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Brian Daboll Prefers Titans’ OC Job If Unable To Land HC Post?

By | at January 25, 2026 4:27 pm

JANUARY 25: The Titans “would like to hire Daboll ASAP,” Mike Garafolo of NFL Network notes (video link). It remains to be seen if a return to Buffalo or a Raiders hire will be possible in Daboll’s case. Failing that, a mutual coordinator interest in the case of the Titans clearly exists.

JANUARY 21: Brian Daboll is officially part of the Bills‘ head coaching interview process, receiving a request Wednesday. He will meet with his former team about replacing Sean McDermott. Like Mike McDaniel, however, the recently fired HC is in the mix for multiple coordinator positions.

The Eagles interviewed Daboll for their OC job, but they do not appear to be his preferred choice. If Daboll is unable to land the Buffalo HC job, The Athletic’s Dianna Russini notes he would prefer to end up in Tennessee as Titans OC. The Eagles view Daboll as wanting to return to Buffalo, which certainly makes sense seeing as he is a Western New York native. HC salaries also dwarf coordinator money, in most cases. But a Titans-over-Eagles preference intrigues.

Philadelphia has tremendous talent on that side of the ball, but this is the team’s fourth OC search in four years. The Eagles fired both Brian Johnson and Kevin Patullo after one season apiece, and headlines regarding disgruntled players — A.J. Brown chief among them — have been regular occurrences since the team’s Super Bowl LVII appearance. That said, both Shane Steichen and Kellen Moore have used Philly OC gigs as springboards to HC opportunities.

Tennessee, conversely, has been one of the league’s worst operations over this span. Amy Adams Strunk’s decision to fire Mike Vrabel backfired, and Brian Callahan was done after 23 games. The Titans have hired Robert Saleh, who was believed to be targeting a McDaniel reunion for his OC plan. The Chargers, who interviewed Daboll for their OC job, scuttled that plan by tabbing McDaniel to call plays under Jim Harbaugh. Daboll, however, has come up as a candidate as well. It is believed he will have options despite the downward-trending Giants tenure ending with an in-season firing. The Eagles and Titans aren’t the only teams “pushing hard” to land him as OC, Russini adds.

The Titans will present coordinator options with 2025 No. 1 overall pick Cam Ward to develop. Not too much is around Ward presently, with Calvin Ridley expected to be released, but the AFC South team is projected to hold more than $93MM in cap space. No team outflanks them there presently, but after back-to-back three-win seasons, the Titans obviously have plenty of work to do.

More OC jobs will open up as HC posts are filled. The Ravens’ OC job, in particular would provide considerable intrigue, and it is worth wondering if Daboll would consider reprising his role as Bills OC if he is passed over for the HC job. The Titans interviewed Daboll for their HC position, going with Saleh as their retread of choice. Yet, Daboll remains interested in relocating to Nashville. He may need to choose a destination before the Bills determine their OC, but for now, teams are waiting on Daboll’s HC fate in Buffalo.

Nick Sirianni has not called plays in Philly since midway through the 2021 season, providing an interesting opportunity. But with Daboll not believed to want this job, the Philadelphia Inquirer’s Jeff McLane notes the Eagles may need to cast a wider net after their top targets — Daboll and McDaniel — are likely unavailable.

It is not known if Sirianni will give full autonomy to any candidate, McLane adds, but that would have happened with Daboll or McDaniel. The latter did end up interviewing virtually for the Eagles’ job, per the Inquirer’s EJ Smith, but chose the Bolts.

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Commanders To Conduct DC Interview With Daronte Jones

By | at January 25, 2026 3:26 pm

Daronte Jones has been among the the most sought-after defensive coordinator candidates in this year’s cycle. The current Vikings defensive pass-game coordinator is now on the radar of another DC-needy team.

Jones will interview with the Commanders today for their D-coordinator position, Tom Pelissero of NFL Network reports. That makes Washington the fifth team to arrange an interview in this case. It also expands the list of Commanders candidates even further.

Joe Whitt was stripped of play-calling duties midway through the 2025 season. After head coach Dan Quinn made that decision, there was a widespread expectation a parting of ways would take place after the campaign ended. Whitt was indeed dismissed earlier this month.

