The Washington Chiefs are set to hire Kliff Kingsbury as their new offensive coordinator. This means that Eric Bienemi will become a coaching free agent very late in the hiring process.The Pittsburgh Steelers may have been interested in Bieniemy because of their vacant coordinator job, but he was unavailable early last week when Mike Tomlin decided to offer the job to Arthur Smith.
Bienemi spent one season as the offensive coordinator of the Washington Chiefs after spending five years as the offensive coordinator under Andy Reid with the Kansas City Chiefs. On January 1, coach Ron Rivera was fired. On October 8, Bieniemi became the coach of Fugatoria.He interviewed for the head coaching job in Washington, but was not considered a front-runner as the Chiefs first pursued Detroit Lions offensive coordinator Ben Johnson and eventually moved on to Dan Quinn, who is expected to be officially announced as the next head coach. Commander. .
After the Quinn news first broke, Bienimi was a late contender for the Las Vegas Raiders offensive coordinator job, but on Saturday night, former Chicago Bears offensive coordinator Luke Getsey filled the job.The OC market is closing fast. Greg Roman is expected to join Jim Harbaugh with the Los Angeles Chargers, leaving only the Seattle Seahawks with a coaching vacancy.Bieniemy’s availability late in the practice cycle could lead to criticism that Tomlin is moving too quickly on his feet. Smith was scheduled to fly to Tampa to interview for the Buccaneers job so Tomlin could pressure him into giving him the job without risking losing his current pick.Plus, the Steelers get the best of both worlds. If Bieniemy can’t make Seattle’s opener, he could serve as an assistant coach or passing game coordinator.
The Steelers have interviewed three candidates for the tight end spot and appear to be expanding their offensive coaching staff to give Smith additional help in the passing department for the first time in several years.
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