Josh McDaniels could be heading back out west, this time as head coach of the Raiders.

Pro Football Talk's Mike Florio reported Thursday that McDaniels had interviewed for the coaching vacancy in Las Vegas and said that both have each other currently as "the target" for one another. He reported that while there are still boxes to Andre Ethier Jersey be checked, the expectation is that McDaniels will be the head coach of the Raiders.

Florio reported that the move would also likely mean that Patriots director of player personnel Dave Ziegler would become the Raiders' general manager.

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This would be McDaniels' second trip out west as a head coach. Between stints as offensive coordinator Max Muncy Jersey for the Patriots, he led the Broncos in 2009 and2010. Denver went 8-8 in his first year and 3-9 Julio Urias Jersey to start his second season. He was involved in a videotaping scandal when the team's director of video operations filmed a 49erspractice, and while an investigation concluded McDaniels did not know about the incident, he was fined for not reporting it to the NFL after he learned about the video.

McDaniels was the offensive coordinator in St. Louis in Enrique Hernandez Jersey 2011 before returning to the Patriots, where he had been offensive coordinator from 2006 to 2008, and has held down the OC role in New Englandsince 2012.

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Under McDaniels, the Patriots have had a below-average offense in terms of scoring and total yardage only once in his 13 years in New England, which came in 2020 when the team was in transition between quarterbacks.

McDaniels' name emerges seemingly every yearas a head coachcandidate, and he nearly took a job four years ago. In 2018, he was announced as the next head coach of the Colts and a pre s Russell Martin Jersey conference had been scheduled to present his hiring, but he backed out of the deal and returned to New England.

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Florio noted the Colts' situation as a reason to not say a deal is all but certain to be finished.

Alabama offensive coordinator and former Texans head coach Bill O'Brien Clayton Kershaw Jersey is a strong candidate to replace McDaniels if he leaves for the Raiders, .