Bears rent Eric Washington as defensive coordinator

The Bears possess their unusual defensive coordinator: Eric Washington.

Washington is heading to Chicago to rob the vacant defensive coordinator job, in accordance with Tom Pelissero of NFL Network.

The 54-year-frail Washington used to be previously assistant head coach and line of defense coach of the Payments. He’s been in Buffalo the final four years and sooner than that spent two years because the Panthers’ defensive coordinator. His other instructing jobs embrace three years as an assistant in Chicago from 2008 to 2010.

The Bears had been without a defensive coordinator since September, when Alan Williams resigned for “deepest causes” which possess aloof now now not been outlined. Bears head coach Matt Eberflus dealt with a quantity of the coordinator duties himself for the the relaxation of final season but will now flip the defensive coordinator title over to Washington.