Ravens nab offensive coordinator Declan Doyle, leaving the Bears scrambling and facing a significant void on their coaching staff.
The Chicago Bears are now down another assistant coach this offseason, as offensive coordinator Declan Doyle is heading to the Baltimore Ravens, via ESPN's Adam Schefter.
He'll have the same role that he did with the Bears, on the staff of newly hired head coach Jesse Minter. Minter was previously the defensive coordinator for the Los Angeles Chargers. Minter followed Jim Harbaugh from Michigan to the Chargers.
Chicago is also going to be without running backs coach Eric Bieniemy for the 2026 season. He'll be joining Andy Reid's staff at the Kansas City Chiefs as OC, a position he previously held from 2018-2022.
Doyle spent just one season with the Bears before leaving for another opportunity. However, there is a twist with this one.
Unlike with the Bears, Doyle will get to call plays at his new gig with the Ravens. Head coach Ben Johnson was the primary play-caller with Chicago, if the aggressive fourth-down mentality he had at certain points wasn't a tell.
This wasn't the first job that Doyle was considered for this offseason. He had also interviewed for the Philadelphia Eagles' OC job. Philadelphia decided to hire Sean Mannion from the Green Bay Packers.
The only teams without a head coach now are the Arizona Cardinals and Las Vegas Raiders.
Arizona's former head coach, Jonathan Gannon, has been tied to an NFC North assistant coaching vacancy.
Bears defensive backs coach Al Harris interviewed with the Packers for their DC opening. However, Green Bay hired Gannon instead. After that, Harris was rumored to be the frontrunner for the Pittsburgh Steelers' DC job.
Harris has a connection to HC Mike McCarthy, playing for him at Green Bay from 2006-09. McCarthy's DC will be former Raiders assistant Patrick Graham.
With Doyle now gone, a giant hole is left on Johnson's staff.
The Bears had a complete turnaround on offense in 2025. With Matt Eberflus in 2024, the Bears ranked in the bottom 10 in the NFL in passing yards, rushing yards and points per game.
This past season, Chicago was third in rushing yards (144.8), 12th in passing yards (234.8) and ninth in points per game (25.9).
Losing assistants like this was going to be inevitable with the kind of season the Bears had. Chicago won the NFC North after going 11-6 in the regular season and reached the Divisional Round of the playoffs.
This is just the tax teams must pay after a good season.