Bears have offensive coordinator in Shane Waldron, but still need defensive coordinator

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Borgonzi has worked with Eberflus longer than any other Bears assistant. With Shane Waldron in place as offensive coordinator, the Bears need to move forward on solidifying their defensive coordinator — a position that has been vacant more than four months.

Given that they have a defensive minded head coach in Matt Eberflus and he’ll likely want to keep most or all of his defensive staff intact, there’s a strong chance the Bears will promote linebackers coach Dave Borgonzi to the job. They ideally would finalize a new hire before they go to scout the Senior Bowl next week.

Borgonzi, incidentally, was selected to be the defensive coordinator on the East team in the…