The Commanders also elected to move from offensive coordinator Kliff Kingsbury, and they looked internally by promoting David Blough to the position. An in-house move should not be expected regarding Whitt’s replacement, with only outside candidates receiving a look up to this point. Jones, 47, is the second Vikings staffer to interview with Washington, after Brian Flores met with the Commanders two weeks ago.

Jones – who was born in Capitol Heights, Maryland – has been with the Vikings for a total of five seasons across two spells with the team. He has worked in his current capacity for each of the three years Flores has been with Minnesota. It appears as though Flores will continue his D-coordinator gig for at least one more season, and if that winds up being confirmed Jones would of course be a strong candidate to be retained. The door is clearly still open to Jones receiving a coordinator opportunity, though.

Here is an updated look at where things stand regarding the Commanders’ search:

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Bills Conduct HC Interview With Philip Rivers

By | at January 25, 2026 3:03 pm

JANUARY 25: NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport notes (video link) Rivers’ interview went well. He adds a head coaching hire – unorthodox as it would be – is under “serious consideration” by the Bills at this time. Buffalo’s decision on this front will be among the league’s top storylines over the coming days.

JANUARY 23: The list of Bills targets for their head coaching vacancy continues to grow. One of the more interesting names on the market will now receive a look.

Philip Rivers is set to interview with Buffalo today, as first reported by ESPN’s Adam Schefter. The eight-time Pro Bowler briefly resumed his playing career down the stretch, making three starts for the Colts after Daniel Jones was lost to an Achilles tear. Rivers later confirmed he would not play again.

[RELATED: Bills To Interview Mike McDaniel For HC Job]

The door is open to a coaching career, however. Prior to the 2026 head coaching hiring cycle beginning, Rivers was named as a wild-card candidate to watch. As of earlier this month, he had yet to receive an interest from around the NFL. With the Bills in the midst of their search, though, at least one interview will now take place.

Before he un-retired, Rivers had been coaching his eldest son’s high school team. The 44-year-old has stated a desire to return to that role for 2026 in the absence of an NFL opportunity. Rivers’ football acumen and leadership were sources of praise throughout his decorated career, making him a logical candidate for a coaching role of some kind.

On the other hand, Rivers has never worked as a head coach, coordinator or position coach at the pro or college levels. That lack of experience would make a jump directly to the HC ranks in the NFL a risky one to say the least. Nevertheless, it will be interesting to see if a mutual interest exists between the parties once this in-person interview concludes.

Sean McDermott was fired following Buffalo’s latest postseason loss. Owner Terry Pegula‘s actions and remarks since then have made it clear general manager Brandon Beane won out in a power struggle of sorts with respect to disagreements over roster construction; Beane was promoted to president of football operations earlier this week. Quarterback Josh Allen will be present for Buffalo’s upcoming interviews, and he is in position to have a “significant say” in the team’s eventual hire. It will be interesting to see how Allen feels about the possibility of Rivers (who played 17 full NFL seasons, including 16 with the Chargers) stepping into a head coaching role immediately after hanging up his cleats.

Here is an updated look at where things stand for the Bills:

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Former NFLPA Associate General Counsel Sues Union; NFL Filed Grievance Against Union

By | at January 25, 2026 1:08 pm

Heather McPhee, who had been the NFL Players Association’s associate general counsel since 2009, filed suit in December against the union, former executive director Lloyd Howell, NFLPA general counsel Tom DePaso, and NFL Players, Inc. president Matt Curtin, per sports business reporter Daniel Kaplan and Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk (NFL Players, Inc. is the union’s licensing and marketing arm). The union had placed McPhee on administrative leave in August for alleged workplace “misconduct,” and she was fired on December 30, less than two weeks after she filed her lawsuit (via ESPN’s Don Van Natta Jr.).

Kaplan subsequently reported that McPhee is seeking damages of $10MM and that the union had sought to seal her complaint. Florio obtained a copy of it and notes that it contains four counts: obstruction of justice; sex discrimination; intentional infliction of emotional distress; and breach of contract.

In a full-length piece for Front Office Sports, Kaplan says McPhee was originally placed on administrative leave after she cooperated with a Department of Justice investigation into the NFLPA’s relationship with OneTeam Partners, which is a venture between major sports unions to collectively sell group licensing rights (the DOJ probe also includes the Major League Baseball Players Association). The NFLPA has four of the OneTeam Partners’ nine board seats, and McPhee’s suit addresses the OneTeam Partners’ Senior Executive Incentive Plan, the goal of which was to compensate board members affiliated with the NFLPA.

