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Mike LaFleur's Candidacy for Cardinals' Head Coach is Awkward and Complicated By Walter Mitchell During the 2026 cycle of new NFL head coaching hires, the candidate pool has been grouped as such: Seasoned Veterans: * John Harbaugh * Kevin Stefanski * Mike McDermott* (taking a year off) * Mike McCarthy * Raheem Morris * Vance Joseph Play-Callers coming off recently noteworthy seasons: * Robert Saleh * Klint Kubiak * Jesse Minter * Joe Brady * Todd Monken * Anthony Campanile * Thomas Brown * Chris Shula * Anthony Weaver Bright Coordinators and Assistants who have not been calling plays: * Mike LaFleur * Davis Webb * Jim Leonhard * Grant Udinski What's awkward and complicated about Mike LaFleur as a candidate for the Cardinals. 1. When Sean McVay hired Mike LaFleur to be his OC in 2023, while Kyle Hanahan was happy to see LaFleur land on his feet after his difficult two-years as OC of the Jets, Shanahan was not too keen about McVay being able to, in Shanny's own words ...

  Cardinals should offer Klint Kubiak a 5-year $75M contract photo from the Topeka Capital-Journal By Walter Mitchell If the Arizona Cardinals want to tip the balance of power in the NFC West, then they should offer rising superstar offensive play-caller Klint Kubiak a 5-year $75M contract. That kind of a contract offer would put the Seattle Seahawks in some kind of pickle. If they were to match the Cardinals' offer, then suddenly Klint Kubiak would be making $5.5M more a year than head coach Mike Macdonald who is making $9.5M a year.  To be fair to Mike Macdonald, the Seahawks would likely have to increase his salary to $17 - $19M a year. That would mean that after two superb seasons as an NFL head coach, Macdonald would be making what the elite head coaches like Andy Reid, Jim Harbaugh and Sean Payton are making.   Would those figures be too much too soon? Maybe. But, maybe not, given the fact that Macdonald has turned the NFC West on its ear in about as quickly as...