With the Atlanta Falcons hiring Kevin Stefanski as their next head coach yesterday, two of the nine open jobs have been filled. The Tennessee Titans were once again left waiting for a meeting that never happened. They had planned to meet with John Harbaugh the day after he met with the New York Giants. They were also scheduled to meet with Stefanski today.
Titans schedule second interview with Jeff Hafley
The Titans are reportedly scheduled to meet with Green Bay Packers defensive coordinator Jeff Hafley on Tuesday. He is scheduled to meet with the
Miami Dolphins on Monday for a second interview. The Dolphins have not satisfied the Rooney Rule requirements yet of meeting with two minority candidates in-person. That means they cannot hire Hafley tomorrow.
Brian Callahan a candidate for Falcons offensive coordinator
Albert Breer said this last night that former Titans head coach Brian Callahan is expected to be in the running to be Stefanski’s OC in Atlanta.
If Callahan does get an interview there, it will be his third interview for an OC position in this cycle. Amy Adams Strunk is probably calling Arthur Blank to offer a glowing recommendation on Callahan because if he gets hired there, she doesn’t have to pay him as much for the remainder of his contract with the Titans.
Titans finalist list
There was a whole thing that went down on Twitter yesterday about who is on the Titans’ finalist list. Easton Freeze initially called Mike McCarthy a finalist before changing his wording to indicate that while yesterday’s meeting with McCarthy was the second interview, he is not technically on the finalist list yet. Not sure why that really matters.
The Titans are scheduled to interview San Francisco 49ers defensive coordinator Robert Saleh virtually tonight. They could bring him in for an in-person interview this week now that the 49ers have been eliminated.
Kansas City Chiefs offensive coordinator Matt Nagy is still lurking as a presumed finalist as well. I’ve said it 1,000 times, but I’ll believe that Nagy is the guy until they hire someone else.
