Boomer Esiason explains why Josh McDaniels should take the Raiders’ job

New England Patriots offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels has passed on head coaching job openings in the past — most infamously leaving the Indianapolis Colts in the hours before his introductory press conference — but perhaps he’ll meet his match this offseason.

The Las Vegas Raiders are showing interest in McDaniels — and they may even be looking for a package deal with the Patriots’ OC and New England’s director of player personnel Dave Zeigler, according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter. It’s easy to see why that team would appeal to McDaniels.

CBS Sports’ Boomer Esiason made the case.

“If the money was there, yeah, hell yeah I would (take the job),” Esiason said during Monday’s “The Greg Hill Show” episode. “I mean … Derek Carr, at least you have a quarterback right now that can still play and play at a high level. He’s not of the premium guys.

“But if that is an opportunity for Josh and they’re going to give him total control — which, I think whoever goes there is going to have a very good shot at doing that — and you do have a playoff team sitting there, I don’t see how you say no. … Whoever’s going to go there is going to extract at least a six-year deal I would think, simply because of some of the instability around the organization at the moment.”

What do you think? Would it make sense for McDaniels to go with the Raiders? Or should he stick with the Patriots?

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