It looks like Vance Joseph will be heading back to the desert.<\/p>\n
Where there is smoke, there\u2019s a fire.<\/p>\n
Klis notes in his article that Joseph cannot interview in person for the Cardinals\u2019 job until the Broncos are eliminated from the playoffs, during the week off before the Super Bowl, or after the Super Bowl. However, when he does, he is expected to emerge as a strong candidate for the job, and the strong relationship he built with Cardinals owner Michael Bidwell during his four-year stint with them is one of the many reasons why.<\/p>\n
Although Arizona cannot seek permission to interview Joseph until either after the Broncos\u2019 season ends or during the Super Bowl bye week, look for Denver\u2019s defensive coordinator to emerge as a strong head coaching candidate there, a source tells 9NEWS. He had a previous four-year defensive coordinator stint with Arizona where he built a strong relationship with owner Michael Bidwell. Since then, Joseph reinforced his prowess as one of the league\u2019s top defensive coordinators during his three seasons with the Broncos. And, finally, Joseph has previous head coaching experience as he led the Broncos from 2017-18.<\/p>\n
While there are still 8 head coaching vacancies available, the Cardinals seem like Joseph\u2019s best shot at becoming a head coach again. John Harbaugh is heading to the Giants, which leaves the Titans, Falcons, Browns, Raiders, Ravens, Dolphins, and Steelers jobs available. Those teams all appear to be heading in another direction, but the interest in Joseph could pick up once he can interview in person.<\/p>\n
Vance Joseph was the Denver Broncos head coach from 2017 through the 2018 season, and things did not go great for him. The team at the time did not have stable ownership at all, was on the tail end of John Elway\u2019s GM tenure, and they were still searching and failing to find a quarterback. Vance had his issues, too, but in retrospect, he was dealt a tough hand by the Broncos. After he was fired by the Broncos, he would go on to be the Arizona Cardinals\u2019 defensive coordinator from 2019 through 2022. He was solid at best during his time there, but did not do anything to get himself back into the head coaching conversation. However, that all changed in 2023 when he had an opportunity to rejoin the Broncos and be Sean Payton\u2019s defensive coordinator.<\/p>\n
Vance\u2019s second stint with the Broncos did not start great and was infamously part of the 70-point game vs. the Miami Dolphins. Many, myself included, called for him to be fired after just a handful of games. Thankfully, Payton and the Broncos did not do that, and from that point on, Vance Joseph turned this Broncos defense into one of the best units in the entire NFL.<\/p>\n
His defense has led the NFL in sacks in back-to-back seasons, and this year, his defense ranked 2nd in total yards, 7th in pass yards, 2nd in rush yards allowed, 3rd in points allowed<\/a>, and led the NFL in sacks with 68<\/a>. On top of that, Vance\u2019s defense had the 2nd-best third-down defense and the 2nd-best red-zone defense<\/a>. His defense is a big reason why the Broncos are 14-3, the one seed in the AFC, and AFC West Champs, and has earned him another shot at being a head coach.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It looks like Vance Joseph will be heading back to the desert. Where there is smoke, there\u2019s a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":659560,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2078],"tags":[375,390,2604,1327,1151,7,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-681074","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arizona-cardinals","8":"tag-arizona","9":"tag-arizona-cardinals","10":"tag-arizonacardinals","11":"tag-cardinals","12":"tag-denver-broncos-news","13":"tag-football","14":"tag-nfl"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115903176685504642","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/681074","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=681074"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/681074\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/659560"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=681074"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=681074"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=681074"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}