On Thursday, the Philadelphia Eagles announced that the team will be hiring Green Bay Packers quarterbacks coach Sean Mannion to be their new offensive coordinator, instead of Indianapolis Colts offensive coordinator Jim Bob Cooter—who had recently interviewed twice with the reigning NFC East Champions:
Cooter had previously served as an offensive consultant for Nick Sirianni’s club back in 2021.
While
the 41-year-old Cooter is still a candidate for the New York Giants offensive coordinator vacancy, along with Colts passing game coordinator Alex Tanney, Philadelphia appears no longer in the cards for him this early offseason.
While both jobs have the same job title as his current one with the Colts, Cooter would be able to call offensive plays for the Giants, and formerly with the Eagles, whereas in Indy, those duties still belong to offensive minded head coach Shane Steichen. In that regard, either job would’ve been a coaching promotion of sorts.
However, around the league, there appears to be clear interest in proteges of Steichen’s coaching tree right now.
The Colts had a Top 10 offense last season, scoring the 8th most points league-wide by averaging 27.4 points per game. That was with starting quarterback Daniel Jones, who was in the midst of a career year, missing the last 4 games because of a season-ending Achilles injury.
Credit goes to the Colts offensive coaching staff for that impressive output collectively.
