Last week, the Broncos decided to decline the Redskins’ request to interview running backs coach Bobby Turner for the same job in Washington, where Turner would be reunited with former Denver coach Mike Shanahan.
The Broncos have now had a change of heart.
According to Adam Schefter of ESPN, the Broncos will allow Turner to meet with the Redskins, and an interview is expected to occur this week.
NFL rules permit teams with assistant coaches under contract to refuse requests to interview those assistants for any job other than head coach. Though compensation can be offered to get a team to release its rights to a head coach, draft picks and/or cash cannot be used to pry an assistant coach away from his current team.
UPDATE: We’re told that Turner will be the associate head coach of the Redskins, and that he is close to accepting the job, if he hasn’t already.