Quote:In other words he wanted to know he boss would not be on the hot seat a year later. Makes sense.

 

A popular reason suggested here was the Eagles offered him a higher salary. I don't know if that is true.

 

  As long as another team would have offered Jim Schwartz a competitive salary compared to the Eagles,  I don't think salary would have been a determining factor in Jim Schwartz' decision on Defensive Coordinator offers.  Schwartz made a ton of money from his contracts as Lions HC,  including an 8 digit salary for seasons after he was already fired.   Schwartz came to Buffalo to work under Doug Marrone at a relatively low salary because he was already being paid a large amount by the Lions organization.   Schwartz very likely wants to be an NFL HC again and have a better outcome the 2nd time around.   That's probably much more important to him than what he's been paid as a Defensive Coordinator.   Combining this with the factors I previously mentioned,   this is why I believe Schwartz chose the Eagles.   

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