Assistant GM Reveals Overlooked Reason Bears Were Lucky To Keep Al Harris

The Chicago Bears have now lost two key assistant coaches to jobs elsewhere. Eric Bieniemy left to become the offensive coordinator in Kansas City. Declan Doyle took the same job in Baltimore. Head coach Ben Johnson must look for replacements. Thankfully, it didn’t include a third name. For the past two weeks, there were serious rumblings that defensive backs coach Al Harris might leave for a defensive coordinator position elsewhere. Four separate teams interviewed him for the job.

By a stroke of luck...