Another major domino in the NFL's coaching carousel appears to be close to falling into place as Dennis Green and officials from the Arizona Cardinals met again Tuesday, with the Cardinals making an opening offer to Green Tuesday night, a league source said.
Negotiations between Arizona and Green's agent, Gary O'Hagan, are ongoing, and could produce an agreement as early as Wednesday morning.
Green, the former Minnesota Vikings head coach, last week was the first candidate interviewed by Cardinals officials, and he has been the team's No. 1 choice from the outset of its coaching search, which began after Arizona dismissed Dave McGinnis on Dec. 29.
Determined to land their top candidate, Cardinals vice presidents Michael Bidwill and Rod Graves on Tuesday morning flew to San Diego, where Green lives, to interview him a second time and allow both sides to get more comfortable with one another.
No offer was made by Michael Bidwill and Graves in that session, the league source said, but the pair spent most of the day with Green and then flew back to Arizona to brief Cardinals owner Bill Bidwill and endorse Green as their choice. The elder Bidwill authorized the team's initial offer to Green, and contract negotiations with O'Hagan cranked to life Tuesday evening.
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