthermore, would a new head coach allow the same offense to remain, or would he want to bring in an offense he's familiar with instead of running Martz's system?