With Rich Bisaccia off to Green Bay, the Raiders are in need of a new special teams coordinator. One candidate to help fill in Josh McDaniels‘ first staff in Vegas is ex-Giants head coach Joe Judge, according to ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler (Twitter link). 
[Related: Packers To Hire Rich Bisaccia As ST Coordinator]
Fowler states that the Raiders “have shown interest” in Judge to fill the role. The 40-year-old made a name for himself coaching special teams, dating back to 2008 at the college level and 2012 in the NFL with New England. That Patriots connection to McDaniels and new general manager Dave Ziegler would certainly make Judge a familiar face.
Fowler adds, though, that Judge is “staying patient” less than one month after being fired by the Giants, so nothing is imminent at this point. If he were to join the Raiders’ staff, he would be the second coordinator to make the move out west from New York; Patrick Graham was hired as Vegas’ DC last week.
The tail end in particular of Judge’s lone HC tenure could cost him other opportunities to lead a staff for the foreseeable future. With a 10-23 overall record, and a late-season offensive collapse causing the front office to change course and move on from him, Judge could return to his coaching roots in special teams to re-build his future HC candidacy. If he were to do so in Vegas, it would at least be on a team led by old colleagues and with a track record of success in that phase of the game.
Well, as special teams coordinator, at least he presumably wouldn’t be able to call back to back quarterback sneaks in the shadow of their own end zone.
If they want someone who doesn’t know what they’re doing and will be absolutely terrible at the job, I’d like to toss my name in the hat.
While Judge was certainly in over his head as a coach, I don’t see why he wouldn’t fit the bill as a ST coordinator. He’s certainly qualified and did a respectable job prior to his Giants tenure
Not trying to Be Judge and jury but this guy is a little bit of a douche. Seen his crap for 2 years and it got tiresome
Proving once again that apparently no matter how poorly you perform as a coach in this league, there’s still a job waiting for you with another team. Just don’t make waves
Great hire. With him and McDaniel it will be like the spoiled little rich kids all back together. Robert Krap will probably want to fly out and hang once he hears they have landed in the “ Massage Capital” of the world.
Given that he’s likely got some big money still coming from the Giants it would seem odd that he’d take this job.
Let’s be honest, special teams is basically all of your worst players ‘participating’. More like herding cats than coaching.
You obviously haven’t seen the Steelers’ offensive line
This is great, because he also doubles as an o-line coach