This week, it almost appeared to be a certainty that the New York Giants were going to hire former Dallas Cowboys head coach Jason Garrett to be Joe Judge’s offensive coordinator.
That hasn’t happened . . . yet. They are still going through the interview process and will reportedly interview Garrett’s offensive coordinator in Dallas the past four seasons, Scott Linehan, this week.
Former @dallascowboys OC Scott Linehan has resurfaced as a candidate to interview for the staffs of the @Panthers, the @Giants and the Jaguars. He has scheduled interviews with each this weekend, per sources.
— Chris Mortensen (@mortreport) January 17, 2020
Linehan has had a long career as a coach going back to the mid-1980s. Along the way he’s been the offensive coordinator at Idaho, Washington and Louisville at the college level and Minnesota, Miami, Detroit and Dallas in the NFL. He was the St. Louis Rams’ head coach from 2006-2008 compiling a 11-25 record.
The Giants want to get this OC hiring correct, which is why they are making sure not to leave any qualified candidates out. It looks as if Mike Shula could follow Pat Shurmur to Denver, so he’ll be out of the running soon (not that he was a serious candidate to begin with).
It’s also possible that the Giants may be looking to pair Garrett and Linehan, potentially making him a passing game coordinator or something of the like. Time will tell exactly what they are thinking.
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