NFL receiver Rondale Moore found dead in his Indiana hometown The Associated Press NEW ALBANY, Ind.
NEW ALBANY, Ind. (AP) — Rondale Moore , an NFL receiver who had season-ending training camp knee injuries in each of the last two years after a standout college career at Purdue and a promising start with the Arizona Cardinals, was found dead Saturday, authorities said. He was 25.
Police said Moore died of a suspected self-inflicted gunshot wound. Moore was found dead in the garage of a property in his hometown of New Albany, police chief Todd Bailey said. The death remains under investigation.
Floyd County Coroner Matthew Tomlin also confirmed Moore’s death. He said an autopsy would be conducted on Sunday.
After being traded to the Atlanta Falcons in 2024, Moore dislocated his right knee during training camp and never played for them. He signed with the Minnesota Vikings in 2025, but he blew out his left knee while returning a punt in their first exhibition game and spent another full season on injured reserve. Moore was so distraught after immediately realizing the seriousness of that injury that he slammed his hand down on a cart so hard the sound was audible throughout the stadium.
The Vikings said they had spoken with Moore's family to offer condolences and support.
“I am devastated by the news of Rondale’s death. While Rondale had been a member of the Vikings for a short time, he was someone we came to know well and care about deeply," coach Kevin O'Connell said in a statement distributed by the team. “He was a humble, soft-spoken, and respectful young man who was proud of his Indiana roots. As a player, he was disciplined, dedicated and resilient despite facing adversity multiple times as injuries sidelined him throughout his career. We are all heartbroken by the fact he won’t continue to live out his NFL dream and we won’t all have a chance to watch him flourish.”
In a statement, the Cardinals said they were “devastated and heartbroken.”
“Our thoughts and deepest condolences are with his family, friends, teammates, and everyone who loved him and had the privilege of knowing such a special person,” the team said in a social media post .
Moore grew up in New Albany, just across the Indiana border from Louisville, Kentucky, and was a first team All-American as a freshman at Purdue in 2018.
“Rondale Moore was a complete joy to coach. The ultimate competitor who wouldn’t back down from any challenge. Rondale had a work ethic unmatched by anyone. A great teammate that would come through in any situation. We all loved Rondale; we loved his smile and his competitive edge that always wanted to please everyone he came in contact," Louisville coach Jeff Brohm said on social media . Brohm was the coach at Purdue when Moore played there.
Drafted in the second round by the Cardinals in 2021, Moore had 1,201 receiving yards and three touchdowns plus 249 rushing yards and one score over three seasons. He served as their primary returner for kickoffs and punts as a rookie before injuries pushed him away from that role.
“Can’t even begin to fathom or process this," former Cardinals teammate J.J. Watt said on social media . “There’s just no way. Way too soon. Way too special. So much left to give. Rest in peace Rondale.”
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Cowboys and running back Javonte Williams agree on $24 million, 3-year contract The Associated Press FRISCO, Texas
FRISCO, Texas (AP) — The Dallas Cowboys and running back Javonte Williams have agreed on a $24 million, three-year contract, following through on the front office's pledge that bringing back their leading rusher was a top priority.
The team announced the deal on its website Saturday, more than two weeks before free agency opens. ESPN reported the deal includes $16 million in guaranteed money.
Williams joined the Cowboys on a one-year contract last season after an injury-filled four years on his rookie deal with the Denver Broncos. He had his first 1,000-yard season and finished with 1,201 yards rushing, the most for a Dallas back since two-time rushing champion Ezekiel Elliott had 1,357 in 2019.
“Javonte’s at the top of our list to go out and sign,” Cowboys executive vice president of personnel Stephen Jones said last month. “We want to bring him back. We want to sign him to a multiple-year deal.”
The 25-year-old Williams was part of an offense that finished second in the NFL in total yards and passing, seventh in scoring and ninth in rushing.
The other big piece Dallas wants to bring back is receiver George Pickens, who had a breakout year in 2025 following an offseason trade from Pittsburgh.
The Cowboys have until March 3 to put the franchise tag on Pickens, which would give the sides until July 15 to agree on a long-term contract if Pickens were to sign the one-year offer that would be in the range of $30 million.
Dallas is trying to keep intact an offense that thrived under quarterback Dak Prescott and with Brian Schottenheimer as the first-year head coach and play-caller.
