Chicago Bears are contacting at least 17 coach and GM candidates. Latest news as a new cycle of firing — and hiring — starts in the NFL.

Change is successful the air. “Black Monday” arrived successful the NFL the time aft the regular play ended with a flurry of large changes opening astir the league.

As a caller rhythm of firing and hiring proceeds, we’re tracking each of the latest moves.

Tuesday

<mark class="hl_orange">The Chicago Bears database of requested interviews has reached astatine slightest 8 wide manager candidates and 9 coaching candidates.</mark>

The scoop: Recently fired Miami Dolphins manager Brian Flores was a large sanction to popular up successful a lengthy database of candidates the Bears person contacted astir interviews.

NFL Network reported the Bears acceptable up the interrogation with Flores, who went 24-25 successful 3 seasons with the Dolphins. His past 2 seasons were winning ones, but the Dolphins didn’t marque the playoffs.

Here are the different coaching candidates who reportedly person been requested:

• Former Philadelphia Eagles manager Doug Pederson
• Buffalo Bills antiaircraft coordinator Leslie Frazier
• Bills violative coordinator Brian Daboll
• Tampa Bay Buccaneers offensive coordinator Byron Leftwich
• Buccaneers antiaircraft coordinator Todd Bowles
• Green Bay Packers offensive coordinator Nathaniel Hackett
• Indianapolis Colts defensive coordinator Matt Eberflus
• Dallas Cowboys antiaircraft coordinator and former Atlanta Falcons manager Dan Quinn

Former Houston Texans wide manager Rick Smith is among the biggest names to beryllium expected to interrogation with the Bears. Here’s a database of others:

• Colts director of assemblage scouting Morocco Brown
• Colts VP of subordinate unit Ed Dodds
• Browns VP of shot operations Kwesi Adofo-Mensah
• Browns VP of subordinate unit Glenn Cook
• New Orleans Saints assistant wide manager Jeff Ireland
• San Francisco 49ers director of subordinate unit Ran Carthon
• Bills adjunct GM Joe Schoen

<mark class="hl_red">The New York Giants fired manager Joe Judge aft 2 seasons.</mark>

The scoop: In his archetypal NFL caput coaching stint, Judge, 40, went 10-23, including 4-13 successful 2021. Playing without backmost Daniel Jones down the stretch, the Giants mislaid their last six games by a combined people of 163-56. After the 29-3 nonaccomplishment to the Bears successful Week 17, Judge went connected an 11-minute rant defending his squad portion talking to the media.

It is the 2nd large Giants determination successful 2 days aft wide manager Dave Gettleman announced his status Monday. With Judge out, determination are present 7 NFL caput coaching jobs open.

Monday

<mark class="hl_orange">The Chicago Bears fired wide manager Ryan Pace and manager Matt Nagy.</mark>

The scoop: Pace is retired successful Chicago aft 7 seasons during which his teams went 48-65, qualified for the postseason doubly and failed to grounds a playoff victory. In his archetypal NFL caput coaching stint, Nagy finished 34-31 with 2 playoff losses implicit 4 seasons.

The Bears ne'er recovered the close acceptable betwixt Nagy and a backmost during his tenure , moving done Mitch Trubisky, Nick Foles, Andy Dalton and Justin Fields. Nagy’s discourtesy remained stuck successful the bottommost 3rd of the league successful galore categories . The Bears finished 6-11 this season.

The Bears person reached retired to erstwhile Eagles manager Doug Pederson to docket an interrogation for their caput coaching role, according to a league source. An ESPN study besides indicated the Bears person requested support to interrogation Buffalo Bills antiaircraft coordinator Leslie Frazier for the job. The team, according to NFL Network, has besides requested to talk with Colts manager of assemblage scouting Morocco Brown for the GM opening.

<mark class="hl_orange">The Minnesota Vikings fired wide manager Rick Spielman and manager Mike Zimmer</mark>

The scoop: Spielman was with the Vikings since 2006, archetypal arsenic the vice president of subordinate unit and past arsenic the wide manager since 2012. In that time, the Vikings went 132-123-2 with six playoff appearances.

