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Penn State Nittany Lions head coach and former New England Patriots offensive coordinator Bill O’Brien, Denver Broncos offensive coordinator Mike McCoy (another hot name), Atlanta Falcons offensive coordinator Dirk Koetter (hot name for other teams), San Francisco 49ers offensive coordinator Greg Roman, and Indianapolis Colts offensive coordinator Bruce Arians (huge interest from the San Diego Chargers among other teams).

The Inquirer also reported that the Eagles requested permission to interview Atlanta Falcons special teams coach Keith Armstrong and defensive coordinator Mike Nolan, in addition to asking to interview Koetter.

If owner Jeffrey Lurie wants to land his top choice (and the Cleveland Browns top choice) Chip Kelly, then he will have to grant his request to give Kelly almost total operational control over personnel decisions. That’s a rather outlandish request for a college head coach with no major NFL experience to request, and it seems like something Lurie or Kelly will have to make concessions for.

All the Falcons assistants and Roman will be able to interview with Lurie and the Eagles this weekend, because their teams have secured the two playoff byes in the NFC.

Lurie and GM Howie Roseman have been working together for some time now, and I highly doubt Lurie will give an incoming college coach power over Roseman. That’s something to keep in mind, and it’s the one thing that makes it hard to see Kelly coaching the Eagles.

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Koetter would immediately help three dire offensive situations in Kansas City, Cleveland , and Philadelphia. The Chiefs would likely send incompetent offensive coordinator Brian Daboll on the way out to accommodate a much better play-caller in Koetter. Or, they could just decide to keep Daboll and allow Koetter to preside over him to mitigate Daboll’s short-comings as an OC. Crennel is clearly a better defensive mind than offensive mind, so Daboll had too much of a say over the offense this past season.

The Falcons coordinator has an interview with the Chiefs tomorrow, according to ESPN NFL Insider Chris Mortensen. Hiring Koetter would be risky for the Chiefs, and it seems like some fans would prefer a more proven commodity and a big name head coach to bring the Chiefs back to playoff contention. I mean,  it wasn’t too long ago when we were wondering if they could take down the Baltimore Ravens in the playoffs.

With all the early interest already, it seems like Dirk Koetter is on track to nab a head coaching position. It seems weird to think that he was once an unheralded coordinator for the Jacksonville Jaguars a couple of years ago with Blaine Gabbert as his quarterback.

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