Kansas City Chiefs now have a clear rooting interest in AFC West rival Las Vegas Raiders' head-coaching search
As the Kansas City Chiefs prepare to face the Buffalo Bills in the AFC Championship Game, questions remain unanswered about the future of their star defensive coordinator, Steve Spagnuolo. Spags conducted head-coaching interviews with three NFL teams with vacancies: the New York Jets, Jacksonville Jaguars, and Las Vegas Raiders. The Jets have since hired Lions DC Aaron […]
As the Kansas City Chiefs prepare to face the Buffalo Bills in the AFC Championship Game, questions remain unanswered about the future of their star defensive coordinator, Steve Spagnuolo.
Spags conducted head-coaching interviews with three NFL teams with vacancies: the New York Jets, Jacksonville Jaguars, and Las Vegas Raiders.
The Jets have since hired Lions DC Aaron Glenn, but the Jaguars and Raiders have yet to make decisions in their head-coaching search. The Jags appear to be trying to ink a deal with Buccaneers OC Liam Coen. That leaves only the Raiders.
According to NFL Insider Josina Anderson, who has been closely following head-coaching searches around the NFL, the Raiders have shown the most interest in two candidates. One candidate with increasing interest is former Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll and the other is Spags.
The biggest note from Anderson's reporting is about who is believed to be in the lead. She says that two league sources have indicated to her that Carroll is currently ahead for the Raiders. That could obviously change depending on many factors, including how Spagnuolo's defense performs in the AFC Championship Game against the Buffalo Bills on Sunday.
While Carroll is no slouch of a coach, Kansas City would much rather not have Spags join their most bitter AFC West rival. By all accounts, fans should be rooting for Mark Davis and Tom Brady to go with the 73-year-old Carroll, even if it'd make the division one of the most accomplished in the league's history.
All of the AFC West head coaches will have a trip to the Super Bowl as head coaches and three of them will have won a Lombardi Trophy. Carroll, Andy Reid, Jim Harbaugh, and Sean Payton have more collective wins as head coaches (669) than all but three NFL teams have in their entire history. Still, that's an easier result for K.C. to stomach than losing Spags to the silver and black.
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