Although Nick Saban said Friday that he was not interested in returning to football unless it was a special circumstance, there are still rumors out there that he might return.

One of the names being floated by Colin Cowherd was the Cleveland Browns, now, apparently, a new team may emerge that may have interest in Saban, the Browns’ AFC rival, the Cincinnati Bengals.

Fox Sports analyst Nick Wright says he could see a scenario where the Bengals could go after Saban if the Bengals miss the playoffs again this year.

Wright floated the idea on “The Herd” with Colin Cowherd

“If this coming year goes the way I think it might for Cincinnati, I think Nick Saban is an interesting idea there,” Wright said. “Listen, got to coach up the defense, got to have someone to actually have as big of a voice in the organization as the owner, got to clean up some of the nonsense going in the years they deal with every year, again, most of which is owner-related. And let Joe and Jamar handle the offense. Almost offload the offense to them.”

Wright also thinks that if Saban returns, he wouldn’t want a rebuilding job as he would have had to do in Cleveland, which is why the Bengals would make sense.

“You handle the details, finding some of the edges in young players from the college game that you’re very aware of their skillset, and coach up the defense. Because the only point that you made that I disagree with is, if I’m Nick Saban and I want to do this, I’m not that interested in a studs-to-the-top-down rebuild. I’m much more interested in, I’ve got three or four years. Let me see if I can have a contender immediately. I think the Bengals who, if they miss the playoffs again, probably will be looking for a new coach. I think they could be an attractive one.”

Wright makes an interesting and compelling argument for the Bengals than Cowherd did for the Browns.