2025 NFL coaching recruiting, candidates for open jobs Broad
It's halfway through January, and there are currently six head coach openings in the NFL. There has already been one hire -- the Patriots brought in Mike Vrabel to replace Jerod Mayo -- but the Cowboys, Raiders, Jaguars, Bears, Saints and Jets are all still looking for new coaches. With a week's worth of initial interviews in the books for the coaching carousel, it's time to make some predictions. Who will be these teams' next head coaches?
Of course, we don't know for sure what will happen, and there are always a few surprise moves. But after a few weeks' worth of calls and texts with people involved in these situations around the NFL, we have some clues as to how each team might be leaning. And because all we're trying to do is predict, clues are good enough for now.
So here is our list of hiring predictions, as we find landing spots for top candidates. Check back in a few weeks to see how we did. (Or maybe don't ... if we get them all right, we'll be sure to make sure you know about it.) Let's start with Chicago and proceed alphabetically team by team.
Former coach: Matt Eberflus was fired after Week 13 of this season, his third year with the team (14-32 record). Thomas Brown was interim head coach for the final five games.
My prediction for the next Bears coach: Brian Flores, current Vikings defensive coordinator
There is a lot of guesswork here. The Bears' list of candidates is massive, and Flores still hasn't been allowed to interview with Chicago because Minnesota made the playoffs. But this is the name that comes up the most when I ask people around the NFL to make a prediction. Flores led the No. 5 scoring defense (19.5 points allowed per game), and the Vikings finished tied for fourth in sacks with 49.
There are hurdles for Flores -- who appears to be a strong candidate for the Jets job, as well -- to clear before any team can hire him. That's especially true in Chicago; there will be questions about his past relationship with quarterback Tua Tagovailoa in Miami as the Bears evaluate him as a candidate to shepherd Caleb Williams' development. But by all accounts, it sounds like Flores has made a very different impression on people in Minnesota than he did in Miami. He has been public about the reasons things went wrong for him with the Dolphins and what he has learned from that situation that would make things different at his next stop.
One more relevant note here: Flores and Bears GM Ryan Poles both went to Boston College, so there's a connection there.
Other known candidates: Pete Carroll, Ben Johnson, Aaron Glenn, Mike Kafka, David Shaw, Anthony Weaver, Drew Petzing, Arthur Smith, Matt Campbell, Ron Rivera, Kliff Kingsbury, Joe Brady, Todd Monken, Thomas Brown, Marcus Freeman and Mike McCarthy
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