The Facts:
Now that Jim Schwartz is the new coach of the Detroit Lions, he’ll have to lure assistant coaches to a franchise that has won one playoff game since Dwight D. Eisenhower was running the country. At the top of his list on the offensive side of the ball, per Chris Mortensen of ESPN, are Broncos quarterbacks coach Jeremy Bates and Jets offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer.
Reported by Profootballtalk.com
Fantasy Football Diehards Line:
Mortensen reports that Bates signed a three-year extension with the Broncos after Mike Shanahan was fired. But as PFT's Mike Florio pointed out, the Broncos recently gave Bates permission to interview with the Raiders for a position on the team’s coaching staff. This prompted Florio to suggest that if the Broncos would let Bates jump to their arch-rivals in Oakland, the Broncos surely would let Bates go to Detroit. ... As to Schottenheimer, Mort says that the holdover from Eric Mangini’s staff might ask out of his contract, if he isn’t hired to be Mangini’s replacement. ... Stay tuned.
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