{"id":27349,"date":"2025-01-18T23:21:11","date_gmt":"2025-01-18T23:21:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=27349"},"modified":"2025-01-18T23:21:11","modified_gmt":"2025-01-18T23:21:11","slug":"49ers-coach-spurns-jets-request-for-head-coach-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=27349","title":{"rendered":"49ers Coach Spurns Jets Request for Head Coach Interview"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div id=\"post-featured\">\n<div>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Brian-Griese-e1737217629666.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Brian-Griese-e1737217629666.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Brian-Griese-e1737217629666.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Brian-Griese-e1737217629666.jpg?quality=35&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"49ers Coach Spurns Jets Request for Head Coach Interview\" width=\"780\" height=\"435\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Getty<\/p>\n<p>San Francisco 49er quarterback coach Brian Griese prior to the game against the Chicago Bears<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The<\/span> San Francisco 49ers <span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> have grown to dread the NFL offseason. While free agency and the NFL draft bring optimism to every organization in hopes of building a Super Contender, the 49ers see the offseason as a curse. Usually preceded by a heart-breaking playoff loss, the offseason leaves a looming feeling of what or who the team will lose rather than gain. For the most part, San Francisco has done a fantastic job maneuvering through coaching departures and roster transactions. And after a 6-11 season, avoiding an offseason with distraction and outside noise seemed plausible for the first time since 2020. Unfortunately, the NFL has other plans.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">As<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> the 49ers embark on their <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">own<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> search to replace three coordinators<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">, the rest of the league is doing the same<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">One team San Francisco <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">has a connection with is<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> the New York Jets. Whether it is plucking each other\u2019s players during free agency or coach swapping, the two teams have <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">been intertwined<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> since 2021. <\/span>Now, with the 49ers going all in to bring Robert Saleh back to San Francisco <span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">, the Jets are attempting to steal a coach from the Red and Gold.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Jets Request Interview with Brian Griese<\/h2>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The New York Jets are searching high and low to find a new regime capable of turning around their sinking ship. Owner Woody Johnson is as hands-on as ever. They hired the <\/span>33rd Team <span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">, a conglomerate of current and former NFL players, coaches, and executives working as online football analysts, to help spearhead the search, leading them to the San Francisco 49ers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">According to <\/span>ESPN NFL insider Adam Schefter <span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">, the Jets requested to interview San Francisco 49ers\u2019 quarterback coach Brian Griese for their vacant head coach position.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The news was odd, at first, considering Griese has never called plays in the NFL and only has four years of coaching experience. <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Not to mention,<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> it would be quite the jump from quarterback coach to head coach without taking the proper incremental stops to reach that level.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">However, Griese put to rest any possibility of leaving the 49ers\u2019 staff this offseason.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Brian Costello, <\/span>Jets reporter for the New York Post <span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">, reported on Friday that Griese declined New York\u2019s request for an interview. Costello did add a reason for the action, but of the 12 candidates the Jets have interviewed, Griese is the only one to turn down the opportunity.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Griese\u2019s decision, whatever the reasoning, is a good sign for the 49ers heading into a pivotal 2025 offseason.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>What Griese\u2019s Return Signifies<\/h2>\n<p>The 49ers have made it to the NFC Championship and Super Bowl in two of the last three seasons. They will also sign quarterback Brock Purdy to a lucrative contract extension sometime this offseason. The deal may even break the $300 million plateau, resetting the quarterback market.<\/p>\n<p>None of their success would be possible without Griese. In 2022, San Francisco was staunchly behind third-overall pick Trey Lance. However, in the offseason, Griese advocated for the team to draft Purdy with the final pick of the NFL Draft, citing his accuracy and processing ability.<\/p>\n<p>Little did they know, but the 49ers were making a franchise-altering selection. Lance goes on to break his foot in Week 2, Jimmy Garoppolo steps in before getting injured past the halfway point of the season, and the rest is history.<\/p>\n<p>Retaining Griese is important, not just for the team and quarterback room, but ultimately to continue Brock Purdy\u2019s growth as he inks pen to an eventual brand new contract.<\/p>\n<p>Sterling Bennett is a Heavy.com contributor covering the NFL. He has half a decade of experience as a sports broadcaster at 95.7 The Game covering the San Francisco 49ers as part of the weekly &#8220;Overtime&#8221; show, where he covered Super Bowl 58. Bennett was the Golden State Warriors Network Coordinator from 2020-2024, where he was responsible for all gameday radio broadcasts, including the 2022 NBA Finals. 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