Schottenheimer prioritized the running game, and Williams made the plan pay off with a hard-nosed running style. He averaged 4.8 yards per carry and scored 11 touchdowns.
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New Seahawks offensive coordinator Brian Fleury eager for opportunity By ANDREW DESTIN AP Sports Writer The Associated Press RENTON, Wash.
RENTON, Wash. (AP) — Brian Fleury was quick to admit Thursday he wasn’t a very good college quarterback.
Long before Fleury was hired as the offensive coordinator for the Seattle Seahawks, he was a walk-on quarterback for Maryland, and then played four years at Towson. But with two seasons of college eligibility remaining, Fleury was injured while competing for Towson’s starting job, and was asked to help coach the next quarterback in line as he recovered.
“I never really got a chance to compete for it again,” Fleury said. “Immediately, I was asked to go out there and coach him, stand in the huddle with him and mentor him."
While Fleury’s stepfather was a longtime high school football coach, that experience is what pushed him into coaching.
Since 2003, Fleury has coached in some capacity, and began his trek as a longtime NFL assistant in 2013.
Despite his quarterback background, Fleury has never called plays on offense at any level. He will take over those responsibilities held by former Seahawks offensive coordinator Klint Kubiak, who left to be the Las Vegas Raiders head coach .
Fleury mentioned NFL head coaches such as DeMeco Ryans, Robert Saleh, Jeff Hafley as mentors who have helped prepare him for this opportunity.
Seahawks head coach Mike Macdonald isn’t worried that Fleury, who has called plays on defense at the collegiate level, hasn’t done so in the NFL.
“I do think it’s a bit overrated,” Macdonald said. “All play callers have to be first-time play callers at some point.”
What stood out most to Macdonald in the hiring process was Fleury’s vision for the roster. Getting the approval from veteran tight end Eric Saubert, who played under Fleury when he was a tight ends coach for the San Francisco 49ers, didn’t hurt either.
What Fleury hopes to do is keep Seattle’s offense “very similar” to the one that just won the Super Bowl. He’ll have plenty of key contributors from that unit returning, too, including quarterback Sam Darnold — who overlapped with Fleury for a season in San Francisco — and the AP NFL Offensive Player of the Year in wide receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba.
“There is a lot of talent,” Fleury said. “There’s not many things to fix, quite honestly. They already play a way that is visible on the silent tape. You can see the culture on the film, so I’m excited to work with that and continue to build it.”
Fleury stressed that he would also love to work with offensive standouts wide receiver/return specialist Rashid Shaheed and running back Kenneth Walker III, who are set to be unrestricted free agents in March. There are plenty of logistics for Fleury and Seattle to sort out, too, going into next season.
Looking ahead to the preseason, Fleury wants to experiment with calling plays both on the field and in the press box, though it would be his preference to call plays from the field. It is also unclear yet who will be Seattle’s quarterback coach, since Andrew Janocko followed Kubiak to become the Raiders offensive coordinator .
And the Seahawks may be sold and operating under new ownership by the time they next host a game at Lumen Field.
What has been sorted out, though, is that former Baltimore Ravens defensive coordinator Zach Orr will take over as Seattle’s inside linebackers coach.
Macdonald and Orr have known each another since 2014, and when the former was coaching for Baltimore and the latter a linebacker for the Ravens.
Fleury is eager to get started as a first-year NFL offensive coordinator. He’s already studying how Kubiak ran Seattle’s offense last season, and hopes to supplement that plan with what he learned under San Francisco 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan.
Macdonald, meanwhile, is just a week removed from shaking confetti off his shoulders after the Seahawks’ championship parade, and already seeking out ways to make that a reality in the Emerald City again next season.
“It’s humbling to be back at your desk the day after the parade, working on our team,” Macdonald said. “That’s where we’re at right now. It’s been a great process and at some point there’ll be a time to get away, but that time is not now.”
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Browns tab Travis Switzer as OC, Mike Rutenberg as DC, and Byron Storer as special teams coordinator By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer The Associated Press CLEVELAND
CLEVELAND (AP) — Todd Monken started the process of filling out his first coaching staff with the Cleveland Browns by naming his coordinators on Friday.
Travis Switzer was named offensive coordinator, Mike Rutenberg will direct the defense and Byron Storer will be the special teams coordinator.
This is Monken’s first NFL head coaching job after 11 years as an assistant. He spent the previous three seasons as Baltimore’s offensive coordinator.
