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Our readers think that Atlanta is the hot available coaching job

SI.com's Peter King and Don Banks went Head2Head on which available coaching position is the most enticing. Below are your reactions.

Michael Vick makes Atlanta a desirable place to coach. Jamie Squire/Getty Images

Even six weeks ago, on my NFL forecasting Radio Show (AFN Radio Korea, Daegu Station Fridays at 0900), I made this prediction:

"I see Steve Spurrier leaving the Redskins and going to....the Raiders."

I'm half right so far. They are a pass-happy offense and he would be idolized there (A Stevie Visor-mandate). But my second predication is what would MAKE that job perfect for him....."Oakland's pick up of Kurt Warner." Kurt would take the pay cut, have a respectable WR corps (two Hall-of-Famers plus track star Porter) and dig working for a true genius. Spurrier could go home at 8 PM, as there's no late night studying sessions with Warner. Spurrier loves to play golf, er, hello? We are talking about California here.

In review, I say Oakland is the best job as this team can only improve.

-- SFC Charles Ryan, Camp Henry, Korea

Let's check the list: Oakland? Headcases, egomaniacs and then, there's Al Davis. Arizona? Not until Bill Bidwill decides to open up his Uncle Scrooge vault and go get players. Chicago? If you don't mind living in the shadow of 1985. The Giants? They quit on Fassel, they'll quit on ANYONE. Buffalo? If they could get Eli Manning, maybe. I'd pick Atlanta. They have good front office people, an owner that wants to win and stars-in-the-making on both sides of the ball. Not to mention they also play in the NFC South -- with the Saints, Bucs and Panthers -- and that division will always be up-for-grabs from one year to the next.

-- Al, New Orleans, Louisiana

I'd pick the Atlanta position. I'd rather build a team around a talented, hot new quarterback. The Atlanta defense and offense only needs replacing in certain positions.

Ralph Wilson may be willing to dig deep to cough up the money when necessary, but the Bills have Drew Bledsoe. Bledsoe is on the backside of his career. Teaching a old dog new tricks is not out of the question, but the question remains, can Bledsoe learn to stop holding the ball too long. Can he be taught to scramble outside of the pocket. He's a seasoned veteran, and if he hasn't learned those qualities yet, he's not about to make any positive changes to his quarterbacking ability. Also, Bledsoe's track record seems to indicate that he falls off the second half of the season.

In my mind, this pick between Atlanta and Buffalo is a no brainer! Atlanta all the way!

-- Ed Chandler, Blackstone, Mass.

Though the Bills look like a good choice to be on a winning team next year, what about the Giants? People were picking them to be in the Super Bowl. They have the best tight end in the league, a great receiver in Toomer, a running back that is a double threat, and Hilliard taking advantage of the other guys getting double teamed. If they can hire an offensive minded coach or coordinator who can get the studs on offense to score more than once a game, then they will be one of the better teams in the NFC next year. Their defense should play a lot better without all of the injuries and their special teams have already improved a lot. Minus kicking the ball out of bounds or giving up game winning punt returns that is...

-- Justin, Baltimore, Maryland

I think the Washington job is the most enticing. You get $5 million a year to start, they already have a number of good players and a pretty high draft pick this year. All you have to do is control the owner.

-- Brian Beddow, Flint, Mich.

It's Buffalo, hands down. They ended up with the #2 defense in the league at the end of the season, and with a little retooling of the O-line, get another good wide receiver, get a healthy Willis McGahee and you have the makings of a team that can go deep into the playoffs. I don't believe there is another team looking for a new head coach that is even that close.

-- Barry, Brighton, Tenn.

