The Chicago Bears roll into the third week of their head coach search, so we had to launch a new rumor and news tracker to give you guys a fresh comment section.

Our week one tracker doubles as our story stream that collects all our coverage, which can be found here. If you want to scroll through all the reports from week two, that tracker can be found here.

Here are Chicago’s confirmed and completed interviews: Mike Vrabel (hired in N.E.), Anthony Weaver, Drew Petzing, Mike Kafka, Pete Carroll, Aaron Glenn, Ben Johnson, Ron Rivera (in person), Thomas Brown, David...

With the NFC North choking out of the playoffs via their one-and-done’s, Bears coaching search accelerates

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Could this finally be the week the Bears name their new head coach? The coaching carousel is expected to heat up and Chicago, among the other six teams with opening will be right in the mix of the NFL news cycle.

With Championship weekend upon us, the conclusion of the 2024-2025 NFL season is rapidly approaching. Before arriving at the Super Bowl in early February, we’ve seen several upsets to keep everyone on their toes. Due to those upsets, top candidates have become available long before expected. With six teams still looking to hire head coaches and get their coaching...

The NFL’s Divisional Round Playoff round kicked off yesterday, as did our open thread, and you guys were vocal in the comment section with nearly 1,500 comments! So, I had to create a second overflow thread today for you guys to talk about the games and anything you want to discuss.

Let’s call this the Open Thread 2: Electric Boogaloo!

As always, all our open threads are Rated WCG-MA.

Who are you rooting for today, and who do you think will win?

All times are Central

Saturday, January 18

AFC: 3:30 p.m. - Houston Texans at Kansas City Chiefs...

I recently asked my WCG and 2nd City Gridiron teammates four questions about the Chicago Bears’ ongoing head coaching search.

We got the obvious one out of the way first: Who is the candidate you’d be 100% pleased with the Bears hiring?

Yesterday, we all gave our number two choice if Ben Johnson doesn’t get the gig.

Part three was the candidate we hope the Bears have nothing to do with.

Our final question was: Who is the out-of-left-field candidate that you’d actually be fine with but most Bears fans will probably hate?

Sam Householder: I’m not as down on...

After the Commanders beat the Lions, FOX Sports’ Jay Glazer dropped some important Bears news.

Earlier tonight on the Washington vs Detroit postgame studio show on FOX, Jay Glazer reported that the Chicago Bears plan to interview Eddie George on Sunday morning for their vacant head coach position.

George, a four time Pro Bowl running back in the NFL, has been the head coach at Tennessee State for the last four years. During his time with the Tigers, he has a 24-22 record, and he was just named Coach of the Year in the OVC–Big South Football Association while leading...

With last week’s Chicago Bears head coach tracker at nearly 50 updates, I wanted to launch a fresh tracker as the Bears enter week two of their interview process. If you want to run through the timeline of last week’s rumors and reports, you can scroll through that tracker here.

The Bears have several interviews still to come, but here are their confirmed and completed interviews from the first week: Mike Vrabel (hired in N.E.), Anthony Weaver, Drew Petzing, Mike Kafka, Pete Carroll, Aaron Glenn, Ben Johnson, and Ron Rivera (in person).

The Chicago Tribune’s Brad Biggs also reported that...

Earlier today, the Big Ten Network’s social media team sent out a clip showing Chicago Bears quarterback Caleb Williams sitting courtside at the Wisconsin Badgers vs. USC Trojans basketball game, and Bears fans freaked out at what they saw.

Yes, that is Caleb is sporting a fresh new haircut.

Oh, and a cast on his right (throwing) hand.

The Bears have yet to acknowledge the issue officially, but the NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport reported that WIlliams had a cyst removed, saying, “It’s minor, he’s fine.”

A quick Google search tells me that a cyst removal truly is not a big...

The NFL’s Divisional Round Playoff round kicks off today, and you guys can talk about it all weekend right here in our open thread (Rated WCG-MA).

Who are you rooting for in the games, and who do you think will win?

All times are Central

Saturday, January 18

AFC: 3:30 p.m. - Houston Texans at Kansas City Chiefs (ESPN/ABC, ESPN+, ESPN Deportes)

NFC: 7:00 p.m. - Washington Commanders at Detroit Lions (FOX, FOX Deportes)

Sunday, January 19

NFC: 2:00 p.m. - Los Angeles Rams at Philadelphia Eagles (NBC, Peacock, Telemundo, Universo)

AFC: 5:30 p.m. - Baltimore Ravens at [Buffalo...

I recently asked my WCG and 2nd City Gridiron teammates four questions about the Chicago Bears’ ongoing head coaching search.

We got the obvious one out of the way first: Who is the one candidate that you’d be 100% pleased with the Bears hiring?

Yesterday, we all gave our number two choice if Ben Johnson doesn’t get the gig.

Today, I asked them to give the guy they do not want the Bears to hire no matter what. Or, as I put it in the email, *Who is your — OMG, I can’t believe they hired this guy; now I...

Taylor Doll wants to get to know the candidates the Chicago Bears plan to interview for head coach, so check out her latest all about Brian Flores.

For her Making Monsters podcast this week, Taylor Doll kicks off a Chicago Bears coaching search series with an episode about Minnesota Vikings defensive coordinator Brian Flores, who the Bears plan to interview soon. She chats with Tyler Forness, who covers the NFL Draft for A to Z Sports, and the Vikings for SKOR North and Vikings 1st and Skol, about Flores’ possible fit with the Bears.

They talk about Flores’ journey from...

The Chicago Bears called the Pittsburgh Steelers about Mike Tomlin’s availability

We know the Chicago Bears have interviewed former head coaches, requested plenty of current coordinators, and even looked into current collegiate coaches.

Now we can say the Bears are also looking at trading for head coaches.

According to ESPN’s Adam Schefter, the Chicago Bears called the Pittsburgh Steelers to check on the availability of their head coach, Mike Tomlin.

You can read Schefter’s accompanying article if you click on the tweet. Schefter mentioned that another team had reached out to the Steelers as well, and the Steelers rejected both...