Raiders set to hire Josh McDaniels as their head coach. Here’s the latest in the NFL’s firing and hiring cycle.

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Bears head coach John Fox and general manager Ryan Pace take questions after the end of the season.

Bears head coach John Fox and common supervisor Ryan Tempo take questions after the tip of the season.

Change is within the air. “Black Monday” arrived within the NFL the day after the common season ended with a flurry of main adjustments across the league.

By the tip of the month, the Chicago Bears, Jacksonville Jaguars, Denver Broncos, Minnesota Vikings, New York Giants, Miami Dolphins, Houston Texans, Las Vegas Raiders and New Orleans Saints had been looking for or had employed new head coaches, and the Bears, Giants, Vikings, Raiders and Pittsburgh Steelers had been changing common managers.

As a brand new cycle of firing and hiring proceeds, we’re monitoring all the newest strikes.

Sunday

<mark class=”hl_orange”>The Las Vegas Raiders introduced they employed Dave Ziegler as their GM, they usually’re anticipated to rent Josh McDaniels as their coach, </mark><mark class=”hl_orange”>in line with ESPN.</mark>

The news: Ziegler has been with the New England Patriots for 9 seasons and was the director of participant personnel this season. He additionally spent three years within the Denver Broncos scouting division. He replaces Mike Mayock.

McDaniels has spent 18 seasons with the Patriots, together with 13 as offensive coordinator. This might be McDaniels’ second stint as a head coach. He was the Broncos coach in 2009-10, going 11-17 earlier than he was fired halfway via his second season. He had a one-year offensive coordinator stint with the Rams forward of a return to New England. He replaces interim coach Wealthy Bisaccia, who additionally interviewed for the job.

Friday

<mark class=”hl_orange”>The New York Giants employed Brian Daboll to be their new coach, </mark><mark class=”hl_orange”>the crew introduced.</mark>

The news: Daboll, the Buffalo Payments offensive coordinator, had additionally interviewed with the Chicago Bears and the Miami Dolphins. He follows new Giants GM Joe Schoen from Buffalo. Daboll fills the emptiness left when the Giants fired Joe Choose after two seasons.

Daboll has been the Payments offensive coordinator for 4 seasons and was the AP Assistant Coach of the 12 months in 2020 as he guided quarterback Josh Allen to a Professional Bowl season. Within the final two common seasons mixed, Allen threw for 8,951 yards with 73 touchdowns and 25 interceptions. Daboll additionally has been an offensive coordinator with the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs (2012), Miami Dolphins (2011) and Cleveland Browns (2009-10) and labored with the New England Patriots for 11 seasons.

<mark class=”hl_orange”>Pittsburgh Steelers GM Kevin Colbert will step down after the draft, proprietor Artwork Rooney II introduced.</mark>

The news: Colbert has been with the Steelers for 22 years, throughout which the Steelers went 226-124-3 with 14 postseason appearances and two Tremendous Bowl victories. He began because the director of soccer operations earlier than he was elevated to common supervisor in 2011. Rooney mentioned in-house candidates Omar Khan and Brandon Hunt are within the operating to interchange Colbert. Khan, the vice chairman of soccer operations and enterprise administration, interviewed with the Bears sooner or later earlier than they picked Ryan Poles to be their GM.

Thursday

<mark class=”hl_orange”>Chicago Bears will rent Matt Eberflus because the franchise’s seventeenth head coach</mark>

The news: Matt Eberflus would be the seventeenth head coach of the Chicago Bears, the crew introduced Thursday.

In his first transfer as Bears common supervisor, Ryan Poles on Thursday employed Eberflus from a gaggle of finalists that included Dan Quinn and Jim Caldwell. Eberflus, 51, was the Indianapolis Colts defensive coordinator the final 4 seasons. He takes on his first head-coaching job after 13 years as an NFL coordinator and assistant coach and 17 years as a school assistant.

He replaces Matt Nagy, who together with GM Ryan Tempo was fired Jan. 10 after a 6-11 end in 2021 and 34-31 report in 4 seasons in his first stint as an NFL head coach.

<mark class=”hl_orange”>The Denver Broncos are hiring Inexperienced Bay Packers OC Nathaniel Hackett as their new head coach</mark>

The news: The Denver Broncos are finalizing a deal to rent Inexperienced Bay Packers offensive coordinator Nathaniel Hackett as their head coach.

