NFL Network analyst and former head coach Brian Billick will be chatting live with fans Tuesday on NFL.com at 6:30 p.m. ET. Submit your questions for Brian now, and then check back and follow along as he takes a look back at the action in Week 8.

NFL Network analyst Brian Billick was on hand as 49ers QB Alex Smith nearly led a second-half comeback against the Texans, and the former Ravens coach came away impressed.

NFL Network analyst and former head coach Brian Billick will be chatting live with fans Tuesday on NFL.com at 7:15 p.m. ET.

One of the offseason’s confounding issues is why coaches like Brian Billick and Jim Fassel can’t land head-coaching jobs — and why they’re even struggling to get interviews.

Billick’s work and accomplishments are well-documented. In his 18 NFL years, his teams went to the playoffs 13 times. He won a Super Bowl with Baltimore. Just as impressive, five of Billick’s assistants in Baltimore went on to become head coaches in one of the least talked about but most impressive head-coaching trees.

Very quietly, the Jets have reached out to Brian Billick and thrown him into the mix of their head-coaching search. They are planning to interview Billick this week, and one league source said the former Ravens coach is “a viable candidate for the Jets’ job.”

Thanksgiving also signifies the start of hunting season, the time of year when NFL head coaches are put on the clock.