Duce Staley has been an Eagles assistant for 10 seasons, but the franchise’s long-running running backs coach has landed on the Bears’ radar.
The Bears are interested in former NFL starter turned HC candidate, Adam Jahns of The Athletic tweets. While Staley arrived in Philadelphia earlier Doug Pederson, he cooperated Matt Nagy‘s former Chiefs employee for five seasons.
The Eagles are likely to bring in a large number of new aides after hiring Colts OC Nick Sirianni as their replacement for Pederson. Staley was on the radar for the job that landed Sirianni, but didn’t seem to get much traction during the Philadelphia search. He was also passed over for Philly’s OC position when the team was promoted Mike Groh in 2018.
Nagy has seen two of his offensive assistants: QBs coach Dave Ragone and running backs coach Charles London – defecting to the Falcons this week. London will be Atlanta’s new QB coach, working under the new Falcons OC Ragone. Nagy will have to replace these staff members and Staley has extensive experience as an attacking staff member.
Staley, Philadelphia’s RBs coach since 2013, started his career at the quality control level two years earlier. He worked under Pederson, Chip Kelly and Andy Reid. The Eagles named him their acting head coach during Pederson’s battle with COVID-19 last summer. But with Sirianni coming in, it’s unclear whether Staley will remain in the Eagles’ plans or whether he would like to continue working as a position coach with another new Eagles HC.
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