On Monday, the Chicago Bears hired Ben Johnson away from the Detroit Lions to be Matt Eberflus’ replacement as head coach. The former Lions’ offensive coordinator has no experience as a head coach, so it was expected that the 38-year-old would look at hiring former head coaches to fill out the Bears’ coaching staff.

Not only does it work for the Rooney Rule, it also makes sense that Matt Eberflus will want Andre Curtis here to oversee his secondary.

The Dallas Cowboys are promoting Brian Schottenheimer to head coach, making his first defensive hire -- potentially defensive coordinator Matt Eberflus -- all the more important.

The news comes after the Cowboys promoted Brian Schottenheimer, after two seasons as the team’s offensive coordinator, to replace Mike McCarthy as the team’s next head coach. Eberflus, the Bears head coach from 2022 until his firing late in 2024, was a linebackers coach for the Cowboys from 2011-17.

The re-hiring of Eberflus would follow the Cowboys’ objective of maintaining continuity with their scheme. Eberflus runs a similar 4-3 scheme as previous coordinator Mike Zimmer and that’s part of the reason why he’s a favorite.

Matt Eberflus has his first interview lined up since being fired as head coach of the Chicago Bears. The Atlanta Falcons confirmed Saturday that they have interviewed Eberflus for their vacant ...

The Chicago Bears conducted an interview with Tennessee Titans quarterback coach Bo Hardegree for their vacant offensive coordinator role.

The Cowboys have completed an interview with a candidate for defensive coordinator. Todd Archer of ESPN.com reports that they have interviewed Andre Curtis for the position. Curtis spent the last three seasons as the safeties coach for the Bears.

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Eberflus spent seven seasons with the Cowboys, arriving in 2011 as the linebackers coach. He was promoted to defensive passing game coordinator/linebackers coach in 2016, a role he kept for two seasons until leaving to become the Colts' defensive coordinator.

After a tough tenure with the Bears, Brian Schottenheimer is looking to bring in Matt Eberflus as the Cowboys' defensive coordinator.

The Bears aren't expected to land Darren Rizzi as special teams coordinator. But it sounds like Richard Hightower is returning.