Oklahoma coach Lincoln Riley and Kansas City offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy have been posted as the early favorites to be named the “Next Atlanta Falcons Full Time Head Coach,” by betonline.ag., (Twitter: @betonline_ag)

Riley is the 3-to-1 favorite, followed closely by Bieniemy, who’s at 4-to-1.

Houston Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson reportedly is advocating for Bieniemy to be named the head coach to replace Bill O’Brien.

Here are the odds:

Next Atlanta Falcons Full Time Head Coach

Lincoln Riley 3/1

Eric Bieniemy 4/1

Josh McDaniels 11/2

Byron Leftwich 7/1

Jim Harbaugh 15/2

Dabo Swinney 8/1

Brian Daboll 9/1

Raheem Morris 10/1

Greg Roman 12/1

Matt Eberflus 12/1

Arthur Smith 16/1

Dennis Allen 16/1

Tony Elliott 16/1

Nick Saban 25/1

Falcons' next four games

Falcons at Vikings at 1 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 18al trial

Lions at Falcons at 1 p.m. Sunday Oct. 25

Falcons at Panthers at 8:20 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 29

Broncos at Falcons at 1 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 8

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