Bill Belichick won’t last forever — I mean, if Frodo can somehow make it to Mount Doom and throw that ring into the fire. And Josh McDaniels knows that. So there’s a very real chance that he could become the next head coach of the Patriots.
So of course he turned down the 49ers today, taking his name out of the running in their coaching quest. Why he interviewed in the first place is kind of a mystery.
That leaves Kyle Shanahan, current OC of the Falcons, as the last man standing.