Cross Brian Daboll’s name off the dwindling list of available candidates for the Eagles’ offensive coordinator vacancy.
The former Bills offensive coordinator and Giants head coach has agreed to become Robert Saleh’s offensive coordinator with the Titans, Jordan Schultz of the Schultz Report reported on Tuesday afternoon.
Saleh and Daboll were both head coaches in New York from 2022 through 2024, Saleh with the Jets and Daboll with the Giants.
Daboll and former Dolphins head coach Mike McDaniel were widely believed to be at the top of the Eagles’ list to replace Kevin Patullo, but both are now gone. McDaniel joined the Chargers as offensive coordinator under Jim Harbaugh.
Daboll is widely credited for taking Josh Allen from raw unproven prospect to all-pro and MVP candidate in Buffalo. Daboll has spent time with both Nick Sirianni and Jalen Hurts.
He coached with Sirianni with the Chiefs in 2012 under Romeo Crennel and he was offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Alabama for one year in 2017 when Hurts threw 17 touchdowns and one INT but was benched for Tua Tagovailoa in the College Football Playoff Championship Game in Atlanta, a game Alabama eventually won 26-23 over Georgia.
Other candidates off the table include Declan Doyle, who withdrew his name from consideration to remain Bears offensive coordinator; Charlie Weis Jr., who withdrew to remain LSU offensive coordinator; Bobby Slowik, who is staying in Miami under rookie head coach Jeff Hafley for a promotion from senior passing game coordinator to offensive coordinator; Cowboys offensive coordinator Klayton Adams, who the Cowboys blocked from interviewing with the Eagles; former Falcons offensive coordinator Zac Robinson, who is now Todd Bowles’ offensive coordinator with the Bucs; former Giants offensive coordinator and interim head coach Mike Kafka, who is now with the Lions; and former Falcons head coach Arthur Smith, who took a job under one-time Eagles quarterbacks coach Ryan Day at Ohio State.
Candidates still available that the Eagles are known to have either interviewed or reached out to include Packers quarterbacks coach Sean Mannion, Dolphins offensive coordinator Frank Smith, Texans quarterbacks coach Jerrod Johnson, former Bucs offensive coordinator Josh Grizzard, Colts offensive coordinator Jim Bob Cooter and former Chiefs offensive coordinator Matt Nagy.
It’s been two weeks since the Eagles dismissed Patullo, who spent one disastrous year as offensive coordinator and play caller.
Whoever the Eagles end up hiring will be Hurts’ seventh play caller in seven years, following Doug Pederson in 2020, Sirianni the first half of 2021, Shane Steichen the rest of 2021 and 2022, Brian Johnson in 2023, Kellen Moore in 2024 and Patullo this year. He’ll be Sirianni’s fifth offensive coordinator in six years.