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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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chiefzilla1501 04:10 PM 01-04-2021
Originally Posted by Megatron96:
Part of the point of having that kind of money is being able to do whatever you want though. If Alex really wanted to coach, I have idea why he shouldn't. I think he might be a very good coach, in the right setting.

But yeah, he doesn't need to work another day in his life. But he's pretty young, so I doubt he'd just call it a life if he couldn't be a starting QB anymore. And at least coaching would keep him in the game, so to speak.

i know if it were me, I'd seriously consider coaching after playing football, if I were Alex.

Of course, I'd also seriously consider putting some good miles on that super hot trophy wife of his as well.

Decisions, decisions . . .
He's also real smart and good on camera. He would probably be really good as an analyst in the booth. He can work really hard if he wants to or just do the bare minimum and spend time with his family. That seems way more likely.
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Couch-Potato 04:11 PM 01-04-2021
6 headcoaching openings around the nfl...he gone
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Megatron96 04:14 PM 01-04-2021
Originally Posted by chiefzilla1501:
He's also real smart and good on camera. He would probably be really good as an analyst in the booth. He can work really hard if he wants to or just do the bare minimum and spend time with his family. That seems way more likely.
Agree with all of that. I'm just saying some guys have to have work. A lot of work. Alex might just be that kind of guy.

But if he was more of a 'kick back' type, then being an analyst might be the best way to go and still be around the game in some capacity.

i guess we'll find out. But my money is on Alex trying to be a starting QB for at least another season. I think it's still in his blood.
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ModSocks 04:37 PM 01-04-2021
Originally Posted by Superturtle:
Saleh really wasn't all that good until some incredibly heavy investment into the front 7. Every piece on their D Line was a high 1st rounder IIRC, and Thomas was a massive bust under him.
That's because....

Originally Posted by Chris Meck:
I just think that Seattle scheme is past it's prime.
The Seattle scheme doesn't work w/o a beastly front 4 and All-Pro safeties.
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TribalElder 04:51 PM 01-04-2021
the lions suck
the lions have always sucked
the lions always will suck

run away EB run away
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BryanBusby 06:33 PM 01-04-2021
Originally Posted by OKchiefs:
Idk, Houston job is pretty bad.
How do you manage to have a stupid ass opinion on everything, week in and week out?
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Graystoke 06:38 PM 01-04-2021
Originally Posted by TribalElder:
the lions suck
the lions have always sucked
the lions always will suck

run away EB run away
This.
Going to Detroit Lions is heading for the wastelands
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OrtonsPiercedTaint 07:03 PM 01-04-2021
Lions: We are thinking of Scott Pioli for GM
EB: I have one crowning right now, bye
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Bwana 07:11 PM 01-04-2021
Don't do it!
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eDave 07:14 PM 01-04-2021
Rooney Rule bullshit.
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Frazod 07:16 PM 01-04-2021
Originally Posted by Graystoke:
This.
Going to Detroit Lions is heading for the wastelands
They never left the wastelands.
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suzzer99 07:20 PM 01-04-2021
So does any team who hires him still have to wait until after the SB (assuming we make it)? Because supposedly that was a big stumbling block last year.
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Riflemen 07:22 PM 01-04-2021
I think he will wind up in Atlanta with Justin Fields.
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Athis 07:36 PM 01-04-2021
Originally Posted by Coochie liquor:
The same Jeff Ireland that got tossed from Miami?
I don't know anything about that.. But he has done an excellent job in New Orleans.. It would be a huge mistake to let him go..
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Chris Meck 07:52 PM 01-04-2021
Originally Posted by Riflemen:
I think he will wind up in Atlanta with Justin Fields.
Oh man. I hope not. I like EB.
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In58men 01-04-2021, 10:00 PM
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