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Tuesday morning has arrived, and another NFL team has decided on its new head coach. Overnight, the Tennessee Titans locked in on Robert Saleh, the former New York Jets head coach and San Francisco 49ers defensive coordinator, to lead them into the future. Saleh’s will be the fourth new hire of this year’s head coaching cycle, leaving six openings left to go.
Reportedly, the Titans were down to two final candidates: Saleh and Matt Nagy, the former Chicago Bears head coach and longtime Kansas City Chiefs assistant. Ultimately, Saleh gets the job of leading last year’s number one draft pick, Cam Ward, and a Titans team that has bounced back and forth between offensive and defensive-minded coaches for some time.
Now that the Titans have made their decision, let’s take a quick spin across the entire league as a reminder of where each team that has or had a head coaching vacancy currently sits.
After being the first team to reportedly decide on their new coach, the Giants finally announced John Harbaugh’s hiring just a few hours ago, early on Tuesday morning. He is set to give his introductory press conference at 12 noon Eastern Time.
Harbaugh, of course, was let go by the Baltimore Ravens after they failed to make the playoffs this season, and once he was available the Giants immediately zeroed in on him as their preferred option. He is reportedly getting a contract worth about $20 million per year over five years.
Atlanta has hired Stefanski as their new coach after the Cleveland Browns fired him after the season. Stefanski reportedly interviewed with at least three other teams, including the Giants and Ravens, and he will be charged with retooling a Falcons offense that features Bijan Robinson and Drake London as the team’s key playmakers.
The Falcons conducted numerous interviews, including talking to Harbaugh, former Miami Dolphins head coach Mike McDaniel, and former Packers defensive coordinator Jeff Hafley, among others.
Speaking of Hafley, the former Packers defensive coordinator is the first first-time head coach in this cycle, with the Dolphins announcing the decision to hire him on Monday afternoon. He is the second big name that the Dolphins hired away from Green Bay, joining new GM Jon-Eric Sullivan in south Florida.
Miami fired McDaniel later than most other non-playoff teams who made their decisions; they did so on Thursday, January 8, a day before officially bringing Sullivan on board.
Late last night, the Titans locked in on Saleh, with the two sides reportedly now working out final details on his contract. The Titans fired head coach Brian Callahan after just six games this season, playing out the string under interim coach Mike McCoy.
Hafley interviewed with Tennessee as well, as did Nagy, Eric Bieniemy (also from the Chiefs), Jesse Minter (the Chargers’ defensive coordinator), Harbaugh, McDaniel, and former NFL...
