{"id":134186,"date":"2024-12-07T02:36:50","date_gmt":"2024-12-06T19:36:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=134186"},"modified":"2024-12-07T02:36:50","modified_gmt":"2024-12-06T19:36:50","slug":"bears-next-head-coach-odds-predictions-kliff-kingsbury-favored-but-who-would-you-bet-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=134186","title":{"rendered":"Bears next head coach odds, predictions: Kliff Kingsbury favored but who would you bet on?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>To put it simply, it\u2019s been a rough season for the <a class=\"ath_autolink\" data-id=\"36\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/nfl\/team\/bears\/\">Chicago Bears<\/a>. There were high hopes for 2024 No. 1 overall pick Caleb Williams\u2019 first season. A preseason darling for media and bettors alike, Chicago\u2019s win total of 8.5 was the most-bet over by bettors at many sportsbooks, including BetMGM. And through six weeks, things looked good. Chicago headed into its Week 7 bye at 4-2, coming off of two blowout wins (26-10 over <a class=\"ath_autolink\" data-id=\"35\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/nfl\/team\/panthers\/\">Panthers<\/a>, 35-16 over <a class=\"ath_autolink\" data-id=\"45\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/nfl\/team\/jaguars\/\">Jaguars<\/a>). And then it all fell apart.<\/p>\n<p>Who can forget the fateful Hail Mary heard around the Windy City in Week 8? And while there\u2019s certainly no telling how the season could\u2019ve gone if the Bears had simply batted down that pass and moved to 5-2, we\u2019ve seen how it\u2019s played out since.<\/p>\n<p>After losing six straight games, Chicago finally fired head coach Matt Eberflus after another late-game meltdown resulted in the Bears running out of time and not attempting a field goal to tie the game against the <a class=\"ath_autolink\" data-id=\"41\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/nfl\/team\/lions\/\">Detroit Lions<\/a> on Thanksgiving, despite having a timeout remaining. And that was after firing offensive coordinator Shane Waldron a few weeks earlier.<\/p>\n<p>Thomas Brown has stepped up as the interim head coach, but Chicago\u2019s once-promising season has now turned ugly, with the Bears once again playing meaningless football games in early December.<\/p>\n<p>Which leads us to the question on every Chicago fan\u2019s mind: Who would you bet will be coaching this team in 2025?<\/p>\n<p>First, we needed some odds, so <em>The Athletic<\/em> asked Borgata sportsbook director Thomas Gable for some hypothetical Bears next coach odds (since the wager isn\u2019t available at any major U.S. sportsbook).<\/p>\n<p>Gable installed <a class=\"ath_autolink\" data-id=\"62\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/nfl\/team\/commanders\/\">Washington Commanders<\/a> offensive coordinator Kliff Kingsbury as the favorite to land the job.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe obviously has a history with Caleb at USC,\u201d Gable told <em>The Athletic<\/em>. \u201cI\u2019d heard he was talking to the Bears in the offseason, but I\u2019m not quite sure what happened in those conversations. With the success he\u2019s had with <a class=\"ath_autolink\" data-id=\"1jl1WJMb0rLnuGbu\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/nfl\/player\/jayden-daniels-1jl1WJMb0rLnuGbu\/\">Jayden Daniels<\/a> in his rookie season, I could see Chicago being interested.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Now, the entertaining part. We asked our very own Jon Greenberg how confident he was in each candidate Gable named becoming Eberflus\u2019 successor. If he had a $100 to wager among the candidates, how would he do it? He could go all-in on one candidate or spread it around on a few names.<\/p>\n<p>Here is how Greenberg distributed his $100, along with his reasoning:<\/p>\n<h3><b>Kliff Kingsbury +250<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>Kingsbury has been a losing head coach in both college and the <a class=\"ath_autolink\" data-id=\"2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/nfl\/\">NFL<\/a>, so he would fit perfectly with the current culture at Halas Hall. This is an organization constantly reminding us how not to learn from failure, so maybe Kingsbury is the next guy to try to prove that to be true. He\u2019s the favorite because he has <a class=\"ath_autolink\" data-id=\"DiAaXv04mEyJr9Ro\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/nfl\/player\/caleb-williams-DiAaXv04mEyJr9Ro\/\">Caleb Williams<\/a> connections and a vivid offensive mind. He wouldn\u2019t be my first choice, but I also wouldn\u2019t bet against the Bears doing it and it backfiring on them. <b>Bet: $25<\/b><\/p>\n<h3><b>Mike Vrabel +400<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>What does \u201cleader of men\u201d mean? Our Dianna Russini <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TheAthletic\/status\/1864018255121420337\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">has been trying to sort that out<\/a>. I guess Vrabel fits the archetype, right? Physically, he looks like someone that football players wouldn\u2019t want to cross and he carries a bravado that you can\u2019t bluff. Plus, he\u2019s played at a high level. I think he\u2019s too alpha for Halas Hall, which sounds like a dumb thing to say unless you\u2019ve covered (or closely followed) this team like I have. <b>Bet: Pass<\/b><\/p>\n<h3><b>Ben Johnson +450<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>Ipswich Town is near the bottom of the table in the <a class=\"ath_autolink\" data-id=\"6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/football\/premier-league\/\">Premier League<\/a>, so maybe the team and Johnson would consider another transfer despite