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Jan 27, 2022

The Chicago Bears are nearing the end of their head coach search, which comes just a couple of days after they hired their new general manager in Ryan Poles. - But the Bears are also competing with eight other teams, some of which have the same finalists Chicago is targeting, including the Denver Broncos. - Still, there hasn’t been a lot of action over the last two weeks for the nine teams looking for a head coach and three teams looking for both. The Bears and New York Giants have each hired a GM, and now the first head coach has been hired. - The Broncos are hiring Green Bay Packers offensive coordinator Nathaniel Hackett as their new head coach, according to NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero. The move certainly feels like Denver is making a power play for quarterback Aaron Rodgers, who has likely played his last down with the Packers. - - The #Broncos are finalizing a deal with #Packers OC Nathaniel Hackett to make him their new head coach, per sources. - Contract talks heated up Wednesday night. The #Jaguars planned to interview Hackett again today. Instead, Denver lands its top choice. - — Tom Pelissero (@TomPelissero) January 27, 2022 - - - The Broncos’ play for Hackett could make things easier for the Bears. Dallas Cowboys defensive coordinator Dan Quinn, a finalist for Chicago’s head coach job, was scheduled to interview with Denver again on Thursday. Now, that frees up a top candidate in Quinn for the Bears…if they want him. - While the Giants are expected to hire Buffalo Bills offensive coordinator Brian Daboll, they’re also in play for Quinn. - But now that the first domino has fallen with the Broncos and Hackett, we could see things start to speed up on the head coach front. - Follow The Bears Wire Podcast: - Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Podcasts - - - List - - Ranking the Bears head coach finalists - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Email - - - - - Sign up - - - - - - - - Like this article? - Sign up for the Bears Wire email newsletter to get our top stories in your inbox every morning - - - - An error has occured - - - Please re-enter your email address. - - - - - - Thanks for signing up! - - - You'll now receive the top Bears Wire stories each day directly in your inbox.

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