NFL Fans Are Reminded About The Snubbing Of Eric Bieniemy After He Was Linked To The USC Job

Would Eric Bieniemy make the transition to college football for the USC opening?

When Clay Helton was fired earlier in the week, Bieniemy wasn’t mentioned among the initial lists of potential candidates for USC. But after the dust settled, Adam Schefter reported that there was a wide belief that USC would consider the Chiefs OC.

League sources believe Chiefs' OC Eric Bieniemy will emerge as a head-coaching candidate for USC. Bieniemy is from Southern California and has told confidantes in the past, that USC is one of the only college jobs that might interest him.

— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) September 14, 2021

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Shortly after Adam Schefter dropped the bomb about Eric Bieniemy and USC, the NFL community was quick to mention that Bieniemy should already be the head coach of an NFL team.

Eric Bieniemy should be a Head Coach. In the #NFL.

— Louis Riddick (@LRiddickESPN) September 15, 2021

Freddie Kitchens was a head coach in the NFL because Baker Mayfield liked him, but Eric Bieniemy has to take a college job despite being the Offensive coordinator for the best offense in the NFL for years. pic.twitter.com/rqw6hORhA6

— Colb (@___Colb___) September 14, 2021

Very bad look for the NFL if Bieniemy decides he has to go to college to run his own shop. https://t.co/AA0wmscnvB

— Sam Mellinger (@mellinger) September 14, 2021

Eric Bieniemy should be the top candidate for USC’s head coaching vacancy but he has EARNED the opportunity to be an NFL Head Coach

— Robert Griffin III (@RGIII) September 14, 2021

Chiefs’ offensive rank with Eric Bieniemy as OC (EPA per play):

2018 – 1st
2019 – 2nd
2020 – 2nd pic.twitter.com/hdLFzkgDlF

— PFF Draft (@PFF_College) September 14, 2021

Last offseason, Eric Bieniemy wasn’t highly sought after by NFL teams looking for a new coach, which led to much criticism from Andy Reid and fans all over the league.

But low key, USC might be a better job than getting a chance to be a head coach of a terrible NFL organization.

You’d be in LA, recruiting is easy, the job is high paying, and you’re running one of the biggest programs in the country.

I’d personally love to see Eric Bieniemy get a shot at USC.

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