It would be a role reversal from 2009 through 2011, when Schottenheimer served as offensive coordinator with the Jets under Ryan. The pairing worked. They ended up in back-to-back AFC Championships with Schottenheimer running the offense and Ryan running the show.

The Patriots struck gold with Mike Vrabel, who tops the ranking of NFL head coaching hires, while the Cowboys fell short with Brian Schottenheimer.

Despite putting together a roster led by future Hall of Famer Aaron Rodgers, and a mid-season addition of top target Devonte Adams, the Jets had a hard time finding wins, and decided to fire head coach Robert Saleh in mid-November after a 2-3 start.

For some of those teams, that will involve finding new head coaches and/or General Managers. Three teams fired their head coaches during the season and two more have been dispatched as of 9 a.m. ET on January 6.

The New York Jets and Aaron Glenn have agreed to terms on making the Detroit Lions defensive coordinator their head coach

So far, besides the Patriots and Vrabel, Lions coordinators Ben Johnson (Bears) and Aaron Glenn (Jets) have been scooped up, while Bucs OC Liam Coen is heading to Jacksonville, Pete Carroll is reportedly returning to the sidelines with the Raiders and Brian Schottenheimer has been hired by the Cowboys.

With Johnson heading to Chicago and Mike Vrabel already in New England, five head coaching vacancies remain. The Jets, Saints, Jaguars, Raiders and Cowboys are still in the hunt. Johnson, who was Detroit’s offensive coordinator, agreed to become the Chicago Bears head coach on Monday, two days after the No. 1 seeded Lions lost to Washington.

Spagnuolo and Locksley increased the Jets' ever-growing list of coaching candidates to seven, joining Mike Vrabel, Ron Rivera, Rex Ryan, Matt Nagy and Aaron Glenn. Spagnuolo, who has previous NFL ...

New York has also interviewed Aaron Glenn, Vance Joseph, Mike Locksley, Matt Nagy, Ron Rivera, Darren Rizzi, Rex Ryan, Bobby Slowik, Arthur Smith, Steve Spagnuolo, Jeff Ulbrich and Mike Vrabel for the job. Vrabel has since been hired by New England as its ...

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According to Pro Football Talk NFL insider Mike Florio, one name that could emerge with the hire of Schottenheimer is none other than former Jets and Bills head coach Rex Ryan. "Last year ...