(670 The Score) Bears offensive coordinator Declan Doyle is leaving for the same position with the Ravens.
Doyle, 29, will get a chance to lead the Ravens' offense alongside newly hired head coach Jesse Minter, whose background is in defense. Though Doyle took the same position, the opportunity in Baltimore gives him the chance to call plays and install his own scheme.
Bears head coach Ben Johnson hired Doyle last January as a key lieutenant to help lead his offense. Johnson calls the offensive plays for the Bears.
"He's everything I thought he was going to be and some," Johnson said of Doyle earlier in January. "He's got tremendous presence in front of the players. Extremely smart. He's picked up the offense quickly throughout the spring and camp and has been able to augment to it.
"I think the future's bright for a guy like Declan. Hopefully we can keep him here for a long time, but I know he's been an asset to me, he's been an asset to our offense and all these players as well."
With Doyle's departure, the Bears now have multiple voids to fill on their coaching staff. They now need to hire an offensive coordinator in addition to a running backs coach. They recently lost running backs coach Eric Bieniemy, who will be the Chiefs' offensive coordinator.
Johnson has internal candidates on his staff that he could potentially promote in passing game coordinator Press Taylor, quarterbacks coach J.T. Barrett and wide receivers coach/assistant head coach Antwaan Randle El.
Bears assistant general manager Ian Cunningham also is leaving the organization, as he reached a deal Thursday to become the Falcons' new general manager.
After a breakthrough campaign in 2025, the Bears were expecting multiple departures for promotions around the league.
“It’s rare in Year 1 that you feel like you have a five-star staff, and yet that’s what I believe," Johnson said. "Over the course of the season seeing how they conducted themselves, what they sacrificed, the time they put in. We’ve got a great collection of coaches. It’s the right mix of experience, energy, ideas, and so I think they’re a big reason for the success that we were able to have and the games we were able to win. I see future head coaches on this staff, I see future coordinators. I see these young coaches being future position coaches. I see that all across the board. And so when you have success and you win games, normally that’s what happens.
"I’m all for it, man. I want these guys to continue to ascend. Anything I can do to help them out, I think they all know I’m more than willing to do that. But a big part of what this collection of guys brought to the table was they all wanted to be here. That was a big thing for me. I want guys that want to be here, and so if a guy wants to continue to build upon what we started, then I would love that as well. But this is a five-star staff and it’s no surprise to me that we have a number of coaches that are garnering interest right now.”
Chris Emma covers the Bears, Chicago’s sports scene and more for 670TheScore.com. Follow him on Twitter @CEmma670.