A week after defensive coordinator Chuck Pagano retired, the Bears’ short list of candidates to replace him is taking shape.
The team has obvious in-house options in safeties coach Sean Desai (on staff since 2013) and defensive line coach Jay Rodgers (since ’15), and has begun interviewing outsiders as well.
The most notable name is former Vikings defensive coordinator George Edwards, who interviewed for the head-coaching job in 2018 and lost out to Matt Nagy. Edwards was the Vikings’ defensive coordinator from 2014 through ’19 and spent last season as a Cowboys senior assistant. He also was defensive coordinator for the Bills (2010-11) and Washington (’03).