Hiring Hackett would increase hypothesis that the Broncos had been making an attempt to lure star Inexperienced Bay quarterback Aaron Rodgers to Denver, maybe alongside along with his star receiver Davante Adams, who is ready to hit free company in March.

Hackett has 13 years of NFL expertise, together with seven as an offensive coordinator with the Jacksonville Jaguars and the Packers.

Wednesday

<mark class=”hl_orange”>The Minnesota Vikings are hiring Kwesi Adofo-Mensah to be their new GM, </mark><mark class=”hl_orange”>in line with stories.</mark><mark class=”hl_orange”></mark>

The news: The Vikings made the transfer the morning after the Bears employed new GM Ryan Poles, who additionally was a finalist for the Vikings job. Adofo-Mensah, the Cleveland Browns vice chairman of soccer operations, additionally interviewed with the Bears.

He has been with the Browns for 2 seasons and earlier than that was with the San Francisco 49ers for seven seasons. Earlier than becoming a member of the NFL, he earned economics levels from Princeton and Stanford and labored on Wall Avenue, and he's billed as somebody who makes use of analytics. Adofo-Mensah now turns his consideration to hiring a brand new coach to interchange Mike Zimmer.

Tuesday

<mark class=”hl_orange”>The Bears named </mark><mark class=”hl_orange”>Ryan Poles their new common supervisor</mark><mark class=”hl_orange”>.</mark>

Poles, the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs government director of participant personnel, was at Halas Corridor for his second interview Tuesday, and by midday, NFL Community and ESPN reported the Bears had been engaged on a take care of the person who will substitute Ryan Tempo.

Poles, 36, has been with the Chiefs for 13 years, working his approach up from participant personnel assistant to varsity scouting administrator and coordinator, director of school scouting, assistant director of participant personnel and government director of participant personnel this season. He was a part of the Chiefs crew that gained Tremendous Bowl LIV.

<mark class=”hl_orange”>New Orleans Saints coach Sean Payton introduced he was stepping away from teaching.</mark>

The news: Payton, who went 152-89 over 15 seasons with the Saints, introduced he's taking a break from teaching. He mentioned he could pursue a job as a TV analyst and left open the potential of returning to teach sooner or later, although that gained’t be this 12 months.

Payton’s groups made 9 postseason appearances, going 9-8 in playoff video games, together with profitable the Tremendous Bowl within the 2009 season. The 2021 season was Payton’s first with out quarterback Drew Brees, who retired final offseason, and the Saints didn’t make the playoffs for the primary time since 2016.

Payton, a Naperville Central and Japanese Illinois alum, labored with the Philadelphia Eagles, New York Giants and Dallas Cowboys for 9 years earlier than going to New Orleans in 2006. The Saints now start their seek for a brand new coach, with defensive coordinator Dennis Allen and offensive coordinator Pete Carmichael Jr. two of the candidates.

Jan. 24

<mark class=”hl_orange”>The Bears are occupied with talking once more with the Tennessee Titans’ Monti Ossenfort and the New England Patriots’ Eliot Wolf, </mark><mark class=”hl_orange”>NFL Community reported.</mark>

The news: Ossenfort and Wolf would be part of the Chiefs’ Ryan Poles as GM candidates to obtain second interviews.

Ossenfort, the Titans director of participant personnel, has been in Tennessee for 2 seasons after spending 14 years within the Patriots scouting division.

Wolf has been a Patriots senior guide for 2 years and was beforehand the Cleveland Browns assistant common supervisor for 2 years. Earlier than that, he spent 14 years with the Inexperienced Bay Packers, together with as director of soccer operations. He's the son of former Packers GM Ron Wolf.

The Bears will request second interviews with Jim Caldwell and Dan Quinn, NFL Community reported.

The news: Caldwell and Quinn — two of the extra skilled potentialities for the Bears — be part of Indianapolis Colts defensive coordinator Matt Eberflus as the one candidates reported to be requested for second interviews. The Bears have interviewed 10 teaching candidates with one other, New Orleans Saints defensive coordinator Dennis Allen, set to have his first interview Tuesday.

