Josh McDaniels looks like he'll be heading to Indianapolis to become the next head coach of the Colts.

According to Ian Rapoport of the NFL Network, the Patriots offensive coordinator has indicated to potential assistants to wait for him with the belief that he takes the job in Indy. While it's not a slam dunk McDaniels gets the job as Mike Vrabel is still in the running, the Patriots coach is viewed as the clear-cut favorite.

Indy is said to be looking for an offensive minded coach and McDaniels is currently the only known candidate that fits that criteria leading the Patriots offense to two Super Bowl championships in the past three seasons.

Given the report of him telling assistants to wait for him, it appears like McDaniels will take the job if offered to him, which means he'll be coaching Andrew Luck to try and take down his former team in the Patriots on a year-to-year basis in the AFC.

This report comes off the heels of ESPN's Adam Schefter saying that New England's defensive coordinator Matt Patricia is likely to leave for the Detroit Lions open head coaching job and that linebackers coach Brian Flores is a finalist for the Cardinals gig.

What is noteworthy with McDaniels and Patricia both taking these jobs that they are linked to is that both the Colts and Lions are on the Patriots schedule for 2018 so there will be little turnaround time before these coordinators take on their former team.

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