{"id":730963,"date":"2026-02-05T11:08:14","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T11:08:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/730963\/"},"modified":"2026-02-05T11:08:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T11:08:14","slug":"cardinals-requested-to-interview-giants-charlie-bullen-for-their-dc-job","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/730963\/","title":{"rendered":"Cardinals requested to interview Giants&#8217; Charlie Bullen for their DC job"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Feb. 5, 2026, 5:10 a.m. ET<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">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> have requested permission to interview <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> outside linebackers coach Charlie Bullen for their vacant defensive coordinator position, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/i\/status\/2019139364627038236\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">reports NFL Network&#8217;s Mike Garafolo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Bullen, who served as the Giants&#8217; interim defensive coordinator after Shane Bowen was fired during the regular season, impressed by shifting the unit to a more aggressive scheme. Under his guidance, the defense showed marked improvement in generating pressures, supporting the pass rush, and unlocking rookie linebacker Abdul Carter.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Players praised Bullen&#8217;s football knowledge, accountability, and ability to elevate performance, with the group rebounding to play closer to expected standards despite limited overall team wins.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Bullen has drawn coordinator interest league-wide, including a prior interview with the Dallas Cowboys.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">New Giants head coach John Harbaugh retained him as one of only two assistants from the prior regime, alongside tight ends coach Tim Kelly.<\/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\">Bullen&#8217;s familiarity with Arizona adds intrigue: He served on Kliff Kingsbury&#8217;s Cardinals staff from 2019-2022, progressing from assistant linebackers coach to outside linebackers coach. The request comes shortly after the Cardinals hired Mike LaFleur as head coach.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">While Harbaugh plans to keep Bullen unless he secures a coordinator role elsewhere, the Giants cannot block a promotional interview.<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"gnt_em_cp_cw_i\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" data-gl-src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1770289694_569_86373428007-square-1.jpg\" data-gl- decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Feb. 5, 2026, 5:10 a.m. ET The Arizona Cardinals have requested permission to interview New York Giants outside&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":730964,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2078],"tags":[95878,375,390,2604,1327,7,6,96069,96070,95882,95890,95891,95895,95906,96177,95884,95883,95881],"class_list":{"0":"post-730963","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arizona-cardinals","8":"tag-accessfree","9":"tag-arizona","10":"tag-arizona-cardinals","11":"tag-arizonacardinals","12":"tag-cardinals","13":"tag-football","14":"tag-nfl","15":"tag-sstssportsnflgiants","16":"tag-sstsngiants","17":"tag-tagamerican-football","18":"tag-tagarizona-cardinals","19":"tag-tagnew-york-giants","20":"tag-tagnfl-hub","21":"tag-tagoverall-positive","22":"tag-tagsmg-breaking-wire","23":"tag-tagsports-coaching-training","24":"tag-tagsports-news","25":"tag-typestory"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116017712671079158","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/730963","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=730963"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/730963\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/730964"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=730963"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=730963"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=730963"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}