A surprising Super Bowl storyline developing is the future of Steelers coordinator Dick LeBeau. His contract expires after the season and some believe he could leave Pittsburgh.
ESPN’s Chris Mortensen said on Wednesday that it is a 49.5 percent chance LeBeau returns and a 50.5 percent chance that he goes to Arizona. Ken Whisenhunt has been delaying his decision on the Cardinals’ new defensive coordinator (Billy Davis was fired earlier this month) because, presumably, he wants someone from the Steelers staff (Whisenhunt, of course, used to be a part of that staff).
If that’s still the plan, Whisenhunt will have to make a run at linebackers coach Keith Butler or secondary coach Ray Horton (two names that have been lobbed out there). According to Pro Football Talk, LeBeau told NFL Network on Wednesday that if he’s coaching in the NFL, he’ll be wearing black and gold. “With this defense, with this group of men, they’ll have to run me out of here,” LeBeau said.
LeBeau also said in an Alex Marvez FOX Sports article, "We're pretty busy still. That's a good thing. We're looking forward to getting things done this year and seeing if we can get a little better on defense next year."
Obviously, it behooves LeBeau to quell any distractions this week. But these are plainspoken words – hard to imagine he’s being anything less than honest.
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