Do the Saints have the least-desirable offensive coordinator opening in 2024?

Do the Saints have the least-desirable offensive coordinator opening in 2024? Let’s look at the remaining vacancies and compare:

Teams in the NFL tell you a lot of things by how they spends their money, but that’s also true of the hiring pool. The best candidates for, say, an open offensive coordinator job are going to quickly cut a deal with the best opportunities for success. If a team doesn’t look like a good landing spot, it won’t attract good candidates.

So, no: it’s clear by now that the New Orleans Saints are not seen as one of the best opportunities for coaches looking to call plays as an offensive coordinator. If that were the case they would have landed one of the best candidates like Shane Waldron (who picked the Chicago Bears instead) or Zac Robinson (who preferred his fit with the Atlanta Falcons).

Every situation is different. Some coaches may feel differently about some teams than others. How they would rank the remaining openings — including the Saints — differs from one candidate to the next. It’s possible that some coaches look at New Orleans and decide they have a better chance of success somewhere else. But the difference can’t be that great. Let’s take a look at what each of the remaining vacancies has to offer:

Former Notre Dame defender interviewing for NFL head coach opening

Could he be an NFL head coach soon?

Former Notre Dame defensive end Anthony Weaver is being targeted as a candidate to fill an NFL head coach vacancy.  According to Adam Schefter of ESPN, the Washington Commanders have requested permission to interview the Baltimore Ravens associate head coach and defensive line coach.

This comes just hours after the Commanders parted ways with head coach Ron Rivera.

Weaver played at Notre Dame where he was part of their 2000 team that went to the Fiesta Bowl.  He was drafted in the second round of the 2002 NFL draft by the Ravens and spent seven years playing in the league between the Ravens and Houston Texans.

Weaver began his coaching career as a graduate assistant at Florida in 2010.  In 2012 he took a job with the New York Jets and has been coaching defense in the league ever since with his most recent stop being in Baltimore where he has spent the last three seasons.

We’ll be sure to keep an eye on any happenings in regards to the former Notre Dame star.

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