Buffalo television station WIVB has modified its story about the Buffalo Bills' interest in Jon Gruden to be their next head coach.
A "highly placed Bills source" informed the local CBS affiliate the club will hold informal talks with several candidates but won't make a hire until after the season.
The source also confirmed the Bills had reached out to Gruden, but through "back-channel conversations with someone close to" the former Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Oakland Raiders coach.
WIVB previously stated, citing unnamed sources, the Bills and Gruden had met "face-to-face."
The Bills fired Dick Jauron and appointed defensive coordinator Perry Fewell interim head coach on Tuesday, one day after Gruden signed a multiyear contract extension with ESPN's "Monday Night Football."
A "highly placed Bills source" informed the local CBS affiliate the club will hold informal talks with several candidates but won't make a hire until after the season.
The source also confirmed the Bills had reached out to Gruden, but through "back-channel conversations with someone close to" the former Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Oakland Raiders coach.
WIVB previously stated, citing unnamed sources, the Bills and Gruden had met "face-to-face."
The Bills fired Dick Jauron and appointed defensive coordinator Perry Fewell interim head coach on Tuesday, one day after Gruden signed a multiyear contract extension with ESPN's "Monday Night Football."
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