Here's a list of the head coach candidates and the date they were to interview

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Jim Caldwell

Chuck Pagano

1/3 Thursday - Joe Philbin

1/4 Friday - Patriots OC Josh McDaniels

1/4 Friday - Patriots LB Brian Flores

1/5 Saturday - Saints TE Dan Campbell

1/5 Saturday - Saints OC Pete Carmichael Jr

1/5 Saturday - Bucs OC Todd Monken

1/6 Sunday - Titans OC Matt LaFleur

1/6 Sunday - Adam Gase

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Really glad to read this and hope (and have no reason to not believe it to be true) it is true. And I still think Mark is grooming Brian for a larger role down the road. Similar to what Ted Thompson ended with.

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ZTC...Great point...

Other food for thought:
- Clearly, apparently I was wrong about Arians being a great fit(first time all year)
- Do you think they are talking to Harbaugh, Fitzgerald, or Shaw?

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Arians already said he doesn't want the job. I read some comments last night that claim McDaniels is the guy. If that is the case we won't be making our hire until February.

Arians came out and said (prior to the Packers HC being available) that the ONLY job he'd come out of retirement for was the Browns. Enough of the Arians doesn't want GB job crap. It's not hat he doesn't want GB, it's that he ONLY wants Browns.


This is why the Packers let Mike McCarthy go when they did. Imagine being on the Bucs right now, with your Head Coach and rumors like this being passed around.

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https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2018/12/04/bruce-arians-not-interested-in-packers-job/ 

Similar to a "real GM?" 🤣

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and you read some comments where?

I wish I could remember.

The comments written on the stall walls in the grocery store.

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Found it.

"If the Packers do hire McDaniels, it would make things interesting. And according to reports, Patriots offensive coordinator is the leading candidate to win the job. Albert Breer of Sports Illustrated was on FS1's the "Herd with Colin Cowherd" recently and he was asked who is the leading candidate to be the next head coach for the Packers. Breer said he continues to hear Josh McDaniels be the guy because he could come in and work with Aaron Rodgers, which is something the Packers need in order to move forward.

"That would make some sense because they need somebody who can come in there and coach Aaron Rodgers," Breer said to Cowherd. "I know that sounds simple because he's such a great player, but it's actually kind of complicated. How do you challenge a guy like that? How do you come in and make him better on a day-to-day basis?"

"There aren't very many people on the planet who have experience doing that with that sort of player. Josh McDaniels actually does.""

So I guess find out how recently Albert Breer said that to see whether his comments were early on in the search or just in the last few days. Could just be initial thoughts.