Switzer was the run game coordinator in Baltimore the past three seasons. During that span, the Ravens led the league in rushing yards (166.9 per game), average rushing yards per carry (5.31) and rushes of 10-plus yards (230).
The Ravens also had the league's top-ranked offense in 2024, becoming the first team in NFL history with at least 4,000 passing and 3,000 rushing yards in a season.
Switzer went to college at Akron and has spent his entire NFL coaching career in Baltimore, starting as an administrative/performance staff assistant in 2017.
It will be the fourth straight season the Browns have had a different offensive coordinator. Monken, however, will call the offensive plays.
Monken and Switzer will need to determine the starting quarterback. The Browns have had a league-high 13 quarterbacks since 2020, including seven over the past two seasons.
Shedeur Sanders started the final seven games, going 3-4. He had a 56.6% completion rate and a 68.1 passer rating with 1,400 passing yards, seven touchdowns and 10 interceptions.
Deshaun Watson has played in only 19 games since being acquired in 2022. He has gone 9-10 as Cleveland’s starter with 19 touchdowns, 12 interceptions and an 80.7 passer rating. He did not play in 2025 while rehabbing from a torn Achilles tendon.
Dillon Gabriel, last year’s third-round pick who started six games, is also on the roster.
Rutenberg replaces Jim Schwartz , who resigned after being passed over for the head coach opening. Monken said in a statement that Rutenberg has been in systems similar to Schwartz “but not the exact system because Jim was unique.”
“They can say attacking style, but then there’s attacking style, which is what they’ve done here up front," Monken said. “I think that background of being a four-down attacking style, but not exact, (and) to add some things that they had done before that I thought would mesh really well with the current staff, was a big part of that.”
Schwartz was the architect of one of the league’s top defenses the past three seasons. Cleveland led the league in total defense in 2023 and ranked fourth this season as Myles Garrett had 23 sacks and broke the NFL single-season record .
Garrett was named the NFL Defensive Player of the Year and linebacker Carson Schwesinger the Defensive Rookie of the Year.
Rutenberg — who was Atlanta's defensive pass game coordinator this past season — has 16 years of NFL experience. He came into the league as a player personnel intern and assistant to the head coach in Washington (2003-05) along with stops in Jacksonville (2013-19), San Francisco (2020) and the new York Jets (2021-24).
Storer has coached in the NFL for 12 years, including the past four as the assistant special teams coach in Green Bay. Storer has also coached in Tampa Bay (2010-11), San Diego (2012-13) and the Raiders (2018-21). He stepped way from coaching for four years to help start a new branch of his family’s transportation business in San Francisco.
Storer replaces Bubba Ventrone, who was Cleveland's special teams coordinator the past three seasons before heading to the Los Angeles Rams.
Even though the NFL scouting combine begins next week, Monken said during his introductory news conference that there wasn't a deadline to get his entire coaching staff hired.
“I don’t control that. I mean we’re going to vet as many candidates as we can to get it right," he said. "I think, just like they all vetted for the head coach coaching position, don’t get worn out — make sure you get the right people at the start, and that’s what we’re going to do. So, there is no timeline to get it right.”
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Harbaugh reshapes Chargers staff with 8 hires, including ex-Jets coach Adam Gase The Associated Press EL SEGUNDO, Calif.
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (AP) — Los Angeles Chargers coach Jim Harbaugh has added eight new coaches to his staff, including four who worked under new offensive coordinator Mike McDaniel in Miami.
Adam Gase, who was head coach of the Miami Dolphins from 2016-18 and New York Jets from 2019-20 , returns to the NFL as passing game specialist. After being fired by the Jets, Gase occasionally visited NFL teams to offer his insight into their operations. In 2024, he joined The 33rd Team, a football think tank and media venture offering free content to NFL teams and fans.
Butch Barry will serve as offensive line coach after spending the last three seasons in the same job with the Dolphins under McDaniel.
During Barry's tenure, the Dolphins produced a pair of 1,000-yard rushers and the offensive line paved the way for the NFL’s top-ranked offense in 2023 while allowing the fewest quarterback hits, which was an issue for Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert last season.
Also coming over from the Dolphins is Rob Everett, who will be an offensive assistant. He spent the last two seasons on Miami's offensive staff.
Chandler Henley will coach tight ends for the Chargers. He spent four seasons as part of McDaniel's staff in Miami, including stints as assistant quarterbacks coach, a senior offensive assistant and run game specialist.
