The Detroit Lions’ coordinators intend to interview for head coaching positions later this week due to his…

The Detroit Lions don’t know who their second-round opponent in the NFL Playoffs will be yet—they’ll face the winner of Monday night’s Eagles-Buccaneers game—but they’ll spend the majority of the week analyzing them and devising a game plan for them. Unfortunately for Detroit, both offensive coordinator Ben Johnson and defensive coordinator Aaron Glenn will be temporarily relieved of their roles this week to interview for head coaching jobs.

“It’ll have to be Friday and a little bit of Saturday,” stated head coach Dan Campbell. So, after practice on Friday afternoon, they’ll have to crunch them in there. They’re already planning to schedule it.

Then on Saturday, there’ll be a brief window after practice, before night meetings, and that’ll be it.”

The NFL prohibits teams from interviewing coaches on playoff teams until three days after their Wild Card game. Following that, teams can begin conducting virtual interviews, allowing the coordinators to remain in the building. In-person interviews must be postponed until after the divisional round if the team is still in the playoffs after then.

This is definitely a distraction for Johnson and Glenn, who have a total of nine documented head coach interview requests (for more information, see our tracker). Either could decline an interview, but there is a huge risk in waiting until the Lions’ postseason run is done.

given that teams are attempting to complete their searches in a timely manner.

We don’t know which interview requests Johnson will accept at this point, but Glenn stated last week that he intends to pursue all of his requests.

“Will I take all of them?” “I mean, yeah,” Glenn explained.

It’s not ideal for Detroit, but Campbell feels both teams will be completely prepared for Sunday’s playoff game.

“That puts a strain on them and us,” Campbell explained. “But they’ll do their best with it, make the most of it, as they should.” But they’ll be ready for us to prepare for the next game.”