Her complaint also addresses the confidentiality agreement between the league and the union regarding the NFLPA’s recent collusion-related grievance. Regular PFR readers will remember that agreement well.

In 2022, the same year the Browns authorized the now-infamous five-year, fully-guaranteed, $230MM contract for quarterback Deshaun Watson, the NFLPA filed a grievance against the league. The grievance alleged that league owners colluded in an effort to make the Watson deal an outlier rather than have it become a precedent for future fully-guaranteed contracts for the NFL’s best players.

In January 2025, the arbitrator who heard the grievance stopped short of ruling that league owners had colluded but did state that teams were urged to restrict guarantees in player contracts. Despite that finding, which Florio classifies as a “partial victory” for the NFLPA, the union and the league agreed to keep the arbitrator’s 61-page decision entirely confidential (it was not disclosed to players either).

The union entered into such an agreement at least in part because of text messages sent by J.C. Tretter to former NFLPA executive director DeMaurice Smith, in which Tretter lampooned and belittled Russell Wilson for agreeing to a contract with the Broncos that was not fully-guaranteed. The league used those messages in support of its argument that no collusion took place, and Tretter – who had previously served as the NFLPA’s president and who was working as its chief strategy officer at the time – hoped to prevent them from being made public. Tretter was nonetheless considered a legitimate candidate to succeed Howell as the NFLPA’s executive director, though his role in the collusion matter and a separate grievance involving the league’s running backs – his prior remarks encouraging RBs to feign injury to improve their bargaining power helped the league win that case – triggered his July 2025 resignation.

It was only after veteran reporter Pablo Torre unearthed the arbitrator’s collusion ruling that the league elected to appeal the decision (the appeal is still pending). McPhee alleges that DePaso accused her of leaking the ruling, and that DePaso criticized her for “being emotional” when she questioned the timing of the appeal (via Florio). She goes on to say that the belated nature of the appeal harmed free agents seeking new contracts during the early stages of the 2025 league year, and she argues her placement on administrative leave was retaliatory.

While it is much too soon to speculate on the outcome of McPhee’s suit, it represents another potential black mark for the union, which has sustained a fair amount of them recently. The circumstances surrounding the Tretter and Howell resignations – Howell stepped down amid conflict-of-interest concerns and revelations of a sexual discrimination and retaliation suit that had been filed against him during his time at the Booz Allen Hamilton consulting firm, to say nothing of his role in the collision matter – do not cast the NFLPA in a positive light. Interim executive director David White and his potential successor will look to reverse that trend.

Meanwhile, Tretter is the subject of another grievance even though he is no longer affiliated with the NFLPA, as Albert Breer of SI.com details. Since 2023, the union has published “report cards” on each of the league’s 32 teams, which are designed to serve as something of an accountability check. After the union began publishing the report cards, the league sent three cease-and-desist letters to Tretter in an effort to make them stop. Those attempts were unsuccessful, and the NFL filed a grievance in August. 

The report cards do appear to be having a positive effect for players. As Breer observes, five owners received grades of “D -” or worse in the most recent poll, and two of those owners (the Cardinals’ Michael Bidwill and the Patriots’ Robert Kraft) have invested tens of millions of dollars in new practice facilities. A third such owner, the Steelers’ Art Rooney II, is renovating an existing facility.

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Steelers Hire Mike McCarthy As HC

By | at January 24, 2026 11:30 pm

The Steelers have found their successor to longtime head coach Mike Tomlin. The team plans to hire Pittsburgh native Mike McCarthy, Tom Pelissero of NFL Network reports. It’ll be McCarthy’s third head coaching opportunity in the NFL. A five-year deal has been agreed to, Gerry Dulac of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette adds.

Known for remarkable organizational stability under the Rooney family, the Steelers have now hired just four head coaches since 1969. Chuck Noll, Bill Cowher and Tomlin combined for 57 years on the job.

As an offensive-minded 62-year-old with significant HC experience, McCarthy brings a much different profile than the Noll-Cowher-Tomlin trio. The Steelers handed the keys to each of those coaches when they were in their 30s. They were all first-timers with defensive backgrounds. This is the first time the Steelers have hired a head coach with an offensive background since Bill Austin in 1966.

