Winston Moss?

Billy Devaney has begun making requests around the league for candidates to interview for the Rams' head coaching position. This should be an exciting time at Rams Park, right? (Not Rams Park, actually. The team will demonstrate its deep ties to the city it's been in for FOURTEEN years by conducting all interviews in LOS ANGELES.) We'll be seeing top names coming in and out of there like Eric Mangini and Jim Schwartz and Steve Spagnuolo, all of whom can be interviewed RIGHT NOW while Devaney waits for his chance to talk to Rex Ryan and Leslie Frazier and others, right? So who's the first guy Devaney's going after?

Winston Moss?

Moss is the Packers' linebackers coach, and that is a high-performing group. He's also the assistant head coach, a position from which a lot of new head coaches are launched. He was an NFL linebacker for 11 years and has been coaching LBs since 2000.

When Jim Haslett hired him.

This will be Moss' first head coaching interview. He hasn't been a head coach or even a coordinator at any level. He has plenty of references who vouch for his leadership skills and character. Those are all well and good.

But if Billy Devaney wants to even give the impression of an open head coach search, he'd better do a lot better than to bring in an old Haslett crony who's mainly helping Haslett out by providing the Rams their official Rooney Rule interview.

Good luck to coach Moss, but this smells a little funny.