I have read what both writers have said, and I have come to one conclusion -- you both are right! The Buffalo job is one to die for literally...to have this type of ownership, a coach could go crazy! Atlanta in some ways is the same, having ownership and just picked up a general manager who is as close to Donahoe as any GM. I think a couch would have a field day with any one of these two teams. Both teams have the pieces in place to become an excellent team in the near future. Atlanta has a ways to go when it comes to defense, but someone like Smith and Mora would improve that immediately. Buffalo already has the pieces on offense, I think bringing in a rookie (Eli Manning) to follow Bledsoe for the future would really help Buffalo. Atlanta still has some things they need to improve upon. They need a huge DT to take those guards off of Brooking and Draft if they are going to play the 3-4 defense. Offensively, I think their line is better than they were 3/4 of the season ago. Whitfield will not be back, they should explore some things in this year's draft and free agency period. Good write up!!

-- DeShawn Mackey, Atlanta

Why not Chicago? Yes there is hard work needed to restore this franchise, but we don't want some wimpy guy who needs to have all the pieces in place for him. Does the coach want to prove himself or be a parasite who merely rides the work done by others? This franchise, after all is the alpha francise in the NFL, and it is to the advantage of the entire league to see this team restored to greatness.

-- Mark Hisner, Rockford, Ill.

King and Banks are crazy. Wallow in obscurity in Buffalo. Coach Atlanta, where the expectations are so high that if you win, it's because of Vick, and if you lose, you wasted Vick.

No, the best coaching position, far and away, is "Da Bears." Three reasons. 1. Chicago's history of sports underachievement makes for a less stressful environment. Lose, and you're lovable. Win, and you are a god! 2. The team is young and has significant potential. A reasonably talented defense, with stars Urlacher, Brown and a young secondary, plus Rex Grossman on offense. Also, they have many players under long-term contracts and should have tons of salary cap space. 3. Chicago is a great city. Big enough for the largest of egos, and yet highly livable.

Your boys really butchered this debate. Get off the East Coast bias. The Midwest is best!

-- Stuart Gimbel, Chicago

Peter King falls into the same trap Tom Donohoe fell into. He sees the raw specimen that Drew Bledsoe seems to be, but King does not see the total underachiever Bledsoe is. All you need for Bledsoe to have a great season is a Hall of Fame offensive line, a Hall of Fame running back, and a Hall of Fame coach. Don Banks is dead on -- the Falcons have all the ingredients for a great run with the right coach. Marvin Lewis and Bill Parcells proved this year that a great coach can overcome the defects of a mediocre quarterback. Unfortunately for the Buffalo Bills, they have the modern day Vinny Testaverde, a great player only on paper. The only time those two guys had great years was when they had a Hall of Fame coach in their ears.

-- Will, Boston

Don Banks is so utterly wrong, it's hilarious. The Atlanta job is a disaster waiting to happen. While Banks praises the ownership situation, ask Dan Reeves what he thinks about it. Arthur Blank is Daniel Snyder Light, undermining his coach by meeting with players behind his back and making them promises about playing time (Dunn) or play calling (Vick). Meanwhile Rick McKay has already shown that he is no longer willing to meet the head coach halfway. Contrary to what Banks says, McKay is concerned with image these days, and has made it clear that he wants a certain type of player instead of listening to what the coach thinks he needs to win. That may be a fine organizational goal, but if it prevents the team from winning, the blame will go to the head coach and not McKay. Finally that up and coming quarterback is one who can't complete a simple out route, who rebelled against a proven coach, and who has openly stated that he will play a major role in selecting the new one.

Michael Vick may be great for Atlanta fans and the NFL as a whole, but he will be one major headache for the next head coach of the Falcons. Meanwhile the defense obviously does need a total rebuilding job, regardless of what Banks says, and the fact that fans have unrealistic Super Bowl expectations means that there will be no honeymoon period in Georgia. I agree with Peter King that the Buffalo situation is the best out there, and I would go so far as to say that Atlanta is the least appealing, even worse than Washington or Arizona.

-- J.D. Bolick, Denver, N.C.

Redskins -- has all the same things as the Falcons (minus the GM), much of what the Bills have as well, only in a smaller dose. The makings of a great team are there, although any new coach might have to insist that Vinnie the Waiver Wire Wonder be made to disappear or morph into a real GM. All they really need is a coach with a vision and the energy and experience to implement that vision.

-- Tim F., Annapolis, Maryland