{"id":198370,"date":"2025-07-11T09:00:12","date_gmt":"2025-07-11T09:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/198370\/"},"modified":"2025-07-11T09:00:12","modified_gmt":"2025-07-11T09:00:12","slug":"kliff-kingsbury-to-pass-on-saints-interview-will-stay-with-commanders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/198370\/","title":{"rendered":"Kliff Kingsbury To Pass On Saints Interview, Will Stay With Commanders"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Saints requested a Kliff Kingsbury interview shortly after the regular season ended, but no meeting was ever scheduled. The Commanders\u2019 OC received interest from other clubs as well but indicated he would not meet regarding any HC jobs until after his team\u2019s season wrapped<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Washington\u2019s remarkable turnaround ended in the NFC championship game, and the New Orleans job remains open. But Kingsbury is not interested. He will stay on as the Commanders\u2019 OC for a second season, Fox Sports\u2019 Jordan Schultz reports<\/a>. This decision will provide important continuity for Jayden Daniels<\/a> as he attempts to follow up on one of the best rookie seasons in quarterback history.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Kingsbury\u2019s stock has surged as a result of Daniels\u2019 rookie-year form. The Washington play-caller has gone from being fired from his Arizona HC post, despite having signed an extension months earlier, to an assistant who will probably be a coveted option come 2026. While Kingsbury still wants a second HC chance<\/a>, he will commit to waiting another year. This is quite the turnaround for a scrutinized coach whose Cardinals operation unraveled in a 4-13 2022 season.<\/p>\n

The Bears and Saints sent Kingsbury interview requests January 9<\/a>, and the Cowboys subsequently showed interest<\/a> in the Texas native. While most who receive interview requests take those meetings, Kingsbury is being patient this time around. Already having an interesting past regarding NFL interest, Kingsbury has since seen Daniels adjust his thinking further. The potential superstar\u2019s trajectory was rumored to be dissuading Kingsbury from leaving Washington so soon<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Kingsbury, 45, has already gone from being fired by a Big 12 program (Texas Tech) only to be hired as an NFL HC; the Cardinals formed that unusual path for Patrick Mahomes<\/a>\u2018 college coach in 2019. Kingsbury did snap a five-year Cardinals playoff drought by guiding the 2021 team to the postseason, but his tenure turned after a woeful 2022.<\/p>\n

The Cardinals fired Kingsbury and did not bring back longtime GM Steve Keim, rebooting and ultimately sending their HC back to the college ranks. Kingsbury catching on as USC\u2019s position coach, where he mentored Caleb Williams<\/a>, helped his stock. Several teams reached out with OC interview requests \u2014 to the point at least two teams offered jobs. Kingsbury backed out of a Raiders agreement and joined the Commanders, who are believed to have offered him a three-year deal<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Daniels is all but certain to win Offensive Rookie of the Year honors, Brock Bowers<\/a>\u2018 record-setting season notwithstanding, and losing his play-caller after Year 1 would have introduced a hurdle. Kingsbury now will reset and prepare to further develop Washington\u2019s dual-threat sensation, as other teams monitor him ahead of the 2026 HC carousel.<\/p>\n

Kellen Moore, Mike McCarthy, Mike Kafka and Anthony Weaver represent those still believed to be vying for the Saints\u2019 HC post<\/a>. Kingsbury having a rising Commanders team as a fallback option proves important here, as the Saints are again standing alone in terms of cap space (or lack thereof, in New Orleans\u2019 case) and they have an onerous Derek Carr<\/a> contract to navigate. The Saints\u2019 next HC will likely be tasked with finding a long-term QB solution either this year or next, and limited funds \u2014 a Saints staple \u2014 will impact this effort.<\/p>\n

Kingsbury\u2019s current team having found said answer will allow the experienced play-caller to keep rebuilding his stock. Although Bobby Slowik\u2018s C.J. Stroud<\/a> partnership represents a cautionary tale here<\/a>, Kingsbury will bet on Daniels keeping him in the HC mix beyond this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Saints requested a Kliff Kingsbury interview shortly after the regular season ended, but no meeting was ever…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":198371,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2069],"tags":[427,7,10308,55,8730,6,855,111,2480],"class_list":{"0":"post-198370","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-washington-commanders","8":"tag-commanders","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-kliff-kingsbury","11":"tag-new-orleans-saints","12":"tag-newsstand","13":"tag-nfl","14":"tag-washington","15":"tag-washington-commanders","16":"tag-washingtoncommanders"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114833786422291355","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198370","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=198370"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198370\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/198371"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=198370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=198370"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=198370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}