Max McCaffrey joins as running backs coach after spending the last three seasons as an offensive assistant under McDaniel in Miami.
Denzel Martin will coach outside linebackers. He served in a variety of assistant roles over 10 years with the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Julian Campenni was hired as assistant defensive line coach, his first NFL job. He spent the last two seasons at Rutgers, coaching outside linebackers last season and defensive ends in 2024.
Sean Spence will be linebackers coach. He worked with new Chargers defensive coordinator Chris O'Leary at Western Michigan last season.
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Cowboys release linebacker Logan Wilson, ending his brief tenure after trade with Bengals The Associated Press FRISCO, Texas
FRISCO, Texas (AP) — The Cowboys released linebacker Logan Wilson on Friday, ending his brief Dallas tenure following an in-season trade that did little to boost one of the NFL's worst defenses.
Dallas is in the midst of an offseason overhaul of the defense. It started with the hiring of defensive coordinator Christian Parker to replace Matt Eberflus, who was fired after the Cowboys allowed the most points with the fewest interceptions in franchise history in his only season.
Wilson was traded to Dallas in November after his playing time dropped dramatically in Cincinnati. He played seven games for the Bengals and eight for the Cowboys.
Dallas finished last in the NFL in scoring defense and passing defense and 29th in total yards allowed. Wilson never did much to change that, and even had a game where he was active but didn't play.
The 29-year-old was a third-round draft pick out of Wyoming by the Bengals in 2020. He had at least 100 tackles in four consecutive seasons starting in 2021 before his playing time dwindled last season.
The Cowboys traded for Wilson after 2025 offseason acquisition Jack Sanborn, who played for Eberflus in Chicago, didn't pan out. Sanborn was injured and appeared in just six games for the Cowboys.
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Cowboys say hello to Christian Parker and hope he can turn around a dismal defense By SCHUYLER DIXON AP Pro Football Writer The Associated Press FRISCO, Texas
FRISCO, Texas (AP) — New Dallas Cowboys defensive coordinator Christian Parker remembers meeting coach Brian Schottenheimer, a very quick hello a few years ago during training camp.
“Good memory, man,” Schottenheimer said during Parker's introductory news conference Wednesday. “See how smart he is? I wouldn’t remember that.”
That's not to say the coach Schottenheimer hired away from NFC East rival Philadelphia wasn't on his radar.
“This is a name that I’ve had in my notebook for the last couple of years,” said Schottenheimer, going into his second season leading the Cowboys after a quarter-century as an NFL assistant. “People just kept talking about this guy from Denver, well Green Bay originally, but Denver and Philadelphia. He was a name that I had been hearing a lot about for a long time.”
Parker was with the Broncos when they had a joint practice with Dallas in 2022, and a meet and greet afterward. He didn't talk football then with Schottenheimer, who was a Cowboys consultant, so this interview process was the first time for that.
Schottenheimer said the club did more than 40 interviews, nine defensive coordinators among them. Parker was the passing game coordinator and defensive backs coach for the Eagles, which meant they had to grant the Cowboys permission to talk to the 34-year-old because replacing Matt Eberflus, fired after just one season, would be a promotion.
Philadelphia cornerback Cooper DeJean, who needed just two seasons to become an All-Pro under Parker, made it clear on social media how he felt after the news broke, writing on X with a sullen-faced emoji , “Mannnn. They got a great one — wouldn’t be the player I am without CP.”
“I think great players make great coaches,” said Parker, who had another second-year cornerback make All-Pro last season in Quinyon Mitchell. “When you’re around talented individuals that love the game like you do and they’re willing to put in that work, there’s definitely a happy marriage there when it comes to player development.”
Parker will be the fourth Dallas defensive coordinator in the past four seasons. Under Eberflus, the Cowboys gave up the most points (511) with the fewest interceptions (six) in franchise history.
Dallas had the worst passing defense in the NFL, while the Eagles had one of the league's best in both seasons with Parker. With Parker on staff, Philadelphia was the first repeat winner in the NFC East in 21 years and won the Super Bowl to cap the 2024 season.
The Cowboys were plagued by blown assignments because they struggled with the zone-heavy scheme of Eberflus. Parker brings a 3-4 approach while stressing multiple looks, and speaks of zone and man-to-man coverages as interchangeable.
