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Bears fans didn’t have to look beyond network television to see what might have been Sunday night — Commanders offensive coordinator Kliff Kingsbury guiding his own rookie quarterback, Jayden Daniels, and clinching a playoff spot with a 30-24 win.
The Bears interviewed Kingsbury and decided not to hire him as their own offensive coordinator in January. A year later, they’ll have the chance to do the same for a much bigger job — head coach.
The Bears will have to answer what figures to be the first question Kingsbury or any other of their previous coordinator candidates asks: why were they not good enough to get the Shane Waldron’s job a year ago but now are now worthy of being the Bears’ head coach?