Caldwell was head coach of the Colts for 3 seasons and the Detroit Lions for 4 seasons, going 62-50 with 4 playoff appearances in that point. He was set to be the Miami Dolphins assistant head coach/quarterbacks coach in 2019 however stepped away for well being causes.

Quinn, the Dallas Cowboys defensive coordinator, was the Atlanta Falcons head coach for greater than 5 seasons, going 43-42 with two playoff appearances, together with a Tremendous Bowl LI loss to the New England Patriots. The Falcons fired him in October 2020 after a 0-5 begin.

Jan. 22

<mark class=”hl_orange”>The Chicago Bears have scheduled a second interview with GM candidate Ryan Poles, </mark><mark class=”hl_orange”>in line with ESPN.</mark>

The news: Poles, the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs government director of participant personnel, is the primary GM candidate recognized to be scheduled for a second Bears interview. He has been in excessive demand this month, making it to the second spherical of interviews with the New York Giants and the Minnesota Vikings. The Giants employed Joe Schoen. The Vikings are set to interview Poles on Wednesday, sooner or later after the Bears’ scheduled assembly, in line with NFL Community. He had his first interview with the Bears on Friday.

Poles has been with the Chiefs for 13 years, working his approach up via a number of GMs and coaches. He was a part of the faculty scouting employees when the Chiefs drafted quarterback Patrick Mahomes in 2017. Poles was an offensive lineman at Boston Faculty and signed as an undrafted free agent with the Bears in 2008 however by no means performed within the NFL.

Jan. 21

<mark class=”hl_orange”>The New York Giants have employed Joe Schoen to be their common supervisor, </mark><mark class=”hl_orange”>the crew introduced</mark><mark class=”hl_orange”>.</mark>

The news: The Bears interviewed Schoen, the Buffalo Payments assistant common supervisor, for his or her emptiness Sunday. Now he’s off the market after the Giants selected him over finalists Adam Peters and Ryan Poles. Schoen has been in his present function for 5 seasons and in addition labored with the Miami Dolphins and Carolina Panthers. He'll now dive into hiring a brand new head coach, with Payments coordinators — and Bears candidates — Brian Daboll and Leslie Frazier potential connections. Three groups stay within the hunt for a brand new GM: the Bears, Vikings and Raiders.

Jan. 19

<mark class=”hl_orange”>Bears GM candidate Ed Dodds withdrew his title from consideration, </mark><mark class=”hl_orange”>NFL Community reported.</mark>

The news: Dodds, the Indianapolis Colts assistant common supervisor, interviewed with the Bears on Monday. He has been with the Colts since 2017, beginning because the vice chairman of participant personnel, and was with the Seattle Seahawks for 10 years earlier than that. Dodds has been a GM candidate for a number of offseasons, however he reportedly turned down an interview request from the Cleveland Browns in 2020 and withdrew from the Carolina Panthers search in 2021. Dodds can also be a candidate this 12 months for the Raiders GM job.

<mark class=”hl_orange”>The Bears are scheduling Indianapolis Colts defensive coordinator Matt Eberflus for a second interview, </mark><mark class=”hl_orange”>in line with a number of stories.</mark>

The news: Eberflus, who had his first interview with the Bears on Monday, is the primary coach reported to make it to the second spherical of interviews. Eberflus has been the Colts defensive coordinator for 4 seasons and earlier than that was the Dallas Cowboys linebackers coach for seven seasons. He additionally has labored for the Cleveland Browns and spent 17 years teaching in faculty.

Eberflus additionally made it to the second spherical of interviews with the Jacksonville Jaguars. The Bears nonetheless are interviewing each GMs and coaches, with Tampa Bay Buccaneers coordinators Byron Leftwich and Todd Bowles and Cowboys defensive coordinator Dan Quinn reportedly scheduled for teaching interviews later this week.

<mark class=”hl_orange”>Different groups reportedly have requested interviews with Bears defensive coordinator Sean Desai and assistant director of participant personnel Champ Kelly.</mark>

The news: The Seattle Seahawks, who fired defensive coordinator Ken Norton Jr. on Tuesday, have put in a request to speak to Desai, The Athletic reported. Desai has been with the Bears for 9 seasons and was promoted to coordinator in 2021 after Chuck Pagano retired.

