The Raiders are expected to hire Tom Cable as their coach, league sources said. The Raiders denied the story and said Wednesday that no decision has been made.

The favorite to become the Buccaneers’ next head coach is Tampa Bay defensive coordinator Raheem Morris, who was a finalist for the Broncos’ head-coaching job.

Jason Garrett is traveling to St. Louis this afternoon, according to a league source, and it could be a sign that the Cowboys’ offensive coordinator could be the Rams’ pick as their new head coach.

Giants defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo met with the Jets for the second time this week.

Two of the hottest coaching candidates out there are Giants defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo and Vikings defensive coordinator Leslie Frazier. But these two can speak about the other with authority.

At a time like this, information is free-flowing. Some of it is good, some not so much.

The information passed along earlier this week was that Leslie Frazier was the favorite in St. Louis. The information that filled my BlackBerry last night was that Jason Garrett was the favorite.

Now that Rams interim coach Jim Haslett has lost his interim tag and the opportunity to become the team’s next head coach, St. Louis is honing in on its hire.

His name came up in connection to the head-coaching job in Kansas City, and now it apparently can be shot down. Those familiar with Iowa and Kirk Ferentz‘s thinking said Thursday that even if Chiefs general manager Scott Pioli wanted to hire the coach, they don’t think he could.

As new Chiefs general manager Scott Pioli tries to decide who should be his head coach, multiple league sources believe it’s worth paying attention to Dolphins defensive coordinator Paul Pasqualoni.

A prevailing thought circulating around New York and the NFL is that the Jets can pull off a daily double and hire a dynamic duo. But there is a growing sentiment that it will not happen that way.

The Lions are closing in on their next coach, including Jim Schwartz , Leslie Frazier, Todd Bowles and maybe a late run at Steve Spagnuolo.

After interviewing Vikings defensive coordinator Leslie Frazier in Denver today, the Broncos will visit Thursday with Dolphins assistant head coach Todd Bowles, whose schedule this week is similar to that of Cowboys offensive coordinator Jason Garrett.

Despite Boston College threatening to fire its head coach Jeff Jagodzinski if he interviewed for the Jets coaching job, he went ahead and did it anyway. Jagodzinski made his move. Now Boston College gets to make its with the chance to follow up on its threat.

St. Louis’ coaching search is going into overdrive.

Mike Shanahan‘s stunning dismissal in Denver immediately made him the best candidate on the coaching market. But does he even want to coach in 2009? NFL Network’s Jamie Dukes looks at the best fits for Shanahan … if he wants to coach this year.