AP

Add Mike Shanahan to the list of potential Buffalo Bills head coaches.

The Bills have been in contact with Shanahan and hope to set up an interview with him, Adam Schefter of ESPN reports.

Shanahan has said he’s interested in getting back into coaching but only wants to do it in a place where he can win right away. Buffalo may fit that bill, as the Bills went 9-7 last season and have one of the NFL’s best defenses.

The only question is at quarterback, where the Bills have a major hole. That’s where the intriguing possibility of the Bills acquiring Jay Cutler from the Bears comes in. The Bears’ new coach and general manager will presumably want to unload the enormous guaranteed 2015 salary the prior regime gave Cutler, and Shanahan’s history with Cutler in Denver could make him one of the few coaches who would want to take on that contract.

So, while things did not go well for Shanahan at the end of his tenure in Washington, it’s not farfetched to think things could go better for him in Buffalo.