Parker will be in charge of an NFL defense just seven years after entering the league as a quality control coach with the Packers. He spent six seasons in the college ranks.
“I’m ready,” Parker said without elaborating when asked if he was ready for his newest role.
Asked to elaborate, he said, “I think confidence comes from preparation, and I think that I’ve been able to learn from the right people. I think as you kind of get involved with different people you kind of form your own identity so when you have that opportunity you know what you’re going to do, and I’ve gone through that process internally for a great deal of my career. So I’ve prepared as much as I possibly can for this moment.”
The Cowboys have six new assistants under Parker in Derrick Ansley (passing game coordinator), Marcus Dixon (defensive line), Robert Muschamp (assistant secondary), Ryan Smith (cornerbacks), Scott Symons (inside linebackers) and Chidera Uzo-Diribe (outside linebackers).
Defensive tackle Quinnen Williams tops the list of impact players returning to the Dallas defense in 2026, and cornerback DaRon Bland could be another one if he can shake the foot issues that have shortened both seasons since he set an NFL record by returning five interceptions for touchdowns.
The Cowboys are curious to see what linebacker DeMarvion Overshown can bring if he stays healthy all year for the first time in his fourth season, and Dallas drafted an injured Shavon Revel Jr. in the third round last year believing he could thrive in man-to-man coverage.
Dallas has two first-round picks, one of them from the trade that sent star pass rusher Micah Parsons to Green Bay a week before the opener last season. With the Cowboys expecting the key parts back from one of the league's best offenses, led by quarterback Dak Prescott, defense will be the talk of their draft.
“You have schematic fits, but I think the really good players are the ones you can’t peg them into a certain scheme and that’s the only way they can play football,” Parker said. “You want to have guys that whatever scheme they are in, they can be significant contributors, and then you want to highlight it around those strengths.”
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Arizona Cardinals break ground on performance center, headquarters that is scheduled to open in 2028 By DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer The Associated Press PHOENIX
PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Cardinals broke ground on a new performance center and team headquarters Thursday, moving forward in an attempt to improve practice facilities that NFL players deemed among the league's worst in 2025.
The north Phoenix development — which is expected to be ready in time for preseason training camp in 2028 — is located on a 217-acre property that was purchased at auction for $136 million.
The current headquarters is about 25 miles away in Tempe.
“It continues to modernize our facilities," Cardinals owner Michael Bidwill said. “Our facility in Tempe has continued to work great, but we've outgrown it. This is going to be awesome for us.”
The Cardinals finished last among the 32 NFL teams in the 2025 NFL Players' Association team report cards last February, mostly because players gave low marks to the team's weight room, dining areas and training room.
This year's rankings haven't been released after an arbitrator determined the NFL Players Association violated the Collective Bargaining Agreement with the NFL by distributing the annual rankings and ordered the union to stop making public any future reports.
The Cardinals' new facility should represent a significant upgrade. It's expected to include three natural grass outdoor practice fields and a fieldhouse with a full-size turf field that's indoors — which will be particularly useful during the brutal summer weather in central Arizona.
The Cardinals say there will also be a much larger locker room with “state-of-the-art team spaces for athletic training, sports medicine and strength and conditioning in addition to updated dining areas, meeting rooms, a player lounge and more.”
All-Pro tight end Trey McBride — who signed a $76 million, four-year contract last year that will keep him in the desert through 2029 — was one of a handful of players at the groundbreaking ceremony. Safety Budda Baker, receiver Marvin Harrison Jr. and tight end Elijah Higgins were also in attendance.
“This is a huge thing and shows how much Michael (Bidwill) cares about us and the success of this team,” McBride said.
One of the players who was not at the groundbreaking was quarterback Kyler Murray, who is under contract through 2028. His future with the franchise is in flux after he missed most of last season with a foot injury.
The Cardinals are in the midst of another rebuild after hiring new head coach Mike LaFleur earlier this month. The 38-year-old comes to the desert after a stint as the Los Angeles Rams offensive coordinator and replaces Jonathan Gannon, who was fired after a 15-36 record over three seasons.
“This is going to be home in the near future,” LaFleur said. “All you want out of an ownership group and an owner is a commitment. Not only have you said there's a commitment, you're showing a commitment.”
Later he added: “It doesn't guarantee wins — it just gives you a chance to put your best foot forward on Sundays.”
The facility will also house the team's business operations and anchor a mixed-use development site that will include commercial and residential properties.
