There have been six head coaching openings in the NFL this offseason — each one of them inquired about the same “candidate” for the opening.

According to Mike Freeman of Bleacher Report, the Giants, Jaguars, Broncos, Bills, Rams, and Chargers all reached out to Alabama head coach, either directly or indirectly, and were all told ‘no thanks’ in return.

Here’s exactly what Freeman said on the topic in his most recent article:

A league source told me that every NFL team with a coaching opening contacted Alabama’s Nick Saban. All were emphatically told “no thanks.” I’m not certain whether Saban told them this directly. It could have been Saban’s agent or some intermediary.

No matter the source, NFL people believe Saban wasn’t about to head back to the NFL, nor will he ever.

As Alabama radio broadcaster Eli Gold recently suggested, Saban appears quite content in life coaching college athletes in Tuscaloosa. According to Gold, Saban will never leave the college game for the NFL again, something those in the NFL are apparently beginning to realize.

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