The Giants seem to have caught one other break of their pursuit of John Harbaugh.
The Inexperienced Bay Packers are anticipated to pursue a contract extension with Matt LaFleur that might safe his long-term future because the group’s head coach, in keeping with ESPN.
LaFleur has one yr remaining on his contract, and his job standing got here into query after the Packers blew an 18-point fourth-quarter lead in Saturday night time’s 31-27 playoff loss to the Chicago Bears.
The 46-year-old LaFleur acknowledged Sunday that he would meet with Packers president Ed Coverage quickly, however he declined to make a public gross sales pitch for himself to return. Coverage has stated he would quite not have a lame-duck coach on a one-year contract.
“I don’t think those are questions for me,” LaFleur stated. “I think my sole focus is just trying to find solutions to some of our issues and why things went awry.”
Whereas there’s no assure an extension will probably be reached, Inexperienced Bay’s curiosity in preserving LaFleur is notable for the Giants as a result of the Packers have been floated as a severe risk within the Harbaugh sweepstakes. Harbaugh’s agent, Bryan Harlan, is the son of Bob Harlan, a former Packers president.
In the event that they had been to half with LaFleur — who’s 76-40-1 in seven seasons as head coach — the Packers would boast probably the most fascinating head-coach vacancies, given their gifted roster, current success and standing as one of many NFL’s marquee franchises.
Because it stands now, the Giants are thought-about a frontrunner for Harbaugh, with the promise of 22-year-old quarterback Jaxson Dart amongst their finest promoting factors.
The Giants maintain one of many eight NFL head-coach openings, however that features the Baltimore Ravens, who fired Harbaugh final week after 18 seasons within the position.
The others belong to the Tennessee Titans, Las Vegas Raiders, Atlanta Falcons, Arizona Cardinals, Cleveland Browns and Miami Dolphins.
The Dolphins had been closely linked to Harbaugh final week, however that was earlier than Miami employed Jon-Eric Sullivan — and never Chad Alexander, a longtime Harbaugh affiliate — as their common supervisor.
Extra jobs might grow to be open because the playoffs progress, however the Buffalo Payments received Sunday, guaranteeing Sean McDermott will stay their head coach for no less than yet another week. NFL Media reported McDermott was prone to return even earlier than Sunday’s 27-24 victory over the Jacksonville Jaguars.
Harbaugh, a Tremendous Bowl champion with a profession file of 180-113, is the highest candidate in a head-coaching market that additionally consists of Kevin Stefanski, Mike McCarthy, Jeff Hafley and Jesse Minter.