Kelly interviewed for the Bears GM place final week, and now he'll interview with the Raiders, NFL Community reported. He has been with the Bears for seven seasons, beginning because the director of professional scouting earlier than he was promoted to his present function. The Raiders fired GM Mike Mayock on Monday.

Jan. 17

<mark class=”hl_orange”>The Las Vegas Raiders fired common supervisor Mike Mayock, </mark><mark class=”hl_orange”>the crew introduced.</mark>

The news: Mayock was the Raiders GM for 3 seasons, and his groups went 25-24, together with 10-7 in 2021. The choice comes a day after a 26-19 playoff loss to the Cincinnati Bengals, the Raiders’ solely postseason look in Mayock’s tenure. Mayock beforehand was a draft analyst with NFL Community and a TV announcer. Raiders coach Jon Gruden resigned in October after a few of Gruden’s previous emails containing racist, homophobic and misogynistic language surfaced. Interim coach Wealthy Bisaccia led the crew to a 7-5 report the remainder of the way in which. The Raiders are interviewing candidates for GM and coach, although they haven’t introduced what Bisaccia’s future is with the crew.

Jan. 13

<mark class=”hl_orange”>The Houston Texans fired coach David Culley after one season.</mark>

The news: The Texans completed 4-13 in the one season beneath Culley, 66, a longtime NFL assistant in his first job as a head coach. The Texans had been enjoying with out Deshaun Watson amid allegations of sexual assault towards the quarterback. Week 1 beginning quarterback Tyrod Taylor performed in solely six video games due to harm, and the Texans turned to rookie Davis Mills to begin 11 video games.

Since 1994, Culley has been a large receivers coach with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Pittsburgh Steelers, Philadelphia Eagles and Kansas Metropolis Chiefs, with which he was additionally the assistant head coach, a quarterbacks coach with the Buffalo Payments and the assistant head coach/huge receivers coach/go sport coordinator with the Baltimore Ravens.

<mark class=”hl_orange”>The Carolina Panthers are interviewing Bears particular groups coordinator Chris Tabor, </mark><mark class=”hl_orange”>in line with ESPN.</mark>

The news: Tabor was the Bears particular groups coordinator for all 4 seasons beneath Matt Nagy, and he served as interim head coach for one sport in 2021 when Nagy had COVID-19. He beforehand was the Cleveland Brown particular groups coordinator for seven seasons, spanning a number of head coaches.

Jan. 12

<mark class=”hl_orange”>The Chicago Bears added two extra names to their common supervisor interview pool.</mark>

The news: The Bears have requested an interview with Pittsburgh Steelers vice chairman of soccer and enterprise administration Omar Khan and New England Patriots senior guide Eliot Wolf, ESPN reported. Khan had GM interviews final 12 months with the Carolina Panthers and Houston Texans. Wolf, the son of former Inexperienced Bay Packers GM Ron Wolf, has labored with the Packers, the Seattle Seahawks and Cleveland Browns.

Listed below are the up to date candidate lists:

Basic managers

Coaches

Jan. 11

<mark class=”hl_orange”>The Chicago Bears record of requested interviews has reached at the very least 8 common supervisor candidates and 9 teaching candidates.</mark>

The news: Lately fired Miami Dolphins coach Brian Flores was a giant title to pop up in a prolonged record of candidates the Bears have contacted about interviews.

NFL Community reported the Bears arrange the interview with Flores, who went 24-25 in three seasons with the Dolphins. His final two seasons had been profitable ones, however the Dolphins didn’t make the playoffs.

Listed below are the opposite teaching candidates who reportedly have been requested:

Former Houston Texans common supervisor Rick Smith is among the many largest names to be anticipated to interview with the Bears. Right here’s a listing of others:

<mark class=”hl_orange”>The New York Giants fired coach Joe Choose after two seasons.</mark>

The news: In his first NFL head teaching stint, Choose, 40, went 10-23, together with 4-13 in 2021. Taking part in with out quarterback Daniel Jones down the stretch, the Giants misplaced their remaining six video games by a mixed rating of 163-56. After the 29-3 loss to the Bears in Week 17, Choose went on an 11-minute rant defending his crew whereas speaking to the media.

It's the second large Giants transfer in two days after common supervisor Dave Gettleman introduced his retirement Monday. With Choose out, there at the moment are seven NFL head teaching jobs open.