Noll, Cowher and Tomlin each won at least one Super Bowl in Pittsburgh, while McCarthy hoisted the Lombardi Trophy at the Steelers’ expense 15 years ago. Then the Packers’ head coach, McCarthy guided the team to a 31-25 win over the Tomlin-led Steelers in Super Bowl XLV. That remains the high point of McCarthy’s career, but he has enjoyed plenty of success over 18 years as a head coach. At 174-112-2, McCarthy sits 15th on the all-time wins list. His .608 winning percentage ranks 39th.

As Green Bay’s sideline leader from 2006-18, McCarthy posted a 125-77-2 regular-season record with nine playoff berths. He followed that up with a 49-35 mark and three playoff appearances in a half-decade in Dallas, where he was at the helm from 2020-24. McCarthy’s Cowboys went just 1-3 in the postseason, however, and they stumbled to a 7-10 mark during an injury-limited campaign for quarterback Dak Prescott last year. Owner Jerry Jones then allowed McCarthy’s contract to expire. While the Bears and Saints showed interest in McCarthy last January, he didn’t coach anywhere in 2025.

McCarthy will now grab the reins of yet another iconic franchise in Pittsburgh, which didn’t record a single sub-.500 season during Tomlin’s 19-year reign. Although the 53-year-old Tomlin won his eighth AFC North title and went to the playoffs for the 13th time this season, he resigned after the Texans routed the Steelers in the wild-card round. It was the seventh straight postseason loss for Tomlin, who won just eight of 20 playoff games in Pittsburgh. McCarthy owns an 11-11 record in the playoffs.

Tomlin spent the majority of his tenure teaming with quarterback Ben Roethlisberger, but the Steelers have lacked stability under center over the past few years. Since Roethlisberger retired after 2021, Kenny Pickett, Mitchell Trubisky, Justin Fields, Russell Wilson and Aaron Rodgers have each started at least five games in a season. The team still managed its third straight 10-win showing in 2025, which could go down as the 42-year-old Rodgers’ only season in Pittsburgh.

Between his age and his status as a soon-to-be free agent, it’s unclear whether Rodgers will continue his career next season. However, the obvious connection to McCarthy may make it more likely.

Rodgers was McCarthy’s starter for almost all of the coach’s time in Green Bay. Along with winning the only Super Bowl of his career under McCarthy, Rodgers took home a pair of MVPs, among numerous other accomplishments.

Eight years after they last paired up, McCarthy and Rodgers could reunite in Pittsburgh. The Steelers didn’t hire McCarthy to keep Rodgers from retiring, but he may be the one coach the QB would consider playing for at this stage of his career, according to Pelissero.

Whether it’s Rodgers or someone else, finding an answer under center will be among the most important tasks of the offseason for McCarthy and general manager Omar Khan. There’s familiarity between McCarthy and Khan, who overlapped in New Orleans from 2000-01. McCarthy was the Saints’ offensive coordinator then, while Khan was in their football operations department.

As the Steelers’ GM since 2022, Khan has overseen four straight seasons of at least nine wins. The Steelers have made the postseason three years in a row, and replacing Tomlin with a coach who’s almost a decade older suggests they don’t intend to take a step back in 2026. That’s no surprise after owner Art Rooney II spoke out against a potential rebuild on the heels of Tomlin’s exit.

With the Steelers becoming the sixth team to hire a head coach this month, there are only four openings left. The Bills, Browns, Cardinals and Raiders are still in the market. McCarthy was not a candidate for any of those jobs, though he did interview with the Giants and Titans before they chose John Harbaugh and Robert Saleh, respectively.

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Mike McDaniel Withdraws From Bills’ HC Search

By | at January 24, 2026 11:23 pm

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.

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Arthur Smith Departing NFL For Ohio State OC Job

By | at January 24, 2026 11:20 pm

In the wake of the news of Mike McCarthy‘s agreement to become the next head coach of the Steelers, Pittsburgh’s incumbent offensive coordinator Arthur Smith has some plans of his own. According to Ian Rapoport of NFL Network, Smith is expected to be named the next offensive coordinator at Ohio State.

This marks a departure not only from Pittsburgh – as could be expected – but the NFL coaching ranks altogether. Smith received a head coaching interview request from the Cardinals as part of their ongoing search. He also spoke with the Titans before Robert Saleh was hired. Even in the absence of a second NFL HC opportunity, Smith loomed as an offensive coordinator candidate elsewhere in the league.

