Overview
- Detroit requested to interview Arthur Smith for its offensive coordinator vacancy, and Pittsburgh will allow the meeting.
- Steelers assistants have been told they may seek other opportunities, with any returns dependent on the incoming head coach.
- Team president Art Rooney II said no one on the current staff is a candidate to become the Steelers’ next head coach.
- Smith has head-coach interview requests from the Titans and Cardinals, though he remains under contract with Pittsburgh.
- The Lions’ opening is a lateral move after they dismissed OC John Morton despite a top-five offense, and Steelers sources say Smith returning would be a surprise.