Jan. 10

<mark class=”hl_orange”>The Chicago Bears fired common supervisor Ryan Tempo and coach Matt Nagy.</mark>

The news:Tempo is out in Chicago after seven seasons throughout which his groups went 48-65, certified for the postseason twice and did not report a playoff victory. In his first NFL head teaching stint, Nagy completed 34-31 with two playoff losses over 4 seasons.

The Bears by no means discovered the correct match between Nagy and a quarterback throughout his tenure , operating via Mitch Trubisky, Nick Foles, Andy Dalton and Justin Fields. Nagy’s offense remained caught within the backside third of the league in lots of classes . The Bears completed 6-11 this season.

The Bears have reached out to former Eagles coach Doug Pederson to schedule an interview for his or her head teaching function, in line with a league supply. An ESPN report additionally indicated the Bears have requested permission to interview Buffalo Payments defensive coordinator Leslie Frazier for the job. The crew, in line with NFL Community, has additionally requested to talk with Colts director of school scouting Morocco Brown for the GM opening.

<mark class=”hl_orange”>The Minnesota Vikings fired common supervisor Rick Spielman and coach Mike Zimmer</mark>

The news: Spielman was with the Vikings since 2006, first because the vice chairman of participant personnel after which as the overall supervisor since 2012. In that point, the Vikings went 132-123-2 with six playoff appearances.

Zimmer, a longtime NFL defensive coordinator, grew to become the Vikings head coach in 2014. He led three seasons of 10 or extra wins, three playoff appearances and two playoff victories. The Vikings completed 8-9 after a victory over the Bears on Sunday.

<mark class=”hl_orange”>New York Giants common supervisor Dave Gettleman introduced his retirement after 4 seasons in that function.</mark>

The news: In 2018, Gettleman grew to become the overall supervisor in a corporation the place he had spent 13 years beforehand in entrance workplace roles. However his efforts to resuscitate the franchise failed with the Giants experiencing their worst four-year stretch of shedding in crew historical past.

The Giants went 19-46 beneath Gettleman’s watch, together with a 4-13 faceplant this season throughout which the offense completed final within the NFC in each complete yardage and scoring. Gettleman introduced his retirement Monday however could have been fired if he hadn’t. The way forward for coach Joe Choose stays unsure and should hinge on what occurs with their intensifying GM search.

<mark class=”hl_orange”>The Miami Dolphins fired coach Brian Flores after three seasons.</mark>

The news: Flores was fired in his third season regardless of posting back-to-back profitable seasons. The Dolphins had been 5-11 in his first 12 months, 10-6 in 2020 and 9-8 this season, however they didn’t make the playoffs in his tenure.

Dolphins proprietor Stephen Ross launched an announcement saying he “decided that key dynamics of our soccer group weren’t performing at a degree I would like it to be and felt that this choice was in the perfect curiosity of the Miami Dolphins.” Basic supervisor Chris Grier will stay with the crew in his present function, ESPN reported.

Jan. 9

<mark class=”hl_orange”>The Denver Broncos have fired head coach Vic Fangio after three seasons.</mark>

The news: Fangio didn’t report a profitable season in his three in Denver. He completed 19-30 in his first stint as an NFL head coach, together with 7-10 this season. Fangio, 63, was a defensive coordinator within the NFL for 19 seasons, together with 4 in Chicago, earlier than he joined the Broncos in 2019.

Fangio’s protection this season ranked within the prime 10 in yards and factors allowed. However the Broncos offense didn’t produce effectively sufficient beneath Teddy Bridgewater and Drew Lock, the most recent in a revolving door of quarterbacks in Denver latest years.

Dec. 30-Jan. 7

<mark class=”hl_tblue”>The Jaguars have carried out at the very least 5 interviews to interchange City Meyer.</mark>

The news: The Jaguars fired City Meyer on Dec. 16 after simply 13 video games with the crew.

The crew already has gotten deep into their search to interchange him, reportedly interviewing former Philadelphia Eagles coach Doug Pederson, former Indianapolis Colts and Detroit Lions coach Jim Caldwell, Tampa Bay Buccaneers defensive coordinator Todd Bowles and offensive coordinator Byron Leftwich and Dallas Cowboys offensive coordinator Kellen Moore.

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