Prepared and confident, Raheem Morris interviewed for the Broncos head coaching job in Denver on Monday

Newly-crowned Bucs defensive coordinator Raheem Morris sounded like a man eager to replace Mike Shanahan as Broncos head coach on Monday. Morris was in Denver to interview for the position.

In a chat with the Rocky Mountain News, Morris, expressed his desire to wear orange.

“I got a chance to study them a little bit,” Morris said. “You always want to come prepared when you come in to meet with people … They’ve got a lot of potential, things they can do a little bit better, but everybody does. Hopefully, I can be the one to help them do it.”

Joe is pleased to read about Morris’ confidence and attention to detail, and that he wasn’t just going through the motions in Denver. It’s no wonder that NFL executives are high on his future.

Joe always chuckled at those in the media who thought Morris, just 32-years-old, was a great candidate but might not want to take over for Monte Kiffin because the shoes were too big to fill. That never made sense to Joe. If a guy is confident and capable, he’ll want the best job he can find.

And now the evidence is here, as Monte’s shoes are only half as big as Shanahan’s.

Joe believes Morris has very little chance to get the Denver job and the Bucs will have the chance to let him play head-coach-in-training this year in Tampa.