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Bears coach Ben Johnson has faced the Vikings twice this season in his role as the Lions’ offensive coordinator and wants to talk to one of Minnesota’s coaches about a job on his staff.
NFL Media’s Ian Rapoport reports the Bears have done just that I asked for an interview With Vikings defensive backs coach/passing game coordinator Daronte Jones hired for the defensive coordinator job.
Jones spent the last three seasons on Kevin O’Connell’s staff and was also the defensive backs coach for the Vikings when Mike Zimmer was head coach in 2020. He worked at LSU in 2021 and also worked with the Bengals and Dolphins. Johnson was an assistant in Miami at the same time Jones worked for the Dolphins.
Before Johnson was officially hired as head coach in Chicago, there were rumors that he was targeting former Saints head coach Dennis Allen for the top defensive job on his staff. However, the process is still ongoing, and this could lead to a different outcome for the Bears.
