That the Bears could be without Adam Gase as offensive coordinator after the annual hiring blitz of NFL coaches has been anticipated for some time, as far back as the time of his hiring in Chicago. Gase had been on multiple NFL interview cards before following John Fox to Chicago. The assumption here has always been that either Gase or Jay Cutler would be elsewhere after the 2015 season. (good = Gase gone; bad=Cutler gone).
The bigger story surrounding the Bears, however, is not where Gase would end up — it became Miami on Saturday — but rather who would succeed him.