A year ago the Bears were into the process of hiring Ryan Pace as their new general manager and John Fox as head coach. Now, in spite of a 6-10 season that fell well short of expectations inside Halas Hall, the NFL has giving a casual referendum on what the Bears have been doing.
First were the Miami Dolphins beating the Philadelphia Eagles, New York Giants and others to bring offensive coordinator Adam Gase to south Florida as their head coach.
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Now organizations area also looking beyond the coaching staff for Bears talent.
Douglas was hired by Pace after spending 15 years on the staff of the Baltimore Ravens and GM Ozzie Newsome, one of the consistently strong organizations in the NFL Draft. Douglas was the Ravens regional scout on Pernell McPhee, a Ravens find in the fifth round of the 2011 Draft.
Alex Marvez at FOX Sports tweeted this week that Gase and the Dolphins sought to bring Bears linebackers coach Clint Hurtt in as defensive line coach but that the Bears wanted to retain Hurtt.
Hurtt served as the Bears outside linebackers coach in 2015 after previously serviing as the team's assistant defensive line coach in 2014.