QUINIX Sport News: NFL coaching tracker, wild-card news: Raiders’ Antonio Pierce fired; Cowboys reportedly haven’t responded to Bears’ Mike McCarthy request

Good news for the Lions. Starting cornerback Terrion Arnold is considered day-to-day with a foot contusion after being carted off the field during Sunday’s season-finale win over the Vikings, NFL Network reports. X-Rays on his foot were negative.

A first-round rookie, Arnold started 15 games during the regular season. He tallied 10 passes defended and 60 tackles while allowing a 55.6 completion percentage on 90 targets thrown in his direction.

Arnold’s status is a relief in Detroit for a Lions defense that’s been decimated by season-ending injuries to key players, including Pro Bowl pass rusher Aidan Hutchinson. Detroit secured the No. 1 seed in the NFC despite those injuries, and Arnold will have an extra week to recover thanks to the Lions’ first-round bye in the playoffs.

Ezekiel Elliott is headed to the playoffs after all. The longtime Cowboys running back has signed a deal to land on the Los Angeles Chargers’ practice squad ahead of the postseason.

Add another candidate to the Bears’ head coaching search. The team has requested to interview David Shaw, currently a personnel executive with the Broncos and former Stanford head coach.

Shaw coached Stanford for 12 seasons, compiling a 96–54 record with five first-place finishes in the Pac-12 North division. NFL quarterbacks Andrew Luck and Davis Mills were among the players he developed. Shaw also had assistant coaching stints with the Eagles, Raiders and Ravens before joining Jim Harbaugh’s staff as offensive coordinator, also coaching wide receivers and running backs.

The Saints are also reportedly interested in interviewing Shaw, according to NFL Network’s Jane Slater.

The Colts are sticking with Shane Steichen next season, but he’ll have a new defensive coordinator. The team fired Gus Bradley on Monday afternoon.

Bradley spent the last three seasons as the team’s defensive coordinator.

“I’m appreciative of Gus and the commitment he made to the Colts,” Steichen said in a statement. “He is a man of great character, and I have the utmost respect for him. I felt like we needed to move in a different direction. I wish Gus and his family all the best moving forward.”

Rex Ryan is not only confident he’s going to become the next head coach of the Jets, but he believes he can reign in Aaron Rodgers.

“If he’s back, it ain’t gonna be the country club, show up whenever the hell you want to show up,” Ryan said. “That ain’t gonna happen. I’ll just leave it at that.”

The search for a new Chicago Bears coach is on in earnest with the conclusion of the NFL’s regular season, and it reportedly includes a surprising new candidate.

Per ESPN, the Bears have requested permission from the Dallas Cowboys to interview their head coach Mike McCarthy. Per the report, the Bears are now awaiting a response from the Cowboys and owner Jerry Jones.

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The Lions are off this week and will play the winner of the Vikings/Rams wild card game in the divisional round.

Las Vegas Raiders head coach Antonio Pierce spoke with media on Monday, and he still has his job. As far as he knows, at least. Pierce told reporters that he hasn’t “heard anything different” about his job status on the heels of a 4-13 season.

Baltimore Ravens head coach John Harbaugh said on Monday that wide receiver Zay Flowers did not suffer a season-ending knee injury vs. the Browns and is considered “day-to-day.”

Flowers exited Saturday’s game with an apparent leg injury after going down hard on a catch-and-run. The 24-year-old Flowers immediately grabbed at his right knee and was in visible pain.

He was escorted to the medical tent with a pronounced limp, then went to the locker room.

The Ravens initially announced Flowers as questionable to return with a knee injury, but later downgraded his status to out.

The Ravens will host the Steelers on Saturday night at 8 p.m. ET.