The 43-year-old interviewed with the Chargers and Titans for their respective OC vacancies. Tennessee’s remains open at this time, but instead of a potential return Smith will now spend at least one season at the college level. He is the latest veteran coach to join Ryan Day‘s Buckeyes staff.

Diana Russini of The Athletic notes Smith had been in contact with the Titans but also the Eagles. Philadelphia moved on from Kevin Patullo after the team’s wild-card loss in a decision which came as no surprise. The team does not have a replacement in place at this time, and Smith had not previously been linked to Philadelphia’s OC gig or any other positions under Nick Sirianni.

After a lengthy run on the Titans’ staff in a number of roles, Smith was promoted to offensive coordinator. He held that position for two years and parlayed his time leading Tennessee’s offense into a head coaching opportunity. Smith guided the Falcons for three seasons, posting a 7-10 record each year. Upon being fired, he immediately landed another OC gig by joining Mike Tomlin and the Steelers in 2024.

Pittsburgh posted similar numbers on offense this season with Aaron Rodgers at quarterback as the team did with a combination of Russell Wilson and Justin Fields under center. Once Tomlin stepped aside, the door was opened to widespread staff changes during this year’s hiring cycle. Smith’s departure confirms the Steelers will be among the teams hiring a new offensive coordinator in the near future. He handled play-calling duties during his Pittsburgh tenure, but it would come as no surprise if McCarthy did so upon arrival.

Adam La Rose contributed to this post.

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Raheem Morris, Anthony Campanile, Mike LaFleur Leading Candidates For Cardinals’ HC Position?

By | at January 24, 2026 11:10 pm

The Cardinals are one of four teams which still have a head coaching vacancy. A hire could be coming soon, though, with a trio of top candidates in place.

According to Dianna Russini of The Athletic, Arizona considers Raheem Morris, Anthony Campanile and Mike LaFleur to be the “leading” options at this point. All three have interviewed at least once with the Cardinals as part of their ongoing search. Campanile met with the team for a second time on Thursday, something other candidates are also set to do shortly.

[RELATED: HC Search Tracker]

The current Jaguars defensive coordinator has been a popular head coaching candidate during this year’s cycle. Campanile interviewed with the Ravens and Dolphins, but both teams have since gone in a different direction to fill their HC positions. 2025 marked the 43-year-old’s first season as a coordinator at the NFL level, so taking on a head coaching gig would represent another major career move.

LaFleur has a more extensive history as an NFL coordinator, having served as an OC with the Jets from 2021-22 and with the Rams for the past three seasons. He has not handled play-calling duties in Los Angeles while working under Sean McVay, but the 38-year-old has helped his stock over the course of his Rams stint. A follow-up interview was not possible in LaFleur’s case this past week with the Rams advancing to the NFC title game. One could be arranged in the near future, however.

Morris is the only member of the trio who has worked as a head coach at the NFL or college levels. He was at the helm of the Buccaneers from 2009-11; Morris also served as the Falcons’ coach for a total of 45 games across two different stints. Over that span, his teams posted a winning record just once. Morris, 49, is regarded as one of the game’s top defensive minds but his head coaching winning percentage sits at .398. Interest in multiple D-coordinator positions could be coming in this case in the even Morris does not land the Cardinals gig, per ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler.

Plenty remains to be seen over the coming days, but SNY’s Connor Hughes reports LaFleur is “believed to be the frontrunner” for the Arizona HC position at this time. For now, his attention will be focused on the Rams’ game against the Seahawks with a Super Bowl berth on the line. Nevertheless, a deal bringing with it a first head coaching opportunity allowing LaFleur to remain in the NFC West could be coming soon.

Here is an updated look at where Arizona’s search stands:

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Dolphins Promote Bobby Slowik To OC

By | at January 24, 2026 11:05 pm

Newly hired Dolphins head coach Jeff Hafley has found his offensive coordinator. The Dolphins are promoting senior passing game coordinator Bobby Slowik to the OC role, Adam Schefter of ESPN reports.

This will be the second NFL offensive coordinator job for the 38-year-old Slowik, who held the position with the Texans from 2023-24. Slowik got off to an auspicious start in Houston, which orchestrated an impressive turnaround under then-rookie head coach DeMeco Ryans.

