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Raiders interviewing Bears’ Champ Kelly for GM vacancy

Bears Assistant Director of Player Personnel Champ Kelly has garnered interest from the Raiders for their GM vacancy.

The Chicago Bears are in the thick of their search for a new general manager and head coach, where there are some intriguing candidates that have interviewed or will interview for those vacancies.

One of the GM candidates is someone Chicago knows well in Champ Kelly, who serves as the Bears Assistant Director of Player Personnel. He interviews for Chicago’s vacancy last week, and he’s garnered interest elsewhere, too.

According to NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport, the Las Vegas Raiders will interview Kelly for their GM vacancy on Thursday.

Kelly has been with the Bears since 2015. He was promoted to his current role in 2017, where he’s been responsible for evaluating draft players, pro stuff and has even served as a conduit between the front office and a lot of the players, per Dan Pompei. Kelly has previously interviewed for GM openings with the Denver Broncos (2021) and New York Jets (2019).

Bears players, past and present, have made it clear that they want Kelly as the next GM. But they’re not the ones making the final call. That’ll be Chairman George McCaskey.

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Bears players makes it clear who they want as next GM

Chicago has an intriguing list of candidates for general manager. But there’s one who Bears players are rallying around.

The Chicago Bears are in the middle of their search for a new general manager following the firing of Ryan Pace, and there’s been an intriguing list of candidates that’s surfaced.

But some Bears players — Khalil Mack, Tarik Cohen and former Bear Sam Acho — already have one person in mind for the next GM: Bears Assistant Director of Player Personnel Champ Kelly.

Kelly has been one of the rising stars within the Bears organization, where he has experience both on the scouting and personnel side of things. He interviewed for the GM vacancy last week.

Kelly, who has been with the Bears since 2015, was promoted to his current role in 2017, where he’s been responsible for evaluating draft players, pro stuff and has even served as a conduit between the front office and a lot of the players, per Dan Pompei. Kelly has previously interviewed for GM openings with the Denver Broncos (2021) and New York Jets (2019).

Given Kelly has worked with these current Bears players, it’s no wonder they’re giving a public vote of confidence for Kelly, who’s vying for that GM vacancy.

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Examining our top candidates for next Bears general manager

Our Bears Wire staff is sharing their top three candidates for Chicago’s next GM and why they would be a good fit.

The Chicago Bears are in the middle of their search for a new general manager after firing Ryan Pace last week.

Chairman George McCaskey, President/CEO Ted Phillips, Hall of Fame executive Bill Polian, VP of Player Engagement Lamar ‘Soup’ Campbell and Senior VP of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Tanesha Wade will be conducting the GM search for the Bears.

They’ve cast a wide net of diverse candidates for the job, which includes some pretty intriguing names with some impressive resumes.

Our Bears Wire staff is sharing their top three candidates for Chicago’s next GM and why they would be a good fit:

Bears GM candidate profile: Get to know Champ Kelly

We’re taking a look at what Champ Kelly brings to the table in our Bears GM candidate profile.

The Chicago Bears fired general manager Ryan Pace after seven seasons, and they’ve wasted no time exploring candidates to replace him.

Chairman George McCaskey, President/CEO Ted Phillips, Hall of Fame executive Bill Polian, VP of Player Engagement Lamar ‘Soup’ Campbell and Senior VP of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Tanesha Wade will conduct the search for Chicago’s next GM, a process which McCaskey promised would be “thorough, diligent and exhausted.”

The Bears have cast a wide net of GM candidates that they’ve extended interviews to, including their own assistant director of player personnel Champ Kelly, who recently interviewed for Chicago’s GM vacancy.

Let’s take a look at what Kelly brings to the table in our Bears GM candidate profile:

Bears complete interviews with GM candidates Champ Kelly, Kwesi Adofo-Mensah

The Bears conducted interviews with GM candidates Champ Kelly and Kwesi Adofo-Mensah on Thursday.

The Chicago Bears are int he middle of their searches for a new general manager and head coach following the firings of Ryan Pace and Matt Nagy earlier this week.

Chairman George McCaskey, President/CEO Ted Phillips and Hall of Fame executive Bill Polian will be conducting the GM search for the Bears.

They completed a couple of more interviews for their vacant GM job with Bears Assistant Director of Player Personnel Champ Kelly and Browns VP of Football Operations Kwesi Adofo-Mensah on Thursday.

Kelly, who has been with the Bears since 2015, was promoted to his current role in 2017, where he’s been responsible for evaluating draft players, pro stuff and has even served as a conduit between the front office and a lot of the players, per Dan Pompei. Kelly has previously interviewed for GM openings with the Denver Broncos (2021) and New York Jets (2019).

Adofo-Mensah, a graduate from Princeton, was the director of football research in San Francisco before serving as the Browns’ VP of Football Operations. Even during his short tenure, he’s garnered attention as a GM candidate. Adofo-Mensah interviewed for the Carolina Panthers GM opening last season.

The Bears have cast a wide net of candidates for both GM and head coach. Here’s a look at the complete list of head coach and GM candidates Chicago has requested to interview or has interviewed:

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Bears interviewing Champ Kelly for GM job

Bears assistant director of player personnel Champ Kelly is interviewing for Chicago’s vacant GM job.

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The Chicago Bears are in the middle of their search for their next head coach and general manager after firing Matt Nagy and Ryan Pace earlier this week. And there’s been quite a diverse group of candidates that they’ve requested to interview.

The expectation is that the Bears cast a wide net of candidates for a first round of video interviews. For those candidates who stand out, they’ll be invited back for an in-person interview.

According to ESPN’s Adam Schefter, Bears Assistant Director of Player Personnel Champ Kelly is interviewing for Chicago’s GM job on Thursday.

Kelly, who has been with the Bears since 2015, was promoted to his current role in 2017, where he’s been responsible for evaluating draft players, pro stuff and has even served as a conduit between the front office and a lot of the players, per Dan Pompei. Kelly has previously interviewed for GM openings with the Denver Broncos (2021) and New York Jets (2019).

Here’s a look at the complete list of head coach and GM candidates the Bears have requested to interview:

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GM candidates the Giants could consider if they fire Dave Gettleman

With the New York Giants likely to part ways with general manager Dave Gettleman, here are several potential options to replace him.

The New York Giants are likely to move on from general manager Dave Gettleman following the season. Whether he’s fired or retires remains to be seen but either way, Big Blue will be thrust into another GM search.

If the Giants are firm in their commitment to head coach Joe Judge, that may thin out their pool of options. It may also strengthen the likelihood of landing a new GM that has previous ties to Judge.

Is that good or bad? We’ll let you decide.

With a GM swap all but a certainty, here’s a look at several potential options who could replace Gettleman in 2022 and beyond.