With all however one head teaching emptiness crammed within the NFL, the eye now turns to who will get the offensive coordinator spots which might be open across the league.
And sources inform CBS Sports activities that on the prime of the listing for a number of groups is former NFL head coach and present Ohio State offensive coordinator Chip Kelly.
Kelly is taken into account a goal for each the Jaguars and Texans OC positions, sources say. He additionally may get appears to be like in Tampa Bay, amongst different potential touchdown spots.
Kelly, 61, simply received a nationwide championship with the Ohio State Buckeyes. However he is stored an curiosity within the NFL for years, together with final 12 months when his identify was tossed across the league following his UCLA tenure and earlier than he went to Columbus.
He served as the pinnacle coach of the Philadelphia Eagles for 3 seasons after which coached the 49ers for a 12 months earlier than being dismissed. Kelly has been within the school ranks since turning into the UCLA coach in 2018.
Sources indicated the Jaguars had curiosity in pairing new head coach Liam Coen with Kelly. Coen is considered a play-calling head coach, so it is unclear how concerned Kelly could be in calling the performs in-game ought to that match come to fruition.
However after the Texans fired offensive coordinator Bobby Slowik following two years in that position, sources pointed to Kelly as a logical successor. He was DeMeco Ryans’ coach in Philadelphia throughout his enjoying days, and he would name the offensive performs with out interference contemplating the pinnacle coach comes from the defensive background.
Present Texans quarterbacks coach Jerrod Johnson and Saints offensive coordinator Klint Kubiak are additionally early candidates for that job, sources say.
At current there are 11 offensive coordinator vacancies within the league, together with the 49ers who’re anticipated to call Klay Kubiak because the offensive coordinator sooner or later this offseason. Two OC jobs have already been crammed with the Patriots (Josh McDaniels) and Browns (Tommy Rees).
And OC gigs with the Eagles, Commanders, Packers and/or Giants may come open relying on how the interview course of shakes out. Kellen Moore and Mike Kafka are candidates for the New Orleans job, Adam Stenavich has interviewed for the Seattle offensive coordinator position and Kliff Kingsbury has indicated he will not think about another job till the Commanders season concludes.
Payments offensive coordinator Joe Brady knowledgeable the group this weekend he will not take the interview in New Orleans and intends to stay in Buffalo for the 2025 season.
On Saturday, Tampa Bay accomplished a digital interview with Chargers cross recreation coordinator Marcus Brady and Vikings assistant Grant Udinski, and the Bucs requested an interview with Rams assistant Nate Scheelhaas. Buccaneers cross recreation coordinator Josh Grizzard and quarterbacks coach Thad Lewis are robust inside candidates. And former interviewees like Seattle cross recreation coordinator Jake Peetz and Bengals offensive coordinator Dan Pitcher could also be thought of, although the Bengals reserve the appropriate to dam Pitcher from any OC alternative even when one offers him play-calling duties.
With uncertainty surrounding the long-term way forward for Todd Bowles in Tampa, some have questioned whether or not the Bucs will be capable to get a prime candidate this cycle. Moreover, this can be very unlikely Coen will be capable to take any assistant coaches from Tampa with him to Jacksonville contemplating how issues ended there. The Buccaneers cannot block any assistants from interviewing for a coordinator position, however they’ll block a lateral transfer.
Rams cross recreation coordinator Nick Caley has been a scorching identify in previous years, and that continues this cycle. Caley, who turned down the Patriots OC job final 12 months, is taken into account the highest candidate to affix Aaron Glenn’s workers with the Jets. He may additionally draw consideration from the Texans.
Detroit misplaced Ben Johnson to Chicago, however the Lions may exchange him with inside candidates like Scottie Montgomery or Tanner Engstrand. Detroit promoted Kelvin Sheppard to defensive coordinator over the weekend.
And plenty of questions encompass the Raiders and who Pete Carroll will rent as his offensive coordinator. Early names rising from Las Vegas embrace Titans QBs coach (and former interim Raiders OC) Bo Hardegree in addition to Broncos senior personnel government David Shaw, sources say. Shaw, the previous Stanford head coach, has had three head-coach interviews the final two seasons and is interviewing for the Bears offensive coordinator place.
