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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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MahiMike 10:02 PM 01-04-2021
Wonder where Stafford is playing next year.
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TribalElder 10:46 PM 01-04-2021
Everyone forgot how injury prone stafford was in the beginning of his career

I forgot who called him a china doll :-)
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scho63 08:29 AM 01-05-2021
If he takes a job with the Lions, tells me he is NOT a good candidate as a coach.
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Rams Fan 08:38 AM 01-05-2021
Originally Posted by BryanBusby:
How do you manage to have a stupid ass opinion on everything, week in and week out?
Aside from Watson, what’s enviable about the Houston job?

O’Brien nuked their draft capital for the next year or 2-including the 3rd overall pick this year. And Esterby is about to fuck Houston over royally.

Would much rather go to Detroit.
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tredadda 08:52 AM 01-05-2021
Originally Posted by Rams Fan:
Aside from Watson, what’s enviable about the Houston job?

O’Brien nuked their draft capital for the next year or 2-including the 3rd overall pick this year. And Esterby is about to fuck Houston over royally.

Would much rather go to Detroit.
He might be better in Jacksonville. At least there he has a rookie QB projected to be a stud, minimal expectations, a lot of draft capital and cap space. Detroit looks to be treading water.
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Rams Fan 10:34 AM 01-05-2021
Originally Posted by tredadda:
He might be better in Jacksonville. At least there he has a rookie QB projected to be a stud, minimal expectations, a lot of draft capital and cap space. Detroit looks to be treading water.
I think all of the HC openings aside from Houston are fine.

I’d stay the fuck away from Houston because aside from Watson it’s flaming AIDs tree on fire due to Esterby.
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CoMoChief 10:36 AM 01-05-2021
There are just certain pro franchises I'd never want to be a part of in any way shape or form.

The Detroit Lions are one of those franchises.
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In58men 10:39 AM 01-05-2021
I'm told the #Jaguars are currently in the process of scheduling a head coach interview with #Chiefs OC Eric Bienemy, per source.
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Gary Cooper 10:43 AM 01-05-2021
Are Lions fans as high on Stafford as the posters here? I've never seen him praised so much honestly.
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Hoover 10:54 AM 01-05-2021
I think Detroit is a good spot for EB.

Not only do you have a talented QB who you control for a couple more years, but you has one of the best young TEs in the game with Hockenson. Kelce is what makes they Chiefs offense so dynamic. They also have the 7th pick in the draft where they could take a guy like Ja'Marr Chase to go with Hockenson and D'Andre Swift. I mean, if you are EB you need to get your offense in place where ever you go, and I think Detroit is the place that he could get up and running the fastest.
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Sorce 10:55 AM 01-05-2021

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Coochie liquor 11:07 AM 01-05-2021
If I’m EB I go to Jax, or Chargers. Or I stay put.
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In58men 11:54 AM 01-05-2021
The Texans have still not put in a request for Chiefs OC Eric Bieniemy, per source
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wazu 11:58 AM 01-05-2021
Originally Posted by Coochie liquor:
If I’m EB I go to Jax, or Chargers. Or I stay put.
That's crazy talk. Falcons, Texans both have QBs. If Lions extend Stafford that can work fine too. Few HC jobs are going to be ideal as somebody obviously just got fired. Gotta be willing to take on a tough challenge when the opportunity arises. Get the big payday now while you're on everybody's radar as a top prospect, and throw everything you have into making it work.
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The Franchise 12:17 PM 01-05-2021
Originally Posted by In58men:
I'm told the #Jaguars are currently in the process of scheduling a head coach interview with #Chiefs OC Eric Bienemy, per source.
He could do some work there. Plus he’d get his pick of a QB to start out with.
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