With the Jacksonville Jaguars conducting initial interviews with six of their ... where the fix was pretty much in for Mike Vrabel — a proven available head coach with ties to the franchise — from the moment Jerod Mayo was fired.
Johnson is the flashiest play-caller to land an NFL head coaching job since Kyle Shanahan joined the San Francisco 49ers in 2017, and Shanahan has never had a quarterback as talented as Williams at his disposal. This should get Bears fans incredibly excited for what could be.
The NFL head-coaching vacancies are filling up fast. The Chicago Bears scooped up Ben Johnson, the New England Patriots hired Mike Vrabel, the New York Jets got Aaron Glenn, the Jacksonville Jaguars landed Liam Coen and most recently,
When the NFL regular season comes to a close, it sends the head-coaching carousel into high gear. The 2025 cycle is in full swing and began with seven openings across the NFL. The cycle kicked off with the New England Patriots hiring Mike Vrabel after moving on from Jerod Mayo after one season,
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As Patrick Mahomes’s Chiefs host the Bills, Josh Allen has had more roughing-the-passer and unnecessary-roughness penalties called in his favor over the past two regular seasons.
When Vrabel was named Titans head coach in 2018, he hired Williams to coach the defensive line, and by 2023 named him assistant head coach and had him serve as head coach of the team's preseason opener. Vrabel cited Williams' ability to "reach every player" across the roster -- including offense.
The Buccaneers shouldn’t have any trouble attracting a good offensive coordinator to replace Liam Coen. Not only has the job been an express route to becoming an NFL head coach — Dave Canales with the Carolina Panthers last year and Coen with the Jacksonville Jaguars on Friday — it comes with quarterback Baker Mayfield and stars at every turn.
Vrabel will reportedly be “the man” making the personnel decisions in New England, along with serving as the head coach. There’s hope that his arrival will be a much-needed wake-up call for a Patriots team coming off three straight losing seasons.
Perhaps this is why McCaskey believed the Bears were the most attractive franchise for any potential head coach. Chicago has won nine NFL championships, but only two since the conclusion of the 1946 season. Those came in 1963 and 1985.
Bill Belichick will have to utilize his own stage at North Carolina to prove the seven hiring teams this cycle right, or dreadfully wrong.