As the number of coaching candidates the Jets interview seems to grow by the hour, you have to wonder if Mike Tannenbaum and Rick Spielman are getting paid hourly.

LANDOVER, MD - JANUARY 07: Washington Commanders head coach Ron Rivera (L) congratulates Dallas Cowboys head coach Mike McCarthy (R) following the NFL game between the Dallas Cowboys and the Washington Commanders on January 7, 2024 at Fed Ex Field in Landover, MD. / (Photo by Mark Goldman/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

The Bears coaching search rumbles into the second week with almost 20 candidates up for the job. The latest: Mike Vrabel's name is off the list, choosing instead to go back to New England to coach the Patriots.

The Bears reached into their past for their latest head coaching interview. The team announced that they have completed an interview with Ron Rivera on Sunday. He is the eighth candidate to meet with the Bears, although Mike Vrabel is now out of the running because he’s accepted an offer to coach the Patriots.

Current and former Patriots weren’t surprised Sunday when news broke that New England hired former Patriots linebacker Mike Vrabel as the 16th head coach in franchise history.

Chicago Bears coaching search tracker: Interview with Ron Rivera is complete — and Mike Vrabel is off the board dan wiederer, colleen kane, chicago tribune Mon, Jan 13, 2025, 8:56 AM · 8 min read

Ron Rivera was in the building Sunday to pitch ... The 2006 Bears went to Super XLI, though they lost to the Indianapolis Colts. Mike Vrabel snagged the first interview with the Bears last week ...

The Bears are set to interview former Panthers and Commanders head coach Ron Rivera for their coaching vacancy.

Mike Vrabel best fit the attribute “leader of men’’ that the Bears are seeking in a head coach. That job description was so pointed, so specific that it left observers with the sense that former coach Matt Eberflus couldn’t lead men and, further, would have a difficult time leading animals, vegetables or minerals.

The Chicago Bears reached into their past and interviewed former Carolina Panthers and Washington Commanders coach Ron ... Mike Kafka and former Tennessee Titans coach Mike Vrabel.

CHICAGO -- The Chicago Bears reached into their past and interviewed former Carolina Panthers and Washington Commanders coach Ron ... Mike Kafka and former Tennessee Titans coach Mike Vrabel.

The team announced that they have completed an interview with Ron Rivera on Sunday. He is the eighth candidate to meet with the Bears, although Mike Vrabel is now out of the running because he's ...