Report: Patriots OC Josh McDaniels Interviewing With Raiders on Saturday

The New England offensive coordinator has emerged as the leading candidate for the Las Vegas head coaching job.
Report: Patriots OC Josh McDaniels Interviewing With Raiders on Saturday
Report: Patriots OC Josh McDaniels Interviewing With Raiders on Saturday /
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Patriots offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels has emerged as a strong candidate for the vacant head coaching position with the Raiders.

There has been mutual interest between McDaniels and the Raiders, sources told Albert Breer of The MMQB earlier this week. 

Now, it appears that said that the Raiders will interview McDaniels on Saturday, per Ian Rapoport of NFL Network,.

Las Vegas has been interested in McDaniels for a few weeks, as the franchise has envisioned pairing him with personnel executives that he has worked with in the past, such as Patriots director of player personnel Dave Ziegler and Bears assistant director of player personnel Champ Kelly.

The longtime Patriots offensive coordinator has been praised for his work with rookie quarterback Mac Jones in New England, who paced NFL rookies with his play as a passer. While leaving New England would cost him the opportunity of continuing to work with Jones moving forward, the allure of once again becoming a head coach and working with veteran signal-caller Derek Carr might be too good to pass up.

McDaniels has spent all but three seasons of his professional coaching career with the Patriots, as he has played a part in six different championship coaching staffs in New England.

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Mike McDaniel is a staff writer on the Breaking and Trending News team at Sports Illustrated, where he has worked since January 2022. His work has been featured at InsideTheACC.com, SB Nation, FanSided and more. McDaniel hosts the Hokie Hangover Podcast, covering Virginia Tech athletics, as well as Basketball Conference: The ACC Football Podcast. Outside of work, he is a husband and father, and an avid golfer.