An offensive coordinator candidate with past ties to Matt Eberflus has surfaced.The Bears put in a request to talk to Eagles senior offensive assistant Marcus Brady according to a report by ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler.
Brady has the only direct tie with Eberflus among the candidates announced. He was hired to the Colts staff as assistant quarterbacks coach in 2018 under Frank Reich when Eberflus became defensive coordinator, then was quarterbacks coach in 2019-20 and became offensive coordinator in 2021. He did this for two years until after Reich was fired during the 2022 season.
Last year he joined the Eagles as senior offensive assistant on Nick Sirianni’s staff. When he was assistant quarterbacks coach and quarterbacks coach with the Colts, it was with Sirianni as offensive coordinator.
Prior to his time with the Colts, Brady, 44, was a Canadian Football League assistant from 2009-2017, and was on the staff of Marc Trestman for one year in 2012 with Montreal. He was in Montreal from 2009-2012 and the Toronto Argonauts from 2013-2017.
With the Colts under Reich as coordinator, his 2021 offense finished ninth in scoring, second in rushing and 26th in passing. They were 30th in scoring in 2022, 23rd in rushing and 23rd in passing. The Colts had Carson Wentz as QB in 2021 and Jacoby Brissett in 2020.
The other offensive coordinator candidate with a past indirect tie to Eberflus was through Reich. Carolina offensive coordinator Thomas Brown never worked with Eberflus but was the coordinator for Reich last year in 2023 with the Panthers.
The other candidates reported to date are 49ers passing game coordinator Klint Kubiak, Kentucky offensive coordinator Liam Coen, Seahawks offensive coordintor Shane Waldron, Seahawks quarterbacks coach Greg Olson and former Ravens offensive coordinator Greg Roman.
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