Two years ago, the #Eagles player the Super Bowl in Arizona and Jonathan Gannon hung around to be the #AZCardinals’ head coach. Will recent history repeat itself with Kellen Moore and the #Saints after #SuperBowlLIX in New Orleans? https://t.co/IfEp73GaAb
— Mike Garafolo (@MikeGarafolo) January 28, 2025
The New Orleans Saints head coaching search is coming down to the wire, as Kellen Moore and Mike McCarthy both have interviews lined up in the coming days, and the timeline grows ever longer from the start of the hiring process to now. With that, NFL Network’s Mike Garafolo made an interesting connection.
The last time the Philadelphia Eagles were in a Super Bowl (against the Kansas City Chiefs, nonetheless), it took place at State Farm Stadium, home of the Arizona Cardinals. And the Cardinals wound up hiring Eagles defensive coordinator Jonathan Gannon as their head coach shortly after, and kept him around in their building for the future.
Now the set lines itself up again, as the Eagles will do battle with the Chiefs, this time in Caesars Superdome. Additionally, this year’s host team, the Saints, are looking for a head coach and happen to be interviewing one of the Eagles’ coordinators in Kellen Moore.
While it may be a little bit of a stretch, it is not hard to think that the convenience of the week off before the Super Bowl, allowing for further interviews, before having a candidate in your building competing for one of the most prestigious trophies in the world could sway your opinion as a general manager. Will Moore be the head coach for the Saints? Who knows. But the connections have begun to be made between each candidate the Saints have been interviewing, and it will all come down to who they believe is the best fit.
