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chop 11:13 AM 01-04-2021
https://www.freep.com/story/sports/n...eh/4126140001/


Detroit Lions' upcoming GM, head coach interview schedule revealed
Dave Birkett
Detroit Free Press

The Detroit Lions have a full plate of interviews scheduled for this week, including with the top offensive and defensive assistant coaches on the market.

Kansas City Chiefs offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy is interviewing for the Lions head coaching job Monday, Sports Illustrated reported, the first of at least nine coach and GM candidates the team will sit down with over the next seven or so days.

Bieniemy, a former NFL running back, is in his third season as Chiefs offensive coordinator. He does not call plays in Kansas City, but has helped oversee the rise of the NFL's best offense and the development of MVP quarterback Patrick Mahomes.

[ Call me crazy but Lions have several reasons for hope in uncertain future ]

Two Lions who played in Kansas City said last week they see Bieniemy excelling as a head coach.

San Francisco 49ers defensive coordinator Robert Saleh (left) and Kansas City Chiefs offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy each has Super Bowl experience and is a candidate for the Detroit Lions head coaching job.
"He’s one of the realest dudes, straight-forward dudes you’re ever going to meet,” linebacker Reggie Ragland said. “So he’s a hell of a coach. I can’t say nothing bad about him and I won’t because he’s a great dude and an excellent coach and an excellent person at the end of the day, too. He loved his players, so I respect him a lot.”

San Francisco 49ers defensive coordinator and Dearborn native Robert Saleh will interview with the Lions on Thursday, a person familiar with his schedule told the Free Press.

Saleh, like Bieniemy, is considered a likely candidate to land a head coaching job this offseason. He was considered runner-up for the Cleveland Browns job last year, when he helped the 49ers reach the Super Bowl. This year, the 49ers finished in the top 10 in rushing, passing and total defense despite significant injury problems.

The Atlanta Falcons also are expected to interview both Bieniemy and Saleh, and the New York Jets reportedly requested an interview with Bieniemy.

Along with the Lions, Falcons and Jets, the Houston Texans, Jacksonville Jaguars and Los Angeles Chargers also have openings at head coach, and the Lions, Falcons, Texans, Jaguars, Carolina Panthers and Washington are looking for GMs.

San Francisco 49ers defensive coordinator Robert Saleh on Sept. 13, 2020, talks to players on the sideline in Santa Clara, Calif.
"I will be very surprised if we don’t lose (Saleh)," 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan told reporters Sunday. "I don’t know what’s wrong with people if they don’t hire him. He’s as good as you can get, knows more about football, all three phases, and he’s going to hire the best staff, he knows about players, he knows what they’re talking about, who doesn’t know what they’re talking about. He also knows how to deal with people. I hope everyone’s not very smart and doesn’t hire him so I can keep him, but I’m expecting not to have him."

Interim Lions coach Darrell Bevell also is expected to interview for the full-time job this week, with Sports Illustrated reporting that he will officially interview Tuesday.

The Lions went 1-4 under Bevell after Matt Patricia was fired in late November, but Bevell impressed people in the organization with his leadership ability.

"I was extremely proud of the way he stepped into that situation," Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford said. "It’s a tough one. It’s a tough year to be a coach in the NFL with all the extra COVID stuff going on, all the regulations and all that. I thought he did an outstanding job. He’s a heck of a person, and I think everybody got to realize that. I’m sure you guys did, getting your chances to talk to him a little bit more. He’s a great person and a great coach and I was just really happy that he got the opportunity and I think everybody in our locker room really rallied around him, which was awesome and obviously want to win more football games than we did, but I thought he stepped in and did a great job."

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Along with Bieniemy, Saleh and Bevell, the Lions will interview Tennessee Titans offensive coordinator Arthur Smith and New Orleans Saints assistant head coach Dan Campbell next week.

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Both the Titans and Saints have playoff games this weekend, while the 49ers have been eliminated and the Chiefs are on bye.

Previously, the Lions talked to ex-Cincinnati Bengals coach Marvin Lewis about their head coaching position.

On the GM side, the Lions have interviewed seven candidates already: in-house candidates Kyle O'Brien, Lance Newmark and Rob Lohman, ESPN analyst Louis Riddick, and ex-NFL GMs Thomas Dimitroff, Rick Smith and Scott Pioli.

This week, they plan to interview Saints assistant general managers Terry Fontenot and Jeff Ireland, director of college scouting Brad Holmes and Minnesota Vikings assistant GM George Paton, who works with new Lions executive Chris Spielman's brother, Vikings GM Rick Spielman.

