Retreads and hot-shot offensive and defensive coordinators will be all the rage in 2017 NFL head coaching searches.
That means a well of potentially successful candidates may go untapped yet again.
In a league where the cliché “all three phases” is part of the coach-speak lexicon, special-teams coordinators are given scant consideration compared to their offensive and defensive brethren. Not a single special teams coach received even an interview in 2016 for the eight head coaching vacancies that opened despite the fact Super Bowl-winning head coaches like Bill Belichick, John Harbaugh and Bill Cowher spent significant time in those ranks.