{"id":702391,"date":"2026-01-24T21:32:14","date_gmt":"2026-01-24T21:32:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/702391\/"},"modified":"2026-01-24T21:32:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T21:32:14","slug":"rams-mike-lafleur-is-a-top-candidate-for-titans-oc-job","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/702391\/","title":{"rendered":"Rams&#8217; Mike LaFleur is a top candidate for Titans OC job"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jan. 24, 2026, 11:54 a.m. PT<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The <a href=\"\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Los Angeles Rams<\/a> are preparing for their NFC Championship battle with the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/seattle-seahawks\/361\" data-autotag=\"91fb7995-f6cd-4aa3-adbc-98eb39d76a79\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Seattle Seahawks<\/a> at Lumen Field on Sunday, but if they lose, they may have to quickly move into offseason mode.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">With that, the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/los-angeles-rams\/343\" data-autotag=\"f489e821-d3f9-4cff-bec5-7eaa0f4b51cb\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Rams<\/a> could see one of their coordinator or assistant coaches move on to other opportunities, including offensive coordinator Mike LaFleur, who is a candidate for the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/arizona-cardinals\/355\" data-autotag=\"c6331531-478d-4c7a-b93a-28f5b26af3f9\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Arizona Cardinals<\/a>&#8216; open head coach job.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">However, the MMQB&#8217;s Albert Breer believes that LaFleur could be a candidate for an open offensive coordinator role with the Tennessee Titans.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">&#8220;[Mike] McDaniel was certainly high on Saleh\u2019s list before McDaniel went to the Chargers. I\u2019d say Rams OC Mike LaFleur (Saleh\u2019s OC for two years in New York) would be, too, but my guess is that LaFleur will stay in Los Angeles,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/nfl\/albert-breer-nfl-mailbag-favorites-land-dolphins-oc-job\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Breer wrote in his weekly mailbag.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">If the Titans want to interview LaFleur for that job, the Rams would have to approve, considering it would be a lateral move. LaFleur would have an opportunity to call plays in Tennessee, which he doesn&#8217;t currently have in Los Angeles, so that may entice him.<\/p>\n<p>Expert NFL picks: <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":body nav (nfl)|e|auto spike click:5|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_sp_a\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/picks\">Exclusive betting insights only at USA TODAY.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">More Rams: <a href=\"http:\/\/theramswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/rams\/2026\/01\/24\/rams-seahawks-anytime-td-scorer-bets-nfc-championship\/88315920007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">3 players you should bet to score a touchdown in Rams vs. Seahawks<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jan. 24, 2026, 11:54 a.m. PT The Los Angeles Rams are preparing for their NFC Championship battle with&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":702392,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2061],"tags":[95878,7,6,95922,95923,95882,95890,95946,95924,95888,95895,95897,95975,95977,95883,526,394,2411,527,95881],"class_list":{"0":"post-702391","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennessee-titans","8":"tag-accessfree","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-nfl","11":"tag-sstssportsnflrams","12":"tag-sstsnrams","13":"tag-tagamerican-football","14":"tag-tagarizona-cardinals","15":"tag-tagcalifornia-gold-rush","16":"tag-taglos-angeles-rams","17":"tag-tagnfl","18":"tag-tagnfl-hub","19":"tag-tagoverall-negative","20":"tag-tagrobert-saleh","21":"tag-tagseattle-seahawks","22":"tag-tagsports-news","23":"tag-tennessee","24":"tag-tennessee-titans","25":"tag-tennesseetitans","26":"tag-titans","27":"tag-typestory"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115952218834790212","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/702391","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=702391"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/702391\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/702392"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=702391"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=702391"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=702391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}