The New Orleans Saints’ preferred head coach, Aaron Glenn, chose his preferred destination, the New York Jets, and the Saints have pivoted to the rest of their list as expected.
Post-snowstorm New Orleans have interviews scheduled new dates for interviews with Mike Kafka, Mike McCarthy and Aaron Weaver. Wednesday night, NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport reported Joe Brady and Kellen Moore will join that list. That was another step that was easy to predict.
Things get interesting when Rapoport says there could be more coaches added to the list
Kliff Kingsbury was once on the Saints’ radar. He chose to put off all head coaching interviews until the Washington Commanders are out of the playoffs, prioritizing game prep with his current team over interviewing for another job.
It’ll be interesting to see if he chooses to take interviews during the week between the conference championship and the Super Bowl, if the Commanders make it past the Philadelphia Eagles, since he won’t be preparing for a game at the end of the week.
Kingsbury is the first name that come to mind when Rapoport opens the door for more candidates to enter the mix.
Any new candidates would have to do a virtual interview first, in turn extending the process. It may feel unlikely, but that wasn’t a slip up by Rapoport. He must be hearing the Saints considering an expanded search.
