In poker, chess and certain other endeavors, you don’t so much play the cards or the board, as play the man. In the NFL coaching fraternity, maybe it’s a little bit of both.
Oakland Raiders head coach Jack Del Rio was defensive coordinator under John Fox with the Denver Broncos and even took over as interim head coach when Fox underwent heart surgery in 2013. Also on the Denver staff were Ed Donatell (Bears defensive backs coach), Adam Gase (Bears offensive coordinator), Sam Garnes (Bears assistant DB coach), Jeff Rodgers (Bears special teams coordinator) and Jay Rodgers (Bears defensive line coach).