Coaches We Wish Owners Would Consider for NFL Jobs

Codie McLachlan/Getty Images (Dickenson), Jordon Kelly/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images (Leach), Jesse Beals/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images (Petersen) With John DeFilippo fired, the NFL should think outside of the box for its next wave of coaching candidates. Why not reach out to guys like Washington State’s Mike Leach, or Calgary Stampeders’ Dave Dickensen?

The surprise firing of Vikings offensive coordinator John DeFilippo on Tuesday ousted arguably the most popular NFL head-coach-to-be from this season’s early round of “hot coordinators on the rise” lists.

Pro Football Talk has an interesting take, which, in a way, takes aim at the practice of making head coaching lists before late…