Zimmer, a longtime NFL antiaircraft coordinator, became the Vikings caput manager successful 2014. He led 3 seasons of 10 oregon much wins, 3 playoff appearances and 2 playoff victories. The Vikings finished 8-9 aft a victory implicit the Bears connected Sunday.

<mark class="hl_orange">New York Giants wide manager Dave Gettleman announced his status aft 4 seasons successful that role.</mark>

The scoop: In 2018, Gettleman became the wide manager successful an enactment wherever helium had spent 13 years antecedently successful beforehand bureau roles. But his efforts to resuscitate the franchise failed with the Giants experiencing their worst four-year agelong of losing successful squad history.

The Giants went 19-46 nether Gettleman’s watch, including a 4-13 faceplant this play during which the discourtesy finished past successful the NFC successful some full yardage and scoring. Gettleman announced his status Monday but whitethorn person been fired if helium hadn’t. The aboriginal of manager Joe Judge remains uncertain and whitethorn hinge connected what happens with their intensifying GM search.

<mark class="hl_orange">The Miami Dolphins fired manager Brian Flores aft 3 seasons.</mark>

The scoop: Flores was fired successful his 3rd play contempt posting back-to-back winning seasons. The Dolphins were 5-11 successful his archetypal year, 10-6 successful 2020 and 9-8 this season, but they didn’t marque the playoffs successful his tenure.

Dolphins proprietor Stephen Ross released a connection saying helium “determined that cardinal dynamics of our shot enactment weren’t functioning astatine a level I privation it to beryllium and felt that this determination was successful the champion involvement of the Miami Dolphins.” General manager Chris Grier volition stay with the squad successful his existent role, ESPN reported.

Sunday

<mark class="hl_orange">The Denver Broncos person fired caput manager Vic Fangio aft 3 seasons.</mark>

The scoop: Fangio didn’t grounds a winning play successful his 3 successful Denver. He finished 19-30 successful his archetypal stint arsenic an NFL caput coach, including 7-10 this season. Fangio, 63, was a antiaircraft coordinator successful the NFL for 19 seasons, including 4 successful Chicago, earlier helium joined the Broncos successful 2019.

Fangio’s defence this play ranked successful the apical 10 successful yards and points allowed. But the Broncos discourtesy didn’t nutrient good capable nether Teddy Bridgewater and Drew Lock, the latest successful a revolving doorway of quarterbacks successful Denver caller years.

Dec. 30-Jan. 7

<mark class="hl_tblue">The Jaguars person conducted astatine slightest 5 interviews to regenerate Urban Meyer.</mark>

The scoop: The Jaguars fired Urban Meyer connected Dec. 16 aft conscionable 13 games with the team.

The squad already has gotten heavy into their hunt to regenerate him, reportedly interviewing erstwhile Philadelphia Eagles manager Doug Pederson, erstwhile Indianapolis Colts and Detroit Lions manager Jim Caldwell, Tampa Bay Buccaneers antiaircraft coordinator Todd Bowles and violative coordinator Byron Leftwich and Dallas Cowboys violative coordinator Kellen Moore.

Read much of our sum from Black Monday and beyond.

• Column: George McCaskey impugns Olin Kreutz’s character implicit a 2018 part-time occupation with the Bears — and that makes adjacent little consciousness than offering the 6-time Pro Bowl halfway $15 an hr successful the 1st place
• Column: The Bears made large moves. But how overmuch truly volition change successful their hunt for a caller GM and coach?
• ‘This is simply a results-driven league’: Bears players respond to the firings of manager Matt Nagy and wide manager Ryan Pace
• The Bears are seeking their 17th caput coach. Here’s a look astatine however past coaches fared — and erstwhile they near the franchise.
• Disorder. Dysfunction. Disappointment. As the Bears’ systemic failures continue, 1 projected remedy has go common: ‘You cleanable house.’
• ‘He knows however to galvanize people’: If the Bears acceptable retired connected a coaching hunt this offseason, Leslie Frazier should beryllium connected the radar
• Matt Nagy’s clip with the Bears: A look backmost astatine the vocation highs — and lows — for the coach