Here is the Lions' full interview schedule, according to Sports Illustrated:

Monday: Bieniemy

Tuesday: Bevell, Fontenot

Wednesday: Holmes, Paton

Thursday: Saleh

Friday: Ireland

Next week: Smith, Campbell

Contact Dave Birkett at dbirkett@freepress.com. Follow him on Twitter @davebirkett.
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Chris Meck 11:48 AM 01-04-2021
Originally Posted by Molitoth:
As somewhat of a Lions fan, I'd root for EB to land in Detroit.

I think EB is a product of Mahomes, but I don't see the Lions landing anyone better.
I think EB's prospects are considerably better landing somewhere with a plus QB already in place.

I don't know that I trust him to develop one, but I see no reason to think he can't be successful with one already there.

Stafford's not OLD yet. And I think he's much better than he's given credit for.
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TEX 11:49 AM 01-04-2021
Why?
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Coochie liquor 12:36 PM 01-04-2021
The same Jeff Ireland that got tossed from Miami?
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MAHOMO 4 LIFE! 12:37 PM 01-04-2021
If EB leaves and Kafka possibly leaves would everyone be okay with Alex Smith on our staff as a QB coach if he retires which is a high possibility
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htismaqe 12:37 PM 01-04-2021
Originally Posted by MAHOMO 4 LIFE!:
If EB leaves and Kafka possibly leaves would everyone be okay with Alex Smith on our staff as a QB coach if he retires which is a high possibility
No.
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RedinTexas 01:11 PM 01-04-2021
Originally Posted by MAHOMO 4 LIFE!:
If EB leaves and Kafka possibly leaves would everyone be okay with Alex Smith on our staff as a QB coach if he retires which is a high possibility
I actually like this idea. Andy has been quoted as saying that Patrick really owes a lot to Alex for all he learned. I have no doubt that Alex would be a great QB coach, but I think he's far more likely to end up a broadcaster if he does anything at all after football.
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Groves 01:18 PM 01-04-2021
The Patrick Mahomes coaching tree grows.


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el borracho 01:27 PM 01-04-2021
Originally Posted by MAHOMO 4 LIFE!:
If EB leaves and Kafka possibly leaves would everyone be okay with Alex Smith on our staff as a QB coach if he retires which is a high possibility
I logged in just to neg rep you for this shit post.
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RealSNR 01:30 PM 01-04-2021
Originally Posted by MAHOMO 4 LIFE!:
If EB leaves and Kafka possibly leaves would everyone be okay with Alex Smith on our staff as a QB coach if he retires which is a high possibility
I seriously doubt Alex wants to coach, and even if he does, it's kind of rare to see players go immediately from playing to coaching with no gap in between.

He was a great mentor. But being a mentor is different than being a coach. A coach has... you know... responsibilities. To the offense. To the other coaches. It's not a 9-5 job as we all know. He's got enough money to make Solomon blush at this point. Don't you think he wants to like... be a dad? Be a husband? Particularly after nearly dying because bacteria were eating away at his flesh?
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Jerok 01:37 PM 01-04-2021
If these are the only 6 teams available, i'd go Chargers, Jags, Jets, Texans, Atlanta, Lions. But he might avoid Chargers due to bro code.

You can flip Jets and Texans if you think Fields won't be good, but Jets offers a ton of cap and draft picks and a rookie contract deal, while Texans has Watson and not much else.
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Jerok 01:39 PM 01-04-2021
Also, if we lose EB we get an extra third in each of the next two years drafts right? This might be the first time the legendary Reids coaching tree will help Reids current team after they leave.
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chiefzilla1501 01:44 PM 01-04-2021
I dunno. I kind of think Stafford is a good qb who won't take you too deep. Kinda think EB might also end up good not great. So maybe it's not the worst hire in the world to just get butts in seats for a franchise that probably won't be fixed for a HC hire. He does solve the lions biggest need which is to establish a legit running game. And his socially awkward media stuff won't be worse than Patricia.
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CoMoChief 01:46 PM 01-04-2021
Id rather be a coordinator my entire career than ever taking a chance to be HC for Detroit.

Thats a no brainer.
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RunKC 01:48 PM 01-04-2021
Some of you guys need to do more research on Deland McCullough
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BigRedChief 01:48 PM 01-04-2021
Originally Posted by ljmhawk:
hate how they do this crap during the playoffs....can’t it wait?
Dude it’s the bye week. Happens every year.
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