him just getting there? Oh, we\u2019re talking about the football coach in Detroit. He\u2019s been a hot name, so I\u2019m a little surprised he\u2019s not first on this list, but maybe it\u2019s because he turned down jobs last season to stay with the Lions. He\u2019s been rumored to be interested in the Bears, but with the \u201cleader of men\u201d stuff floating around (Bears receiver <a class=\"ath_autolink\" data-id=\"lJC2fLxAQm3CgUEx\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/nfl\/player\/dj-moore-lJC2fLxAQm3CgUEx\/\">DJ Moore<\/a> attributed it to GM Ryan Poles, which seems important), I\u2019m wondering if Johnson has the persona to fit the job description. Still, he\u2019s the conventional wisdom pick. <b>Bet: $25<\/b><\/p>\n<h3><b>Joe Brady +500<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>Meh. Brady rode <a class=\"ath_autolink\" data-id=\"MHPQIoyRCSO0fiiE\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/nfl\/player\/joe-burrow-MHPQIoyRCSO0fiiE\/\">Joe Burrow<\/a>\u2019s coattails to a plum NFL gig in Carolina and washed out of a dysfunctional situation quickly. Now he\u2019s the offensive coordinator for <a class=\"ath_autolink\" data-id=\"9zLTUSPpy6pFa4xs\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/nfl\/player\/josh-allen-9zLTUSPpy6pFa4xs\/\">Josh Allen<\/a> in Buffalo and we\u2019re supposed to believe he\u2019s head coaching material? I\u2019m sure he\u2019s a fine coach, but I\u2019m surprised the odds are this low.\u00a0<b>Bet: Pass<\/b><\/p>\n<h3><b>Thomas Brown +800<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>Given all that is at stake for Poles, Williams and the Bears organization, this isn\u2019t the time to take a chance on Brown, who has been promoted from passing-game coordinator to offensive coordinator to head coach because of dysfunction and failure. However, the ex-player is an engaging speaker and coach, and he has that swagger to him. People gravitate toward him and I could certainly see the Bears promoting him as their Mike Tomlin, especially if he wins a couple of games down the stretch. An NFL executive joked with me that if Brown coaches the Bears to their first Sunday road win since 2021 (seriously, that\u2019s a stat), he\u2019ll get a seven-year deal. <b>Bet: $15<\/b><\/p>\n<h3><b>Aaron Glenn +1200<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>Glenn gets overshadowed by Johnson, his fellow Lions coordinator, but he seems undervalued here. Glenn was a Pro Bowl cornerback in New York, so he has the big market experience, and he\u2019s been grinding as a coach since 2014. Glenn <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/5923677\/2024\/11\/15\/detroit-lions-defense-aaron-glenn\/\">had a bunch of interviews<\/a> last year, and given the Lions\u2019 success, he should get more this year. Will the Bears be one of the teams that shows interest? <b>Bet: $10<\/b><\/p>\n<h3><b>Brian Flores +2000<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/5789481\/2024\/09\/24\/brian-flores-vikings-defense-wild-different\/\"> Reading up on him<\/a>, I think Flores, the defensive coordinator in Minnesota, is the right guy for this team at this time. Flores\u2019 success in Minnesota is clear but the big mark against him is he didn\u2019t have a good relationship with quarterback Tua Tagovailoa while he was the head coach in Miami. Tagovailoa opened up about his issues with Flores and the coach responded by admitting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/5712724\/2024\/08\/20\/brian-flores-tua-tagovailoa-comments\/\">he made mistakes in his first head coaching gig<\/a>. Given that Williams is the franchise cornerstone, you\u2019d think that would eliminate him, but it would depend on the interview. I\u2019d definitely ask him <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/3598391\/2022\/09\/17\/brian-flores-steelers-defense\/\">what he gleaned from Mike Tomlin in his stopover in Pittsburgh.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Another potential issue: he\u2019s still suing the league and multiple teams for racial bias in hiring practices and I could see that turning off George McCaskey.\u00a0<b>Bet: $25<\/b><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Should the Chicago Bears make a run at Bill Belichick? \ud83e\udd14<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfa7 Listen: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dN9IHFjEyM\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/dN9IHFjEyM<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WCB66NAyZw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/WCB66NAyZw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Athletic (@TheAthletic) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheAthletic\/status\/1864438510423609596?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">December 4, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><b>Bill Belichick +7500<\/b><\/p>\n<p>I wish we lived in a world where Belichick coached the Bears, but I don\u2019t see that happening for a variety of reasons. This just isn\u2019t that type of organization. I\u2019m not sure there are too many teams willing to cede total football operations control to a 72-year-old Belichick, even if he\u2019s the best coach in league history.\u00a0<b>Bet: Pass<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><em>(Illustration: Meech Robinson \/ The Athletic; Photos: Luke Hales, Mike Mulholland, Scott Taetsch, Michael Reaves \/ Getty Images; Joseph Weiser \/ Icon Sportswire)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/5972203\/2024\/12\/06\/bears-head-coach-betting-odds-predictions\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To put it simply, it\u2019s been a rough season for the Chicago Bears. 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