Former Green Bay Packers and Dallas Cowboys head coach Mike McCarthy has already completed an interview with at least one NFL team. On Wednesday, McCarthy interviewed in person with the Packers’ rival Chicago Bears, a meeting that McCarthy made via a private jet on Chicago’s dime—something ESPN’s Courtney Cronin stated was irregular compared to the rest of the Bears’ interviews with head coaching candidates.

Now, reporter Nick Underhill is reporting that the New Orleans Saints and McCarthy are beginning the process of scheduling an interview for the former Super Bowl champion to visit New Orleans. So, at least two teams are interested in McCarthy as their next head coach, even if he was dumped by the Cowboys.

ESPN’s Adam Schefter also noted on Monday that McCarthy is still a candidate to be hired in Chicago, but that he’s “a legitimate candidate in both places.” You can see the bidding war beginning to simmer.

McCarthy went 125-77-2 in the regular season with the Packers and 10-8 in the postseason, including a Super Bowl XLV title. After a year out of the sport in 2019, McCarthy returned with the Cowboys where he went 49-35, despite not having starting quarterback Dak Prescott for many of those games, but only mustered a 1-3 record in the playoffs in Dallas.

The 61-year-old is tied for 11th all-time in postseason wins as an NFL head coach, only behind Bill Belichick, Andy Reid, Tom Landry, Don Shula, Joe Gibbs, Chuck Noll, John Harbaugh, Mike Holmgren, Tom Coughlin and Bill Cowher. The only active head coaches with more playoff wins than him are Reid and Harbaugh.

It’s also worth noting here that McCarthy has previously coached with the Saints, where he was the offensive coordinator from 2000 to 2004 under head coach Jim Haslett. The club’s ownership is still in the Benson family, as it has been since 1985, so there might be some familiarity there with McCarthy.