With Jonathan Gannon leaving Philadelphia to grow to be the brand new head coach of the Arizona Cardinals, the Eagles want a brand new defensive coordinator.
And it seems that the Arizona Cardinals’ present defensive coordinator is a contender to return to Philadelphia.
The Eagles are anticipated to request an interview with Vance Joseph, in response to a report from Josina Anderson. Talking with 97.5 The Fanatic on Wednesday morning, Adam Schefter additionally indicated he was on their radar.
The Denver Broncos are additionally stated to have curiosity in Joseph, which is a bit peculiar since he was once their head coach.
Joseph joined the Playing cards in 2019 after being fired by the Broncos. He had beforehand served because the Miami Dolphins’ defensive coordinator through the 2016 season. Right here’s how his defenses have ranked:
2016 — twentieth by DVOA, t-Twenty fourth in opponent offensive factors per game2019 — twentieth by DVOA, twenty eighth in opponent offensive factors per game2020 — tenth by DVOA, tenth in opponent offensive factors per game2021 — sixth by DVOA, tenth in opponent offensive factors per game2022 — Twenty fourth by DVOA, thirty second in opponent offensive factors per recreation
As you’ll be able to see, Joseph has had some success however his observe file isn’t overly spectacular.
It stays to be seen if Joseph is the Eagles’ high candidate for his or her DC opening. They could simply decide to advertise defensive passing recreation coordinator/defensive backs coach Dennard Wilson. However even when that’s their plan, they’re nonetheless required to interview an exterior minority candidate earlier than finalizing a rent.
