Best candidates to fill each of the 6 NFL head coaching vacancies
By Bryce Olin
Life on the NFL coaching carousel, and who’s in the best position to fill one of the six NFL head coaching vacancies
It’s been one week since Black Monday, the day of coaching turnover in the NFL, but no team has formally announced their plans to hire their new coach yet.
As the Super Bowl draws closer, I expect most of the hirings to start pouring into the league office and filling our TVs with tons of news and introductory press conferences.
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Currently, there are six NFL head coaching vacancies in the league.
San Francisco, New York (Jets), Oakland, Buffalo, Chicago, and Atlanta are the six teams looking to fill their head coaching positions.
So far, there’s only been rumors and speculation about which coach is going where, but the interview process is well underway and should continue as more teams are eliminated from the playoffs and more coaches become eligible for interviews.
While we wait, I thought it’d be a really good opportunity to survey the six openings and try to predict who the top candidate is for each coaching situation, simply based on fit with the team and some rumors, of course.
Here are the best candidates to fill each of the six NFL head coaching vacancies, starting with the Oakland Raiders!
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