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Coaches, interviews and the NFC West

The Cardinals are basically going to be set up the same next season -- OK, we wait for official word on what Larry Fitzgerald is going to do -- because after almost all of the vacant head coaching jobs have been filled, Harold Goodwin remains in Arizona. The Cardinals' offensive coordinator had three head coaching interviews, but those teams all went with other candidates: The Jaguars with Doug Marrone, the Bills with Sean McDermott, and the Rams with Sean McVay.

The move to McVay was an interesting one for the Rams. He's 30, younger than current Cardinals players Fitzgerald, Carson Palmer, Drew Stanton and Frostee Rucker (McVay does turn 31 in a couple of weeks.) He's an offensive guy, brought in to develop QB Jared Goff and that wretched Rams offense. He did, however, hire one of the best defensive coordinators around in Wade Phillips -- a guy McVay can lean on with Phillips a one-time head coach, and certainly a guy who can make the Rams' impressive defensive talent work. Phillips was excellent in his stint with the Broncos.

In the meantime, the one team without a new coach (and without a GM at this point) is the San Francisco 49ers. Cardinals vice president of player personnel Terry McDonough is scheduled to interview for the GM spot today, although the Niners will have as many as nine GM interviews completed by the time it's all said and done. The rumor mill has the 49ers eventually hiring Patriots offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels as coach, although we'll see how it plays out -- the Patriots seem likely to have a few weeks left in their season.

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