Saints interviewed Eagles OC Kellen Moore [ 2nd interview completed on Jan 27 in Philly]

DSnfla said

People think because we are going to Philly to interview Moore that he's the favorite? I don't, If Moore was the favorite then he would be coming here to tour the facility maybe meet Mrs B. . And they'd make him an offer. While I think we have a good interest in Moore I think MM is still the front runner , maybe not by a lot and that's why he's scheduled last

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They took Gayle's private plane to Philly. Maybe Gayle was on it? If she was, that would indicate very strong interest and a desire to let Moore meet Gayle and show him that Gayle is willing to go all out to hire him.

And given that Moore just coached the NFC Championship Game yesterday and has to do all the stuff necessary to get ready for the Super Bowl and spend a week on the road in New Orleans, they probably had little choice but to go to him.

In addition, the Eagles are using Saints Headquarters as their base of operations next week so he's going to get the entire facility so he doesn't need to fly to New Orleans with all the stuff he has going on this week.

So, he clearly could be the leading candidate. Although Underhill did say that they are interviewing McCarthy at the end of the week. Not sure if that's just backup or not, but it does seem odd that they would wait that long to interview him if he was the favorite.