Report: Eagles Have 'Strong Interest' In Bills WR Coach Sanjay Lal
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- The Eagles reportedly are interested in the one coach that Bills star wide receiver Sammy Watkins doesn't want to lose, Sanjay Lal.
#Eagles have strong interest in #Bills WRs coach Sanjay Lal, sources said. He would fit experienced coach that they're looking for.
— Adam Caplan (@caplannfl) January 10, 2017
The Eagles reportedly fired wide receivers coach Greg Lewis on Monday and Lal is a potential replacement.
Lal, 47, has spent the last past eight seasons as a wide receivers coach in the NFL. He was with the Raiders (2009-2011), Jets (2012-2014), and now the Bills. Watkins, the Bills' top wide out, spoke highly of his position coach after the firing of head coach Rex Ryan.
"That's the one guy I don't want to leave," Watkins said of Lal via ESPN.com. "If he leaves, I don't know how my mindset would be, honestly. That's a guy that kind of groomed me into running routes and doing everything the right way. Mentality, both mental and physical. If he leaves, that will hurt."