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The Chicago Bears are mulling hiring a senior defensive analyst to help with advance scouting and developing game plans, coach Matt Eberflus said Monday. The Bears haven't had a defensive coordinator since Alan Williams resigned on Sept. 20. Eberflus said the analyst would “give us certainly ideas and things, how to attack that upcoming opponent."

A Senior Defensive Assistant title could be coming soon to the Chicago Bears as Head Coach Matt Eberflus' search for help continues.

Eberflus was non-committal Monday when asked if the Bears would continue to platoon Teven Jenkins at left guard

LAKE FOREST, Ill. (AP) — The Chicago Bears are mulling hiring a senior defensive analyst to help with advance scouting and developing game plans, coach Matt Eberflus said Monday.The Bears

To become a franchise quarterback, he must make games like Thursday’s more common and less surprising. He must jump from doing it occasionally to doing it consistently.

Three hundred and forty-six days after their last win, the Bears beat the Commanders on Thursday.

It was clear Claypool was on his way when the team made him inactive against the Broncos, then told him to stay away from Halas Hall.

Bears GM Ryan Poles, who traded a second-round pick to get Claypool last season, acknowledge a mistake. Unlike other talented-but-problematic NFL receivers, Claypool just wasn’t productive enough to be worth the trouble.

So the Chicago Bears traded Chase Claypool to the Miami Dolphins fresh off their first win of the season over the Washington Commanders without him playing a down. Here are the biggest winners and losers from the trade.

Plus: The Bears’ Claypool era ends, 6 things to do this weekend and more.