{"id":715884,"date":"2026-01-30T06:44:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T06:44:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/715884\/"},"modified":"2026-01-30T06:44:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T06:44:13","slug":"eagles-pass-on-colts-coach-fill-coordinator-role-elsewhere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/715884\/","title":{"rendered":"Eagles pass on Colts&#8217; coach, fill coordinator role elsewhere"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jan. 29, 2026, 8:22 p.m. ET<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The <a href=\"\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Indianapolis Colts<\/a> are one step closer to retaining offensive coordinator Jim Bob Cooter.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/philadelphia-eagles\/354\" data-autotag=\"c1b3a094-e294-4a77-b1b2-dbdbd5bfa2c5\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Philadelphia Eagles<\/a> had brought in Cooter for an in-person interview for their offensive coordinator opening &#8212; a sign that the team was very interested in hiring him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Cooter is familiar with Nick Sirianni, having been on his staff as an offensive consultant in 2021. Shane Steichen was also Sirianni&#8217;s offensive coordinator before becoming the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/indianapolis-colts\/338\" data-autotag=\"d3fda36a-3eb5-4700-8763-caba831c06ae\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Colts<\/a>&#8216; head coach.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">However, it&#8217;s now been reported that the Eagles are going in a different direction, hiring Green Bay quarterbacks coach Sean Mannion.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Cooter will not end up with the Eagles, however, the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/new-york-giants\/351\" data-autotag=\"9402befb-12da-4b26-905a-81ab1fea0850\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">New York Giants<\/a> also plan to interview him, so it&#8217;s still possible at this time that the Colts end up with an opening at offensive coordinator.<\/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\">Although Cooter already holds the title of offensive coordinator with the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/indianapolis-colts\/338\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Colts<\/a>, one likely difference between that role and the Eagles&#8217; and Giants&#8217; jobs is that those would come with play-calling duties, providing Cooter with a step up in responsibility.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">This season, the Colts&#8217; offense finished eighth in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamrankings.com\/nfl\/stat\/yards-per-play?date=2026-01-08\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">points per game<\/a>\u00a0scored and eighth in yards per play.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Through the first half of the season, the Colts had one of the most productive offenses in football, with a scheme that was hard to defend.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Cooter has been with the Colts in this role since 2023.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jan. 29, 2026, 8:22 p.m. ET The Indianapolis Colts are one step closer to retaining offensive coordinator Jim&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":715885,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2059],"tags":[95878,2005,7,2004,392,2381,6,49915,95900,95882,95976,95903,95891,95895,95899,96191,95883,95881],"class_list":{"0":"post-715884","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-indianapolis-colts","8":"tag-accessfree","9":"tag-colts","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-indianapolis","12":"tag-indianapolis-colts","13":"tag-indianapoliscolts","14":"tag-nfl","15":"tag-sstssportsnflcolts","16":"tag-sstsncolts","17":"tag-tagamerican-football","18":"tag-taggreen-bay-packers","19":"tag-tagindianapolis-colts","20":"tag-tagnew-york-giants","21":"tag-tagnfl-hub","22":"tag-tagoverall-neutral","23":"tag-tagphiladelphia-eagles","24":"tag-tagsports-news","25":"tag-typestory"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115982700756551920","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/715884","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=715884"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/715884\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/715885"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=715884"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=715884"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=715884"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}