Mike McDaniel was scheduled to interview for the Bills’ head coaching vacancy on Friday, but he decided to withdraw from consideration before the two sides met, according to The Athletic’s Dianna Russini.
McDaniel, 42, has interviewed for several head coach and offensive coordinator jobs in the last few weeks. In backing out of his interview with the Bills, he has narrowed his options down to the Chargers and the Raiders. The Chargers are planning to hire McDaniel as their next offensive coordinator, unless the Raiders do not offer their head coaching job to him. McDaniel has only met with Las Vegas’ top brass once, but the interview did take place in person.
Early in the hiring cycle, McDaniel reportedly preferred an offensive coordinator opportunity with a stronger team rather than a head coaching job with a weaker one. After the Bills fired Sean McDermott, Buffalo immediately became one of the top destinations for potential head coaches, making it somewhat of a surprise that McDaniel backed out of the running. Perhaps he believed that the job would ultimately go to another candidate and preferred to focus his attention on his remaining suitors.
The Raiders, however, do not seem like a particularly desirable destination unless McDaniel is committed to a major rebuild of a roster that lacks many long-term pieces. Working with projected No. 1 pick Fernando Mendoza – along with the rest of the team’s significant draft capital and future cap space – could be enticing, but the Raiders have been stuck in the mud for years. If McDaniel is looking to make his next head coaching opportunity stick, he might continue to wait out the market until the right job comes along in the next few offseason.
In the meantime, the Chargers’ OC gig is a solid opportunity for McDaniel to work with Justin Herbert, who has played under a revolving door of suboptimal offensive architects and play-callers in his career. McDaniel could finally allow Herbert to thrive within the Chargers’ offense rather than in spite of it.
So basically he’s not in a hurry to return to Miami and a chorus of boos 🙂
Oh no. Dont go…
He’s going to Vegas to fail with Mendoza. Perfect.
“ The Chargers are planning to hire McDaniel as their next offensive coordinator, unless the Raiders do not offer their head coaching job to him”
🤔
So if the Raiders DO offer him their HC job the chargers will hire him as OC? Got it. (Hey maybe this makes sense, nothing should drive a guy away from a job more than it being the raiders!)
Proofreading is a lost art.
It’s all done by software programs now and those programs really don’t mind being insulted.
McDaniel in effect excepted the Chargers OC position but is now trying to become a HC, yet withdraws yet AGAIN from an interview 🤔 something is going on with this guy….maybe take a year off ? Strange
Definitely shouldn’t have excepted unless he was sure he would take the job. I’ll make an acception if there’s unknown factors.
I do not believe he wants to coach in a cold weather city. Believe he likes coastal cities or warmer weather cities
Missed this before I posted, but I said they exact same thing.
Too cold in Buffalo. He’s a warm weather guy.
Maybe the owner shouldn’t throw the head coach with a .650 win percentage under the bus after he fired him?