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    Chargers request interview with Brian Daboll

    Getty Images Brian Daboll has spent the last three years helping to develop Bills quarterback Josh Allen and that work has gone well enough that Buffalo ranked second in points scored this season. It’s also gone well enough for the Bills offensive coordinator to draw interest for head coaching...
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    Texans announce they interviewed Joe Brady

    Getty Images Panthers offensive coordinator Joe Brady has wrapped up his first interview for an NFL head coaching job. The Texans announced that they interviewed Brady on Tuesday. That came a day after they requested an interview with the fast-rising assistant coach. Brady was hired to run...
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    In the current NFL climate, owners should be looking to hire offensive coaches

    Getty Images We try to avoid advocating specific candidates for specific jobs, because we’re in no position to make a full and fair and complete assessment of candidates. Also, too many others in the media feel compelled to try to help candidates, for obvious access-and-info-related reasons...
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    Chargers want to interview Robert Saleh

    Getty Images Add the Chargers to the list of teams interested in speaking to 49ers defensive coordinator Robert Saleh about their head coaching vacancies. Adam Schefter of ESPN reports that the Chargers have requested permission to interview Saleh. Saleh interviewed with the Falcons on Monday...
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    Report: Raiders pursuing Gus Bradley for defensive coordinator job

    Getty Images The Las Vegas Raiders have requested permission to interview Los Angeles Chargers defensive coordinator Gus Bradley for the same position with their franchise, according to Vic Tafur of TheAthletic.com. Despite the Chargers firing head coach Anthony Lynn, the rest of the coaching...
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    Chargers request permission to interview Jason Garrett

    Getty Images Former Cowboys coach Jason Garrett could be getting a second chance to run a team of his own. The Chargers have formally requested permission to interview Garrett, according to Ian Rapoport of NFL Media. Fired by the Cowboys after the 2019 season, Garrett served as offensive...
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    Chargers, Texans, Falcons request permission to talk to Joe Brady

    Getty Images Panthers offensive coordinator Joe Brady made his name in 2019 when Joe Burrow won the Heisman Trophy and LSU won the national championship. Brady, the Tigers’ receivers coach and passing game coordinator, parlayed that into a job with the Panthers after they hired Matt Rhule as...
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    Report: Chargers ask for interview with Chiefs OC Eric Bieniemy

    Getty Images The Los Angeles Chargers have requested permission to interview Kansas City Chiefs offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy for their head coaching position, per Jeremy Fowler of ESPN.com. While he may not have history with the team in Los Angeles, Bieniemy played four years for the...
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    Justin Herbert: I believed in Anthony Lynn and I enjoyed our time together

    Getty Images Anthony Lynn rallied the Chargers to win their last four games after stating the season 3-9, but it wasn’t enough to keep his job. Justin Herbert‘s performance as a rookie quarterback didn’t save Lynn either. But in the aftermath of Lynn’s firing on Monday, Herbert expressed the...
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    Chargers request interview with Matt Eberflus

    Getty Images Matt Eberflus is going to have a busy week. Besides getting a game plan ready for the Bills, the Colts defensive coordinator has yet another interview request. The Chargers have become the third team to request permission to talk to Eberflus, Ian Rapoport of NFL Media reports...
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    Chargers, Jets request interviews with Brandon Staley

    Getty Images The Rams finished as the league’s No. 1 defense in yards allowed and No. 1 in points allowed. That has their defensive coordinator in demand. The Jets and Chargers have requested permission to interview Rams defensive coordinator Brandon Staley. Adam Schefter of ESPN reported the...
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    Chargers fire Anthony Lynn

    Getty Images The Chargers have fired head coach Anthony Lynn. The move was made this morning after a season in which the Chargers finished 7-9, missing the playoffs for the third time in Lynn’s four seasons. Although Lynn got credit for the promising development of rookie quarterback Justin...
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    Justin Herbert throws three TDs in Chargers win

    Getty Images Justin Herbert‘s play this season has given rise to visions of future duels with Patrick Mahomes, but the Chargers rookie had to settle for Chad Henne on Sunday. The Chiefs left Patrick Mahomes on the bench with the top seed in the AFC wrapped up and that gave him a chance to...
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    Dolphins will pick third in 2021 NFL Draft thanks to Laremy Tunsil trade

    Getty Images The Dolphins didn’t get the on-field results that they needed to make the playoffs, but they did have one thing go their way. Sam Sloman doinked a last second field goal off the upright, but it still went through and the Titans beat the Texans 41-38 to secure the AFC South title...
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    Anthony Lynn on future: When I know something, I’ll let you know

    Getty Images The Chargers won their final four games of the 2019 season and that leaves Anthony Lynn with a 33-31 record over four seasons as their head coach. It remains unclear if he will get to coach a 65th regular season game with the team. Lynn said after Sunday’s 38-21 win over the...
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    Season over, Chargers will make a decision about Anthony Lynn

    Getty Images After a 45-0 loss to the Patriots, it became clear that the Chargers would make no decisions about the future of fourth-year coach Anthony Lynn until the season ended. So the season has now ended, and the Chargers will make a decision about Lynn. At this point, it’s not known by...
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    Chargers up 24-14 on Chiefs at halftime

    Getty Images Justin Herbert got stopped short of the end zone on a fourth down run in the second quarter of Sunday’s game against the Chiefs, but failing to score turned out pretty well for the Chargers. Isaac Rochell sacked Chiefs quarterback Chad Henne for a safety and Herbert capped the...
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    All Week 17 games are on as scheduled

    Getty Images The final day of the regular season is set to proceed as scheduled. NFL vice president of communications Brian McCarthy announced that all 16 games are set to go on as planned. There was no concern about 15 of the games on Sunday morning, but there was some question about the...
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    As coaching carousel spins, talk of Jim Harbaugh extension resurfaces

    USA TODAY Sports After Sunday’s NFL games, the annual round of NFL musical chairs begins. And this will prompt plenty of college coaches to take full advantage of the circumstances, if only to improve their current circumstances. At the center of this year’s intrigue is former 49ers coach and...
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    NFL Week 17 injury report roundup: Will Alex Smith play Sunday night?

    Getty Images Week 17 of the 2020 NFL season is a Sunday-only affair. All 32 teams in the league will be playing on Sunday as the league finalizes who is in the playoffs and what seeds they’ll get with a slate of games that culminates with Washington visiting Philadelphia. If Washington wins...
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