The Latest Breaking News from Jaylon Johnson

The Bears won’t make major changes to their defense when they hire a new coordinator. They’ll still run Eberflus’ Cover 2 scheme, with his coaching points, buzzwords — and, probably, play calls. If Eberflus hires from the outside, he figures to add someone familiar with his H.I.T.S. principle.

Good news, Bears fans: Ryan Poles just said Jaylon Johnson isn't going anywhere.

That was his most significant assurance yet about Johnson, who requested a trade away from the Bears before the league’s Nov. 1 trade deadline — and was denied.

With a golden opportunity, Bears’ chairman George McCaskey needs to give his blessing and open the Halas Hall vault to hire a former Bear who can make a difference as head coach — just as George Halas did with Mike Ditka in 1982.