The Las Vegas Raiders hang made a inquire to interview Contemporary England offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels for their head coach opening.
A individual accustomed to the quest stated Thursday the Raiders made the inquire to talk with McDaniels about filling the void left when Jon Gruden resigned in October. The individual spoke on condition of anonymity for the rationale that team changed into as soon as no longer announcing its candidates.
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McDaniels is the fourth identified candidate for the set. Intervening time coach Prosperous Bisaccia interviewed for the fleshy-time role ultimate week, and Tampa Bay defensive coordinator Todd Bowles and Patriots defensive assistant Jerod Mayo interviewed with proprietor Tag Davis this week.
McDaniels is the first of those candidates with an offensive background, having been coordinator for Contemporary England for 14 seasons and the St. Louis Rams for one. McDaniels additionally had an unsuccessful head coaching tenure in Denver from 2009-10 and pulled out of the job in Indianapolis at as soon as after being hired in 2018 to return to the Patriots.
McDaniels is viewed as one among the brighter offensive minds in the game with his a few years working with Tom Brady on the Patriots and his work this season serving to to own rookie Mac Jones.
Nonetheless his first expertise as head coach fell apart hasty following a 6-0 commence in 2009 after he traded away quarterback Jay Cutler in a single among his first moves. Denver accomplished 8-8 that season and McDaniels changed into as soon as fired with a 3-9 fable in 2010, dropping 17 of his closing 22 video games as coach.
FILE – Contemporary England Patriots offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels appears on sooner than an NFL soccer game Nov. 14, 2021, in Foxborough, Mass. The Las Vegas Raiders hang made a inquire to interview the Patriots’ McDaniels for their head coach opening. A individual accustomed to the quest stated Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022, the Raiders made the inquire to talk with McDaniels about filling the void left when Jon Gruden resigned in October. The individual spoke on condition of anonymity for the rationale that team changed into as soon as no longer announcing its candidates.
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McDaniels changed into as soon as additionally fined $50,000 by the NFL for no longer reporting that the team’s director of video operations videotaped a San Francisco 49ers walkthrough apply sooner than the teams played a game in 2010 in London. The investigation sure that McDaniels didn’t know relating to the taping upfront and declined to search spherical for it nevertheless he changed into as soon as punished for indirectly reporting the infraction to the league.
Whereas several ancient assistants to Bill Belichick in Contemporary England hang gotten head coaching jobs, the success fee of those coaches is no longer excessive.
The seven coaches — McDaniels, Romeo Crennel, Eric Mangini, Bill O’Brien, Matt Patricia, Brian Flores and Joe Mediate — hang mixed for a .410 winning percentage and five playoff berths in 27 seasons they began as head coach. O’Brien had four of those playoff seasons in Houston with Mangini having the different with the Jets.
The Raiders are seeking a fleshy-time coach after Gruden changed into as soon as forced to resign following the inaugurate of ancient offensive emails he wrote.
Bisaccia led the Raiders to a 7-5 fable in the unprecedented season and their 2nd playoff berth in 19 years sooner than dropping in the wild-card spherical to the Bengals.
Davis is additionally seeking a unusual frequent supervisor after firing Mike Mayock ultimate week after three seasons.
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Davis has interviewed several candidates for that job to this level, at the side of Patriots director of participant personnel Dave Ziegler, Colts assistant frequent supervisor Ed Dodds, Bears assistant director of participant personnel Champ Kelly, Bengals scout Trey Brown and Raiders director of pro personnel Dwayne Joseph.
Each Ziegler and Kelly hang ties to McDaniels. Kelly labored with him in Denver.