Phoenix mayor Kate Gallego was among those in attendance, saying that the facility was a game-changer for development in the area.
“This monumental investment helps create the future we want, because it's creating a synergy that will bring even more good, quality jobs to Phoenix," Gallego said.
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Rich Bisaccia steps down as Packers special teams coordinator The Associated Press GREEN BAY, Wis.
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Rich Bisaccia has stepped down as the Green Bay Packers special teams coordinator after four seasons.
Bisaccia said Tuesday in a statement released by the team that he had made the decision “after taking some time to reflect over the last few weeks.”
The Packers’ season ended Jan. 10 with a 31-27 loss to the Chicago Bears in the wild-card round of the NFC playoffs.
Bisaccia, 65, joined Packers coach Matt LaFleur’s staff after going 7-6 as Las Vegas’ interim head coach in 2021 and helping the Raiders reach the playoffs that season. Bisaccia added the title of assistant head coach in March 2023.
Bisaccia was the Packers third special teams coordinator in as many years when he got to Green Bay.
The Packers were hoping Bisaccia could fix Green Bay’s history of special teams issues, a trend that began well before LaFleur’s tenure started in 2019.
He had mixed results in that regard.
Keisean Nixon followed Bisaccia to Green Bay from Las Vegas and earned All-Pro honors as a kick returner in 2022 and 2023. This season, Daniel Whelen became the first Packer to lead the NFL in gross punting average since the 1970 AFL-NFL merger.
Yet Green Bay also had some notable special teams breakdowns the past few years, making Bisaccia a major target for criticism among Packers fans.
With the NFC North lead at stake, the Packers fell 22-16 in overtime at Chicago on Dec. 20 after the Bears recovered an onside kick to set up the tying touchdown late in the fourth quarter. In Green Bay’s playoff loss at Chicago, Brandon McManus went 0 for 2 on field-goal attempts and missed an extra point.
Before coming to Green Bay, Bisaccia had worked as a special teams coordinator with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2002-10), San Diego Chargers (2011-12), Dallas Cowboys (2013-17) and Raiders (2018-21).
“While we are disappointed to lose a person and coach as valuable as Rich, we respect his decision to step down from the Packers,” LaFleur said in a statement.
“Rich was a tremendous resource to me and our entire coaching staff who had a profound impact on our players and our culture throughout the building. We can’t thank him enough for his contributions to our team over the last four years. We wish Rich, his wife, Jeanne, and the rest of their family all the best moving forward.”
Bisaccia’s decision means the Packers will have a new special teams coordinator as well as a defensive coordinator for the 2026 season. The Packers hired former Arizona Cardinals head coach Jonathan Gannon as their defensive coordinator to take over for Jeff Hafley, who left after two seasons to become the Miami Dolphins head coach.
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Bears promote Press Taylor to offensive coordinator under coach Ben Johnson The Associated Press LAKE FOREST, Ill.
LAKE FOREST, Ill. (AP) — The Chicago Bears have promoted pass game coordinator Press Taylor to offensive coordinator to replace the departed Declan Doyle, one of four coaching moves announced by the team on Wednesday.
Taylor was Jacksonville’s offensive coordinator from 2022 to 2024. His promotion comes after Doyle left to call plays in Baltimore under new Ravens coach Jesse Minter .
Coach Ben Johnson will continue to call plays after the Bears made the playoffs in his first season. Chicago's offense ranked sixth overall, with quarterback Caleb Williams making big strides in his second year. The No. 1 pick in the 2024 draft, he threw for a franchise-record 3,942 yards with 27 touchdowns and seven interceptions.
The Bears were third in rushing, with D’Andre Swift and rookie Kyle Monangai leading the way. Chicago also committed a league-low 11 turnovers.
The Bears also hired Eric Studesville as running backs coach, Will Lawing as offensive analyst and Isaiah Ford as offensive quality control coach. A 29-year NFL coaching veteran, Studesville was a Bears assistant in the late 1990s and spent the past eight seasons in Miami, working alongside Johnson for part of that time. Studesville takes over for Eric Bieniemy, who left to become Kansas City's offensive coordinator .
Chicago went 11-6 and won its first NFC North title since 2018 after finishing last the previous season. The Bears advanced in the playoffs for the first time in 15 years, rallying to beat Green Bay in a wild-card thriller before losing to the Los Angeles Rams in overtime in the divisional round.
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