With plenty of rumors circulating and plenty of names being mentioned as potential candidates for the Bears' vacancy, a move in the college football world had a direct impact on what could have been in Chicago.

We can now cross one name off the list of potential head coaching options for the Chicago Bears this offseason. Bill Belichick, the six-time Super Bowl winning coach from the New England Patriots, has found a new home after landing a 5-year deal with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

There are currently three head-coach openings in the NFL — the Chicago Bears, New Orleans Saints and New York Jets — with as many as many as five more that could potentially open at the end of the season.

We ranked Chicago at No. 26 in our power rankings for the second week in a row. The fact that they lost their seventh straight game, this time in blowout fashion to the San Franci

The Bears are coming off an abysmal 38-13 loss to the San Francisco 49ers, where the team laid an egg in Thomas Brown's first game as interim head coach. The offense mustered just four yards and five punts in the first half before Caleb Williams led a couple of touchdown drives,