Jim Harbaugh to the Minnesota Vikings is changing into extra of a actuality by the hour.
NFL Community’s Tom Pelissero dropped a pair of reviews that seem to have made Harbaugh the frontrunner for the Vikings head coach place.
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49ers DC DeMeco Ryans Drops Out With Harbaugh Flying to Minnesota
Pelissero reported on Monday, January 31, that the Vikings “plan to fly in Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh for an interview Wednesday in Minnesota, per sources. The edges spoke Saturday to gauge Harbaugh’s curiosity within the head teaching job. Now, one other huge step in the direction of Harbaugh doubtlessly returning to the NFL.”
The Vikings’ search committee, headed by newly employed common supervisor Kwesi Adofo-Mensah, continues to be entertaining each risk earlier than they determine.
The group flew out to California to interview Los Angeles Rams offensive coordinator Kevin O’Connell and San Francisco 49ers defensive coordinator DeMeco Ryans.
Nevertheless, simply minutes after revealed Harbaugh would fly to Minnesota on Wednesday, February 2, Pelissero reported that Ryans declined a second interview with the Vikings.
“#49ers DC DeMeco Ryans declined a second interview with the #Vikings, per supply, opting to additional his growth in San Francisco. So 4 stay in Minnesota’s head teaching search: #Rams OC. Kevin O’Connell and DC Raheem Morris, #Giants DC Patrick Graham and Jim Harbaugh.”
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Ben Goessling of the Star Tribune reported that Graham will get a second interview with the Vikings. O’Connell has accomplished his second interview with the group, whereas Minnesota has not prolonged a second interview request to Morris.
All Indicators Level to Harbaugh Heading to Minnesota
Harbaugh’s flight to Minnesota is the most recent escalation of a pipedream shortly changing into a actuality for a lot of Vikings followers.
Faculty coaches coming into the NFL interviewing course of is a giant deal. It could influence recruiting for the following season, making Harbaugh’s interview with the Vikings on Saturday, January 30, a powerful indicator the previous 49ers coach is readying to return to the NFL.
His second interview, which can be in-person on Wednesday, falls on Nationwide Signing Day — a telltale signal to doable Michigan recruits that Harbaugh is on the very least departing from Michigan.
With out formally asserting his departure, he provides the Wolverines a slim probability at retaining a few of the recruits from the 2022 class that’s ranked eighth within the nation, per 247 Sports.
For that cause, Miami Dolphins proprietor Stephen Ross, one among Michigan’s largest benefactors, mentioned he wouldn’t steal Harbaugh from his alma mater.
I’m not going to be the particular person to take Jim Harbaugh from the College of Michigan,” NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport reported on January 10.
Nevertheless, within the eleventh hour of the Harbaugh sweepstakes, rumors of the Dolphins curiosity have surfaced as Miami could make a transfer for Harbaugh if he intends to reenter the NFL teaching rankings.
Outkick’s Armando Salguero reported {that a} former Dolphins worker who “retains connections to the group” advised him he expects Ross “will do what he can to rent Jim Harbaugh if the Michigan coach is certainly contemplating leaving Michigan for the NFL.”
When and if Harbaugh reenters the NFL, he’ll decide up a 44-19-1 total document and a .695 profitable share that ranks fifth all-time.
Source: Heavy