There have been connections between the New Orleans Saints and Mike McCarthy. NFL insider Josina Anderson reported that while the Saints may talk to McCarthy, he isn’t expected to leap over the Saints top candidates.
Despite that stance, McCarthy still has an impact on the Saints and the rest of the NFL coaching cycle. He’s the one coach who could be snatched up quicker than Ben Johnson, Aaron Glenn or Joe Brady.
As it stands, there are six teams without a head coach: the Saints, Chicago Bears, Dallas Cowboys, Jacksonville Jaguars, New York Jets and Las Vegas Raiders.
The Cowboys aren’t going to bring in McCarthy, obviously, but he could reasonably be a candidate anywhere else. The Johnson and Glenn duo seems to be the top two candidates in this class. Even with McCarthy’s inclusion, that likely won’t change.
The one thing McCarthy has is an extensive head coaching resume. That resume can be debated, but it features a Super Bowl ring and multiple other successful seasons. It wouldn’t be surprising to see a team value that history highly.
All it takes is one team. If one team gravitates towards an experienced head coach, we could have a domino dropping quicker than expected.
The names swirling around the Cowboys haven’t been the most popular names. You’ve heard names like Deion Sanders, Jason Witten and Bill Belichick. Kellen Moore feels like a natural fit for a Jerry Jones-run team. Their first reported interview will come with former Jets head coach, Robert Saleh, via NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport.
The inclusion of McCarthy mixes up the coaching pool and has the potential of pushing one of the Saints’ favorites closer to New Orleans.