The Texans’ offense finished 2023 11th in scoring and 14th in yards, helping the team to 10 wins and an AFC South title. Quarterback C.J. Stroud, the second overall pick in the 2023 draft, earned Offensive Rookie of the Year honors and a Pro Bowl nod.

On the heels of a successful first year in Houston, Slowik drew serious head coaching consideration in January 2024. The Panthers, Titans and Seahawks all interviewed Slowik, who emerged as a finalist for openings in Atlanta and Washington. Slowik didn’t get any of those jobs, but another strong offensive showing in 2024 may have convinced someone to hire him.

While the Texans put together a second straight 10-win, division-winning campaign last year, their offense took steps backward. With Stroud’s numbers declining to a noticeable degree, the Texans ranked an underwhelming 19th in scoring and 22nd in total offense. After the unit mustered a mere 14 points in a loss to the Chiefs in the divisional round, the Texans fired Slowik exactly one year ago today.

A couple of weeks after his Texans tenure ended, Slowik reunited with then-head coach Mike McDaniel in Miami. The two first worked together on Kyle Shanahan‘s staff in San Francisco from 2017-2021. Slowik spent the first two of those seasons in a defensive quality control post before joining McDaniel, then the 49ers’ run game coordinator, as an offensive assistant.

The Slowik addition didn’t do much to help the Dolphins in 2025. The team sputtered to a 7-10 record, ending McDaniel’s four-year run as its head coach. A feeble passing attack was among the reasons the Dolphins’ offense slumped to a 25th-place mark in points and ranked an even worse 26th in yards.

With quarterback Tua Tagovailoa at the helm for most of the year, the Dolphins had the game’s eighth-worst passing offense. During the sixth (and worst) year of his career, Tagovailoa finished 26th out of 28 qualifying passers in QBR and posted a mediocre 88.5 passer rating.

With Tagovailoa’s 15 interceptions leading the league through Week 15, McDaniel benched him for seventh-round rookie Quinn Ewers. Tagovailoa didn’t play again in 2025, and the Dolphins have since replaced McDaniel with Hafley and Frank Smith with Slowik.

Before the Dolphins promoted Slowik, the Eagles showed interest in him for their vacant OC gig. Landing that job would have given Slowik a chance to work with a more talented offense and a clear-cut starting quarterback in Jalen Hurts. The Dolphins have at least a couple of legitimate weapons in running back De’Von Achane and wide receiver Jaylen Waddle, but the futures of Tagovailoa and wideout Tyreek Hill are up in the air as the offseason approaches.

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Browns Conduct HC Interview With Anthony Lynn

By | at January 24, 2026 11:00 pm

Relatively late in the interview process, a new name has emerged in the Browns‘ ongoing head coaching search. Anthony Lynn completed an interview on Saturday, Josina Anderson of The Exhibit reports.

The meeting was in person, Anderson adds. As a result, the Browns have conducted one of their two mandatory in-person interviews with external minority candidates. Another will take place on Monday when Cleveland speaks with Rams pass-game coordinator Nate Scheelhaase.

Once the Browns satisfy the Rooney Rule, a hire could soon follow. They are one of four teams still in need of a head coach at this point in the hiring cycle, one which will see 10 of the NFL’s teams make a change at the HC spot when it is complete. Lynn also interviewed with the Bills today.

The 57-year-old was a running backs coach in Cleveland during the 2008 and ’09 seasons. Lynn had already held that role with two other teams at that point, and he has since done so with another four. In between, he was the Chargers’ head coach from 2017-20. The Bolts posted a winning record for Lynn’s first two years in charge, but that was followed by 5-11 and 7-9 campaigns.

Lynn followed up his debut HC stint with a single campaign as the Lions’ offensive coordinator. Head coach Dan Campbell took over play-calling duties midway through the season, and to no surprise a parting of ways took place at the end of the year. Lynn then spent a pair of seasons with the 49ers with his title including assistant head coach. Since 2024, he has worked as the Commanders‘ RBs coach and run-game coordinator.

Washington’s staff is undergoing a number of changes in the wake of a disappointing campaign. That could include Lynn departing, depending on how the Bills and Browns proceed over the coming days. Via PFR’s HC Search Tracker, here is an updated look at where things stand in Cleveland’s case:

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