Report: Josh McDaniels ‘In Play’ For Major Packers Job If It Opens

Mike McCarthy may leave the Green Bay Packers after the team’s laws to the Seahawks on Thursday Night Football. NFL.com’s Michael Silver reported that “there’s a growing sense that McCarthy may be replaced — barring a dramatic turnaround in the team’s fortunes.” Is Josh McDaniels in play for his position?

Everything points to the fact that McCarthy will end up looking for a job at the end of the season. This would leave an opportunity for Josh McDaniels.

“There’s just the feeling there that the time with Mike McCarthy has sort of run its course. You think after this year there is probably a decision point coming and it feels a little bit like Andy Reid in the end at Philly where it’s like Mike McCarthy is not a terrible coach, but it just feels like everybody could use a fresh start,” Albert Breer said during 98.5 The Sports Hub’s Toucher and Rich program on Friday.

Are the Packers interested in another coach? “I think Josh McDaniels will be in play,” Breer said. He also explained his reasons to think this way. McDaniels turned down the Colts offer last offseason, and he is connected with the Packers front office.

“First of all two years ago, Josh McDaniels you guys might remember — and this gets overshadowed by what happened in Indianapolis last year — but Josh McDaniels was in the Niners coaching search until the very end. One of the things the Niners were looking at was pairing different people together,” Breer said.

“When Josh McDaniels was in the running for the Niners job through Wildcard Week, through Divisional Week, the guy who at the time had emerged as the frontrunner for the general manager job — even though I think Josh would have preferred to bring [Patriots director of player personnel] Nick Caserio with him if he had gone to the Niners — the guy who emerged as the frontrunner for that job and who had blown the Niners away was a Packers personnel man named Brian Gutekunst, who now is the general manager. So they’ve done their homework on each other, we know that piece of it.”

We know that McDaniels is open to head coaching opportunities in the NFL.