What’s next for Bears after filling major coaching positions

What’s next for Bears after filling major coaching positions originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago

When the Bears made the decision to fire offensive coordinator Luke Getsy and many of his position coaches, their immediate attention needed to go towards finding their replacements. Within a matter of weeks, that job is done. The Bears may hire some more assistants and other members of the staff, but with the news that the team reached an agreement with Chad Morton to take over as the new running backs coach on Wednesday, all of the position coach jobs have been backfilled.

With the big hires in the rearview, here’s what next for the Bears to focus on as they get ready for the 2024 season.

SENIOR BOWL: FEB. 3

Practices for the college All-Star game are already underway and those are just as important as the game itself. The Bears place a ton of value in the information they gather at the event and have drafted several players who participated in the event each of the last two years.

FRANCHISE TAG WINDOW OPENS: FEB. 20

The franchise tag is a tool NFL teams can use to retain a player for one season in case they’re not able to reach an agreement on a contract extension. There are two types of franchise tags, and even a transition tag, but to keep things simple the non-exclusive tag is the most common tag that teams use. Under that tag, a player earns the average of the top-five cap hits of that player’s positions or 120% of the player’s previous year’s salary, whichever is greater.

Players are free to negotiate with other teams under the non-exclusive tag, and if they agree to a deal then the player’s current team has an opportunity to match the deal. If the current team does not match, then the player’s new team has to send the previous team two first-round picks. For that reason, franchise tagged players typically stay put or hold out for a new deal.

There’s been widespread speculation that the Bears may franchise tag Jaylon Johnson if they’re not…

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Publish date : 2024-02-01 18:32:13

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